Word: quos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much was the President revealing his actual intent, and how much was he attempting to disarm his critics? It could have been a mixture of both. While the negotiations go on, Nixon obviously has nothing to gain by trumpeting his quids before the other side can respond with a quo or two. At home, though, Nixon can gain time and patience with hints that the end is in sight...
...foreign relations, because the punitive legislation that Congress has enacted drastically reduces the President's room for maneuvering. Washington might consider channeling assistance through multinational agencies to avoid charges of political string-pulling. That would help mute the charge that the U.S. cares only about preserving the status quo and all too readily supports military regimes...
Lately the status quo has been increasingly challenged by the courts, by citizens' groups such as the N.C.C.B. and at times even by the vacillating Fed eral Communications Commission. In one of his final decisions as an appeals court judge, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger set forth a new doctrine that makes the continued existence of TV stations contingent on performance...
...most durable of Hollywood's leading men; of lung cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. Born Spangler Arlington Brugh, Taylor broke into movies in 1934 and within three years had appeared in 15 features; his fans flocked to see him in such films as Waterloo Bridge, Bataan and Quo Vadis. In later years, Taylor won critical as well as popular acclaim for such workmanlike stints as the mental patient in 1947's High Wall. As Longtime Friend Ronald Reagan said in his eulogy: "He was more than a pretty boy, an image that embarrassed him because...
...lesson to be learned from the Minneapolis experience is that each orchestra must devise ways to serve its community better. As Shaver warns: "You cannot raise endowments by trying to finance the status quo...