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Word: quos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets for ceasing activities they never should have begun seems less important to him than trading the embargo's end for further moderations in Moscow's behavior. Linking U.S. actions to future Soviet concessions is what the game is all about. "Give away something unilaterally without a quid pro quo?" says Baker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for the Edge | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...event, the impact of the plan, as proposed, would have a moderate effect without greatly disturbing the status quo. A survey conducted last year revealed that upperclassmen find that living in a house they selected as freshmen has little bearing on their ultimate satisfaction with the house. It seems a small price to pay considering an ideal alternative, that of all 12 houses gaining a continual, mild influx of the community diversity Harvard so proudly invokes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

...place if there isn't a lot of hiring going on. So much work and so little success--you keep sending out offers and you keep getting rejected," says Aage B. Sorensen, who heads the Sociology Department. "Most departments will have to spend enormous resources just maintaining the status quo...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: The Wheels of Change Grind Slowly at FAS | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...I.D.F. alone cannot possibly fulfill the conflicting demands of a deeply divided nation. At best it can ensure that life for the Palestinians remains extremely difficult. Only political courage on both sides of the barricades can alter the painful status quo. And there can be no doubt that on both sides of the barricades, there is pain. "The Arabs are paying the higher physical price," says Ze'ev Schiff, defense editor of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. "Israel pays the moral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel A Moral Dilemma | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...Grays in America who are willing to try," she says. Woodson agrees: "Kimi and other leaders are the last best hope for many of these public-housing projects. Tenant managers can't offer guarantees, but they hold great promise. The only thing worse than poverty is accepting the status quo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington D.C. Turning Public Housing Over to Resident Owners | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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