Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration sought to stem the rising tide by having Chester Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs, explain the Administration's policy of "constructive engagement." Crocker complained that the policy, largely his creation, has been misunderstood. "It is not an embracing of any status quo," he said, adding that the U.S. has supported those black union leaders, students, clergymen and businesses seeking reforms in South Africa. The Administration contends that economic sanctions have rarely proved effective and could not be expected to have a great influence on such an embedded practice as apartheid. Jimmy Carter's more...
...around; how do we decide who benefits from the limited supply? Second, the transplant costs on the order of 10 times what a normal operation costs, around $300,000 for a single liver transplant. Since this money comes from insurance companies or from state Medicaid, the status quo is not a free market, but it threatens to become one, given the high financial incentives for doctors and hospitals. Clearly a laissez-faire scramble for pieces of human bodies in which the stakes are immediate life or death for the patient is an indigestible alternative; this does not mean, however, that...
...business leaders and educators like Professor of Government James Q. Wilson, lavished praise on American capitalism, calling it the most effective economic system as well as the most moral one. It's unfortunate that such an asemblage of brilliant minds reached such a mediocre conclusion and upheld the status quo. And yet, isn't it ironic that none of these critical voices are heard when the Bishops speak out on abortion or nuclear arms, but only when their own interests are at stake...
...supporters of Garrity said the foot dragging by the Legislature is at best laziness and at worst a concerted attempt to maintain the status quo...
...become a rarity in American politics: what seems to be a successful presidency, in terms of economic growth and national strength and pride, especially in contrast to the turbulent terms that preceded it. Said Edward Reilly, a Boston-based pollster who conducted national research for Mondale: "The status quo with Reagan was preferable to the risk of going back to Carter-Mondale. There was no compelling reason to leave Reagan." The very notion of having a President serve two terms might have proved significant to many voters...