Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what has he said to the electorate this year? Practically nothing. He hasn't related a vision of the future as he did in 1980. This year, the people would be electing Republicans on blind faith, content to hang on to the status quo. The only purpose which might galvanize people to vote Republican is the prevention of a tax increase. But in fact, most voters are quite skeptical--given the size of the deficit--that Reagan in the end will be able fend off an imminent tax hike...
BACK IN THE LATE '60s, college campuses were a constant concern for American government and campus administrators. Now, most agree that Harvard and other campuses have become less reactionary and that students devote more time to community concerns and working to reform the status quo. In short, students are interested in working within the system, not against...
...students than it is theoretically capable of--which means that some Houses are relatively uncrowned while others have very high levels of pain. If accurate, this figure raises serious doubts as to whether the College has enough space to house its students--is University Hall taking as its status quo a situation which students, perhaps quite rightly, consider unacceptable...
...serve on juries. But it took only a few years for professional politicians to make three key discoveries: 1) many women did not vote, 2) women did not vote as a bloc, and 3) they often voted exactly like their husbands. The bosses could sigh with relief; the status quo was safe...
Lewontin and his co-authors point out that ostensibly objective studies such as those done by Burt are merely tools which these scientists use to confirm a racist and sexist status quo. Biological determinism is just as subjective as any political theory, Lewontin asserts, and must be considered as such. He writes...