Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House started the reform move last December, when it passed a bill that raised members' salaries from $60,662 to $69,800, but imposed a 30% limit on honorariums. The Senate also considered the matter but decided to maintain the status quo: no raise, no fee restrictions. Senators generally can command higher honorariums than House members. Last year Kansas Republican Robert Dole made $135,750 (of which he donated $51,500 to charity); South Carolina Democrat Fritz Hollings, $92,270 (none to charity); and New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, $84,450 ($27,000 to charity...
...real dilemma concerning South Africa, according to the live is that the whites will not initiate any change in the status quo because it could lead to their destruction. At the same time, since the whites are so firmly entrenched in control, no change can occur without their support. Therefore it is essential that foreign powers assert whatever influence they have in order to nudge the whites into permitting reform they...
What would be the quid pro quo...
...Many, such as Detroit's Coleman Young and Newark's Ken Gibson, are charged with the herculean task of reviving decaying urban centers with shrinking tax bases resulting from the "white flight" of residents and the decline of traditional businesses. "Progress," says Gibson, "is maintaining the status quo." Moreover, black mayors often attract limelight that leaves them less margin for unnoticed error. Grouses Hatcher: "Blacks still don't have the right to fail as whites do without its becoming a slur on the black race...
...statement effectively formalizes the status quo and reaffirms the University's long-standing commitment to academic freedom in light of the increasingly alluring financial benefits offered by private industry...