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Word: quos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...creditworthiness" on the international money market. On Oct. 1. 1980, the Financial Guardian also discounted the South African government's altruistic pretensions in soliciting the loan, and pointed to a long-term strategy designed to increase the stake of Western banks and governments in the preservation of the status quo in South Africa. Both journals agreed that the South African government was the sole initiator of the loan and its motives were purely self-interested...

Author: By Patrick Flaherty, | Title: Divestiture: The Corporation Breaks Its Promise | 3/3/1982 | See Source »

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Dobrynin called me with a message that the Soviet Union would now acquiesce in a ceasefire in place, provided someone else introduced it in the Security Council. The timing was the worst possible for our strategy because the status quo ante had not been achieved; a victory of Soviet arms would be assured on all fronts. I stalled, telling Dobrynin we needed time to consider the proposal. Agnew's resignation as Vice President was due to be announced at 2 p.m.; this would prevent the President from turning to the Soviet proposal for hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YEARS OF UPHEAVAL | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...argument goes like this: every movie is propaganda. Every character is a walking placard-for capitalism or idealism or monogamy or the status quo. Every shot, by its placement and rhythm and duration, is one more Pavlovian command to the viewer. A narrative movie is usually successful to the extent that it obscures these facts, transforms the thesis into entertainment and the placards into persuasive semblances of human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Politics of Melodrama | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

Carroll M. Williams, Bussey professor of Biology, believes that there "was an intellectual basis for preserving the status quo" and that the split of the departments could have adverse effects...

Author: By Rebecca J.joseph, | Title: Bio Undergoes Mitosis | 2/13/1982 | See Source »

...groups in addition to INCAR also participated in the demonstration. Larry Hambrecht, a member of the Progressive Labor Party, described Wilson as a "Social Darwinist." "It's in the interest of the ruling class to give a Pulitzer and a Harvard position to Wilson because he says the status quo is because of human nature," he said...

Author: By David M. Rosenfeld, | Title: Group Pickets Wilson Lecture; Crowd Packs Science Center | 2/11/1982 | See Source »

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