Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would seem that the benefits far outweight the meager costs associated with the establishment of this halfway measure. He should recognize that since Harvard boasts the highest reputation of any school in the country, every University president has a vested interest in maintaining that prestige, in preserving the status quo. Bok has succeeded admirably in avoiding risk and minimizing conflict, but he has arrived at a critical moment. If the carefully constructed equilibrium at Harvard is to remain intact, Bok might consider the "reform in order to conserve" principle classically stated by Burke: meaningful reform now might avoid a full...
...September 1978, does not take New England by surprise. Summer lingers during the daytime of September and even into October, but when the sun goes down, a cutting wind signals winter's preeminence in this part of the country. Summer is but an annual interruption of the status quo...
...ceiling of 8.5 million bbl. per day, that would immediately affect you. It would remove 2.5 million bbl. per day from the market, and the price of oil would be $60 at least. But why should we keep our production at abnormally high levels without a quid pro quo...
...mental disadvantage. It isn't easy to be the guy on top, especially five years in a row. Everybody's gunning for #1 spot, the initiative and motivation is all with the underdog. There is no special glory in retaining what you've already got, in maintaining the status quo. Perhaps the pressure of being number one finally got to the Steelers...
Councilor David Sullivan said many residents may already be renting out apartments. "In some cases this may ratify the status quo," he said...