Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effect at all, it will take a concerted effort by Faculty members to carry out the step-by-step procedures set forth in the report. Administrators should make sure departments follow the guidelines and take actions to correct a disgraceful situation that has been accepted as the status quo for too long...
...captives. Yet any U.S. concessions, particularly on the shipment of military spare parts, might compromise Washington's neutral stance on the Persian Gulf war, thereby enraging Iraq and dismaying its pro-American supporters in the war with Iran -Saudi Arabia and Jordan. At worst, such a quid pro quo might be construed by Moscow as direct U.S. interference and thus provide an alibi for an expanded Soviet role in the conflict...
From September 1974 to September 1975 a declared "state of siege" maintained war-time military justice. Nor did the subsequent "state of siege in the degree of internal security" change the status quo. Although the regime later created a right of appeal to the courts, Decree Law 1877 (August 12, 1977) nullified this right by stipulating that under a "state of emergency" the regime possessed the power to detain Chilean citizens arbitrarily and suspend appeal to the courts. Until the revocation of the "state of siege" in March 1978 Chile remained under both a "state of siege" and a "state...
...status quo the way the oyster uses sand, as the irritant that produces pearls of wisdom," suggests Pogrebin. Ask your children how a play might have been different if the leading character had been of the opposite sex. Ask why some school recreation programs still offer dancing only to girls and camping only to boys. Or why some PTAs still schedule meetings at hours when working parents cannot attend...
...Arab-Israeli conflict and the buildup of Soviet power have generated intense anxiety, even some apocalyptic pessimism among Western statesmen. "We are on a roller coaster to disaster," said Henry Kissinger in congressional testimony last July. "Our future is now at the mercy of a precarious political status quo in what is probably the most volatile, unstable and crisis-prone region of the world...