Word: quos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...compete internationally unless our capital is allocated efficiently. The free market is the best vehicle for this allocation. But the proposed changes will empower Washington to tell people what kind of investments to make. Our tax system should facilitate change and reward innovation, not enshrine the status quo, subsidize the politically powerful and shortchange America's potential for growth...
...been said that men give to maintain the status quo while women give to change the world," she said...
...Dick," a faux "creative superstar." Sample: an older couple necking on a couch. The campaign, designed to reach the crucial twentysomething age bracket, has helped lift the brand's supermarket sales 12% since January. Says Scott Donaton, executive editor of Advertising Age: "Fallon likes to take the status quo and just shake the hell out of it." But being risky doesn't necessarily mean being effective. Fallon's work for McDonald's Arch Deluxe featured kids frowning at the prospect of an "adult" hamburger. So too did the grownups. The burger bombed. McDonald's parted company with the upstart...
...white principal sit 30 ft. apart, each said he did not know how the other felt about the controversy. "We've known for a while that the policy has to change," said Harold Kinchelow, for 24 years the black principal. But he was defensive about the status quo, which does, after all, keep two principals on the payroll. Theron Long, for 27 years the white principal, was more direct. "How can it be racist when you're trying to protect the rights of a minority?" he bristled. Maybe Alison can help: It's not racist, she explains. It's just...
ZAGREB, Croatia: Alexandra Stiglmayer reports that though Sunday's Croation elections are a failure for democracy and the protection of minority Serb rights in the region, the White House is unlikely to do anything about it: " The elections have done nothing more than reinforce the Balkan status quo. The West has counted on Croatia for stability in the region, so it's not going to blame it now for an internal lack of democracy and human rights." With more than 90 percent of the total count in, Croatiannationalist strongman President Franjo Tudjman has won an easy victory, sidestepping Western media...