Word: quos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main objectors to the new shuttles have been taxi drivers and their allies on the city council, who claim that the Cambridge taxi industry will be devastated, which will hurt the poor and the elderly. Indeed, the status quo is a convenient way for the city council to impose its redistributional agenda on travelers, most of whom don't vote. While commendable for its cleverness, this scheme is more than a bit shady...
...billion. "Jonathan [Carter] asked the right question, but he gave the wrong answer," says King. "His program would be a disaster for Maine." Perhaps. But without Carter, the timber industry never would have negotiated in the first place. A clear majority of Maine voters now opposes the status quo. The days of the paper plantation may be waning...
TERM LIMITS. They're popular, but Clinton opposes them. Reiterate your support as another way of painting Clinton as favoring Big status-quo Government...
...relations in the Middle East. "If Mubarak had gone to Washington, it would have implied a certain confidence in the peace talks," says TIME's Scot MacLeod. "But his refusal means he is concerned a summit that makes no substantial concessions for the Palestinians will give the status quo a kind of legitimacy. If Arafat sits down with Netanyahu, in Mubarak's view, the Palestinian leader will ease condemnation of Israeli government actions at a time when international opinion leans against the Israelis. Mubarak believes Arafat shouldn't lower the temperature without getting something in return." Mubarak's refusal...
...fact, to confuse moderation with maintaining the status quo is to reject one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy: Namely, that a free and open debate in which all sides are allowed to participate will eventually produce a synergistic common ground which embodies the best of all worlds. This process, rather than a cacophony of conflict and extremism, is the key to progress. David H. Goldbrenner's column appears on alternate Fridays...