Word: quos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debates among the candidates (whether or not Perot is included) will address hard-core issues important to Americans. Perot has ruined a great opportunity to expand American democracy. Dole has disappointed as a viable alternative to the President. And Clinton continues to govern from the middle, maintaining the status quo. All we ask for is some dynamism focused on policy rather than public relations...
...mail carrier, Kasich delivers his balance-the-budget message with both regularity and passion. "The enemy of the American people is the status quo," says the chairman of the House Budget Committee. "It takes us on the road to bankruptcy." Kasich (rhymes with basic) isn't afraid to tilt at the White House or at G.O.P. leadership in order to cut spending. Kasich, 44, could win John Glenn's Senate seat in '98, if he can live down the infamy of once getting thrown off the stage at a Grateful Dead concert. He is less a Deadhead, though, than...
...wants unconditional dialogue while at the same time saying Israel refuses to give up the Golan Heights. He offers to negotiate about other issues, but Syria is not interested in drop by drop settlements. If it doesn't get the Golan Heights back, Syria is happy with the status quo. There is not much room for optimism that Netanyahu will change his stance." Mark Coatney
...reform, unemployment and despair in the name of reform, a downward spiral towards devolution in the name of reform and, in the words of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), a "social calamity" in the name of reform. If this be reform, then give me the status quo...
...another level, a moment of silence is healthy for a society in which noise and near chaos are the status quo. Consider how few truly quiet times there are in an average day. We use noise to wake us in the morning, and it seems to follow us until sweet slumber shields us from the sounds of the outside world. Shutting up for a minute or two would be an auditory oasis: a treat for the mind, body and soul alike. Imagine how much more pleasant it would be if we could drive the Mass. Pike in total silence. Stopping...