Word: quos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rudenstine's compromise changes nothing. He has endorsed the status quo on ROTC, which means the University will continue to finance a program that discriminates against its own students (namely, bisexuals, gays and lesbians...
...providing the bulk of the U.N. forces, all factions in the country are responsible for the vicious civil war. A senior U.N. observer in Sarajevo says Rose is not exactly pro-Serb but may be anti-Bosnian. "Rose's interest is in keeping everything quiet, in preserving the status quo," he says...
...rescue. They point out that the Serbian drive on Bihac began as a counteroffensive against the Bosnian Fifth Corps, which had attacked the Serbs from Bihac in October and scored major gains. To some Europeans, the Bosnian Muslims are only getting what they deserve for upsetting the status quo. An Administration official in Washington snaps back at the Europeans, "The boat is sinking, but they don't want to rock...
...plan to beef up college facilities and programs aimed at encouraging more whites to enroll at the state's historically black universities and more blacks to enroll at the state's historically white universities. The Louisiana chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. criticized the plan, saying it merely preserved the status quo...
...scientists returning to Asia bring more than just a Westernized preference for cappuccino over tea. They also carry with them a penchant for challenging the status quo. Until recently, Asian funding agencies still doled out research money according to traditional egalitarian formulas, with little regard for quality. Now they are being pressured to establish peer-review panels staffed by scientific experts to gauge the merit of competing proposals. Automatic promotions, still typical at many academic institutions, are also coming under attack, and some brave souls have even mounted an assault on the Confucian ethos -- particularly its stultifying worship of professors...