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status quo

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the status quo
the situation as it is at present, without any changes. The army, having maintained the status quo for so long, is embarking on a series of reforms.


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I must inform her of my conclusion, that thinking over the terrible position in which she has placed her family, all other solutions will be worse for both sides than an external status quo, and that such I agree to retain, on the strict condition of obedience on her part to my wishes, that is to say, cessation of all intercourse with her lover.
 
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