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status quo

The existing condition or state of affairs, as in We don't want to admit more singers to the chorus; we like the status quo. This term, Latin for "state in which," has been used in English since the early 1800s.

See also: quo, status

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It also flatly acknowledges the suboptimal nature of the status quo.

The case for cautious conservatism

We make a lot of decisions each day, and the status quo trap is just one of the traps we walk through.

Make better decisions

In all Status Quo have had 11 different members and 64 British chart hits.

Status Quo reunited

I don't think it can expel the Palestinians and I don't think it can tolerate the continuation of the status quo because ultimately the status quo is an apartheid status quo," he added .

World told to help end status quo

Admission to the track on June 4 will be EUR30, which includes the racing and the Status Quo concert.

Quo to rock the Curragh

Nickelback will perform on February 5, while Status Quo will take the stage on February 6.

Status Quo set to rock

The calm on the island is due to the stability which the status quo offered and which served everyone's interests.

The status quo goes critical

To win just send your answer with your name and address to The People Status Quo competition, PO Box 4010, London, E14 5BA.

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Donny Osmond was a success, while Status Quo lit up the night with their own brand of music.

Rockin' all over the park at Cyfarthfa; coffee break Review Status Quo Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr Tydfil

Simon Porter, manager of Status Quo, told the Gazette: "I heard through a friend Mr Mallon was a huge Quo fan.

In the next life I want to come back as Francis Rossi; Mallon reflects on his heroes' gift

By now, there is a large experimental literature showing some kind of status quo bias.

Is status quo bias consistent with downward-sloping demand?

He knows that, at this point, tossing out the status quo is the only chance for meaningful improvement in a district headed for disaster.

EDITORIAL VOTE FOR A NEW LAUSD TAMAR GALATZAN AND OTHER CHALLENGERS WILL BRING REFORM TO THE FAILING DISTRICT

In effect, in mature organizations "the system" becomes a formalized body of rules and regulations implemented to thwart change and protect the status quo.

Fighting 'The Blob': organizations need systems to function, but be wary lest they grow into unwieldy bureaucracies

But the majority of our unions, by their nature, exist to serve the needs of adults rather than those of students, and ultimately work to maintain the status quo of collective bargaining agreements that all too often serve as barriers to innovation, efficiency, and common sense.

Unions and politics

Out of the Israeli triumph of 1967 there emerged a status quo that has prevailed with some modifications ever since, and no matter how unsatisfactory, the international system prefers the status quo to change.