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We found our house in statu quo, – agreeable letters from Europe, – great preparations making for the English ball, to assist at which we had returned sooner than we otherwise should, and for which my femme-de-chambre has just completed a dress for me, very much to her own satisfaction.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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That the city shall be rebuilt and re-established "in statu quo -- in its former state," ver.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The labor of thinking is involved, -- a labor which is not at first performed without effort, -- for that reason many prefer to let others think for them; and hence, they continue in that unenviable condition which is properly called a statu quo.
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Libellus vere aureus de optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia
Chronological List 2010
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And how this will affect her current probation statu or her totally unlikely casting in "Superman" is unknown.
Lindsay Lohan booked on jewelry heist charge Liz Kelly 2011
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From Newt Gingrich's event in Tampa twitter.com/RichardA/statu…— Richard Adams @RichardA January 30, 20121.47pm: Polls out over the weekend in Florida put Romney ahead by anything from five to 15 percentage points.
Florida primary campaign: Romney up, Gingrich down - as it happened 2012
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Libellus vere aureus de optimo reip. statu, deque nova insula Utopia
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Sign at Whitehall precinct #scprimary twitter.com/adambeam/statu…— Adam Beam @adambeam January 21, 20125.29pm: How unlike the home life of our plutocratic presidential candidate.
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Newt Gingrich at his rally in Tampa: "Let me be clear." twitter.com/RichardA/statu…— Richard Adams @RichardA January 30, 20122.55pm: Events being held by Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have both got under way simlutaneously.
Florida primary campaign: Romney up, Gingrich down - as it happened 2012
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As president, Hillary would continue Bush-Cheney foreigh policy in the Middle East, and Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton statu quo on corporate favoratism for banks, oil companies, defense contractors, healthcare and drug companies, and Walmart's cheap/inferior/uninspected/dangerous Chinese imports.
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