Word: quo
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regard to faculty coaching the status quo was left unchanged. The question of an undergraduate, graduate or faculty coach is to be a matter for decision by each college for itself...
...lecture last evening before the Classical Club, Mr. Parker carefully considered the reign of Nero, and compared the true historical facts with those given in "Quo Vadis." He characterized this book as misleading in many ways, but most of all in the description which it gives of the condition of society during the last years of Nero. The emperor and his court were corrupt beyond description, but to extend this licentiousness into all ranks of society is wholly in contradiction to the facts...
...True History of the Reign of Nero." This lecture will be an historical account of the great movements in progress during the reign of Nero rather than a criticism of the writers on that period, although some attention will be paid to the misconceptions arising from the reading of "Quo Vadis" and the general histories of Rome...
...Fisher closed his remarks by asserting that our present policy of continuing the status quo of the islands was sufficient to keep out other nations; that their very community of interests in Hawaii would incline them to help us maintain that policy, and that this was better than risking diplomatic complications...
...July, 1623, the Attorney General made a report, in which he said that the king should assume the entire government of the colony. A writ of "quo warranto" was entered against the company in the Court of the King's Bench. A last appeal to Parliament was laid on the table by order of the king. The case of "quo warranto" was argued, and on June 16, 1624, the Chief Justice declared the Company's Charter null and void. Ferrar, before surrendering the records of the company had copies of them made, which are now in the possession...