status quo = 'situation'

[Dan Goncharoff]

Why is it weird, if the status quo is a stalemate, and expected (by the
analyst) to stay that way?

DanG

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> If it means "stalemate," it's even weirder.
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> Ockham's Razor says it probably doesn't - if you can trust a talking razor.
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> JL
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> > How about a contrast to either side winning?
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> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > > Or maybe 'long-term situation.'  Truly, who can say?:
> > >
> > > 2011 Reuters
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110318/bs_nm/us_markets_oil(March
> > > 18): "We may be facing the possibility of an entrenched status quo
> > between
> > > pro and anti Gaddafi groups," said Harry Tchilinguirian, analyst at BNP
> > > Paribas.
> > >
> > > Though OED defines "status quo" as "the existing state of affairs," it
> > > usually implies a contrast of that state with a different one.
> > > In the ex. above, there's no contrast that I can see.
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