For the most part, Mr Gore unsurprisingly, stood pretty firm in Boston for continuing the status quo.

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And he can raise the cost of continuing the status quo through multilateral measures to economically and politically isolate the spoilers.

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But what you cannot accept is the status quo continuing.

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The prevailing view is that a win for Democrat Barack Obama would mean higher gold prices on the idea of the status quo continuing, and win for Republican Mitt Romney would mean lower gold prices on thoughts that he might replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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"We are continuing our work to establish the status of all the British nationals, " a spokesman added.

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And this President is committed to continuing to work with both parties, continuing to encourage both parties to engage in direct negotiations, to help bring about resolution of the permanent status issues that can allow for the outcome that I just described.

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