It is going to be inevitable unless there are serious measures taken to dismantle the current status quo.

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Proothveerajh: The world of technology has traditionally been male dominated, and the current status quo shows that radical change is required if we are to create an environment in ICT that is attractive to women, and is amiable to their success.

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Prior to filing their litigation, players and their representatives publicly praised the current system and argued for extending the status quo.

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Representative RUN PAUL (Republican, Texas): The resolution says we support the status quo, we support the current policy.

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The league's current collective bargaining agreement calls for keeping the status quo through the 2009 season, then to remove the salary cap in 2010 if an agreement isn't reached by then.

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Players are seeking an injunction that would end the current lockout, while owners are trying to maintain the status quo in hopes of forcing the players to return to collective bargaining.

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By breaking the fragile status quo prevailing since the spring of 2012, it triggered the current French-led military operation in an attempt to avoid a complete collapse in Bamako.

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One, the status quo bias, has to do with our tendency to take our current situation as our reference point and to see any change as negative (or at least difficult) and with a high potential for regret.

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Different organizations, ranging from the Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Commission to the House Budget Committee, have considered this current policy baseline to be the appropriate reference point, since it measures changes relative to the status quo, rather than the mix of expiring provisions and policy changes that would likely never be implemented.

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