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Status Quo

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OriginLondon
United Kingdom
Members Rick Parfitt
Francis Rossi
John Coghlan
GenresHard Rock
Rock And Roll
Boogie Rock
Psychedelic Rock
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About Status Quo


Status Quo are an English rock band who play boogie rock. The group originated in The Spectres, founded by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962, while still schoolboys.

Essequibo: Venezuelans vote to claim Guyana-controlled oil region

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... Guyana has condemned the vote as an aggressive attempt at " annexation" while the ICJ ordered Venezuela on Friday to refrain from any concrete action that may alter the Status Quo in the Essequibo...

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem on 'lethal' desire to control wombs

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...Faranak Amidi and Rebecca ThornBBC 100 WomenAt 89 years old, feminist icon, writer and magazine editor, Gloria Steinem has no plans to retire from a long career of challenging the Status Quo...

America Ferrera: We are still just fighting to be visible

America Ferrera: We are still just fighting to be visible
Nov 27,2023 4:11 am

... Suddenly she sounds excited, ready to challenge the Status Quo...

Argentina election: Javier Milei's radical proposals face test of reality

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Nov 26,2023 11:41 am

... This was just another striking way in which the Milei-Villarruel duo were trying to shake up the political Status Quo in Argentina...

Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue

Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue
Nov 24,2023 8:41 pm

... Harvard s deep pockets have helped it crown the country s elite, but some accuse it of using this power not to create a better society, but to maintain the Status Quo...

Laura Kuenssberg: Reshuffle deals drama but voters more worried about wallets

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Nov 18,2023 12:21 pm

... Rishi Sunak s, hammering the point by criticising what he called the 30-year consensus and the Status Quo...

Will Argentina vote in a radical politician to fix the economy?

Will Argentina vote in a radical politician to fix the economy?
Nov 17,2023 7:51 pm

... In the final TV debate between the two candidates last weekend, he made the case for shaking up the Status Quo...

China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan

China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan
Nov 9,2023 5:51 am

... January s vote is significant as it pits the incumbent Democratic People s Party (DPP), which considers Taiwan to be independent and sovereign, against at least three opposition candidates who advocate maintaining the Status Quo by restarting dialogue with Beijing...

Maria Jackson: Nasa name the HQ after the first black female engineer

Nov 7,2023 9:31 pm

Mary Jackson was Jackson of Nasa's first black female engineer in 1958

Nasa to call his headquarters in Washington, DC, after his first black female engineer, Mary.

Nasa administrator Jim bride Stine, Said Jackson had helped to break barriers for African-Americans and women in engineering and technology.

The Story of Mary Jackson , it was Said , in the 2016 film the Hidden Numbers. Born in Hampton, Virginia, she died in the year 2005.

in the Past year, as a Hidden Pay off.

"no more Hiding, we will continue to the recognition of the contributions of women, African-Americans and people of all backgrounds, Nasa

"Mary W Jackson was successful history of research on possible" is part of a group is very important, women, the, Nasa has added successfully helped in getting American astronauts Into Space ," Mr bride Stine.

"Mary has never accepted the Status Quo , she helped breaking down barriers and opening opportunities for African-Americans and women in The Field of engineering and technology. "

The Move comes at a time of introspection about the US about the historical injustices suffered by African-Americans.

The death in police custody of George Floyd and protests triggered around The World and renewed demands for an end to Institutional Racism .

The Building began as the Mary W Jackson at Nasa headquarters

Nasa to recruit college-educated African-American women in the 1940s as a "human Computer", but they experienced both racial and gender discrimination at work.

Mary Jackson was recruited in 1951 by The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was succeeded by the Nasa in the year 1958. She worked under Dorothy Vaughan - whose story is told also Hidden Numbers - in a separate area of West Computing Unit in Langley, Virginia.

Jackson died in the year 2005 and in the year 2019, she was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Her Daughter , Carolyn Lewis, Said The Family was honored that Nasa continues to celebrate Mary Jackson ' s legacy.

"she was a scientist, humanitarian, wife, mother and pioneer, the Said paved The Way for thousands of others, to be successful, not only at Nasa, but throughout this nation," She Said .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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