Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...safe to predict that someone will soon be blaming Lyndon Johnson for the whole ugly Middle Eastern crisis." Sure enough, someone soon was. The very next day, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist Marquis Childs declared that the "real significance" of the war is that the "Johnson brand of consensus diplomacy has disastrously failed"-an interpretation that, had they read it, would have certainly startled the Arabs and Israelis-not to mention the Russians...
...Consensus on Caution. In general, editorial opinion stood foursquare behind Israel. Minor irritation was expressed by some newspapers at the lack of U.S. preparedness for the crisis, but few editorials took issue with President Johnson's policy of cautious watchfulness. The commitment to Israel had to be upheld, said the editorials, but it would be better for the U.S. to rally allies to its side and not try to go it alone. All newspapers agreed that the great powers must now get together and try to keep the peace permanently in the area. "The Arabs and Israelis alone cannot...
...workable system of government for society on a mass scale. In reply, SDSers allude to control by workers in cooperative factories, and to town meetings. But aside from the question of practicability, the notion has serious weaknesses even in theory. For it appears to depend on an underlying consensus in values and interests that runs directly against the pluralism and freedom which SDSers value so highly. The student radicals believe that meetings should produce a unanimity of viewpoint; yet they also prize a rebellious, strong-willed individualism2
...committee, with members from all Design departments, had gathered student criticisms and suggested reforms into a well-reasoned and comprehensive assessment of the school. Such a longterm analysis had never before been presented by the students, and the Visiting Committee was impressed with the display of organization and consensus...
...classmates, nor even reflect a climate of opinion. Law and medical students are satisfied with the system which will make them successful lawyers and doctors. Design students, in a small school which inevitably molds them into an intimate community through studio work, are perhaps best able to achieve a consensus of opinion. So while the activists are now more critical, vocal and well-organized, they remain essentially a minority...