Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...North into several separate regions; Easterners were threatening to secede from the nation, and arguing among themselves over internal secession from the region; Western leaders were despondent; even the tiny Mid-West-originally the only insistent voice in favor of federation-was getting cold feet. Any hopes of quick consensus were fading fast, and with the resumption of rioting, the entire fabric of nationhood was fading as well...
...General Assembly ends, there is no evidence that the big powers have begun the long and difficult task of finding a man to replace him. Their appearance of inactivity may be only a well-designed cover for behind the scenes discussions, since the process of reaching a consensus on the future Secretary General must naturally begin with low-key, informal talks; and Thant himself has warned that choice should be made without "fanfare." But there has been no mention, in the newspapers or elsewhere, of any such negotiations. And it is difficult to believe that this kind of effort could...
...much." Language is always a barrier, but a Brazilian doctor says that his wife managed to spend $200 in a dress shop "on a total vocabulary of 'pink,' 'blue,' 'white,' 'my size' and 'how much.' " Other U.S. pluses, by consensus: ice cream, San Francisco, corn on the cob, roadside picnic spots, "houses that look like the ones in the movies," and the variety of the population-"white, yellow and every shade of black," an Italian visitor noted. Tops among minuses are rude customs officers. Others: slums, dismal trains, violence, plastic...
...noise-hating has suddenly gone democratic. Whole communities are treating noise as a public problem. Cities are passing ordinances to control it. Sound engineers and acoustical experts are waxing fat fighting it. And a growing consensus holds that modern man must attack noise in the same way that he attacks the contamination of his air and water. "Noise pollution" is the latest thing to worry about...
...still had school to finish," she recalls, "but then he said that married couples make better grades. He said the chances are that I might not be able to finish college, but then he said that I could go back and take courses later." Having reached an affirmative consensus, the Johnsons announced the engagement Christmas Eve. Lyndon Johnson, who must regret having no sons of his own, told friends: "I really like that boy." Soon he was calling...