Word: consensus
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...able to stop the traffic in Washington, but in fact my job is to keep traffic moving. I'm not interested in the limelight. I'm interested in what we can actually do. The way the E.U. approaches the issue is that we will look for a consensus if there is one. It doesn't mean there will be one. But we also need someone who will look for a European perspective on things governments think of nationally. I chair the E.U.'s Foreign Affairs Council, which is a monthly meeting of foreign ministers, where we come together over...
Although there was a common consensus that doctored photos have dangerous latent impacts on body image, there was also an understanding that they are unlikely to go away...
...Still, the U.S. is betting heavily that through the democratic process, Iraq's contending factions will achieve a consensus that will prevent a relapse into civil war. Under the Status of Forces Agreement concluded between the Bush Administration and the Iraqi government, all U.S. combat forces will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of July, and the remaining support troops and training personnel will leave by the end of 2011. The Obama White House, which needs extra soldiers for its expansion of the war in Afghanistan, is committed to that timetable and optimistic about the country that they will...
Regulators in the European Union are trying to change the E.U.'s zero-tolerance policy. The region plans to adopt a common standard that would specify testing methods and establish thresholds for all food-related allergens. For instance, when it comes to gluten, the general consensus is that any concentration below 20 parts per million is too small to have a harmful effect, so new regulations would not require manufacturers to label foods that contain less than that cutoff...
According to Lazarus, Freeman was the architect of the new motor vehicles emissions standards policy, which required her to build a consensus among the auto industry, environmentalists, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency...