Word: consensus
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...example, some reporters at the event questioned the degree to which the appearance of the considerable moustache sported by Jason Schwartzman’s character, whose look seems to have roots in George Harrison circa 1974, was just an accident. Coppola and Anderson struggled to find a consensus.“Hmmm… Ummm,” mumbled Coppola, before Anderson clarified, “Uhhh… actually in the script I think it actually says ‘a Beatles-type mustache’. So, yeah, a check on that one.” And what about...
...There is consensus among the liberal elites that the American education system is a fundamentally flawed one, and that it requires sweeping reform. Nevertheless, I dissent from the Crimson Staff in their endorsement of monetary incentives for New York City schools that serve communities with a high proportion of low-income Latino or black students. Doubtless, many of the students from such disadvantaged backgrounds need help to stay in school and focus on their studies, which are eventually what will give them a chance at better circumstances. But paying the way forward will not pave the way forward...
...country, Congress has been beset by animated wrangling over the policies that safeguard the homeland’s security; and overseas, American influence over many countries’ political realities makes engagement with these issues unavoidable. Yet, underlying the majority of formal political discourse on the subject, an unhealthy consensus prevails. Generally speaking, all concerned agree on the basic premise of the “War on Terror”: the “terrorist.” And since few in power today dispute the mindset that begets this “Other,” the waging...
...where I actually can influence people, and one way to do that is to have personal relationships that, that enable me to sit down and tell people what's on my mind without fear of rupturing relations." In other words, like any subtle diplomat, Bush underplays disagreement and emphasizes consensus when dealing with autocrats...
...effort a distinguished historian of President Faust’s expertise and temperament. Not only will she be able to ground our moment of openness in the longer story of human aspiration; as a specialist in the American Civil War, she will know how to anticipate, confront, and find consensus on issues that unnerve and divide...