Word: consensus
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...though, we feel that the method of hiring House masters needs to change to allow for greater flexibility and responsiveness to House communities. Masters should not be allowed to coast through their five guaranteed years derelict in their duties to students and tutors. Instead, if there is an overwhelming consensus among House residents that it is time for a change, University Hall should not hesitate to make one. Furthermore, when vetting prospective house masters, careful attention should be paid to how effectively candidates can perform the important social tasks that they must fulfill in order to give house life...
...Wolfowitz always enjoyed an advantage at the table: he knew who he was - and wasn't - up against and he exploited the weaknesses of the board's polyglot membership adroitly. He knew the board would have trouble reaching a consensus about his fate; he knew that its members were divided internally; he probably also figured that they were reluctant to take firm action knowing such a move could trigger other investigations into small-stroke favoritism inside the largely oversight-free World Bank...
...learned in humanitarian crises to launch a political career. Socialist opponents have called Sarkozy's recruitment of Kouchner a ploy to co-opt and thus weaken the left ahead of June legislative elections. Supporters counter that the pick is proof of Sarkozy's commitment to seek public and political consensus as he modernizes France...
...things will evolve that way," says Gore. "If I do my job right, all the candidates will be talking about the climate crisis. And I'm not convinced the presidency is the highest and best role I could play. The path I see is a path that builds a consensus-to the point where it doesn't matter as much who's running. It would take a lot to disabuse me of the notion that my highest and best use is to keep building that consensus...
...those affected by the shooting at Virginia Tech got to choose a singer to memorialize their tragedy, the consensus pick would have to be Elton John, the man who wrote "Empty Garden" for John Lennon, "Candle in the Wind" for Marilyn Monroe and "Goodbye England's Rose" for Princess Diana. If Sir Elton were for some reason unavailable, they'd still have plenty of good-hearted high-quality pop singers to choose from - your Bon Jovis, your Maroon 5s - not to mention all those country singers born to sing in the key of heartbreak...