Word: consensus
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...TIME: Is there a consensus in the Iranian leadership on an acceptable compromise with the West...
...Talking to a lot of the orchestra members afterwards, the consensus was that it’s the best the orchestra has ever sounded," said Davone J. Tines ’09, a violinist...
...whose 56-month term as foreign minister of South Korea ranks among the longest in the nation’s history, is widely lauded as a model statesman, adept at building consensus...
What's the mission of the Iraq Study Group? The mission is to take a fresh-eyes look at the situation in Iraq to see if we can come up with a consensus, a bipartisan approach and advice to the Congress and the Administration. We've talked to a lot of people. We've met with a representative of the Syrian government. We intend to meet with the Iranian government, the Iraqi government and all the people in our government--the President, the Secretaries of Defense and State and the National Security Adviser...
During Chief Justice Roberts' honeymoon term, about half the court's decisions were unanimous--nearly double the typical tally in recent years. This term, big cases on divisive social issues mean Roberts is likely to struggle to build such consensus. Still, he'll try in order to boost the court's "stature and legitimacy," he said in July. When the court can choose either a narrow but unanimous ruling or a sweeping, landmark decision by a 5-4 vote, he said, "I think it's better to decide on the former ground, and let it go at that...