Word: consensus
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...even be harmful; in the past, your drinking buddies may have been your politically diverse colleagues, but now thanks to web sites like drinkingliberally.com you can imbibe in more comfortably homogenous company. This is probably good for grassroots political organization, but it might encourage polarization at the expense of consensus building...
...REAPPOINTED. Nong Duc Manh, 65, as general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party; in Hanoi. Known as a canny consensus-builder, Manh remains head of a party beset by recent corruption scandals, including the resignation of the minister of transport over accusations he failed to prevent embezzlement of state funds by several officials. Manh pledged to combat graft while maintaining Vietnam's robust economic growth by accelerating market reforms...
...boycotts and work stoppages make it an issue that is too hot to handle for some," said one Hill aide. "Rational arguments about how to best proceed on policy fall victim to emotional arguments about perception, and then it becomes more difficult to reach a consensus in that kind of environment." More bluntly, a top Senate Republican strategist said: "All together, they are unhelpful...
...answered the questions that would satisfy concerns over its nuclear intentions. But Iran's defiance, which has included saber-rattling about how it would respond to any potential U.S. military action , may actually be based on a sober diplomatic calculation: The U.S. has been unable to forge a U.N. consensus behind any steps to pressure Iran, partly because of skepticism over Washington's own intentions...
...have to be matched with a political flexibility rare among Iraqi leaders if he is to have any chance of improving on Jaafari, however: He lacks a majority in the legislature, and will need to find allies on an issue-by-issue basis to pursue his legislative agenda. Since consensus is no easy feat in in light of the sectarian tensions of all of the major blocs in the legislative assembly, Maliki may simply end up commanding a weaker central government...