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...Lien wasn't forced to give way on any touchy diplomatic issues: when it was in government in 1992, the KMT and Beijing came to a "consensus" that there was only one China?but agreed that each side could have a different interpretation of what that entails. That was a high point in cross-strait relations. When Chen's Democratic Progressive Party took over power in 2000, that consensus had already crumbled, and Chen refuses to adopt the formula. As a consequence, Beijing won't deal with...
...Consensus on the need for funding this type of training was unanimous; however, working out the details of formalizing aspects of selection criteria and the admission process tied to both the medical and graduate school took more careful consideration,â Burnley wrote in an e-mail...
...personalities can count for as much as their policy views. The zero-sum qualities of Reagan's top advisers have nearly paralyzed the tortuous process of hammering out an arms-control proposal that is acceptable to both Reagan and the Soviet Union. The man charged with shaping a consensus, National Security Adviser McFarlane, has great expertise in arms control and the will to move quarreling partisans, but he has failed to sway his chief client. Chief of Staff Regan has his boss's ear, but little substantive experience in geopolitics. No-nonsense Secretary of State Shultz is the workhorse...
...York, and Bill Bradley, a Democratic Senator from New Jersey, the two-day conference attracted such luminaries as Jacques Attali, counselor to French President François Mitterrand, New York Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn and Yusuke Kashiwagi, board chairman of the Bank of Tokyo. No agreements were reached, but a consensus emerged: more must be done to narrow currency fluctuations...
...second-tier exporter, and its exports are running below last year's. The Iraqi oil industry needs somewhere around $40 billion in investment to start to produce on a scale commensurate with its reserves. That takes not only time and money but also stability, security and some political consensus...