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...this crisis. The sacking of the Prime Minister's government 17 months ago by the King was a constructive move at an appropriate time. The King's commitment to constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy is appreciated; the Nepalese people want to see it in practice. In a democracy, a consensus among different factions is needed to solve problems, and no single person can restore order. So without any delay, the King must move the factions toward solving the current impasse. The Nepalese believe he can do this, and if he's successful, then he will truly be regarded...
Maori activists called Brash a "dirty racist" and mocked his "Ku Klux Klan speech." He'd "set out to be divisive," said Prime Minister Helen Clark. And succeeded: "For quite a long time there has been a consensus about how issues affecting Maoridom are dealt with," Clark said. "That consensus appears to be shattered." So does the one about next year's elections. Before Brash became leader, polls put National's support at just 27%, far behind Labour's 45%. Last week National had shot to 45% while Labour was behind for the first time in four years...
...safety net for $80,000-a-year programmers," he says, and perhaps there shouldn't be. Their education is supposed to provide that. Bernstein says that after the factory closings of the 1980s and the emergence of the "knowledge economy," many liberals and conservatives alike had reached a consensus that manufacturing jobs could not be saved but the "lab coat" jobs would always stay here. "Now that vision is under siege," Bernstein says. And the white-collar middle class is feeling the sting of insecurity that manufacturing workers know so well...
Harvard began the year as the nation’s sixth-ranked team and the consensus pick to win the league, but injuries, unmet expectations, and hard luck have doomed the Crimson to no better than a fifth-place finish...
...who’s the consensus pick to win in Albany? Your guess is as good as anyone else’s. “I don’t see any prohibitive favorite,” admitted Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni...