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...decisions as in the interest of Europe." When they couldn't pull all of Europe into the antiwar camp last year, Chirac grew annoyed and said those who disagreed had "missed a good opportunity to keep quiet." Now, he and Schröder know that "if they want a consensus, they need the British view," Bertram says. Case in point: the deal reached last December to have a separate planning unit for E.U. military forces - highly desired by France, Belgium and Germany, deeply mistrusted by Washington because of its potential to compete with nato. Blair delivered a compromise that satisfied...
...begin to understand. But we stay silent. There’s not much to say, the consensus is, but “Gross!” The gender lines have been set and our roles made firmly clear. Boys may masturbate, joke about doing so, even joke in public, even joke in computer class. Girls may please hold their hands over their mouths and squeal...
...panel reached consensus on most educational points, most notably that America’s education system is seriously flawed and every sector of society should be concerned...
There are no time-outs in presidential politics. Soon after the primaries yield a consensus Democratic nominee, the Bush-Cheney campaign and the Republicans will begin an air war, Republican sources tell TIME--instantly spending a good part of the $99 million the party will have in the bank to define that Democrat before most of the country can pick him out of a lineup...
Secretly, Jones loved both the nickname ("My mom calls me Snorah all the time now") and the burgeoning consensus that her popularity had peaked. "It had all gotten way too crazy," says Jones. "I'm not saying I didn't want any of it or that I think I'm undeserving, but I'm young. I'm still figuring out what I want." Then: "Though I'm pretty sure I don't want that craziness...