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...Iraqis had seven points, which should have been a warning. Any seven-step program is almost by definition a leisurely one. The Administration hoped to take the process of nation building slowly, first building up the institutions of civil society--courts, a free press, a constitution, habits of consensus rather than confrontation. Only after the invisible infrastructure of a modern state had been established would Iraq move to elections for a government and sovereignty. But that idea involved one fatal conceit: that the clock would move at a speed of the Administration's choosing. Dominique de Villepin, the French Foreign...
...though nothing like a consensus regarding the Core curriculum emerged from the discussions, panelists suggested changing it in a multitude of ways...
Another close battle here. Yale’s junior Robert Carr was certainly the consensus preseason pick as the league’s top running back. He had fantastic freshman and sophomore years and was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection last season. He hasn’t disappointed in 2003, averaging 4.8 yards-per-carry with 10 rushing touchdowns. He’s also racked up 772 yards on the ground and added 424 return yards, good for fourth in the Ivy League in all-purpose yards...
...moot point to argue for it being illegal until you show that it’s wrong.” The strategy, it seems, is to rope in moderates with liberal language that will make them start listening, and begin to form an anti-abortion consensus. Once abortion is, as Tapia says, “viewed like cigarettes,” it may be easier...
...time when those [college basketball preview] magazines would call you,” Sullivan said. “They would want to know who’s on the court, who’s doing what, what the league looks like. Then, they would draw up a consensus of opinion. Now, the magazine racket is all driven by one thing—first on the market. They don’t have time to bother with the Ivy League...