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Early in yesterday’s session, after Harvard submitted its first offer of the day and the two sides were caucusing, Saenz said she did not expect the negotiations to conclude that day. But she said consensus on health insurance and parity requirements was closer than ever before...
...This consensus is not a “Cambridge effect”; we do not suffer from the delusions of being thousands of miles away from the loci of conflict. Even in Israel and Palestine—where excuses to make war abound on both sides—the vast majority of people is still in favor of compromise and peace. In spite of decades of dehumanization and state terror, the Palestinian people want to go back to the negotiating table. And in spite of all of those horrific suicide bombings, polls have shown that most Israelis still want...
...Right now there is no definite agreement on what should be done, but I do believe we’ll find common ground and a consensus among us,” Scalise said...
Chen focused his speech on the possibility of achieving political consensus in Taiwan, as well as issues of economic growth and relations with the United States...
...real reason we haven't had intelligent, caring measures is because we haven't had the political will to do it," says Irish Examiner columnist and "Yes" campaigner Rónán Mullen. That may be changing. Though consensus on abortion itself may be impossible, everyone wants to reduce the abortion rate, and common ground can be found on preventive measures. "It's in everyone's interests," says pro-amendment independent Deputy Mildred Fox. She says that one step has already been taken, with the launch of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, set up by the Department of Health...