Word: consensus
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...nomination of Botterill--the consensus favorite to win the award for some time now--comes as no surprise...
...gays face possible rejection by family, friends, teachers and society at large, the fear of discrimination in school or in the workplace--even the danger of brutal physical attack. But how can far more complicated issues, like same-sex marriage or non-discrimination laws, be addressed without first reaching consensus on the foundations? Statements that we are "past" these issues ring hollow when so many Americans--whose opinions and votes matter--vocally disagree. The only way to change their minds is to join, not move beyond, the morality debate...
...recent weeks, the committee has shuttled between hotels in New York and Boston, discussing and interviewing candidates in order to reach a consensus...
...Globe reported yesterday that "in recent days Bollinger has emerged as a consensus candidate on the [presidential search] committee...
...threw a celebratory party - complete with balloons and a playing of "Taxman" - before the bill was even passed, so they could get it on the evening news? Or was he merely hurt that George W. Bush, for all his talk, has still not deigned to make the words "bipartisan consensus" more than a campaign slogan...