Word: consensus
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...also addressed audience questions about the role of the religious community in advising on genetic ethical issues, saying he believes theologians' advice is needed, but he has "a terrible trouble getting consensus...
Although there is a consensus that Harvard has improved on this front from its past insistence on sending promising candidates away before rehiring them with tenure, administrators say many candidates fear old habits die-hard...
...most due to repetitive stress. Republicans voted en masse to revoke the regulations, which they argued created undue burdens, primarily financial, for businesses. After exhaustive lobbying by Majority Whip (and repeal effort sponsor) Don Nickles, the GOP bloc was padded by votes from six moderate Democrats, including high-profile consensus builders John Breaux and Mary Landrieu, both of Louisiana...
...That may depend on how much the Democrats are willing to bend in the name of consensus. There are signs that even staunch party members may be ready to talk turkey - no one, after all, wants to be labeled as the party that sank the education bill. When asked about vouchers Tuesday, Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, chose to accentuate the positive. "We have differences in that area, but the areas where we are in agreement are substantial and can make a very important difference." Paris agrees that concord could at last be poised to overwhelm conflict, and cites...
...think people in developed nations, in developing nations and in the small nations that night be submerged if the icecaps melt more will be able to come to a consensus or an agreement on combatting climate change in the near future...