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...council also passed a number of bylaw amendments, though members failed to come to consensus on the line of succession should both the council president and vice president be unable to fulfill their duties...
...will] proceed when we have a clear consensus about the most important areas where our research, writing, teaching and conferences can have the most value and yield the greatest potential return to society," he concluded...
...gathering crowd is no indication of artistic achievement. The critical consensus at the 2000 Biennial, though, has closely mirrored popular opinion. This was the year of the video: Douglas Aitken's installation "Electric Earth," which chronicles the nocturnal wanderings of a young black man through the streets of Los Angeles, was widely praised, along with Shirin Neshat's "Fervor." The Biennial is in an unusual position: it has to function as a two-year retrospective of contemporary American art while still keeping up with shows like P.S.1's. Aitken's piece, which was featured on the cover of the exhibition...
...remained on the phone, not talking but on hold while Podhurst tried to get the family lawyers to wake up Lazaro and change his mind. Reno later explained that even at this late hour she wanted to go the extra mile. "She's always looking for consensus," observed a longtime Reno watcher a few days before the raid. "She wants Lazaro to be happy, Juan Miguel to be happy, the Justice Department to be happy. She wants everybody to be happy, and you can't have that...
...committee did not reach a consensus yesterday about how to involve first-years in the Trust, but it made plans to speak with the Freshman Dean's Office about possibilities...