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...inveterate gambler I pay some attention to odds, and the consensus is that they're in my favor. Of almost 400,000 who have received the shot so far, the Pentagon reports only 102 "adverse reactions" (with just 14 serious enough to warrant time off from work). Meanwhile, various news articles quote anti-inoculation groups as saying the figure is about a thousand. So, if I split the difference and quadruple the military's numbers - to, say, 400 - that's still 1,000 to 1 that I come away with nothing worse than a bump on my arm, which...
Almost two months after Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 announced his decision to dissolve the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), administrators are reaching consensus on how to divvy up the institute's many programs...
Words like consensus, community and vision resonate throughout West's writings and throughout Bradley's speeches. West has written extensively on the need for community-rooted solutions mixed with governmental activism to solve social problems...
...said that since many voters subscribe to the consensus view that Gore has wrapped up the Democratic nomination, more voters will participate in the still-viable Republican race...
...three big oil producers saying they'll increase production, so OPEC will obviously be paying attention," says TIME financial correspondent Adam Zagorin. "OPEC realizes that the market demands a supply increase, but they're interested in doing this in a coordinated way - of building a consensus, so that some countries don't drastically increase production and slash prices." OPEC is also said to be concerned about sparking a recesssion, which would be likely to cause an uncontrollable dip in oil prices...