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Word: consensuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Environmentalists are not even suggesting that existing wells and pipelines should be shut down. But there is a broad consensus in the state and in Washington that current operations must be made fail-safe and that the oil companies should not be trusted to do this on their own. Immediately after the Exxon Valdez incident, senate President Kelly began to draw up plans for what he calls a Spill Response Corps, to be organized by the state but paid for by the oil companies "as part of the cost of doing business here." And Governor Cowper insisted on a credible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Two Alaskas | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...with much support on Capitol Hill and across the country. Not since John F. Kennedy's 40 Inaugural Address and the institution of the Peace Corps have leaders actually asked young people to give something back to their country in return for the benefits they receive. The general consensus is that a program such as the Citizens Corps is necessary to motivate young people to become active again in public service and the political system...

Author: By Jonathan Miller, | Title: Giving Back to Your Country | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

...gathering, originally proposed by the Corporation as a substitute for an open meeting with students, has become a symbol of the new-found "consensus" politics that seem to dominate student activism...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Student Government Questions | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

According to Truong, the organization is "verymuch oriented towards consensus building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Leaders Form New Organization | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

...good, strong consensus that gets things done," Bozzotto says...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: A Day in the Life of the Dining Services | 4/5/1989 | See Source »

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