Word: consensuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was a growing consensus in Washington that whatever the short-term twists, the country's eventual government would be Islamic in character, though not as radical as Iran's. According to this view, the new regime would not only be sufficiently decentralized to keep power outside Kabul largely in tribal hands but nonthreatening to the Soviets as well. Even the most anti- Soviet mujahedin, says a State Department official, realize that "the Afghans sleep next to the bear, and so they must act accordingly...
...Seaga's heavy cuts in health and education spending had angered the poor. There was a growing consensus among Jamaicans that the recovery had benefited mainly businessmen and the wealthy. Under the party slogan of "We put people first," Manley succeeded in portraying Seaga as a callous, autocratic Prime Minister obsessed with computer figures and uninterested in his constituents...
...dubious less-is-more assumptions that once undergirded Reaganomics, Darman argues that such a tax reduction would yield $4.8 billion in additional revenue in 1990. The logic: grateful investors would churn their portfolios in a frenzy to take advantage of the more generous tax rate. Although there is no consensus, most respected economic models challenge these assumptions. A study by the Congressional Budget Office, for example, puts the annual loss in the first year to the Treasury around $4 billion -- or more than six times the amount that Bush proposes to spend on all programs for the homeless...
...alone makes deanship appointments--also said he chose the candidate who he thought would best pursue academic excellence. Only two weeks ago, Bok had said appointing so-called "consensus candidates" might not be the best choice for that objective...
...could not be reached for comment last night, said only last month that he was not looking for a "consensus candidate," as some committee members had urged. He said then that he wanted a strong scholar and leader, someone who would make the faculty put aside its political differences and concentrate on academic issues...