Word: consensuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students, tutors and the masters in Leverett all read the applications for prospective tutors and each group decides who should receive interviews. If after the interviews there is still not a clear consensus, students invite the candidate back to meet informally in the dining hall...
That too represents an enormous psychological change from the 1950s. In the postwar boom, there was general agreement about shoring up the New Deal institutions that promised to protect people if there were another economic earthquake. That consensus was carried into the expansion of the 1960s but then rolled back in the 1980s. "Most people may want to see welfare reformed," says Mitchell, "but a by-product of that is the widespread notion now that you're on your own. The old social contract that there will be help in bad times is disappearing...
...individual members to consult privately. "We can't sit down and brainstorm," says Robert Thomas, executive vice president of Republic Industries and one of two Republicans appointed by Clinton to the board. But if board members could talk to one another, they might not come close to reaching a consensus. When Franklin declined last month to hear from Connerly, his decision not only enraged conservatives but also caused grumbling among otherwise sympathetic board members. And Angela Oh, a Korean-American attorney, had wanted to broaden the board's discussions to talk about all races, but Franklin declared that the main...
...week that dithering politicians finally had to act. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P.) managed to commit itself to a controversial, publicly financed $80 billion scheme to shore up the banks. But that is as far as it got. If Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto does not produce a rapid consensus on exactly how the money will be used or what drastic measures the government will take to resuscitate the economy, plummeting confidence will batter the markets further...
...think I've got a pretty good chance; it's really a matter of going through a consensus process," she said. "I know that [Councillor and Former Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72] is supporting me. I think there would be other councillors [voting for me] if councillor Duehay decided not to continue as a candidate...