Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Consensus of anthropologists is that man is descended from a generalized type of Dryopithecus, an extinct ape whose fossil remains have been widely found...
...YORK--The Magazine Newsweek today announced a consensus All-America football team--made by taking the 16 all-American teams picked by various newspapers and news agencies and averaging the votes for each player...
...general consensus of opinion in an informal survey conducted yesterday was that after Scotch and Rum, wine-dealer the popular beverage. One wine-dealer growled, "What Harvard guys want, I haven't got: Wheeskey...
Although Dick Kleberg was nominated for the Roosevelt Purge list this year he did not make it, partly because in the 14th District it would be hard to purge a King-Kleberg, partly be cause in Washington Rancher Kleberg has not sought to assert his birthright of leadership. Consensus: a conscientious, well-intentioned Congressman less unusual and less frigid than he looks, more independent than some of his colleagues because he is less ambitious and his interests are more special...
...Soldiers' Bonus, a remark he once made to Ohio Democratic chieftains who threatened to purge him unless he backed their candidate for a judgeship: "I guess it's more important for us to get a good judge than for me to stay in the Senate." Washington consensus: he is a plodding, middle-of-the-road legislator of the type which flourishes in contemporary Ohio, where Labor, Farmers, Pensioners all press hard on politicians. Chief idiosyncrasy, which he shares with his colleague Vic Donahey : chewing...