Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Groans on the Hill. Asked what he intended to do to carry out the reorganization of the Defense Department promised in his State of the Union message, Ike replied that nothing could be done until there is a "consensus" of Congress and service chiefs-an answer that was promptly interpreted in the Pentagon as backing down...
...Acknowledged that the "consensus of opinion" was that the U.S. lagged behind Russia "in some areas of long-range ballistic missile development" but with effort could have necessary missiles in quantity and in time (a considerable change in position from his post-Sputnik assertion that the first Russian satellite had not raised his apprehensions "one iota...
...policy session. Said House Majority Leader McCormack: "It is about time the Administration got out of its dream world and into the world of reality." Said Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson: "The Administration needs a big dose of urgency." Privately, the Republicans felt much the same way. The general consensus was that the Administration had a long way to go before its ideas were whipped together into a salable congressional program-though time is rapidly running...
This year, as usual, the sideline critics who pick All-America football teams looked back over the season, squabbled over local favorites, but in the end agreed on enough names to field an unusually fine team. The consensus, notable for its light list of West and East Coasters...
...Studio from the Edwardian era." The occasion was the first exhibition of Soviet graphic art in London since the honeymoon days of World War II. After critics had a good look at the 130 works by 14 artists, picked by the Union of Artists of the U.S.S.R., the consensus was: considerable competence, little fire. "There is no hint here," said the Times, "of a Bakst, a Chagall, or a Kandinsky...