Word: consensus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Princetonian's editorial policies, for example, are not determined by the Chairman alone. They are not, it is true, subjects of "heated arguments lasting as long as an hour;" but they are the objects of a vote by the Senior Board, and the products of the majority's consensus. For this reason, the Chairman is not the author of "virtually all the editorials," or even of a majority of them...
...membership is drawn from the top economists employed by U.S. private industry. A year ago, the N.A.B.E. produced a forecast of the 1961 business rebound that proved to be dead right. Last week, meeting in Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel, 193 N.A.B.E. members gazed forward into 1962. Their consensus: prospects for''62 are bright-but not brilliant...
...general consensus, it was a good day for nearly everyone. It had to be. The game with Newport was crucial in deciding changes in order on the varsity lineup. The reactions of the coaches to yesterday's win will not, of course, immediately be known--the growing attrition from the varsity may bring changes sooner than anyone thinks, maybe even today...
...became friends with a common interest. Says Goldberg: "We would sit around discussing the philosophy of various aspects of labor for hours." When President-elect Kennedy tapped him for Labor Secretary, Goldberg told him to discuss the choice with other people. Kennedy did, got an affirmative consensus, although George Meany sputtered briefly before agreeing. (Because Goldberg has never carried a union membership card, Meany has never really considered him an honest-to-overalls labor...
...Consensus is that disappointed Labor Premier Einar Gerhardsen will soon resign, but that the Labor Party will manage to hang on. Likely compromise: Laborite Nils Langhelle, president of the Storting, will take over a minority government with tacit conservative support. One thing was certain: in view of the pressing problem of Common Market entry and Norway's vital role in NATO, neither Labor nor the other old-line parties want to give the fellow-traveling upstarts a chance to play the balance-of-power game...