Word: consensus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...colt, Correspondent, drew a lot of attention; his jockey, Eddie Arcaro, felt reasonably confident of winning if Correspondent could only outrun the great Dancer. Other owners, riders and trainers were not figuring it quite so closely. Each had his hopes, but the betting odds reflected something like a U.S. consensus. At post time, the Dancer, coupled with his stablemate Social Outcast, was the odds-on favorite at 7-10; Correspondent (Arcaro up) was the second choice at 3-1. The rest of the field went into the gate at odds...
Those honored by the guests' rise gave a little speech. Congressman from the Eleventh District, Thomas P. O'Neill, expressed the general consensus that "Billy knew bow to operate and to take care of is friends...
Instead, a committee has been formed to examine the whole problem of anticipatory credit. The consensus of faculty opinion felt that, if adopted, the move would set the College in a course toward a three year program, instead of the present four year program...
...there any way to slow Howe down or stop him? Rival players in the rough & ready game, who know Howe is at his best when aroused, handle him deferentially. Consensus: "The best defense against Howe is to treat him courteously...
...Meehan is a young (29) artist who loves baseball so much that he has worked for the past two years at putting it on canvas. In a Philadelphia gallery last week. Painter Meehan was showing off the results of his concentration-22 brightly colored studies of the Philadelphia Phillies. Consensus: Painter Meehan might have missed a home run, but he had at least cracked a clean single...