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...only existed, but it is coming back, as menacing as ever. That at least is the consensus of energy experts and government leaders around the world-prominently including Jimmy Carter. The President-elect has declared that a new, more cohesive energy policy will be a top-priority goal of his Administration. Indeed, Carter plans to devote one of his earliest televised fireside chats to a plea to the nation to conserve fuel...
...wrapped up in the welter of conflicts faced by their patients. At least technically, their part in the decision to perform an operation can be as difficult and as uncertain as that of the women; medical and legal risks are everpresent and diverse--there is not even a definite consensus as to the period of gestation after which a fetus should not be aborted...
...Third Universal Theory (the other two being capitalism and Communism). As outlined in his single-chapter Green Book, the theory rejects democratic representation in favor of direct participation by the masses. Municipalities, trade unions and professional groups establish committees, which in turn choose delegates to the congress "by consensus." The congress convenes at Gaddafi's whim...
AMONG THE HOPES that are traditionally harbored for new administrations, there are always some demands for changes in foreign policy. Unfortunately, the covert activities mentioned above and the choice of allies to which America has been inclined seem to be the by-products of a consensus on foreign policy that has endured since the 1950s. Whether or not that consensus has been sufficiently fragmented to permit a new direction and style for American foreign policy will only be revealed with time. But new directions will certainly be necessary before the United States can confidently tell the dictatorships of the world...
...G.O.P. statesman-or party peacemaker, if the opportunity should appear. Said James Baker, who managed Ford's campaign: "The President ought not to get involved in the nitty-gritty [of a long fight], but I do think he and Governor Reagan and Governor Connally should agree on a consensus choice [for chairman] who is not tied to anyone's presidential ambitions. If we go through a bitter contest for control, we won't be able to make a comeback in the congressional elections of 1978, to say nothing of the presidential election...