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When the predictions of the computer survey do not agree with the consensus of the courtroom observers, the field check becomes critical. A network of 50 defense sympathizers is now investigating every member of the jury panel. One woman, who has already been tripped up, gave open-minded answers in court that contradicted computer predictions. A tip revealed that far from being the regular Methodist churchgoer she claimed to be, she had actually quit her church after an unsuccessful fight to oust a minister she considered too liberal. She was dismissed for cause by Judge Fred Nichol because...
...concept--it is a construction of a new set of social relationships. The Front never entered villages simply to redistribute land by fiat. Instead, the NLF organized village discussions, usually lengthy, at which even the humblest peasant would air his or her views concerning the reforms. When a certain consensus was reached, the reforms would be enacted--and the peasants were ready to fight to protect them...
...Review Organization, as mandated by federal law, is a serious intrusion into the patient-doctor relationship. With peer review as the norm, some of the less expert medical practitioners may be selected out. But more important, the creative, humanistic, unorthodox physician will be selected out. For years, unofficial peer consensus militated against legalized abortion, home delivery, natural childbirth and the husband's presence in the delivery room...
...start of the year, the consensus among TIME'S board members and most other economists was that the G.N.P. deflator, the broadest index of inflation in the economy, would rise about 3.5%. CEA Chairman Herbert Stein predicted 3%. Actually, the deflator rose by more than 5.5%, the biggest peacetime jump in a quarter-century...
...objected. The organization's head, the Rev. Roy Pfaff, polled the full board to find out whether Berrigan's award should stand. With only 20 replies received so far, the results are inconclusive. Not, however, as far as Berrigan is concerned. Decrying what he called "a degrading consensus game," Berrigan refused the prize. His refusal, he said, "brings me somewhat nearer to the spirit of Gandhi; it is not a time for reward, but a time for labor...