Word: consensus
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...first allegiance, lack of a common language or religion, the wild variety of governmental patterns that developed after liberation from colonial status -the mere fact that the O.A.U. has remained in existence for ten years is a tribute to African tenacity. Dedicated to unity, the organization has insisted on consensus. Given the size of its membership, this rule hurts its effectiveness...
...deception that preceded it, as well as the lying and shredding of evidence that followed it, represent to a fearsome degree lawlessness at the highest levels of Government. Whatever may yet be revealed about Richard Nixon's complicity, in a sense, he already stands impeached, by a growing consensus, for an appalling failure of responsibility. He selected the men, set the standards, and more than anyone else allowed Watergate's muddy waters to engulf his Administration...
Kissinger pondered the address under the Acapulco sun last March. The main thing, he and Nixon agreed, would be to try to establish a broad, top-level political consensus on the U.S.-European issues. The unsatisfactory alternative, the President and Kissinger believe, would be to leave the future of the alliance to the varying interests of the technicians and experts who will actually conduct the forthcoming negotiations on trade, monetary reform and troop reductions...
...would much rather see his crew tagged as a Philadelphia Phillie underdog, will put his three undefeated crews on the water against three equally as unbeaten squads. By virtue of a record of more convincing margins over common opponents the Crimson has been installed as the pre-race consensus pick by crew experts and Penn coach Ted Nash and Navy mentor Carl Ullrich...
...proposal for the full-time administrator was made by Barbara G. Rosenkrantz, lecturer in the History of Science, apparently in response to the consensus that the task of contacting women employees in the University requires substantial time and access to mailing lists, which the women claim are not readily available...