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Gruson replied merely that there would have to be a "consensus" between the University and the tenants in order for the final design to be drawn. To this, Hicks retorted, " I think I can say honestly that everything you have said answers nothing...
...millions-"That it snowed every Christmas down to fifteen years ago," for example, or "that oysters are a great aphrodisiac." The Credo badly needs updating. In 50 years, America has become a more divided land, and its favorite truisms are less firmly fixed. But a lot of cliché consensus can still be found. In the public interest, TIME herewith proposes a few articles of faith for a revised edition...
...Their consensus turned out to be a major statement for Catholic theology embracing 15 resolutions, each passed by more than two-thirds of the theologians voting. The congress called for more democratic methods of choosing the Pope, bishops and priests. It called for pluralism in both theology and church structure, insisted on Christian involvement in securing political freedom, and urged investigation of a role for women in the ministry...
...businesses indirectly connected with the auto industry. In that case, lower corporate profits and more unemployment will sink the federal budget deeper in the red, increasing the prospects for a tax increase. The Nixon Administration expects that the strike will be over in six to eight weeks, but the consensus in Detroit is that it quite possibly could stretch out to twelve or 15 weeks, or even more. (G.M. dealers' supply of cars will last for six to seven weeks, including 1970 models.) Even after the auto strike is settled, the economy will be further distorted as General Motors...
...Faculty had always operated by consensus, but in the Spring of '69 the consensus was breaking down...