Word: consensus
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...Congress to strike. For U.S. labor is in an aggressive mood; unions are demanding, and most often getting, more than they have been accustomed to. The 3.2% voluntary ceiling on wage increases that President Johnson promoted so vigorously only a year ago has gone the way of the great consensus; hardly anyone even bothers to talk about, much less follow, the 5% guideline that succeeded...
They differed on details but demonstrated a remarkable consensus: prompt imposition of a surtax is vital to curb inflation in an overheating economy, reduce a Government deficit that may hit $29 billion this fiscal year and head off a repetition of the credit squeeze that rocked business...
...days of bargaining, negotiators have managed to settle just one item in Walter Reuther's 46-page list of United Auto Worker demands. They agreed to add "sex and age" to "color" in a contract antidiscrimination clause. Beyond that, the only consensus in Detroit seems to be that the industry is in for a long, costly strike. The union, snapped U.A.W. Vice President Leonard Woodcock last week, would not hesitate to pick a strike target "if we fail to get a satisfactory offer-and that's a foregone conclusion...
Abraham Ribicoff pooh-poohed the study, saying that the reasons for racial violence were already well-known. "We must end the eternal search for consensus," said Democrat Ribicoff, "and exercise real leadership...
...Nixon seemed to be going against a gathering party consensus. If it is still far from all-out opposition to the war, it is clearly in favor of keeping all options open. The Republicans, of course, have as yet failed to come up with a cohesive position that offers any reasonable alternative to present policy. At this point in the political calendar, however, their best strategy is to wait upon events; whatever happens, it seems unlikely that they will adopt an extreme antiwar position. Meanwhile, Romney is looking ahead, and it seems likely that in coming months moderate G.O.P. leaders...