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The consensus is technology is cheap, and I think that's probably true.

The consensus is that the surgery is inevitable and must not be delayed.

The consensus is that we are definitely going to war and it's probably two to three weeks away, no more than that. We can take it as a given that the Bank of Japan is in the market at or around 117, so that the low we have tested in the past at 116.80 remains intact.

The consensus is that we don't want to do it; we don't want to leave Pueblo. We've had record attendance in Pueblo the last two years. But enough people have real concerns about the hotel industry down there, so much so that they said we should start looking elsewhere.

The consensus is there is really no reason to be in the market right now. There's a feeling that people really want to see something concrete before they put their money back in.

The consensus is very cautious on ASP development. It is a very volatile number, but it is also very important.

The consensus number in this case is very hard to use as a barometer. The estimates were all over the place.

The consensus of the world intelligence community was that Saddam was a very dangerous threat.

The consensus PMI forecast was for a small decline and that's what we got, so it was a neutral outcome in the end,

The consensus seems to be that the upfront will once again be a record, ... The broadcast networks, by any reasonable measure, are still the most efficient means of reaching the largest possible audience.

The consensus seems to be that the upfront will once again be a record. The broadcast networks, by any reasonable measure, are still the most efficient means of reaching the largest possible audience.

The consensus thinking here was, with the decision, there would be a reaction in the marketplace. We understood the repercussions that this would involve. The consensus opinion was that this decision would get noticed.

The consensus view is it is a net benefit to the country.

The consensus view is that immigration has a negative impact on the real wages of native workers. We have shown that the effects of immigration on the average wages of (U.S.) natives indeed turn positive and large.

The consensus was Mr. Meade is hands down a stud,

The consensus was that this was the perfect time to send this letter. There had been others wondering what we would do, and what I would do because I'm on the Division II Legislation Committee.

The consensus was this was something that if we let it go he probably could have played this week, but the longer we went the risk of injury would increase and there is a chance he would be out for an extended period of time.

The consensus was too exuberant coming into this quarter -- and probably is too exuberant for the balance of the year, as far as I can see.

The consensus was we have a pristine box, so let?s buy down the risk even further by changing out the box.

The consensus was we needed to explore how to talk to each other. When the groups came together, people wanted to go deeper than just make nice tea party conversation. They wanted to explore what the divide is about and how it affects them.

The consensus within the interviews is that they all saw black smoke coming from the right side of the aircraft.

The FBI attached more credibility to a lot of this information than other agencies, ... That's just a fact of life. And you'll never get consensus in the intelligence community, I think, on any one thing.

The Fed rarely surprises the markets, and the consensus of private economists is clearly that the Fed will not do much. We really had slowing data on the economy and slowing inflation pressure. And I'm hopeful that this is close to the end of the Fed rate hikes,

It seemed that it was either 10 years or 40 years or life. It was one of those. That seemed to be the consensus of it.

I guess the big issue is whether you can sustain profit growth, and everybody's looking at certain factors that will influence the ability for companies to report -- well, for above consensus expectations -- a good report. I think commodity prices, rising interest rates, are having a lagged negative effect on some earnings of major leading corporations. It's not impacting this quarter, but probably the third and the fourth quarter. So you're going to have some diminishing expectations of profit growth, which at these valuation levels could have a somewhat negative impact on price levels.

I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordinance) is not a good one because it violates state law. I think we need to start off with that premise with anything we do.

I think 50 basis points (one-half percentage point) is a credible consensus estimate for what the Fed does (at its March 20 meeting). Unfortunately, over the last five or six tumultuous trading days, we've talked ourselves into the fact that the Fed cares about equity valuations, but that's not the case.

I hope all social circles in Hong Kong can reach a broad consensus on this issue, and continue to do a good job in promoting the development of constitutional reform according to law.

I hope and pray that the president chooses to unite rather than divide; that he chooses consensus over confrontation.

Intuit had another solid quarter, ... We beat consensus estimates for pro forma profitability. Our Quicken Loans mortgage business was profitable for the quarter and grew revenue on a year-over-year basis for the first time in four quarters.

Intuit had another solid quarter. We beat consensus estimates for pro forma profitability. Our Quicken Loans mortgage business was profitable for the quarter and grew revenue on a year-over-year basis for the first time in four quarters.

Investors were keenly awaiting machinery orders, due out in the afternoon. However, the downside on the main indices was limited as investor hopes for a further rise remained pretty strong. An outcome (on the data) above the market consensus could set the stage for a further boost.

But I definitely don't think this is the right time to discuss this. Gambling is a very, very divisive issue. And right now we need to spend all our time reaching consensus on how to rebuild our infrastructure, bring our people back home and offer incentives to businesses to get them up and running.

But I think there's a general consensus that times have changed, and we've been more fortunate than anything else that we've only had 9/11.

Chinese society puts the public good ahead of individual rights and benefits. China has been able to rapidly develop precisely because the government doesn't need or want a consensus among the public, durable or otherwise. If it wanted to build an airport or highway to spur growth, the government did it. It certainly didn't ask those being displaced if it was O.K.

Chief Justice Roberts has great potential for the future to bring a consensus to the court, to have a better recognition of congressional authority and, as he put it, to understand the Constitution responding to the changes in the ages and responding to societal conditions.

By consensus decision, all governments have re-affirmed the moratorium on a genetic engineering technology that threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1.4 billion people who depend on farmer-saved seed.

He suits the consensus form of government that this community likes. And he'll get elected from now until Jesus comes if he wants.

I don't profess to speak for other active and retired submariners, but I believe that, overwhelmingly, the consensus would be that transferring the submarine forces from New London would be militarily deleterious.

Horizon is excited to be the first in the U.S. market to offer the 40-inch and 42-inch SAW touch screen displays. This product development is the direct result of strong demand from our customers and is consistent with the market consensus of growing demand for large interactive displays.

Clearly the retail numbers in general were just a shade above the consensus estimate. Ex-auto sales ... were right in line.

He's leading the whole thing the whole year long. I think you've got to look at the strength of his year. I think the consensus was Dana had a longer, better year.

This is a very long way from a consensus document. It's a giant step backwards and ignores all the negative lessons of the 1970s oil shocks.

They issued great results ... much better than consensus. Factor number two: their guidance is above Street consensus for the next quarter.

It's amazing how the consensus has shifted on Wall Street,

It's clear that there's a consensus that the university should be relieved of the day-to-day responsibility for maintaining the water supply and distribution. It's rather unusual that a university would have to run this.

It was kind of the consensus that the stock would be bought out for as much as $30. It seems in line with expectations.

A resolution has been achieved that appears to represent a good-faith consensus in which the Treasury participated and both parties played a role, ... We believe we're at a credible resolution.

Animated features have become an important component of the studio lineup, so there was an overwhelming consensus that this new category be added.

A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security' that are currently unregulated at the global level due to lack of international consensus over what those terms actually mean or over how to balance enforcement with the protection of citizens' rights.

Anyone who thinks they know what will happen with airfare is crazy. Right now, the consensus is they will go up, but probably not so much.

The Bush administration was clearly humiliated by its unwillingness to follow the scientific recommendations. Johnson found himself making a political decision over the strenuous objections of the outside experts and frustrations of inside scientists. He appeared to be torn between observing a scientific consensus and honoring his political obligations to the trucking, power-plant, and other fuel-burning industries.

The bottom line is, any number over 50 is encouraging. The fact that it's a little less than the consensus was expecting I don't think is that big of a deal.

The index suggests that the consensus economic forecasts predicting slower growth for the first half of 1999 will be wrong again. We look for growth in Gross Domestic Product to keep running above 3 percent until at least mid-year.

The ECB probably has not found a consensus yet on rate policy beyond Dec. 1. For this reason, the ECB is unlikely to provide any clear Fed-style guidance on the future course of rates,

The fundamental problem is this is not a consensus constitution, and one part of the country has massively rejected it. This was not a joyful vote. It was a pragmatic vote to continue the process.

The GDP data was, indeed, stronger than the market consensus and that is generally good news for the market.

The general consensus is a negotiated settlement would be in the best interest of the university.

The general consensus is Republicans are glad to have him, ... The captain of the Exxon Valdez is back on deck.

The general consensus of the committee is we think this is a good idea, ... We just want to make sure we're prudently spending the taxpayer's money.

The general consensus (on 2004 sales) is 17 million. If manufacturers come on strong with incentives, it'll easily be 17 million. If they pull back -- and there's been a lot of discussion of them pulling back -- it could be 16.5.

The draft appears to be in sync with industry consensus on both analog hole and broadcast flag and we look forward to working through the legislative process to get them enacted quickly.

This is a commonsense solution that gives the Senate more time to craft a consensus bill that will promote our security while preserving our freedom.

This is a company that's beaten consensus estimates for a number of quarters in a row. This time it just hit the consensus with margins a little lower softer than expected.

The focus is on the jobs data. The market is having second thoughts about its previous consensus that the tightening campaign is soon to end.

The market could not be more equally split on prospects for the company and so the consensus must be that there is not much further to go for at these levels.

Ahh -- Fred Fielding -- the new consensus choice. (He was) John Dean's deputy. He knew it all.

Although consensus is that the next move will be downward, it still seems as if this is going to be some time away.

The coalition has reunited itself because of Iraqi behavior, ... We believe that there's strong unanimity and consensus on the council that Iraq's behavior has been unacceptable.

The Commission did a careful review of the role of the courts in serving children in foster care, and it issued a series of recommendations. We are grateful for this report and relied on many of their recommendations in crafting this legislation. As always, we hope to forge bipartisan consensus on ways to move this bill forward.

The company's goal still seems aggressive to us, but the improvement in the fourth quarter puts them on the right track. We'd expect consensus estimates to move up.

The company endorsed consensus analysts' estimates of a 15 percent EPS growth in the new fiscal year,

The key requirement is that any plan that passes this commission has to pass by ten votes, so you're going to have to have consensus among all these members of the commission for a plan to pass.

This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this country, and the overwhelming consensus of the citizenry, will be to pitch the Bill of Rights out the window and start rounding folks up.

This is one of those rare times when the national consensus demands us to act, ... But it does not require us to rush to judgement, to risk compounding the situation by stampeding toward what sounds like the best way to score points against each other.

The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

And it's not surprising that there should be disagreement - it'd be a little surprising if there was complete consensus on any foreign policy issue.

There is a growing consensus that Globalization must now be reshaped to reflect values broader than simply the freedom of capital.

A consensus reading is not going to continue to support the dollar.

It really is a broader international issue that requires the general consensus of countries that intellectual property protection is critical to growth and productivity.

Efforts are being made to reach a consensus over the draft constitution during the coming hours,

There was a solid consensus that this was the appropriate and needed action, that we had been reasonable but reached a point where we had to be firm.

There will be no increase in production, definitely not. There is a consensus on that.

There was no consensus for that proposal, ... It frankly would make negotiations impossible and render your negotiators powerless.

There was no consensus for that proposal. It frankly would make negotiations impossible and render your negotiators powerless.

There was a very strong consensus that they wanted their own food market owned by the community - they didn't want to bring in a supermarket chain. They wanted to control what was offered and at what prices.

They have been following a budget that is faulty, and instead of sitting down with the president and with us and coming up with a consensus budget, they've been following this faulty budget,

They made the consensus numbers even after taking that charge, ... The stock has already been pummeled in the last few years. I think with all things taken into account, the earnings were a little better than expected.

They made the consensus numbers even after taking that charge. The stock has already been pummeled in the last few years. I think with all things taken into account, the earnings were a little better than expected.

There's a clear bipartisan consensus behind a temporary-worker program. Now comes the more difficult task of actually doing something about it.

There's a clear consensus that we should give (undocumented workers) a path to citizenship. There's bipartisan support.

There's a consensus building that the BOJ isn't going to move quickly and that means the good news for the economy isn't enough to boost the yen further.

There's a consensus in the market that winter is over and there's a lot of gas around. We may have more gas available this summer than we have storage.

There's absolutely a consensus around the idea that they needed to cut costs at the magazine and that the decision they made today to invest in the magazine was the wrong one. They're investing a lot of money in a product that's at the end of its life cycle.

The report was very confusing. The general consensus feeling is that no one knows what, if anything the Fed is going to do.

There isn't a consensus of exactly what is going on with this deep tremor. There's a lot of unanswered questions.

There's consensus the market will keep an upside trend in the long run. The focus is how quickly the key index can top 1,300 and after that it may head north more easily.

There seems to be a consensus that there will be plenty to meet the expected demand.

There seems to be a lot of concern out there about earnings, which seems to be misplaced. When you add them all up, they're doing as good or better than the consensus expectations.

There seems to be a strong consensus that the Fed isn't going to do anything.