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There's broad consensus that ICANN hasn't worked. We need to ask: Do we need this beast?

It's a self-evident truth that if we're able to get a broad consensus with Russia and China, it strengthens the international community's hand with the Iranians on this dossier,

It's just not that big a chunk of the budget. You've got to go where the money is. There's a lot of rhetoric about spending restraint, but there's been no serious effort to actually address the deficit. Part of the problem is there's no consensus on how to do it.

When all was said and done, we reached a consensus. The consensus first was that the priority in this city, in this part of the state, in this part of the country, in this region, had to continue to be recovery and rebuilding from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

We think it's likely that the stock will see a short-term rally on relief that the outlook has not deteriorated further, but the absence of bad news does not constitute an argument in support of the stock...we struggle to understand the upbeat consensus outlook for the fourth quarter.

We checked with the other communities, and the consensus is that we should not use public taxpayer's funds to donate to a private organization.

We choose not to incur construction costs with extensive renovations. The general consensus is the guests appreciate our non-smoking stores.

We expect consumer sales to continue ramping up this quarter, but it is now obvious to us following the Thanksgiving weekend that they will not grow sufficiently to allow us to meet previous consensus for EPS and guidance for revenue.

We expect the company to continue to pick up momentum through the fourth quarter and 2003 with the Teamster contract further behind them and as the economy improves, ... We expect consensus EPS for 2003 to come down toward our $2.46.

We expect the company to put up a good show, give guidance that is ahead of consensus and not have any significant negative surprises.

We're going through the roof here on the expectation of a 48-hour war. If the war is over quickly, you might see a 1,000-point rally on the Dow -- that's what the consensus is. Obviously, it's one of those things which might turn true before it even happens, which is dangerous.

We think it more important what sort of policy framework the BOJ can present for the post-quantitative easing era, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on this among the board members.

It is the consensus of opinion among the bench and the bar here that the women's service as jurors has been quite as satisfactory as that of the men.

It is the consensus of the committee that the problems with the county's budget will not be solved by mere generation of additional revenue. Unless other meaningful, timely and substantive actions are taken to curtail budget growth, a repetitive crisis of currency and citizen confidence can be anticipated.

it is such a delicate part of Czech history that it cannot be done without consensus on it in the Czech Republic.

It's a general consensus among law enforcement and Homeland Security that Las Vegas always makes it in the top five or six of the list.

It was the consensus of the board that we maintain our position about the time zone to be the same as Indianapolis,

It was the consensus of the coaches to go ahead and go with the 7 p.m. start. It gives us 30 less minutes to worry about our stomachs turning inside out.

It was the consensus of the council that assigning Steve's time to the Chamber is going to end. The council can go into closed session relating to employment of an employee.

It was the consensus that anyone who was going to be playing and having an important role this year was behind the coach. We're optimistic about this season; there's a lot to prove after last year.

It was a very good quarter. We beat Wall Street consensus estimates for revenue, and we believe we met them for earnings.

It was a very quick and strong consensus for Matt Doherty.

This week's CPI will seal (the Fed's decision), ... If we get a number at consensus or a little above, that'll tip it towards a June increase.

This week's CPI will seal (the Fed's decision). If we get a number at consensus or a little above, that'll tip it towards a June increase.

We had to get signatures because we don't have enough to file the fee. But our consensus was that people would take me more seriously if I was out there getting petitions.

We have a consensus that we want to put before the conference. We want to share the availability of the spare capacity with the market,

A big part of me wants to stay and right what we started, but there's another part that wants to go somewhere else and get a fresh start. Two months ago, the consensus was I should have been on the first thing smoking coming out of town.

It may be several years down the road or months down the road we can get a consensus on how you handle a good temporary-worker system.

It's her first big challenge because she usually works by consensus and now she has to show that she has a view and will defend that view, she's hearing contradictory advice from (her ministers).

It's going to take an act of God to get this to happen. People have to agree this is a high priority, there has to be consensus from local leaders and residents, and we need to see some tremendous leadership from the MDOT (Michigan Department of Transportation), as well as perhaps some changes to the Michigan Constitution, to make this a reality.

It's going to be an interesting discussion. It's going to be a pretty large group and a lot of ideas will be out there. Coming to a consensus on some of these things won't be easy.

It's going to be a problem just coming to consensus at all. Every state has its own mixture of taxation, either through income taxes or sales tax.

There's a pretty overwhelming consensus that there will be no hike next week. Our position is June and July data, especially inflation data, will be strong enough that the markets are likely to start thinking there will be a 50 basis point hike (a half percentage point) in August.

there is such tremendous consensus in the markets that the Federal Reserve will not move rates.

There just doesn't seem to be a lot of direction. A lot of us expected more of a sell-off this morning, especially with the news about WorldCom. I think the general consensus is more bullish than bearish.

This may heighten expectations in the market of a BOJ policy change next week. But we think more important is what sort of policy framework the BOJ can present for the post-quantitative easing era, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on this among the board members.

This is the time for a consensus nominee,

This is the time for a consensus nominee. I know that there will be people who will pressure the president from one side to have a nominee who is way over to that side, but I don't think that serves the president or America well.

There must be consensus over the constitution as a beginning for national reconciliation,

This local consensus is essential because there is already organized opposition to this designation, ... I think it is also important to understand what a National Scenic Area designation would mean for the city of Sedona and Yavapai and Coconino counties and their ability to provide services for their residents.

This is the report that the WTO didn't want the public to see. It reveals that the big corporations that stand behind the WTO failed to get the big win they were hoping for. Free trade proponents needed a clear victory in this dispute to be able to push governments in the EU and the developing world to accept genetically modified food. They failed and now is the time to build a consensus that the WTO, with its business-only agenda, is the wrong place to decide on what people eat and how we protect our environment.

This marks the second consecutive year BRE has introduced guidance well below the consensus estimate.

This is the most comprehensive public opinion poll ever done. There is not a consensus nationwide about immigration or a consensus about what to do about it.

They're perhaps approaching 75 percent or better by now. The consensus building is that there maybe a limitation to the upside in the quarter but it's not likely to get to the point where it's going to bring the numbers below what the analyst expectations are.

I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very successful.

I do think the chief justice has a particular obligation to try to achieve consensus consistent with everyone's individual oath to uphold the Constitution, and that would certainly be a priority for me if I were confirmed,

I don't think there is going to be any significant outcome from a big summit as WSIS. But I really hope that there would be some consensus on Internet governance,

I don't think we can just be quiet about it. I think there has to be a broad consensus that this stuff is not to be tolerated.

I don't think this is a material change, but anyone following consensus forecasts would have already known Carter's expectations were on the high side.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

Don't take refuge in the false security of consensus.

In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results.

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.

All of the government statistics have been far less scary than consensus expectations. (Retail sales) were weaker than anticipated and seem to be consistent with the tone.

The market has been responding well in terms of energy prices coming down, but those are very volatile numbers week over week. Any major swing from the consensus figure can add a lot of volatility.

The market is staying alert for Muto's speech. There is no consensus on when the bank will start raising rates, and people are wondering whether he will say anything concrete about the timing.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

The disappointing thing is, at end of day, the results of the formula are considered to be failed if it doesn't match consensus of public opinion.

Consensus demands communication.

I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician.

Consensus is the negation of leadership.

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Consensus negates leadership.

You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus.