11.   The consensus choice happened to be a woman who was indisputably the top performer, but had the weakest political bonds.

12.   The consensus choice to win the WCC was Gonzaga, followed by San Francisco and San Diego.

13.   The Texas governor has become something of a consensus choice for much, though certainly not all, of the Republican establishment.

14.   They were almost a consensus choice to win the East before the season, and a good bet to make it to the World Series.

15.   This year, the consensus choice was Group D, encompassing these two teams as well as Paraguay and Bulgaria.

16.   Whether in the campuswide business simulation game or on the intramural basketball court, he was often the consensus choice to run things.

17.   The leader of the Serb National Alliance, Biljana Plavsic, is thought likely to be the consensus choice for Serb Republic president, a post she already holds.

18.   Friday, Solana emerged as a consensus choice to take over the reins at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels, an appointment welcomed by the Spanish government.

19.   The first head of the new World Trade Organisation must be a consensus choice, US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said Tuesday.