1.   Politicians were not prepared to risk the fragile social consensus by allowing troubled firms to go to the wall.

2.   But the budget still reflects the premium Primakov has placed on achieving political consensus by distributing credits, writing off debts and avoiding unpopular reforms.

3.   But this proposal reflects a growing consensus by the combatants themselves that it is in their own interest to abide by a peace agreement they signed last July.

4.   It does not seek consensus by confronting difficult trade-offs and trying to balance diverging values.

5.   Last week, Moore was named as the candidate with the most likely chance of getting consensus by the member nations.

6.   Ridley-Thomas said he believes the new consensus by local officials and business leaders will convince the NFL that the Coliseum can be a viable site.

7.   That group may fail to reach a consensus by Saturday some participants said.

8.   The consensus by this spring shifted to bringing in financial institutions that would put money into the network and encourage YES to seek the highest revenue and maximum value.

9.   The consensus by the end of the evening was that until Cordero has his day in court, he should be allowed to do his job.

10.   Zedillo has tried to compensate for that lack of consensus by taking his message directly to the Congress and the Mexican people.