1.   Amid tax-cut fever, a surprising consensus is forming to come back later to simplify the cumbersome, creaking tax code.

2.   An early European consensus formed behind Ruud Lubbers, a former prime minister of the Netherlands, as the next secretary general.

3.   As its water-polluting qualities became more vexing, a consensus formed in the state to ban its use.

4.   A consensus formed around the idea of an independent agency, but there was no consensus beyond that.

5.   Change may come at a glacial pace in Japan, but when consensus forms it has the consistency of concrete.

6.   In New York City, however, a consensus has formed among charity and relief groups that such a model is inappropriate for a disaster of this magnitude.

7.   In the Senate, both parties are working on Medicare drug legislation, but no consensus has formed and no votes have been taken.

8.   Indeed, a rush to privatize Social Security before a public consensus has formed would be a terrible folly.

9.   It would create new ones by eliminating the central entity through which they can be showcased and debated and around which a consensus can form to address them.

10.   Louagie said consensus quickly formed about taking a local angle.