31.   Forging a consensus, though, will be tricky.

32.   His dream, he says, is to forge a consensus among major currency countries that stability of the exchange rate is supremely important.

33.   Prodi, now serving as caretaker premier, failed to forge a consensus on a fresh start for his center-left coalition.

34.   Talks begin next week between the government and labor leaders to forge a consensus on economic policy.

35.   The council is designed to forge political consensus on security issues, but the final decisions are made by Parliament.

36.   The government hopes to forge a consensus on the plan with union representatives by December.

37.   The Geneva-based WTO effectively ruled out Supachai on Tuesday but still failed to forge a consensus to appoint Moore.

38.   The new secretary-general must be a politician with clout, somebody who can forge consensus when things get tough, said one NATO official.

39.   The OAS is overseeing a dialogue among Peruvian political leaders aimed at forging a consensus on election ground rules.

40.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in China to forge consensus on reforming the United Nations, tried to skirt a quarrel Thursday between Beijing and UNESCO over human rights.