1.   As a pragmatic deal broker, he would appear to be well qualified to try to forge consensus on changes to Medicare.

2.   Back when Kerry first decided to dive into an effort to forge consensus, he had a message for his own party that he has never dropped.

3.   Bernardin, a master at forging consensus, knew the importance of including a full range of views on the committee.

4.   But the campaigns this year, rather than forging any consensus, have made the task much more difficult.

5.   But trying to forge a consensus for action has exposed fault lines at the United Nations.

6.   Clinton used a presidential commission to forge a consensus on the proposals.

7.   Democratic lawmakers say Bliley has won considerable respect for his instinct to forge consensus.

8.   He proved a patient negotiator capable of forging consensus among feuding factions.

9.   He has since specialized in finding ways to forge consensus, outside the courts, on thorny environmental disputes like those over the location of hazardous waste facilities.

10.   If the Asia-Pacific is to defy the historical odds and make a smooth transition from one order to another, a new consensus must be forged soon.