Of the 16 statements, 11 achieved consensus in the first round of voting and 15 achieved consensus in the second round (see Figure 2).
For the most part we achieved consensus, with the exception of several hours in a flamenco dress shop.
Trudeau has staunchly defended his environmental record, noting that he has achieved consensus with the provinces on climate change and a carbon tax and has improved environmental protection.
THE debate about making aid more effective -- a favorite goal of Paul H. O'Neill, the former Treasury secretary -- has achieved consensus on only a limited number of points.
"After weeks of productive discussion and negotiation, we have achieved consensus on several provisions that provide critical environmental safeguards without jeopardizing American jobs," he said.
Getting drawn into a prematurely achieved consensus is a danger of Whitehall life... Once the minister had coalesced, people said there was a settled policy.
New Deal Democrats achieved consensus because the majority of their voting population was similar — much as socialism works in mostly homogeneous Scandinavian countries today.
The chief negotiators — Christian Wenaweser of Liechtenstein and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan — brilliantly achieved consensus on the definition of aggression and its jurisdictional "trigger".
In the same way NATO has responded previous new threats and achieved consensus even in the face of difference, we must forge a common response to this new threat.
Cynthia Cooper, the former pro basketball player and co-chairwoman of the commission, defended the report, pointing out that the panel had achieved consensus on 15 of 23 recommendations.
As an example, Mr. Schundler used the proposed constitutional amendments banning late-term abortions and requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortions, "steps where we've already achieved consensus," he said.
