(In his defense, Mr. Beutner said, "What I learned in the world of finance and deal-making was how you bring people together with opposing views and convince them of a commonality". To say that it is not a relevant skill, he added, "I think totally misses the point").
In addition, it has a strong commonality, that is to say, it is not limited to any specific conformal array.
Each time was different, but the commonality was a willingness to say, OK, fuck it.
This is not to say there is not some commonality and informal links, but Boko Haram activity remains focussed on Nigerian targets.
In his annual state of the union address to the European parliament, Juncker will say commonality between EU member states has never been so low, with governments everywhere quicker to say what they don't want from Brussels rather than work together.
But to penetrate the details to the point that you can see the commonalities between, say, different forms of bank money, so you can see what's really going on, requires an understanding of the institutional detail which is not, I think, widely appreciated.
That being said, one commonality to take note of is the importance of making savings a priority.
So it won't be around offering your home to friends, or even friends of friends, but more nuanced ideas of finding commonalities around, say, where you attended university, what kind of job you have now, or perhaps even what music you like.
"That took from 1995 to 2000, five years, to reach commonality," Mr. Brandwen said.
Mr. Clinton would be trying, the senior official said, to ascertain whether there was "enough commonality to get back to the peace process".
"It was interesting to see this commonality," he says.
