Given this range of seemingly unrelated subjects, it's as if Pinsky wants his poem, too, to be consulted for possibilities rather than worshiped for convictions.
Best practice as an academic is to keep things ambiguous, up for debate, weighing all possibilities, consulting sources widely.
The Obama campaign had embraced behavioral science's possibilities, consulting with a group of leading academics and practitioners calling themselves the Consortium of Behavioral Scientists.
Mandal is excited about the fast pace of consulting and the possibility of having an immediate impact.
Unite, which has about 12,000 members in the higher education sector, said it was consulting on the possibility of joining the action.
For this task, previous works in x-ray analysis were consulted and several possibilities were initially considered.
"We're looking at our options," said Douglas M. McCracken, chief executive of Deloitte Consulting, adding that several possibilities were being considered, including a stock offering, a sale, taking the firm private or a merger.
The Women's Committee is an active group within our firm that brings together women from all levels to show that being a woman in consulting can provide unique possibilities through every career and life stage.
Only the best and brightest were being consulted on possible "fixes" for a deep-water oil spill that had never been considered to be a serious possibility.
"A temporary cease-fire to make time for another round of negotiations. . . is a possibility," the consulting firm Capital Economics tells its clients.
