Barbara Roper said that as a manager, Schapiro is a consensus builder, and that may not be what the agency needs right now.

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Among his colleagues, however, Mr Papandreou is a good consensus-builder.

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There was a growing Center and the critical mass of voters of all parties and stripes told my interviewers that their preference for a President was a problem-solver, consensus-builder, and competent manager.

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