With Egypt's traditions of centralised control and consensus among the ruling elite, most observers expect that the succession will follow constitutional rules.

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So far, there appears to be no consensus on either how to control costs or extend health coverage to more people.

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And there is even a growing consensus that the federal government should trade bureaucratic control in return for better test results.

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However, White House officials and supporters in the arms-control community say the efforts are reinvigorating an international consensus against nuclear proliferation, and shifting international attitudes toward outliers, such as North Korea and Iran.

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Within a few iterations, the group comes to a consensus: Either enough bots deem it a good site to point out to mission control, or interest peters out.

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Bahraini officials have called the dialogue a chance for a "national consensus, " but have been unclear on whether they would consider any reforms that would weaken their direct control over the country's affairs.

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The report, which was commissioned in January 1997 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, looked at the effects of smoked marijuana on all the diseases for which some consensus exists that it might be beneficial.

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