Studies like these have helped forge a consensus in the healthcare community that better technology leads to better treatment and lower costs.

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Despite his best efforts to forge a consensus between developed and developing countries, the resulting Copenhagen Accord was weak and ineffectual.

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Equally uncertain, they say, is whether the Lebanese government has the power or the will to forge a consensus once the fighter is over.

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The BBC's Paul Reynolds in Washington says the Texas governor will need all the skills he claims to have as a bipartisan leader to forge a consensus.

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And today, I saw and heard a very simple explanation: there is, after the violence of last Wednesday and Thursday, a commitment to organic Egyptian democracy in some top quarters (notably the White House), and a commitment to a rapid technocratic transition in others (notably the Pentagon), and no capacity or mechanism to efficiently share information, forge a consensus across departments, and coordinate a message.

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And I thank Senators Schumer and Graham for working with us to forge a bipartisan consensus on a framework for moving forward, and I welcome the commitment of House and Senate Democratic leaders to take action.

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The idea was to bring together the countries with the most influence on both the Syrian government and opposition, to help forge consensus on a transition plan that would then be presented to both sides in Syria.

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