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Calendar of Events Dear League Member (Gladys Gabert) Practical Politics Memo from the President (Nancy Dykes) State Study Budget Committee Recommended Reading Nominating Committee Mass Transportation (Gladys Gabert) Mekong River Consensus - the word Aloha to Our New Members Notes from the Local Agenda Committee CARE in Paperback

Consensus - the word The word 'consensus', one so basic to League procedure and philosophy, has the dubious honor of being perhaps the most frequently misspelled word in our vocabulary. Many people have attempted various reminders to get it right. You probably have heard the saying, "Remember, there's 'sense' in consensus." For those of you who nevertheless 'slip' on this word sometimes, here's another approach to jogging your memory about those pesky c's and s's: Said a Leaguer on spelling consensus, "Don't consent to these constant offenses. It won't do to make guesses - First, one c, then three s's There's no sense in implying a census!"

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