Word: boying
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...grandson was. She said she had seen him earlier in the week, and that he was "just adorable" (correct great-grandmother intonation is impossible in print) and seemed to be growing up happy and healthy. She said she was even a little jealous of the fathers' relationship with the boy. "When he sees me he cries and wants to go with one of the two daddies," she said...
...Elian Gonzalez, finally some peace and quiet. Ending five months of traumatic public scrutiny, federal agents quickly and painlessly whisked the six-year-old Cuban boy from his relatives' house in raucous Miami to an air base near Washington, D.C., where he spent Easter Sunday with his father. Thankfully, there he will stay, insulated from the violence in Little Havana and games of political football, until a court rules on his application for political asylum...
...federal agents could have been avoided. By all accounts, it was not the ideal decision for Attorney General Janet Reno, who repeatedly extended deadlines for the Gonzalez family. But Elian's relatives showed no intention of ever turning over the boy to his father, even though immigration law clearly gives custody to the surviving parent. While negotiations stalled, a team of expert psychologists and pediatricians charged by the government to monitor Elian's health concluded that the boy would suffer tremendous emotional strain if he was not returned to his father. Even more troubling was a video released...
...doubt about it, whatever trauma Elian experienced before and during the raid is clearly the fault of the boy's Miami relatives. Had they shown any reasonable willingness to compromise with federal authorities, Reno would not have been forced to use federal agents to retrieve the boy. But now that the dust has settled, the urgency of the situation has been alleviated, and Elian can now wait for his hearing comfortably and in peace...
...five months, the rule of law was replaced by the rule of the mob. It is frightening that such irresponsible behavior would continue with the tacit support of local authorities. And it is frightening that a community could let its political agenda cloud its best judgment by preventing a boy from being reunited with his father...