Word: neutralizes
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...group, led by University of Miami president Tad Foote, proposed a cooling-off period: both sides of the family would repair to a neutral retreat until the appeals process concluded, where Elian would be allowed to make a gentle transition from his new home to his old. The idea made some sense to Reno, but she had two conditions: first, Elian had to be put immediately into his father's custody, and a deal had to be inked fast. Reno told the go-betweens that if they couldn't work out the details overnight, there would be no deal...
Podhurst claims that he felt they were very close to a deal as late as 3 a.m., and that it was Reno who suddenly balked. The neutral safe house would have to be around Washington, she said, not Miami. Even if he could get the family and the lawyers to agree, he was worried about the Cuban-American leaders. "They couldn't wake everyone up to ask them if they would accept moving the safe house to outside of Florida," he says. "I had the Attorney General on hold while I was talking to [family lawyer] Manny Diaz. And then...
...world's governments were redirected, the Global Green Deal would be off to a roaring start. Governments need to establish "rules of the road" so that market prices reflect the real social costs of clear-cut forests and other environmental abominations. Again, such a shift could be revenue neutral. Higher taxes on, say, coal burning would be offset by cuts in payroll and profits taxes, thus encouraging jobs and investment while discouraging pollution. A portion of the revenues should be set aside to assure a just transition for workers and companies now engaged in inherently antienvironmental activities like coal mining...
...original request, it's unlikely to be difficult for his father to convince him of the merits of signing a document that would withdraw it. "If Elian personally withdraws his request, the case would collapse," says Cohen. "But a court might order that the boy be examined by a neutral third party, and if that examination found that he actually wanted to stay in the U.S., the issue would revert to a question of whether a six-year-old can claim asylum against his surviving parent's wishes...
Columbia has yet to win an Ivy game, and Harvard was not about to become the Lions' first victim even though the game was played on a neutral site. Columbia had fewer shots than Harvard had goals, and Guyer recorded seven easy saves between the Crimson pipes...