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...chance came Wednesday night, at her friend Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin's Miami Beach home. Police cars lined streets; patrol boats cruised on the canal behind the house. Demonstrators shouted in Spanish that Reno was a witch. For 2 1/2 hours she talked with Elian, Lazaro, Marisleysis and their Miami handlers, as Elian moved from lap to lap. At one point during the negotiations, the boy even began playing with one of Reno's security people. "You know, we could solve this real quick," the agent reportedly said. "I could walk out of here with him right...
...wouldn't play tricks. "You don't go in and pick up little boys like that," she told reporters weeks ago. "You work through the issue, and then everybody sits down and figures out how we comply with the law." So she played good cop, letting the relatives take Elian back to Little Havana, while the Justice Department fax machine delivered to Lazaro and his lawyers orders to turn over Elian at 2 p.m. the next day at Opa-Locka airport...
...Spencer, lawyer for Elian's relatives 4. He appeared at a "new economy" conference at the White House 9. Language of Pakistan 10. They're often polled 11. U.N. Secretary-General, who wants an investigation into possible rights violations in Chechnya 12. They've written an anthology to be published in the fall 13. Picks out of a lineup 14. Ramshackle digs 16. Fixed routine 18. Give it __ (try) 19. Cartoon squeal 22. AWOL chasers 24. For the first time, blacks participated in the Battle of Blakeley re-enactment here 27. Congressman who may challenge Giuliani for the nomination...
ANDY GARCIA Drops by Elian's, securing cameo in Movie of the Week. That mustache, though... [& LOSERS...
Although the story of an international custody battle is the stuff of epic poetry, the situation of Elian Gonzalez has been covered so minutely that it lends itself to a more intimate genre. Perhaps that's why some of the people involved seem to be speaking in haikus...