Word: neutralization
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...Malgudi. The British, who are rarely mentioned in this book, have come and gone. World War II is recalled for its temporary effects on the price of rice. The riots that break out between Hindus and Muslims when India achieves independence are seen through the eyes of a neutral, nondescript hero: "It was on the whole a peaceful, happy life--till the October of 1947, when he found that the people around had begun to speak and act like savages." The assassination of John F. Kennedy reaches this region as a rumor, and a fairly incredible one at that...
...OPPOSITION'S DEMANDS. We want a revamping of the commission on elections. Of the seven members, only one is independent-minded. The remaining six are 1,000% blindly loyal to Mr. Marcos. We would also like to make sure that the military is neutral in this election...
...ways. First, visitors wouldn’t be able two ways. First, visitors wouldn’t be able to bring their fans with them. At many home sporting events, the number of opposing fans equals or surpasses the number of Harvard fans, rendering the contest a de facto neutral site game. Sure the same is true in a no-fan arena, but at least spectators won’t be able to motivate the other team either...
...German peace feeler was a desperate maneuver by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, the police and the concentration camps, who had escaped from Berlin to the north German port of Lübeck. There he told a diplomat from neutral Sweden that Germany was willing to surrender to the Americans and British. At worst, Himmler thought, this would enable Germany to throw all its troops against the Soviets; at best, the Western Allies would join the German defense. Himmler seems even to have cherished the illusion that the Allies would support him, the lord of the Holocaust...
Skating 4-on-4 midway through the opening period, Du threaded a leading pass to Maki through the neutral zone that allowed him to slip behind two UNH defenders and skate in on Wildcats netminder Kevin Regan. As he was hauled down from behind, Maki wound up for a booming wrist shot, which he managed to fling into the top left corner of the net just before crashing to the ice at 9:26, staking the Crimson to a 1-0 lead...