Word: neutralizes
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...majority called this voucher system a 'neutral educational aid program'," says Barbara Perry, professor of government and Supreme Court expert at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. "In the view of the majority, this program does not aid or inhibit religion." Dissenters argue that there is not "true private choice" for parents - a test for voucher programs - because 80 percent of the schools getting money from this program were, in fact, religious schools...
...workers what they wanted,” said Elisabeth A. Szanto ‘86-’87, who was active in the organization and now works for the State Health Care and Research Employees Union. “We encouraged the rest of the community to remain neutral and to let the union make up their minds...
...spent the better part of three years as a reporter for The Crimson covering the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM). I could not have asked for a better assignment—the PSLM beat was controversial and exciting. Few remained neutral regarding Harvard’s sweatshop policy or the prospect of a campus living wage. As a group, PSLM members could be high-minded, engaged, passionate and inspiring. But, like people in any organization, they could also be misguided, stubborn and whiny...
...Still a colony of France at the time, Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN) had begun a series of bombings to oust the occupiers. Upon arriving at the Paris train station Boudiaf gets immediately harassed by gendarmes who suspect any Arab of being a terrorist. Desperately trying to stay neutral in an atmosphere that insists on polarization, he declares, "I'm on the side of boxing." But when he defeats the French champion the stadium erupts in a riot. As he rises to be European champ, things get hotter, especially when his brother joins the resistance and his girlfriend turns...
...past, the subcommittee has met in City Hall and pointedly asked university representatives not to attend. The meeting next week is the first slated to include Harvard and MIT officials and will be held on neutral ground, in the Kendall Square offices of the Biogen company...