Word: neutralizes
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...Crescent is the Palestinian branch of the International Red Cross, an avowedly neutral humanitarian organization. The HLF says it is a foundation dedicated to providing relief to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East...
...almost no female characters in Timon of Athens. Yet the Agassiz production gave the play a different twist by featuring Julie Rattey '02 in the title role, together with four other actresses in a cast of ten. It remains unclear, however, whether the production was meant to be gender neutral or to capitalize on this change to the original cast...
Part of the reason for Harvard's good fortune is the relative weakness of the Northeast Region. [NCAA women's soccer does not have the budget of NCAA men's basketball, which can fly teams across country to neutral sites.] But Harvard received favoritism within its own region, which can be seen by comparing the Crimson's situation with Princeton...
...predictions can swing West Coast voting, as many have complained in the past. But needless to say, every little bit helps, or hurts, this year. And if the spin can in any way affect left-coast voters, then timing will be crucial. (Hence the fact that the not-exactly-neutral Matt Drudge was citing "campaign sources" - um, I'll bet those are the folks he's tight with in the Gore camp - giving polling edges to Bush in some key states...
...give journalists the facts, they're often reluctant to go with them. When I was on the other side, I was constantly saying under my breath to reporters, "Make a judgment." Being committed to some he-said-she-said idea of "objectivity" often makes a journalist a neutral vessel of distortion. Correcting a candidate's mistake is not subjective; it's objective. At the same time, I noticed that people in politics tend to think journalists are biased toward one candidate or another. This is a deep misconception, which leads to Rule...