Word: nixed
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...spent millions on a public-relations and lobbying campaign to nix the plan, and CEO Jack Welch even went to Whitman personally. The company insisted Tuesday that the dredging operation - the largest in U.S. history - would "do more harm than good," stirring up PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, now safely buried under layers of sediment on the river bottom, and besides that would visit "decades of disruption" on area residents. And yet Whitman remained unmoved...
...More than a year ago, sources told TIME, the FBI learned of Clinton's efforts with the parole board. Suspicious of his motives, agents wanted to set up a sting operation. Members of the Clinton-appointed Parole Commission are said to have asked Justice Department officials to nix the FBI probe. The Department refused, but that investigation petered out anyway...
...BUSH W. rebuffs bro's plea to nix Florida offshore drilling leases. Should have let recount continue...
...more domestic. Friends have long been relied on to contribute to the Clintons' campaigns, their legal-defense funds and their library. The New York Times got wind of friends' wanting "to treat her like a bride" to help launch her First-Lady afterlife. Earlier, cooler heads had prevailed to nix an actual shower. Now, friends say, there's something of a silent shower taking place, whereby those who want to help out can learn what china (Spode) and soup ladle to buy, preferably before the Senate gift ban kicks...
Several over-the-counter remedies are available to treat louse outbreaks; pharmacists and schools will generally recommend products such as Nix rinse or Rid shampoo. These are helpful, but parents must follow the directions carefully and reapply the treatment after the prescribed number of days. Also, some lice seem resistant to the insecticides used in these products, so there's no substitute for checking and re-checking your child's scalp...