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Reno handles crisis with class

By SANDY GRADY

Philadelphia Daily News

Thursday, April 13, 2000

An airplane towed a sign over the suburban house where Juan Miguel Gonzalez waited for a reunion with his son: "U.S. SENDS 6-YEAR-OLD BACK TO CUBA."

So it's come to this -- the Elian Saga, a struggle over one dark- eyed, pixieish child, hyped into an aerial ad.

The noisy, surrealistic battle over Elian feels like a Cold War rerun. Slogan-chanting mobs. Polarizing, self-righteous idealogues on both sides. Media overkill. Pandering politicians.

In the Elian bedlam, there's been one sensible, calm voice. Surprise: The heroine is Attorney General Janet Reno.

I say surprise, because no ...

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