"We went in to this recession with seemingly neutral interest rates," said Robert J. Barbera, an executive vice president at Shearson Lehman Brothers.

Such suspicions feed the growing conviction that behind the seemingly neutral terms of "globalization" and "free trade" lies a calibrated calculation by Washington of its own interest.

That premise, stated at the show's entrance, is that while appliances are "seemingly neutral" objects, in fact they are loaded with "gender significance."

But in times of saturation news coverage and racial turmoil, seemingly neutral decisions can prove as crucial as a smoking gun.

It's a seemingly neutral observation.

The seemingly neutral underboss of the Perfetto family.

And it isn't a seemingly neutral and eternal category like teen pop, a genre more defined by demographics than by music.

Without informing Harrison, President John Adams nominated him to become governor of the new territory, based on his ties to "the west" and seemingly neutral political stances.

Together, they helped insert a seemingly neutral stipulation into federal law.

She must have been certain her offer to negotiate with the Shaido would be accepted, especially with Berelain supporting and Marline seemingly neutral at worst.