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Reali awards, or takes away, points for each panel member based on their takes, with the person with the lowest number of points being eliminated as the show progresses until a winner is declared.

"Pollution is killing a lot of the sea grass that the manatees eat. Plus, as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and shut down power plants, we are taking away a refuge from them."

"I would have liked children. I was never blessed that way, but my last ability to have children was taken away due to cancer."

We have reported on how pollution affects children the most and how their freedom is taken away here, here and here.

But his humility doesn’t take away from the realization that he, indeed, is having a moment.