Word: moot
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...dispute has centered on future flu vaccines that might be used from Indonesian viruses, but in reality that question could be moot. If H5N1 in Indonesia were to mutate significantly tomorrow and begin passing easily from human to human, triggering a pandemic, the virus would spread around the world rapidly. Scientists would begin working on a vaccine based on the pandemic virus, but it currently takes about six months to produce a new flu vaccine. (By contrast, the most recent influenza pandemics in 1968 and 1957 crossed the globe in about four months - and that was before widespread jet travel...
...Iran's leaders believe North Korea forced the international community to sweeten its offers of aid and security guarantees by building and testing nuclear devices, Kerr says. He believes Tehran is probably bluffing and exaggerating its prowess in order to render moot the Western drive to preclude Iran from keeping any uranium-enrichment capability on its own soil...
Luckily, the point proved to be moot, as Harvard (9-2, 4-2 Ivy) handled the Bulldogs (8-6, 3-3 Ivy) easily, winning six matches to three. The Crimson were led by efficient four game victories from senior captain Kyla Grigg (9-3, 9-1, 1-9, 10-8) and senior Audrey Duboc (6-9, 9-4, 10-8, 9-5), as well as an impressive come from behind win from junior Supriya Balsekar (7-9, 8-10, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3). The match was also especially significant to Grigg, whose 3-1 win last night completed...
...past, the remoteness of the area made the finds a moot point. But last year China completed its first rail link to Tibet. The $3.7 billion railway, the world's highest, crosses a 16,500-foot pass and has pressurized cars so that passengers can withstand the altitude. The route also makes moving raw materials from the province, which once would have had to been done by truck over high mountain roads, potentially affordable. "The railway has given this economic reality," says a mining lawyer who asked not to be named. "I mean, they can actually access these places...
...resist piling on. "Pretend he's the only reason Indy won," read a blog posting on the Sporting News website. "What a bunch of boobs. The only reason Indy won is because the defense stepped up." Another argued, "Peyton needs to win the next game, or it's a moot point...