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...don’t know if Jeff was personally and philosophically against the Ivy League being in the playoffs,” Murphy said yesterday. “I just know that he felt it was a moot point based on how the Ivy League was formed originally and the wishes of the presidents, which are the people he answers...
...possibly have drafted [it]... I came to the conclusion that the person who drafted this letter needs counseling." Indian Hotels, he said, had proposed a friendly partnership in which each company would take an equity stake in the other, share expertise but remain independent. "At no time did we moot the the idea of a merger," Kumar says. White's letter, he says, "will go down as one of the most uncivilized exchanges of views between two companies in the 21st century." Its sentiments, Kumar says, reflect "an era that is now prehistoric...
...expiration of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban in 2004, gun control remains relatively lax in many states, especially when it comes to handguns, which are responsible for many, if not most, gun-related murders. Gun advocates claim the need for handguns in self-defense, but such considerations are moot when weighed against the number of lives that might be saved by making the weapons illegal...
...make room for the newcomers, then we should be able to make it through the 21st century. If not, it won't matter what we do in the U.S. - the sheer scale of the rising demand for energy and raw materials in the developing will render our actions moot...
...really fine football player.” In last season’s opener against Holy Cross, the Crimson tallied six sacks for 43 yards on opening day, but this year it wasn’t until an important fourth down for the Crusaders—later made moot when Holy Cross scored on its next drive—that junior linebacker Glenn Dorris broke free to pin the elusive Randolph nine yards behind the line of scrimmage. “They do a very good job of running some hot routes with some blitzes, and [Randolph] does a really...