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...oppose our measure based on "consistency" is ridiculous. If the Ad Board is consistently unfair, it needs to be fixed. If in fixing this problem, we enter a brief period of inconsistency (say, the first semester with students on the Board) then it is worth it. This is a moot point anyway since our greatest desire is to make the Ad Board fair and not to change specific cases or threaten consistency. We are concerned with process over consequence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Staff Should Support Council Bill to Add Student Representation to the Ad Board | 11/16/1996 | See Source »

Though securing the allegiance of these voters would be a moot point for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) or another liberal standard-bearer, it is proving to be a difficult task for Kerry, even with his recent surge in the polls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kerry Struggles To Secure Liberal Base | 10/2/1996 | See Source »

...Assistant Dean of Freshmen Eleanor A. Sparagana cautioned that the entire discussion may be moot...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Administration Considering Expansion of First-Year Class | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

...Faculty goes, I think it's a moot point," says Peter A. Gibbons '97, who is a member of a committee advising Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 on the experience of women at Harvard. "Not many women apply for positions, and you can't tenure women who don't apply. That's a tough situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Forge Their Own Paths to Leadership | 6/5/1996 | See Source »

...homosexual one. Without meaning to, of course, Heston utterly confirms Vidal's assertion that director William Wyler told Vidal that Heston would "fall apart" if he knew about the homosexual subtext they conspired to feed Boyd behind Heston's back. All this behind-the-camera intrigue is rendered moot, however, if you just watch the scene. You can see Boyd playing that he is in love. It's perfectly clear. The funniest thing about Heston's letter to TIME is not his Old Guard brand of homophobia but what it says about his shortcomings as an actor. He couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 3, 1996 | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

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