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NCAA rules also require that all equipment, whether from Prince, Reebok, Nike, or Converse, be returned to the equipment room. While in many cases this is a moot point as much of the equipment, especially the footwear, is unusable by the end of the season, the rule is strictly enforced...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: An Altogether Happy And Innocent Friendship | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...forward only with "full participation, with all the rights, all the privileges but also all the responsibilities" of statehood. While he makes the transition sound easy, his opponents predict corruption of Puerto Rico's soul and destruction of its economy. They also argue that the vote is moot in any case: the U.S. Congress will find a way to reject a poor, Spanish-speaking land that would enter the Union with a secessionist faction. If statehood wins with only a small majority, Congress may find ways to delay confronting the question of union for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Anticipation | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...past two years. Will they be hectoring and outraging all over the airwaves a decade from now? Stern is smart enough to think he won't be. Limbaugh probably will be unless he really triumphs and a Reaganite Republican such as Bill Bennett is elected President, which could moot a lot of the national appetite for his political evangelizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big Mouths | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

Assuming none of these teams loses any other Ivy League games, Brown can still control its destiny. Of course, the powerful Quakers could render all of this moot with a win Saturday. But the Bears can still dream...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Race Tightens | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...military's new "Don't ask, don't tell" policy is moot for the moment: the Pentagon, bowing to a court order, will let gay service members openly profess their orientation. The court order is now under appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest October 3-9 | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

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