Word: mooted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the point or became too verbose. Judge Hand sent wayward attorneys scampering back to the facts with an acid query-"May I inquire, sir, what are you trying to tell us?"-or just a furious "Rubbish!"' Once, confronting the ferocious old judge at a Yale Law School moot court, a terrified student fainted dead away...
...effect, this national commitment means that an unsatisfactory program could perfectly well be offered for reasons unrelated to the needs of students for whom it is given. Whether this is actually the case remains moot. The relations to national A.P. programs has continued to dictate the use of standardized tests instead of the more sophisticated criteria used, for example, in determining admission to the College...
...parochial schools, since it is "indirect" rather "direct" assistance to religion. At any rate, the cardinals have come up with a legal dodge: instead of direct grants, they want long-term, low-interest loans. Whether or not the Supreme Court would accept such a device is a moot point...
...most recent scientific ventures to the surface, according to Homer, indicate that in fact a war did take place. "This is still a moot question," he noted, since the Underground Migration supposedly occurred at a stage when all crust life was extraneous...
Whether or not this aid goes for construction or for teachers' salaries is a moot question but still the cause of much frustration and delay in school-aid legislation. Federal aid should not be feared as a source of governmental control--although income from any source, if not handled well by the recipient, is a potential means of control. But any bill should provide that the local school boards, in all instances, spend the money at their discretion. Federal aid may even be an effective antidote to harmful pressures and controls on the level of local politics...