Word: mooted
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...executed. All the offenses--conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by an explosive and the murder of eight federal law-enforcement agents--carry the possible penalty of death. Questions about the morality of the death penalty itself are moot, since in order to join the panel, the jurors had to say they were capable of imposing it. Their vote must be unanimous; if it is not, then McVeigh receives a sentence of life in prison without parole. The jury may choose to give him that punishment, but that...
...March on Washington, which got him on last year's list, LOUIS FARRAKHAN trekked across the Middle East and Africa. He dropped in on Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who promised $1 billion in support of minority business ventures in this country. Whether Gaddafi would make good was a moot point: U.S. sanctions against Libya blocked acceptance. Last year PATTY STONESIFER directed Microsoft's move from software into "content," meaning movie-quality games, online publications like Slate and news services like msnbc, a step that will change the shape of news and entertainment. In December she left in a company...
...always been afraid to wonder why Oscar is holding a sword where his genitals are supposed to be. This year, though, his physiology is kind of a moot point. Whatever Oscar's anatomical structure, the little fella has finally shown some balls...
...Special permits should be specifically for the community and not the developer," says John R. Moot '43, a member of the Defense Fund's board of directors...
...goose is that unique thing that we all feel is Harvard Square," said Moot. "The golden egg is the revenue that it yields to the city...