Word: mooted
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...Fukushima, chief economist of the Nomura Research Institute in Tokyo, reads the demographic tea leaves and deduces that Japan's working population will dwindle so dramatically in the years ahead that the country will face an unprecedented shortage of workers?rendering much of society's current fears about unemployment moot. Japan will have no choice but to move every able body it can to the most competitive and productive industries possible. Furthermore, Japan may have to relax immigration restrictions, extend the retirement age beyond 60 and bring women into the workforce more aggressively, just to meet its labor needs...
...course, this is already a fairly moot point. Eminem himself raps in “White America” that “if I was black, I would have sold half,” defiantly acknowledging that being white has been a key element of his cross-over commercial appeal. 8 Mile imagines a fantasy world in which Rabbit is a member of an oppressed white minority, with a bullying black boss intent on victimizing his conscientious young employee. Cheddar Bob, Rabbit’s only white friend, is a buffoonish poser who accidentally shoots himself in an attempt...
...Rose’s credit, he never took the opportunity to make the QB question moot by throwing a pass in Fitzpatrick’s direction, or even calling a “crossing” pattern over the middle of the field. I even wonder whether Fitzpatrick was supposed to get open...
...sentenced to death in more than one jurisdiction, but the first trial will be the newsmaker - and career-maker - while the later trials will fade into the background. The first judgment will also be the first to be carried out; a quick death sentence would render following trials moot...
...entire argument would be moot if Early Decision were dropped in favor of Early Action, which serves students rather than colleges. Early Action usually gives students a response before the regular admissions cycle starts, affording students additional information about their chances of acceptance to other institutions—not to mention in many cases the security of being already accepted to one school. But until then, Princeton and Brown are making a difficult process even more painful for high school students...