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Although a spokesman for the Citizens' Emergency Committee to Save Memorial Drive said yesterday that he was "pleased" by the MDC's decision, he promised "a long, hard fight" to block construction of the underpasses. John R. Moot '43 said that the MDC's choice was "esthetically nice" but still "a waste of taxpayers' money." "As long as they don't start building we can keep fighting," Moot said. He added that the citizens' group was still hoping that Secretary of the interior Stewart L. Udall would declare Memorial Drive a national historical site...
Since only 12 votes need to be changed in the House, there is a good chance that the measure may be approved according to John R. Moot '42, one of the leaders of the group...
...overturned, she appealed for a hearing by the full, nine-member bench of the Court of Appeals. In varying language the judges agreed that "there is nothing to rehear." Mrs. Jones had left the hospital, Judge Wright's order had expired, the case had become what lawyers call "moot," meaning that a decision would not have any practical consequences. But not one of his colleagues voiced agreement with Judge Wright's original action...
...Some people can't adjust to the atmosphere of betrayal necessary," says Businessman John Moot, president of Games Research. "It's a tradition that women are masterful liars, but I've found that most women playing Diplomacy can't bring themselves to lie, or else they are very bad at it. My wife got extremely upset the first time I doublecrossed her, and now, although she understands it intellectually, she still can't accept a betrayal emotionally...
...suggested that under the trimester plan many law professors would not be able to take vacations when they wanted them, and that competitions for Law Review and moot court would be hard to conduct...