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Since YAF's appeal is based on a claim of economic hardship if Tshombe does not appear, the Court could easily rule that the question had become a moot point after the rally, Shafto noted...
...some time or another most students will listen to the tales of the night patrolmen about the ingenious ways Harvard men devise to do away with themselves. It is a moot point whether there is any basis in fact behind these grisly episodes, but for entertainment on a late evening in exam period they are unmatched...
...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...