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...quiet room to write or read, knowing full well that the quiet is a fragile illusion wont to be broken by any family member steamrolling through, wanting the use of a television or a telephone and creating a ridiculous amount of noise in the process. The effort becomes moot, the book rendered unreadable by the voices demanding dinner, someone to set the table, my undivided attention...

Author: By Bonnie Tsui, | Title: At Home, Desirous of Inner Space | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

Despite such guardianship, there have been some Square developments that have failed to meet preservationists' standards. HSDF Vice President John R. Moot '43 points to the HMV building and the Charles Hotel as dis- appointments...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Andrew K. Mandel, S | Title: Progress, History Jostle for Space in Square | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: DAY OF RECKONING | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF 1996? | 4/21/1997 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, | Title: AND THE Winner Is... | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

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