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...crazy days to have a bike race," said John R. Moot a member of People for Riverbend Park. "Mothers' Day is the first real day the park is open. It seems wrong that Mr. Trump, no matter who he is, can preempt our use of the park...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Trump Race Slated to Hit City | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

...Harris, such controversies may soon be moot. Unless some unexpected hitch develops, at about 2:45 a.m. on April 3, the execution squad will escort Harris, wearing a new pair of jeans and a denim work shirt, into the gas chamber and strap him into one of the two seats. Fifteen minutes later, the chamber will fill with cyanide gas. Harris will inhale, slump over and, within minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Life and Death | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

that the resolutions on Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) "were moot because this year's council cannot bind future councils to its decisions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Council Knows Basketball | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

...revisionist department, the newsletter claims that this year's council has effectively dealt with the ROTC issue and gained valuable learning experience in planning big-name concerts. In fact, the council's resolutions on the future of ROTC were moot because this year's council cannot bind future councils to its decisions. And their concert "learning experience" consists of a string of rejections from concert performers who probably couldn't fill a Harvard arena anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Than Zero | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...administration for not hiring minority faculty left and right. But they never bring up the fundamental issue: few minorities enter academia, so there are few minority scholars out there for Harvard to hire. The PC have limited the issue to one side: more minority faculty hiring. The rest is moot. PC causes suffer because of PC narrowmindedness...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: 'Politically Correct' Thought Control | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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