Word: mooting
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...Even if they had been able to produce a chain reaction, there was very little uranium in the country and no way to get more. There is little doubt that if the Japanese had made a Bomb before the Americans, they would have used it, but the question is moot. Kakihana always believed that the U.S. would build the Bomb first, but he thought that the Americans would use it only in a demonstration...
Should nuclear weapons be abolished? Impossible, he says. Without nuclear weapons the U.S. would always be a superpower because of its economy. But the Soviet Union would not be a superpower without the Bomb. In any case, the point is moot...
...reality, they each do, in their own home. And it's likely to stay that way, however the current skirmishes play out, as media evolve and technology advances beyond attempts to corral it. Digital video recorders like TiVo, for instance, may make the concept of family hour moot, since their users can watch programs whenever they want. In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt for decency proponents to recognize that different people define "values" differently, for media companies to take more seriously the genuine concerns of their customers who feel ambushed by their products...
...term to 2007, or whether he gets a new five-year term to 2010. If it's the latter, then the constitutional changes currently being debated to expand the Election Committee so as to include a more representative cross-section of society by 2007 could be delayed or rendered moot. Says Ronny Tong, a pro-democracy legislator: "If this is a play, then it's a very well-planned maneuver...
...can’t help but wonder: Is it right for one person to have so much power at Harvard? Probably not—a university shouldn’t be an autocracy. But this is a rather moot point, as the future of Harvard is bound to look a lot like Larry Summers’ plan...