Word: mootness
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...political killings a day, the U.S. administration does not view the Colombian situation as a humanitarian crisis. To the U.S., the only statistic that matters is that 90 percent of cocaine in the U.S. comes from Colombia. Drugs are the name of the game; human need is a moot point...
...will, if the rules survive challenges in the courts and Congress--or by a new Administration. While the idea is a long shot, the whole debate could become moot if it turns out that adult stem cells are just as useful. For now, though, scientists who want to study stem cells--and people whose lives they might ease--are feeling better about the future...
...could be misleading. After all, there's little reason to believe the former paratrooper who spent time in jail after leading a failed military coup can succeed where others have failed in enforcing OPEC discipline. But whether or not he can deliver on his threats is a moot point: If oilmen Cheney and Bush are looking for a foreign bogey man with which to scare American voters, right now Chavez is writing himself the part...
...incident was not about race at all. Black police also threw punches. But, says Jill Nelson, editor of an anthology on police brutality, "that is an easy cop-out." Racism almost never works in simple if-then steps. If a black person is involved, race is not then necessarily moot. "Success [in a department] is designed in white male terms," says Ronald Hampton of the National Black Police Association. "So these guys internalize the racist, oppressive culture of the police department in order to succeed...
...before the police questioned him. The appeals court, known for its conservative stance, ruled against the defense, calling on a largely ignored piece of 1968 legislation that, among other things, deemed the reading of rights unnecessary in certain situations. That legislation, declared Justice Rehnquist, writing for the majority, was moot, because "Congress may not legislatively supersede our decisions interpreting and applying the Constitution." Rehnquist's appearance among the left-leaning majority was a surprise to some legal analysts; Justices Scalia and Thomas took up the opposing side...