Word: moots
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Women are under-represented in business, trade, government and countless other sectors. Opportunities such as the Radcliffe Externship program, the Radcliffe Publishing course and scholarships for women all aim to redress the imbalance. Opening Radcliffe's programs to men would render their purpose moot...
...made obsolete in the 19th century. They claim that according to the letter of the Constitution, the federal government has no right to regulate the sale of arms, except across state lines. Following this reactionary constitutional logic, the entire debate on waiting periods and access to handguns is moot...
...Packwood is not the only one on the stand. As Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) asserts in The Globe, "The Senate's reputation is very much at stake." Whether or not this entire issue is actually relevant to the lives of average Americans is moot; that every major newspaper has plastered its pages with stores, news analyses and columns on the controversy will force Bob and Mary Jones of Peoria to think about Packwood and the Senate--and not, perhaps, about the real political issues facing them...
NCAA rules also require that all equipment, whether from Prince, Reebok, Nike, or Converse, be returned to the equipment room. While in many cases this is a moot point as much of the equipment, especially the footwear, is unusable by the end of the season, the rule is strictly enforced...
...forward only with "full participation, with all the rights, all the privileges but also all the responsibilities" of statehood. While he makes the transition sound easy, his opponents predict corruption of Puerto Rico's soul and destruction of its economy. They also argue that the vote is moot in any case: the U.S. Congress will find a way to reject a poor, Spanish-speaking land that would enter the Union with a secessionist faction. If statehood wins with only a small majority, Congress may find ways to delay confronting the question of union for years...