71.   But baseball could make the matter moot for the coming season if it feels pressured to back off its aggressive plan to drop two teams.

72.   But by January, the issue may be moot.

73.   But Congress has now made this debate moot.

74.   But Davies said the issue is moot because the Mexican government simply threw the suspected drug trafficker out of the country.

75.   But as with his designs for men, Bartlett has since made such debate on the extremes in his work moot.

76.   But his competitive bidding process has made the issue moot, Sirota said last night.

77.   But if the proposition fails, even a March primary would be moot.

78.   But if the votes are already in hand, the point is moot.

79.   But Goldman added that the legal issue might well be moot by the middle of next year, because Congress may impose its own settlement on tobacco industry.

80.   But in a series like this - that feels like the postseason - and the season on the line, the past is moot.