Word: minutia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...equally fearsome forces of starvation and chaos from within. The story is a grand one and so inspired has Werfel been with his material that he had attained truly epic reaches in his telling of it. His occupation with narrative details is at times responsible for overlength and unnecessary minutia. He also errs in neglecting the personalities of his characters who become sculptured impersonations rather than human beings. These faults are unfortunate limitations on the greatness of the work but the story of it is so magnificent and so enthralling that it must rank as one of the most-worthy...
...first issue carried a half-dozen pages of editorial matter chiefly composed of business minutia, brief intimate comment by some of its possible clients, a gazette of recent changes in advertising personnel...
...Journal, in probing corrupt minutia in the city's government found...