Word: picayunish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rowing on the Thames," Swayze recalled. "Harvey had some problems coaching us, though; he had to ride a bicycle along the crowded towpath on the riverside. The team's only problem was the Thames' queen swans and British officials who usually put us on edge with their picayunish observances of lining-up procedures...
...Ammunition. On the congressional front, the safety hubbub continued. Detroit scrapped its proposal that car safety standards could best be set by the automakers themselves through a voluntary-action program. That plan had pleased no one-least of all President Johnson, who two weeks ago blasted Detroit for its "picayunish" objections to the Administration's highway-safety bill...