Word: trite
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that her life has taken an unexpected turn, but that Sun’s course has taught her that life could hold more for her than the harsh world of the Bronx. Sun presents the scene as a moment of enlightenment, but the girl’s comments seem trite and unrealistic...
...hospital, is a man who lives by breaking the rules—always taking what he wants before considering others. The contrast with Chambers, a hard-working mechanic who has sacrificed his own happiness for that of his wife and children, is less than subtle. But despite this trite beginning, “The Bucket List” sustains itself on Nicholson and Freeman’s abilities. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, both men suddenly find themselves at the same point in life—no matter how different they may have been the day before. Together they compose...
...Because If You Put Numbers on It, People Will Read Anything, However Trite, Trivial and Insipid, from Beginning...
...Kerik's rites of passage and twisting them into meat for conspiracy theories is petty and niggling. The intent to mask the story as a critical essay on loyalty - well, it just didn't make the stretch. Continuing to rip Kerik through Giuliani and Giuliani through Kerik is a trite and wearisome pastime, isn't it? Chris McLoughlin, Atlanta...
...Kerik's rites of passage and twisting them into meat for conspiracy theories is petty and niggling. The intent to mask the story as a critical essay on loyalty - well, it just didn't make the stretch. Continuing to rip Kerik through Giuliani and Giuliani through Kerik is a trite and wearisome pastime, isn't it? Chris McLoughlin, ATLANTA...