Word: tritely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Study and Cure of Cancer, to give the details of his method in a forthcoming article. His theory is that the disease is caused by a germ which can be killed by the action of a chemical antitoxin in the body. This is a reasonable, almost a trite hypothesis. It is the formula of his synthetic antitoxin which is of absorbing interest to the medical world...
...others, as library training. If, however, the purpose of this latest idea is to cultivate an instinctive love of books and reading, it might be accomplished much more effectively by personal suggestion, and a closer cooperation between library and school boards, than by routine mass instruction. To paraphrase a trite proverb, anyone can lead the student to a book, but only his own inclinations can induce him to develop a genuine taste for reading...
...author can make things happen, as the intense reality of the sordid Mr. Schreiner's call at the Kemper-Merritt's palacial home, and the dramatic accusation against Patty for cheating at bridge show, but is as a descriptive artist that he excels. His amazingly vivid and never trite phrasing makes the reader actually see the characters; his carefully constructed and cleverly told hits of action hold the reader with their nicety; and best of all, his delicacy keeps him within the bounds of decency, however immortal his theme may be. "The Gay Ones" is simply yet very well written...
These are rather trite...
...perhaps trite to say that conditions have changed in South America since 1823. The age of European colonization has passed, and with it the necessity of protection for these "little sisters" by the United States. But peace and tranquility on the southern continent are still rather abstract ideals. The aftermath of the failure of the fifth Pan American Conference at Santiago to limit the armaments of Argentine, Brazil, and Chile has been a renewal of military and naval competition...