Word: tritely
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...Republican, and I want us out of Iraq. But the ad crossed the line. Kinsley sits at a desk typing away while Petraeus leads people who take bullets for you and me. It's not trite; it's reality. Don't insult those standing in harm's way so we can debate in the comfort of our homes. Mark Carpenter, San Antonio...
...TRITE and SECOND-RATE...
...complete lack of health care, for instance, can all by itself consign someone to ignorance and joblessness. But you're also struck by how so many of the people who have been dealt these difficult hands manage to play them with grace and fortitude. That may sound trite to some ears, but it probably wouldn't to anyone who has spent time with James Lowe...
...production process has been scrutinized, it's Boeing's own doing. Since production of the Dreamliner was announced in 2003, Boeing has made transparency imperative, especially as international partners assumed more of the heavy lifting and financial risk on the supply end. "We've had a trite little saying that says 'you can't manage a secret,'" said Bair. "So we've had everything out in the open and everything visible, because you never know where help is going to come from. It's been a struggle...
...their ancestral houses became a way for the strictly vegetarian Marwaris to show off a little. The ceiling of one such haveli, for example, shows the flute-playing Hindu god Krishna frolicking beside a billowing steam engine. A bit kitsch? Maybe, but even if the images can be trite, the hand-carved teak doors and almost accidental details of the havelis rarely disappoint. Before paints were mass produced, for example, Marwaris fermented their dyes from cow urine and plastered them onto walls while the mud was still wet. This deep mustard brown color, leached under the cauldron of the desert...