Word: triteness
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...plot is trite and seemingly devoid of interesting detail, but Mr. Roberts has used it to write a happy and whimsical novel, one thoroughly entertaining, and requiring no particular attention...
...Brian, who established a reputation in musical comedy and operetta in such productions as "Buddies," "No Nanette," "The Chocolate Soldier," more recently in "Merry Widow," is confronted with the somewhat difficult of portraying the unsuccessful small time trooper and of enunciating, as convincingly as possible, the trite old them that no real actor can ever leave theatre. Considering the difficulties, portrayal of your true "down and outer is well done. He has achieved this beaten, despairing air which is typical of the breed. In addition, he gives impression of quiet power and earnestness which enable him to across a hard...
...recent contest to determine the problem of disarmament brought excellent suggestions that even authorities had never proposed from the undergraduate body of American colleges. The essay must not be a rehashing of trite truths that 12 years of prohibition have brought to our attention, but an intelligently handled discussion of the issues involved, the strength and weaknesses of various plans, and a practicable, constructive, and original expedient which will solve the problem...
...Sturges drama, subtitled "A Portrait of a Gal," is full of funny gags arising out of various lowly characters' mispronunciation. Its motivation is as silly as it is trite, but Child of Manhattan is not a play from which you would "recerl...
...glorious ideal cemented in the hearts of the American pee-pul by our great constitooshun." Mr. Bliven analyzed the facts and presented his conclusion that free speech was well on the road to suppression. Whether or not his reasoning was correct, he at least had something more than trite catch-words to utter...