Word: trivial
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Moon has a compelling argument that the scope of his work makes the $25,000 the government was pursuing seem trivial, he was proved guilty; and the list of his expenditures does seem rather secular. Nonetheless, the issue of selective prosecution remains-why research the Unification Church for five years? Prosecutor Devita contends that the seemingly extraordinary measures clothe a very simple tax case, and stresses that there is no reason for concern that legitimate church activity will be prosecuted because of this case, whether the religions are orthodox, unorthodox, or whatever...
...likely tugging at their ledger books, the Shuberts rewrote large portions of the music, inflated the cast tremendously, and lumped in additional songs by other composers. Weighted down by such commercial dross, the show closed after one season and might be remembered now as nothing more than a Trivial Pursuit stumper were it not for the efforts of Paul Lazarus. Working closely with the Porter estate, director Lazarus reconstructed the show from the original manuscript, returning "You Never Know" to its original "chamber musical" conception for the 1982-83 Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont...
...woman's thoughts, however, are fragmented from childhood by thousands of interruptions. The result is that speaking to a man about anything of substance is a burden and thus, a woman will converse with a man only in a "trivial" way. Her real thoughts are reserved for herself or her women friends...
...this big percentage of high achievers and Trivial Pursuit candidates in a book by the U.S.'s leading troubadour of the unsung? Terkel, who knows everybody who is anybody, also knows that Everyman can always use a little help. No matter how moving and personal, back-to-back stories of suffering, death and destruction soon grow undifferentiated and numbing. It is something of a relief when Pauline Kael, film critic for The New Yorker, knocks old American war movies as "grotesque" and "condescending," even though it is doubtful she reacted that way at her neighborhood picture palace 40 years...
...QUESTION of campaign decency may seem trivial in relation to the broader issues of nuclear war and taxes, but in terms of maintaining credibility and confidence, political leaders must assure the public that they are not inciting--or even tacitly supporting--campaigns targeted at maliciously destroying individuals. It is a question that needs to be addressed, and before voters take to the polls...