Word: trivial
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Osterberg said he devoted a team of about 10 computer staff members to the "non-trivial project" of designing the new online password-changing system this summer...
...Cowboys football game to delete references to Tyson before giving the document to investigators. Smaltz is likely to pursue indictments of Tyson, its head of governmental affairs and one of its lobbyists. Espy's lawyer Reid Weingarten did not deny any of the charges but accused Smaltz of distorting "trivial, personal and entirely benign activities" into criminal wrongdoing...
...bank at Nations Bank or Sun-Trust, larger banks that have merged with the more local banks. Grocery stores such as Piggly-Wiggly have been replaced by larger chains like Publix. Though changes in the name of the place where you bank or buy your groceries may seem trivial, I think they are part of a larger, unfortunate trend--the homogenization of the United States. Just as much of the rest of the world has come to look like the United States, with the invasion of McDonald's, Coke and the Gap, the South is starting to look more...
...down the chain, E-mail has made it easier for middle managers to shun responsibility by bucking decisions up the ladder. A worker who would shy from seeking an appointment with the boss to resolve an issue often bats out a "What do you think?" message on the most trivial of matters...
...Bible lecture last week so I made a pitiful request to the others on the line for pizza: "Could I go ahead of you? Please." And, much to my surprise, all three people let me cut them and allowed me to purchase my slice. Though this event may seem trivial to you, it has restored my faith in humanity. Really. --Andrew K. Mandel...