Word: trivial
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Each year I write an impassioned plea to a plethora of mailing lists exhorting Harvard undergraduates to consider cross-registration at MIT. I explain the simplicity and ease of cross-registration. I argue that the commute is trivial and that there are exciting courses in all manner of disciplines. But without fail, year after year, students decline to make the commitment, except for accounting...
...claim outright: “Next time you mention Pac, Biggie, and Jay-Z / Don’t forget Weezy Baby!” Has Wayne accomplished enough in his career to be associated with legends? Depends on who you ask. Some say that Wayne raps too much about trivial and cliche rap stuff (guns, women, money, bling). Others will say that the only thing that matters is ambition and technique, both of which Wayne has in spades. Whether that debate will be solved on radio stations, in dorm room debates, or on the streets, one thing is for certain...
...being a player in the presidential campaign. We're the moderator--for better or for worse. The candidates talk to the public through the media, and the public talks to the candidates through our polls. The 24/7 news cycle--cable television, the Internet, the blogosphere--has the effect of trivializing big stories and making big stories out of trivial ones. It's disingenuous to say we're just the messenger, because we're often the message...
...Western media obsessed with drawing parallels) as the "Chinese Enya" when her debut album Sister Drum was released by Warner Music in 1995. But interestingly, neither she nor Sa have presented themselves as mainstream Chinese. "To a Western ear, mainstream Chinese pop is too sweet - it sounds trivial," explains Baranovitch. "Minority artists offer something different and refreshing. There's a sense of primitiveness, spirituality and exoticism - it sells...
...focus on the trivial and superficial while the nation remains at war and teeters on the edge of an economic recession...