Word: trivial
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...others say that's not enough. A growing number of critics are crying foul over the tax-exempt status of London's wealthy expatriates. "As a foreigner in this country you can make an enormous amount of money, but the numbers who put anything back into this country are trivial," says economist Will Hutton, CEO of consultancy the Work Foundation. There are a handful of foreigners at the top of the Sunday Times Giving List, a record of charitable donations by the rich and powerful, but Hutton wants to see more. "I would like to see people endowing universities, backing...
...Because If You Put Numbers on It, People Will Read Anything, However Trite, Trivial and Insipid, from Beginning...
Befitting a place known for adding complexity to seemingly trivial tasks, the votes cast by Harvard students in the Undergraduate Council presidential race will go through an elaborate algorithm before a winner is determined...
...says, “a small, trivial, rather ridiculous object of the commonest domestic use, it’s just wanting in—what shall I say? Well, dignity, or the least approach to distinction...
...instance, consider the financial logistics of study-abroad programs. While in a developed nation like the United States most middle class students have the opportunity to travel overseas, such costs are often much less trivial for students in developing nations. Most universities offer limited, if any, financial aid for international students. Harvard, which offers identical financial aid to all admits, is a notable exception rather than the rule. Thus it is no surprise that international education is often limited to the highest socioeconomic strata of developing nations, which skews educational exchange...