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...lawsuits finish, it is hard to say. When one thinks of the financial problems that beset the few really great small museums founded on a single person's taste -- the Frick in New York City or the Phillips Collection in Washington -- the idea of wasting $98 million on this trivial package seems obscene. The Hammer Museum cannot evolve into a serious collection. It would have difficulty making a mark as a site of temporary shows, since there is too much competition from other Los Angeles museums. Perhaps, as one critic suggested, the place could be converted into the Armand Hammer...
...more important now because the deadline is approaching. It makes the exams look trivial," said Hector R. Rocha '94, who has a brother stationed in Saudi Arabia. "It puts it in perspective. These things are stupid compared to that...
...only quotation from a member of the group of counter-protestors is when I am quoted as saying, "I don't think it's appropriate to hold political demonstrations on a church." This statement is completely trivial to the larger issue and was only offered in response to a reporter's question...
Cutler asked the court last week if he could give Gotti a change of clothes for his next court appearance. Apparently considering the matter too trivial, the judge made no ruling. But a spare $1,500 suit was seen in the don's cell. For Gotti, having to show up in a wrinkled suit might truly be cruel and unusual punishment...
...light of these tasks, the Corporation's stated preferences for a "recognized scholar" with a "keen sense of management" are more important than the limited, and by comparison, trivial objectives of student political activists...