Word: triviality
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...would provide “a proactive way to tell seniors the ten things they might have missed if they haven’t been told,” Winnie says. The simplicity of such solutions emphasizes one of the most frustrating aspects of the situation: ultimately, there are trivial problems with unnecessarily complicated consequences. “The number [of students studying abroad] is not in the thousands,” Winnie admits, “But that is a lot of people who could have been Class Marshal...
...These are issues that will put the E.U. to test," said one E.U. diplomat in Lisbon, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They will make much of the discussions here seem like a trivial, academic exercise taking place in an ivory tower...
This isn’t the first year the Yard has been churned up in the name of learning, but maybe, hopefully, this year the Administration will recognize the trivial nature of this pedagogical endeavor. Since the students in this class will be obliged to finish out the term in Anthropology 1130, we all can at least pray they find some shiny beads or seashells. After that, I say we let those Indian spirits rest in peace...
...Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. The book’s main chapter categorizes Facebook users into one of five stereotypes. Among them are “newsers,” who use Facebook as a liveblog to document their most trivial actions; “self-promoters,” who exaggerate their features to make them appear more exciting; and “performers,” who treat their profiles as “avant-garde works of art.” Besides describing the site?...
...settlements 40 miles from St. George and set on a high prairie in a glorious mountain setting. For every tongue-tied Merril Shapley who has chosen to stay, there are other boys, perhaps as many as 1,000 or more, who have been cast into exile for offenses as trivial as acting out or watching forbidden movies. Dubbed the "Lost Boys," - exiled boys far outnumber girls - they live in low rent apartments or on the street, in the backs of cars in St. George, or Salt Lake City, even as far away as Las Vegas and Phoenix. They live rough...