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Word: trivialize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inside a structure the size of a superdome. When the appropriate signal comes, you have to unwind the rope, which consists of two strands, and copy each strand so you end up with two new ropes that again have to fold up. The machinery to do that cannot be trivial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Gene Hunt | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...seem trivial to you, but I really want us to have a state that is socially just. Really. And I want to fight for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with BORIS YELTSIN: One Bear Of a Soviet Politician: | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Baker understands that these topics are trivial (they make for great dining-hall conversation), but they are fascinating nonetheless...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Musings on the Way From Lunch | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

...images, she felt "a shock of recognition and then the realization -- my God, all this happened in 1968?" Like her, you will rediscover the astonishing roller coaster of events, from the tragic (Robert Kennedy's vacant stare from the floor of the Los Angeles hotel pantry) to the trivial (a miniskirt dotted with peace symbols...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Feb 20 1989 | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

Psychiatrists who said they believed McLean and University officials overreacted to what they called "trivial" mistakes when Frazier left, said yesterday that they were pleased by his rehiring...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Forced to Resign, Frazier Rehired | 2/11/1989 | See Source »

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