Word: trivialize
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...cars as they zoom down the road. Akshay Mor Bangalore, India Your list of inventions left me yawning. There weren't any great breakthroughs to dazzle the imagination or inspire hope, or new products that promise to move civilization to its next evolutionary rung. Many of the items were trivial, or mere improvements on things already available. It's not Time's fault that the year didn't see the introduction of something fantastic. From the standpoint of new technology, it was a very dull year. Lou Varricchio Middlebury, Vermont, U.S. Iraq, Past and Future In "think twice about...
...Concerns that affect one quarter of the upperclass student body should be addressed, despite the fact that the author considers them “trivial distractions.” Just because a particular population is in a minority, should its opinion be ignored? The author’s senseless statement reflects a larger-scale obliviousness to the importance of minority representation, whether that minority be economic, racial, sexual, or, in this particular situation, geographic...
...Your list of inventions left me yawning. There weren't any great breakthroughs to dazzle the imagination or inspire hope, or new products that promise to move civilization to its next evolutionary rung. Many of the items were trivial or mere improvements on things already available. It's not TIME's fault that the year didn't see the introduction of something fantastic. From the standpoint of new technology, it was a very dull year. Lou Varricchio Middlebury, Vermont...
When it comes to devoting energy to improving student life, spending time on non-issues pertaining to “the Quad experience” is a colossal waste. Not only are these concerns trivial, they also affect less than a third of the student population. What I suggest here is not a tyranny of the majority, but rather the common sense realization that it is irresponsible to spend time on Quad-exclusive issues when there are more significant matters at stake, ones whose impacts extend across the undergraduate population. Let’s talk about online transcript requests. Let?...
...section of the website read, “If you are confronted with a situation where you are told you must have a SSN and you do not intend to work, please consult with the HIO.” But international students stumble upon many other barriers, trivial or serious, regarding SSN’s everyday, and it is unreasonable to expect that I would call up the HIO every time I need to make a purchase at the mall.The SSN is a permanent nine-digit identification number issued by the government to its citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents...