Word: trivialize
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...while she oversaw this week's profile of Frank Gehry as well as the cover story on reality-television programming. In fact, she barely had time to leave her desk. "Putting both stories in the magazine," says Simpson, "reflects the crazy and endlessly exciting mix of important art and trivial pursuit that makes up our cultural life at the turn of this century...
...million proceeds from sales of study guides last year are needed to help support the nonprofit program's $1.75 million operating budget. In response to its critics, the decathlon association promises to cut prices for study guides and eliminate them for three decathlon categories. Alvino also vows to eliminate trivial questions and errors in the study materials, such as a reference to NASA as the "National Aeronautics and Space Commission." Until then, however, decathlon teams would be wise to remember: Verdi walked...
...quantum supercomputer is going to leap out of some laboratory and paralyze the CIA anytime soon. These computers seem to be exquisitely sensitive. The tiniest disturbance--even a passing cosmic ray--can change the orientation of their computational atoms, spoiling the calculation. At present, quantum computers can perform only trivial calculations on perhaps five atoms. To do any useful work, they would need to calculate on millions of atoms...
...days. And they're more fun than on paper because your score pops up the second you answer the last question. Emode.com's funny tests can tell you whether you're a natural leader, a risk taker or just high maintenance. Coolquiz.com on the other hand, is an e-Trivial Pursuit, asking hundreds of questions about movies, music and history...
...remain anonymous for reasons unknown, Elkies is being modest about his phenomenal upper body strength. And Satija, who worked with Elkies on the Lowell House Opera, says he was quite impressed with Elkies' ability to manhandle the sets on breakdown day. "I've definitely seen him do some non-trivial lifting," he said...