Word: trivialize
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...Rindfleisch, evening supervisor at Lamont, said that when patrons were actually able to find their books—not a trivial task with circulation details reduced to paper-age technology—they could check them out by recording information on pink cards, instead of scanning bar codes into Hollis...
Minga says that none of the prayer requests have been trivial or selfish, even in the midst of exam week...
...reject Chanel? Perhaps they don’t want to hire someone they suppose is conceited. Chanel, Del Monte and Infiniti become victims of commercialization. They become what they eat, wear or drive; and they are judged accordingly. Chanel’s personality, intelligence and achievements become trivial, as she is valued on factors outside of her control...
...we’d be interested in this great new product…or if we’d like a low APR on a credit card. (Who knows how many strings are attached to that one?) And while some may think the do-not-call effort is trivial, 51 million people have expressed their approval by signing up. It’s another clear win for consumer rights...
...today, no one can deny that, unlike the media, political culture has profoundly changed. This asymmetry is dangerous. It would be one thing if both politics and pop culture had become more serious and real-world-oriented; or if, conversely, politics had returned, like the media, to the relatively trivial ground on which it used to stand. But the war-room intensity of post-Sept. 11 politics means that now more than ever before, America can’t afford to have its channels of public information dominated by frivolous and sensational concerns...