Word: trivialize
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...skillfully torched the city, as the Federal Government's bureaucrats, including President James Madison and his Cabinet, ran like rabbits for the open country in Maryland and Virginia. Before ordering his men to set the building on fire, Admiral Cockburn told them to choose souvenirs from among the trivial things in the White House but nothing of real value that might bring charges of looting against the invaders. Then Cockburn scandalized the nation by brandishing a chair cushion and announcing it would help him remember Mrs. Madison's seat. By morning the White House was a blackened shell...
...Although trivial in the end, the outburst was a setback in Bush's wooing of the press. He routinely comes to the back of the plane to pinch cheeks and hand out nicknames. He asks about the budding romances of the reporters on board; his favorite scribes get their bald heads palmed. The care and feeding is four star. The last time I was on the plane, I had six meals--one featured lobster--over the course of three events, an excellent ratio. Sleep was plentiful, thanks to Bush's light schedule, which protects his naps, nights and weekends...
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Ethnic-slur charge is trivial pursuit, but (Oy!) it's another headache you didn't need...
...Best Growling Match (WP) Cheney to Donaldson on "This Week" Sunday: "So what trivial question did you want to ask me?" Donaldson to Cheney: "Well, a lot of people think Nelson Mandela is not trivial." Touch?...
...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...