Word: trivialized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...soon be turning themselves inside out to give customers two costumes in one. Instead of going home to change, the day may come when a businessman can arrive at work in a grey worsted, leave in a black dinner jacket. All that stands in the way is the trivial matter of how to make it fit both ways-and what to do about the pockets...
...fornication" statute is rarely enforced, the Cliffies were told. "Police checking something as trivial as neighbor complaints of noisy parties in residents' apartments sometimes stumble over couples living together," a head resident said. "Nearly all arrests under the law are 'accidental...
...Wall Street. One of the few cheerful notes involved the price of the pound itself, which remained steady for the second straight week without support from the Bank of England, thanks chiefly to the encouraging fact that Britain's trade gap for July fell to a trivial $2,800,000. There was some economic news to grin about too, including efforts by a big oil company to grab more of the country's gasoline market by hiring bikini-clad station attendants to give away one gallon free...
...anti-Communist from Chevy Chase, Md., appeared as an unsolicited committee witness, declared that Fortas was once a member of the left-wing International Juridical Association, that "he has been significantly connected with Communists and Communist fronts over a considerable period of time," and that "his connections were neither trivial nor casual-and I doubt if they were innocent." Fortas replied that he may have joined the group while he was on the Yale faculty in the 1930s because "joining was easy in those days." But "to the best of my knowledge and belief, I never attended a meeting...
...boardroom conference table in tantalizing finery, Christie evokes an image of corruption that might well tempt a gentleman to corporate risks. She is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity, an authentic contemporary creature whose every misstep makes thousands leer. Because her passions are only skin-deep, her tragedy is trivial. But at every toss of her blonde mane, every shard of a smile, all else on the screen becomes mere backdrop. Her stunning presence-and Schlesinger's stylish tracking of a playgirl's progress -makes Darling irresistible...