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...trivial example: a couple of months ago, I went to a demonstration to write a story about it. The demonstration was being held at Holyoke Center, in support of a kitchen worker who was, the marchers told me, having a grievance hearing upstairs in the Personnel Office. I went up to the office; they said the hearing had been postponed. I went back and asked the demonstrators about that, and they said they knew the hearing was going on, that Harvard was lying again, that, essentially, here was another case of the people who were supposed to have the answers...
...that a few 1974 Valiants and Darts were equipped with combinations of emission-control equipment not certified by EPA. The EPA found exactly 42 such autos and asked for a fine of $420,000. Chrysler admitted to an "accidental production error," but protested: "The severe penalty for such a trivial incident is unjustified...
...will. He was an Italian made skeptical by Voltaire, subtle by the ruses of survival in the Revolution, sharp by the daily duel of French intellects." The historians dis play such artistry too sparingly. Still, these most popular popularists are incapable of writing a dull book or a trivial one. The Age of Napoleon is not their best book, but it is their last. Readers can mourn that statement - and celebrate the fact that the Durants have contributed so much to the American under standing of that most foreign country, the past...
Silent Spring and Ralph Nader. Abruptly, technology was cast as villain, plucking man from nature's bosom and forcing upon him tedious jobs and trivial products...
...which the above quote was taken there was a great deal of moaning and wailing voiced by Mr. Restic about the fact that he was only allowed by recent NCAA legislation to suit up 60 football players for a home game instead of his usual 80. It is statistically trivial to see that whether 60 people (1 per cent of the undergraduate student body) or 80 people (1.3 per cent) play in that football game has nothing whatsover to do with participation...