Word: trivializes
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...various phases of the relations of Harvard college to the west. Most persons present thought that Harvard, though quite well known in a general way, in the west suffers much from various prejudices arising from ignorance, and from malicious misrepresentation by the newspapers. Many amusing stories were told of trivial pranks at Harvard swelled into monstrous crimes by western newspapers...
...that organization has contracted debts perfectly legitimate and such as could be easily paid if the proceeds of the concert had been turned over to them as agreed. The consequence is that the Pierian has lost the confidence of its creditors. The matter is by no means so trivial as it may seem to the Glee club whose management is in reality deserving the strongest blame. It remains to be seen what reason the Glee club can give for its long-continued neglect...
...occasionally the difference has been so marked as to become a matter of some pounds. According to the scales some men in regular training have varied in their weight as much as eight pounds in two days-a practical impossibility. The matter, at first, seemingly trivial, is in reality very important, since the work of regular teams in training is to a considerable extent regulated by weight. Particularly is this true just before athletic contests. The gymnasium, therefore, should either overhaul the present scales, or purchase a new pair, and that before the season is so far advanced that...
Would it not have been just as fair to argue, before 1888, that Yale was becoming a mere side show compared with Harvard, as it is to conclude the Harvard is becoming provincial on account of the recent growth of Yale? Either argument is false and trivial because it is based on insufficient data. Why not rather view the subject from the point of view of several decades, as the CRIMSON does, instead of trying to find ground for alarm in the figures for five, or more correctly, three years? If there is "versatility of misapprehension" anywhere...
...story the Mahabharata is interesting and consistent. As its name teils, it describes the greatest war of King Bharata, a war which was trivial both in its causes and its effects. The tale runs about as follows: King Bharata sees his end drawing near, and divides his kingdom amongst his sons and nephews. His eldest son, Udostheera, a man of spotless character, was dominated by the master passion of gambling. Udostheera lost all his property, his wealth, his lands and his kingdom, and finally he agrees to leave his kingdom and to live with his four brothers and his wife...