Word: trivializing
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...little more formidable. As he put it on Larry King, "the emotional truth is there." In other words, whatever the nitty-gritty bookkeepers turn up, his story has an empathic force, a psychological power, that makes the actual factual status of his writing kind of moot, and renders trivial the question of where it should be shelved in the bookstore...
...aims, which—although he didn’t mention it—incidentally made her tons of money through dubious litigation. What a great message for public health: science doesn’t matter, just good intentions.5. BoLoCo’s nauseating name change. This may seem trivial, but “The Wrap” was an iconic Harvard Square restaurant, and its new incarnation as BoLoCo facilitated by pricey consultants will force me never to enter its doors again. “The Wrap” screamed fresh, healthy food. “BoLoCo?...
...those numbers look trivial compared with what Abramoff's clients apparently were pouring into a little-known public-advocacy group, the U.S. Family Network, which Buckham organized in 1996 for the ostensible purpose of promoting conservative values and "moral fitness." Last month the Washington Post reported that nearly all its funding came from corporations linked to Abramoff?including a million-dollar payment that may well have come indirectly from corrupt Russian oil interests, which have never expressed much interest in moral fitness; half a million dollars from textile companies in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific that are known...
...looked at the photos, I thought I should never again complain about having to wait in line an extra minute or two or having to shovel a snowy walkway or gripe when a store is out of my favorite item. The next time I get upset over trivial everyday things, I should step back and look at the big picture. JEFFREY N. ACHBER Laconia...
...live in an age that's gushing with information and dizzying possibilities. You can almost feel your brain cells crackling to keep up with the choices?trivial and profound?that confront us at every turn: picking a cell-phone plan or an on-demand movie, selecting the best mix of investments in a 401(k) or the right health plan or just knowing which eggs to buy at the supermarket. (Cage free? Organic? Omega-3 enriched?) Surely there has never been a greater need to stay alert and informed, to act shrewdly and remain focused...