Word: trivializing
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...voter in their constituency. That would mean roughly $21 million for presidential hopefuls (compared with $60 million raised by President Nixon in 1972 and $36 million raised by George McGovern), between $175,000 and $2,000,000 for Senators, and a minimum of $90,000 for Representatives. To prevent trivial presidential candidacies, the new legislation would have required candidates to raise some money of their own for primary campaigns before they would become eligible for public funds...
...event with all the suspense of a moon shot. From fond accounts of Anne's girlhood visit to a monkey farm in Malta to interviews with the sexton who would ring the church bell in Mark's home town of Great Somerford, no detail seemed too trivial to mention...
...even holding a book under their armpits as a method of instruction. Casals tried bowing more freely and also began experimenting with the fingering of the left hand, which in the old tradition used to zip up and down the finger board like a yoyo. The changes may seem trivial, but these techniques revolutionized both the playing of the cello and its stature as a solo instrument...
...volunteers, has grown steadily. They have already removed some 100,000 cu. ft. of earth, painstakingly examining all of it. Each fistful of dirt must be carefully sifted through screens, not only for fragments of Stone Age tools and weapons but also for bones, plant remains and other seemingly trivial objects. Fossilized snails, for example, can be studied for evidence of ancient climatic changes (different species survive in different temperature ranges). That, in turn, could explain why some of the settlements were abandoned. Seeds, on the other hand, can provide strong hints about what the ancient settlers...
...expertise he brings to boxing, where the fighter's personality is crucial, cannot be carried over to a team sport like football, where personalities are less significant than the always changing, always unique situations of the game. Yet on "Monday Night Football" each week, Cosell subjects viewers to trivial "color" stories--stretched out inexcusably--while the game itself becomes a backdrop for his voice...