Word: trivializing
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Naam said she watches Jeopardy! less religiously. Instead, she said she picks up random knowledge by playing Trivial Pursuit with her blockmates in Leverett...
...word of the day for President Bush’s detractors. Coverage of the way hundreds of thousands were fed and medicated in Somalia in 1992, for example, could not counterbalance the deaths of 18 servicemen and women, particularly not in a mission that seemed trivial for America’s national interest. Fear of another Somalia kept President Clinton at bay while France and Britain fumbled in Bosnia; and, unsure of itself, the world remained silent about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Only late in the Balkan War did Clinton even begin to consider the concept of military...
...credible President Those pernicious 16 words in the State of the Union speech [July 21] will not topple the Bush presidency because the cumulative case for ousting Saddam was cogent, obvious and urgent. Hair-splitting arguments over such a trivial statement do not warrant this much hand wringing. Kevin Barker Bristow...
...justifications for the invasion, it seems to have barely enough substance to cast a shadow. Misleading Congress and the American public into waging a war should attract the attention of the House of Representatives. Such behavior surely exceeds the standard for impeachment set for President Bill Clinton over comparatively trivial untruths having nothing to do with his presidential duties. Charles J. Pitts Manassas...
Those pernicious 16 words in the State of the Union speech will not topple the Bush presidency because the cumulative case for ousting Saddam was cogent, obvious and urgent. Arguments over such a trivial statement do not warrant this much hand wringing. KEVIN BARKER Bristow...