Word: trivializing
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...Some race fans may be turned away by the tragedy; other, new ones may be drawn to the sport by this proof that it is not trivial. Certainly NASCAR faces a huge charisma vacuum, and it will never forget the Daytona 500 of February 18, 2001, a milestone of many kinds. Mourning passes into remembrance, and the race will...
...Crimson was. And for the last 128 years, The Crimson has been there to cover these events--large and small, important and trivial, long-remembered and quickly forgotten. As the University changed, The Crimson faithfully recorded each day's news, creating a record that lives to this day. The crumbling, dusty volumes that line the shelves of 14 Plympton St. preserve a wealth of information on our shared past...
With all those scary microbes out there, it's hard to get worked up over a toenail fungus or a case of athlete's foot. But the fungi that cause these and dozens of other infections are not as trivial as they may seem. Fungi have a way of turning nasty--seeping into the bloodstream and invading vital organs. Lately they've been doing that more and more, thanks to increased travel (which exposes people to fungi for which they have no immunity) and to immunosuppressant drugs (which leave patients vulnerable to what would otherwise be innocuous fungal infections...
They say the exam is biased, focuses on trivial and confusing questions, takes too much class time to administer and only widens the achievement gap between low- and high-income students...
...from a purely practical standpoint, Donald has written the perfect short history of Lincoln for the Harvard student with no time on his hands and a penchant for random tidbits of American history. For late-night drunken trivial pursuit games or simple juice-box facts style knowledge, Lincoln at Home is absolutely a masterpiece...