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minutia

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  • n  a small or minor detail
    he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code

  • This form of analytical thinking also incorporates the emotive underpinning often dug out under the minutia of narrative features.
  • Most of the masses aren't reading up on the minutia like we swamplanders.
  • He has created a political organization that has unprecedented access to polling and focus groups, but he maintains a healthy distance from the up-down-in-out minutia, even as his .
News & Articles

  • The Best Take Yet on Pandora's Decision to Buy an FM Station
    NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- While I'm fascinated by the soap opera-like drama, I wish the childish back and forth between Pandora and the music industrial complex would end. I study each move closely so, with each day, I know the story better than the back of my hand. But, let's face it, I can't dig too much into the minutia of the legal posturing between Pandora and ASCAP or Pandora and BMI or the ...
    June 14, 2013 - TheStreet.com
  • Behind the Scenes: Artist’s book scratches the underbelly of city’s history
    Artist Mary Jo Bole is into some pretty interesting s---. Literally. Her most recent art book is called “Toilet Worship,” a compilation of collages of scatological (read: poop-centric) “meanderings, segues, tangents and autobiographical intricacies of bathroom minutia.”
    June 12, 2013 - Columbus Alive
  • Developers and Reviewers Mixed on iOS 7 Design
    Now that the wraps are off Apple's bold new mobile software design, the mobile app aficionados are weighing in on fonts, icon styles, gradients and the other sort of minutia they love to dissect. The vote is split.
    June 11, 2013 - Wall Street Journal Blogs
Quotes

  • John Tortorella in International Herald Tribune
    If he concentrates on just playing and not get caught up in all the minutia out there and everything coming at him, I think he can be a real effective guy for us,Tortorella said.
  • Bob Arum in abc11tv.com
    Margarito signed off before his fight with Cintron,Arum said. "Cotto wanted the fight but we were going over terms and minutia, and finally Miguel and his team agreed on everything last night."
  • Ron Jaworski in Miami Herald
    Football will be our priority, but I am smart enough to know I will not bore people to death with minutia,Jaworski said.

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