| 单词 | petty |
| 例句 | Meanwhile, she had bigger concerns than Octavian’s petty remarks or Rome’s contempt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The emotional atmosphere in the cramped quarters became tense, ugly, petty, bickering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘To stop you getting impatient, that’s why. You don’t really want to stand around at the cocktail party being all sweet and petty. She’s just making a pet out of you.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I explained that I didn’t like her because she was mean and petty and full of pretense. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s collective of drunks and petty criminals was draped over one another, watching everything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Their host, a grizzled one-armed petty lord by the name of Harwood Stout, knew better than to refuse him, though by now his larders must be well nigh exhausted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite all the discussion about Bobby, including the nicknames and the petty comments leveled at him, he just continued to play and study the game that he loved. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a ridiculous notion, as well as petty and impolitic, but he hadn’t been able to resist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Always listening to the emotions of others, always feeling their petty yammering on your nerves. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Love as rarely exists in reality, as if a master alchemist has taken it and distilled out all the impurities, every petty disenchantment, every unworthy thought, into a perfect elixir, sweet and deep and all-consuming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It must be aware of the Scythedom’s petty bickering, and growing corruption, even though it has pledged noninterference. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Everything, including us paying back the petty cash, would be ruined. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Several had seen or heard of family members getting carted off—or worse—by police for the pettiest of offenses. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I’m embarrassed and feel petty, but I can’t stop the words that are rattling around in my head from coming out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There is no spiritual symbiosis; I'm just a petty thief who lifts his memories the same way I’ll take a handful of change left on his dresser. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A person who had to spread the cloak of religion over her own petty desires. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Allen, Canty, and Ramseur also all had misdemeanor convictions, ranging from criminal mischief to petty larceny. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Scythes were supposed to be above the petty, just as they were above the law. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But sibling relationships are often fraught with petty tortures. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z How petty she sounded, complaining about the inconvenience to herself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Your comments about the lecture showed a very petty jealousy I didn't expect from someone who claims to be so broad and noncommitted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And none of your petty philosophy or I’ll make you sorry you ever took a shining to that little game.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This was a school system in which the matter of proximity outweighed such petty concerns as what may or may not be appropriate for a busload of eleven-year-olds. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z No, she was tired of being a minor lady, waiting to be married off to the highest bidder, tired of petty politics and easily manipulated fools. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My petty mission no longer seemed to matter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Individually, no member of the Party owns anything, except petty personal belongings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But I thought it was more important that we see each other than to resist the petty machinations of the authorities, and Winnie consented to carry a pass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I might’ve handled the clerk with a softer touch, but Emma had no patience for the self-important authority of petty bureaucrats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I held a series of petty' jobs for short periods, quitting some to work elsewhere, being driven off others because of my attitude, my speech, the look in my eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cardan is a spoiled child. It is well-known in the Court that he squanders his lineage on drink and petty squabbles. No, don’t bother to object.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pulled out the short one to open the drawer where Jaden keeps the petty cash. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And regardless of the outcome of his case, he would lose that amount.“Isn’t $75,000 a lot for petty theft?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z You can get sick of anything if you have too much of it, like all the petty luxuries my mother bought and quickly grew bored with. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z All my life I had done nothing but feel and cultivate my feelings; all their lives they had done nothing but strive for petty goals, the trivial material prizes of American life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Tie shifts his attention back to the petty larceny. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z We must not fall prey to petty divisions, but concentrate on our next point of attack—the OAS members when they come. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I decided to stay at Wilson and devote my energy to teaching literature, rather than perpetuating petty rivalries. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But by keeping his mouth shut and his eyes open he entered the slipstream of smuggling, trading, and petty bribery that had become North Korea’s postfamine economy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “You’re not exactly unbiased when it comes to questioning your parents,” he said, and he knew it was a petty, underhanded thing to say. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He disliked the petty complaints about the prices, especially from the customers in Manhattan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a petty trick, and largely useless against a skilled sympathist, but my only hope was to rattle him in some way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And she didn’t want to get caught up in the petty politics of the streets. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Not the men who were being flogged to death for petty reasons. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Malice is not always small and petty,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Virgil remembered Lola using that phrase specifically, “petty nonsense,” because he had had to ask her what it meant. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Our talk was restricted to the petty relations which formed the core of life for us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They were vocal about the petty individual wrongs they suffered, but they possessed no desire for a knowledge of the picture as a whole. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gripe with Rhonda had been petty, as most childhood resentments are. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dina works as a dispatcher at the Spruce Harbor police station, and as far as Molly can see there isn’t much to stress over—a few drunk drivers, the occasional black eye, petty thefts, accidents. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z How else will they be taught that law and order guarantees their children a brighter future than begging, horse dealing, and petty crime? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The physical freedom, Stanton later said, “did not compensate for the persistent persecution and petty annoyances suffered at every turn.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In a pinch, he reverts to his previous profession, petty theft. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We didn’t fight often, and when we did, it was typically over petty things, a string of pent-up aggravations that surfaced usually when one or both of us got overly fatigued or stressed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Such details might have alarmed Mr. Eberhardt more than the petty acts of vandalism. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the younger lad grew adept and indeed more adept at petty thieving than at begging. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Toby knew Jimmy was involved in some petty criminal activity—selling stolen cell phones, the occasional scheme. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Lucky for me, he still manages the petty cash. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If I’m wondering who pilfered the petty cash, it’s more reassuring to hear Not Jones; he’s an honest man than Not Jones; he’s a very honest man. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The random stops, questioning, and harassment dramatically increase the risk of arrest for petty crimes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “He says that you are a petty bourgeois degenerate,” I was told. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be reasonable to suppose that Richard Owen’s petty rivalries marked the low point of nineteenth-century paleontology, but in fact worse was to come, this time from overseas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Since 1953 this act had enforced what was known as “petty apartheid,” segregating parks, theaters, restaurants, buses, libraries, toilets, and other public facilities, according to race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastors again offered petty cash but no work or lodging. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Anyone who’s so petty and pedantic at the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to change. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A grandmother of a petty knight, an ugly woman with a crooked nose, seemed stately and beautiful in the torches’ strange light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “That we are made for more than our desires. That pride combined with stubbornness can be disaster. And that compared with love, malice is a small and petty thing.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They constituted the sort of criminals, petty and otherwise, who sucked the life out of urban areas. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I mean, on good days, what I was learning in college excited me in ways the street and its erratic and petty rules never could. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I’ve spent so much of my life trying to avoid Amá because we always end up arguing over stupid, petty things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I would go into the dining room upon some petty errand and find Granny kneeling, her head resting on a chair, uttering my name in a tensely whispered prayer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I even robbed a petty drug dealer once. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, all the worries and fears of the past seemed small and petty now. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was beginning to realize that a black man did not have to accept the dozens of petty indignities directed at him each day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai realized the man who was the Spirit Medium might have petty hatreds, but mud-limu inside his body had no patience with such things. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I would never call you silly or petty,” I say sternly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And that was why I came up with our new plan, how me and Rondell were gonna get money and replace what we took from the petty cash, send it back to the Lighthouse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It’s petty as hell, but I don’t care. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Walter withstood a barrage of hostile questions and rose above Yutar’s petty machinations to explain our policy in clear and simple terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her husband was serving time in the county jail across the street for being drunk or some petty crime like that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Faraday remained solitary and above petty politics, as did perhaps half of the scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He stood there in his petty officer’s uniform, tall and almost shockingly broad-shouldered and thin-hipped, his cap pushed slightly back, the sun lighting on the patch of reddish hair that showed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be petty to spoil it over this. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were using the negotiations not to achieve peace, but to score their own petty political gains. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are very interested in how other households are run; such bits of petty gossip give them an opportunity for pride or discontent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently there was too much else for them to do, as wealthy visitors and foreign dignitaries began arriving in ever-greater numbers, shadowed by a swarm of pickpockets, thugs, and petty swindlers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The United States of America has been Balkanized, has been divided into twenty petty nations so that it will never again be a threat to world peace. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z God, how could someone who finished a year studying philosophy be so, so, so petty? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was petty stuff in a transaction that was already law enforcement at its most utterly trivia! level. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned that he could be petty, such as when he’d take a bite of the qurma his wife placed before him, sigh, and push it away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No one to echo her every petty remark, round out her laughter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Check it out,” I said, “I’ll even leave the petty cash in your bag. I wouldn’t go nowhere without any money, right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was enjoying hearing his saga of being thrown out of his home, living on the streets, and doing short stints in jail for petty theft. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a discernible lessening in Aunt Addie’s hostility; perhaps she had come to the conclusion that my lost soul was more valuable than petty pride. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a petty concern but an easy issue to address. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I then apologized in excruciating detail about every vulgar, petty innuendo included in the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were more important things to attend to now than petty conflicts— namely, the many exotic dangers of the journey we were about to undertake. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When Dr. King stepped out of his room, a white man— a petty criminal named James Earl Ray—shot him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Are petty meanness and spite characteristics you approve of in students who seek to become arcanists? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Fine, Commander. No need to blow a gasket. I’m not a murderer, you know, just a petty criminal.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When the proverbial inflexibility of red tape is combined with the petty small- mindedness of racism, the result can be mind-boggling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus my consciousness was awakened to the pervasiveness of “petty apartheid,” and everywhere I went in the white world, I was met by visible and invisible guards of racial segregation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Selling junk for petty cash, our menial jobs, our grimy apartment—the American version of a hut; maybe in America, when Baba looked at me, he saw a little bit of Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But the daughter's was not a petty nature. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Cristiana’s worries seemed petty to me, but I had not the will to be sharp with her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Thousands of prisoners, from murderers and rapists to DUIs and petty thieves, were thrown together on the stadium grass. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Not so much as a petty vandalism rap against my name. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was petty, it had not come out as he intended. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Our anger was like the anger of children, passing quickly from one petty grievance to another, from the memory of one slight wrong to another. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrible stuff can happen there, petty stuff can, while here, beavers still drag around sticks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Prince Dain, about to be crowned the High King, does not have time to indulge in the petty sport of pretending to take me into his service just because a callow younger brother wishes it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Little by little the neighborhood’s petty street politics became less important. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The march through town would begin at five thirty p.m., approximately the same time Rashad had been arrested for petty theft, resisting arrest, and public nuisance—whatever the hell that meant. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jesper knew he was being selfish and stupid, but some petty part of him wondered if Wylan had deliberately kept away from him on the journey back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Apparently, there was a way around the paperwork for a petty offense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All he had ever wanted in life was his petty share of what others skimmed off the top, and maybe a good time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides—it sounded petty but it was true—Henry was Julian’s favorite. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Thus he would punish the greedy, the petty, the prejudiced, the normal, the unkind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z So, you see, even these minor distinctions felt like petty theft. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It must be that I had a small mean mind, a conventional, petty hatred of gossip. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But Ophie already realized what it likely was, and was moving toward the window, the cousins and their petty cruelties forgotten for the moment. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He hated how small and petty his voice sounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She gazed out at the petty horizon of the lake for a moment, then seemed to remember that she was not absolutely alone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There was the teasing and impossible desire to imitate the petty pride of sparrows wallowing and flouncing in the red dust of country roads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He writes to Jo that at times he loves everybody and at other times everything seems stupid, petty, superficial. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Your son has been charged with simple battery and a petty misdemeanor. His sentence is thirty days in detention or full payment of the fine, which is three hundred dollars.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “All because you dismissed what I said, because—and this is the worst part, Tobias—because you thought I was being petty and jealous. Just some silly sixteen-year-old girl, right?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I sit down at my desk and stare at my hands, ashamed of judging her, of holding on to petty competitions that no longer exist. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stand such blithe defiance of petty laws. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you think, simply because you could challenge that petty war god, that you could stand up to mil” The mention of Ares sent a jolt through me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I can feel how petty I’m being, and I know it isn’t right to be like that, but I just can’t help it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z At that crab dinner, I was so mad about what she said about my hair that I wanted to embarrass her, to reveal in front of everybody how petty she was. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was little sign of activity in the village behind the rebel lines, for it was hardly in their interest to appear above their trenches and petty escarpments while the guns were trained upon them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m petty enough to enjoy it because I think it makes him look stupid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z An old tin petty cash box was hidden under a removable floorboard beneath her bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ishmael Chambers, in the last light of day, found himself seated in the office of the lighthouse chief petty officer, a large man named Evan Powell. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It has never been determined whether his assassin, a white petty criminal named James Earl Ray, acted alone, as he claimed, or as part of a conspiracy. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Paulito was only one inch tall, but he wanted to be king. Not because he was greedy or anything like that, but because his village wouldn’t stop arguing and fighting over petty nonsense.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z If one grave in a graveyard looks like a target for petty vandals, that is the ghoul-gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He was fifty-five years old and had six official kingships and dozens of petty states under his control. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He reiterated his insistence that in Chicago “simplicity and reserve will be practiced and petty effects and frippery avoided.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For all the petty bickering of the Five Islands, the jurisdiction of a kingdom extended only so far as you could still see its lands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He could compete when necessary, but rarely got caught up in petty one-upsmanship. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’d pulled two twenties and a ten from the petty cash for the party and both Jacksons were still in my pocket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Look,” he shouted excitedly, “don’t do anything with Mondragon. Arrest him for something petty, release him on his own recognizance. Things could be a lot more ready to blow than we suspect.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was that yours? The undertaker wouldn’t take poor Rose without having half the cost upfront, and I knew that Rose kept some petty cash here for the household.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Isn't fair, and you’re correct. There was no fairness involved with this decision, only a petty sort of revenge. Even so, there will be no such displays in my school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As he examines my cuts, I think of a dozen questions I could ask him, none of which will make him think that I’m strong and capable instead of childish and petty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His background of poverty and petty crime gave him insight into the demons that haunted other poor blacks, and left him with some habits that were out of character for a devout Black Muslim. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If you succeed in giving guilders to petty children such as this,” I gestured to Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A strange woman from a bar filled with petty and not-so-petty criminals brought a drunk, underage teenager back to her house, where he spent the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I’m being petty as hell and don’t even care. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z To-morrow, and to-morrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time I’d felt relieved since the petty cash got swiped. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Refusal to “lock in” was considered a petty offense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d started out earning petty cash by ironing and rubber-banding wrinkled money from dice games, and then moved up in the organization. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Religious slurs, temper tantrums, insults, coercion, debt: all petty things, really, irritants—too minor, it would seem, to move five reasonable people to murder. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Abelman, unfortunately, was apparently a rather petty person, a man too small to accept a little criticism, a hypersensitive molecule of a human. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He zinged her with that one, and even though it was super petty, all of us were yikes-ing from the blowback. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Tanin, however, smiled tolerantly at their jokes—she liked to consider herself above such petty emotions. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But on his shed site petty arguments quickly escalated and he felt threatened by other residents, eventually filing a police report against one who he said pointed a gun at him. California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z This is just the pettiest host behavior in my recent memory — at least. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Brothers think Dad was a gem, but Papa was really a rolling stone 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Darius moves through life in a state of rarely perturbed Zen, but Earn can't, despite having enough money to dump tens of thousands of dollars into ruining a stranger's life for completely petty reasons. Sometimes we can go home again: “Atlanta” comes full circle in its final season, only richer 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The critical reception of “Spare” has been mixed, with some reviewers praising the prose but questioning whether Harry went too far into airing petty grievances. Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z A commentator at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University called this "a petty prosecution" that was "unworthy of a great country". America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z The overly harsh and petty notes were often tinged with discrimination, featuring comments like “overrated” and “talks back too much”. HBO's The Apollo: 'The story of how black America lifted itself through music' 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z But it’s still important to educate straight actors about these grievances, which are ultimately petty and yet still worthy of consideration. Andrew Garfield, queer-baiting and the perils of 'playing gay' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z An extended clan of petty crooks is overseen by one of its youngest members, a teenage girl. ‘Ozark’ on Netflix: This Lake Has Hidden Depths 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Mason and his friend engage in petty vandalism, and also drink and drive – and yet, Mason, “no angel”, was excused and held dear in a way a black child never would be. Moonlight portrays black gay life in its joy, sadness and complexity 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The drama in “Landfalls” is unrelenting: There’s petty infighting, rampant egotism, insufferable personalities, drunkenness, heartbreak and rivalries — sort of a maritime version of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Novels by Kathleen Alcott, Vu Tran and Alaa Al Aswany; a Memoir by David Payne 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Kid Sister: False nails, petty theft and party anthems By Mark Savage BBC News entertainment reporter Hip-hop is in a delicate state. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z The Falklands war is remembered officially as a great national victory, neither petty nor brutal. Pardon? What Modern Toss's F***yeux tapestry says about Britain today 2013-04-17T14:26:59Z The mass incarceration of African-Americans for petty drug crimes, he suggests, is slavery in a new guise. Review: ‘Where to Invade Next,’ Michael Moore’s Latest Documentary 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The idea that the key word in “The Paris Diversion” is “diversion,” and that we are being put through something very petty, is just unthinkable. In ‘The Paris Diversion,’ a Spy Stumbles in a Belated Sequel 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He said it allows people “to see underneath all the years and whatever petty resentments went back and forth; the core of the relationship came out in this little piece.” The Ballad of Leno and Letterman, Told by Seinfeld 2014-02-04T23:19:36Z It is at once vast and sketchy, an anthology of grand statements, petty quibbles and knowing jokes, organized into 10 “episodes” on subjects that include religion, politics, family dynamics and the nature of human freedom. Review: Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z For one thing, his four Archons are surprisingly petty and immature for immortals — almost as if they learn nothing from their long lives. Comics: "The Secret History Omnibus" offers a few surprises 2010-09-01T18:42:00Z He reminded me of the greater threats to travelers, such as petty crime, traffic accidents and gastrointestinal revolts. Can an American tourist in London keep calm and carry on after recent terrorist attacks? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The members of the Child Protection Unit must also contend with bureaucratic intransigence, petty corruption and perpetual competition for scarce resources. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z He became chief petty officer, his current rank, soon thereafter. A Promise to ‘Always Say Yes to the Animals’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z If there is a villain in this memoir, written a few years after its author was ejected from the church, it is not Phelps but this petty patriarch. Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain – review 2013-04-10T07:01:01Z The Ricky Gervais haters are legion and vocal and the petty war he wages against certain critics becomes more understandable when you read through the cuts. Ricky Gervais 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z Reconstruction — a surreal and glorious period when Confederate veterans were barred from voting and freed slaves exercised real power in the South — was abandoned in a petty political deal over a presidential ticket. The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z His range was broader than the petty criminals, bigots and killers he played for me, encompassing anything from Orton to Shakespeare. Richard Bean on the actor Fred Ridgeway: 'A double-strength comic cocktail' 2012-11-16T14:48:09Z Life revolves around mares and stallions in the film’s windswept terrain, but the animals’ orblike eyes direct us to the many follies of their owners, who are driven by petty desires and, occasionally, courage. Review: In ‘Of Horses and Men,’ the Animals Often Walk on Two Legs 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Reports of aggressive panhandling and even fights involving unlicensed street performers led to a crackdown in May and June that led to about two dozen arrests for petty crimes such as blocking the sidewalk. Hall of justice helps out Hollywood superheroes 2010-11-19T15:50:00Z Throw in competition and petty jealousies — toward others in the field and among themselves — and it’s tough to find a foothold for sympathy. Review: In ‘Queen,’ the Numbers Don’t Always Add Up 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It is a hard place, petty and mean and sometimes brutal. Review: In ‘Lean on Pete,’ a Boy’s Survival in the Other America 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z “City on Fire” also offers the immeasurable bonus of Chow Yun-fat’s virtuosic performance — part Cary Grant, part Jimmy Cagney, part young Christopher Walken — as the hero, Chow, a petty criminal turned reluctant undercover policeman. New York Asian Film Festival Features Ringo Lam, Hong Kong Crime Master 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The second shows Bernard Brown, a Navy chief petty officer, carrying the Olympic flame in late 2001 in memory of his 11-year-old son, Bernard Jr., who died in the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. As America Grieved, Sports Helped Console a Nation 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z A man of petty bigotries and visionary ideas who truly wanted to accomplish something with his presidency—a desire that is by no means a given where presidents are concerned. ArtsBeat: Thomas Mallon on the Fact and Fiction of 'Watergate' 2012-02-22T16:00:18Z But the young women who submit do so with a smile; petty airline rules are a small price to pay for the newfound freedom to travel and seek adventure. Television Review: ?Pan Am? Takes Off on ABC - Review 2011-09-22T22:15:10Z You’d seem cruel if you asked your gassy colleagues for contributions in their moment of need, and petty if you did so later. Social Q?s: Stopping the Grabby Produce Manager 2010-04-09T17:40:00Z There’s some petty pilfering, a blink-and-you-miss-it assassination attempt and a bit of bother with a boiler. ‘Downton Abbey’ Review: Back to the Past 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z American television is more squeamish about stereotypes — the Chicago Gallaghers live a life of petty crime in sordid squalor, but they speak without accents or vicious slurs. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z The shortest, and by far the funniest, film in this program, it sets a compendium of petty everyday frustrations to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Review: Roulette, a Hangman and Singing Fish, in an Animation Fest 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z This is going to sound really petty, but I have to say it because it's true. Dave Franco shares your Airbnb anxieties in new horror flick "The Rental," starring wife Alison Brie 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The Gogol story is a bizarre tale of a petty bureaucrat who is swept along in the officious chaos, class conflicts and absurdity of St. Petersburg society. ?The Nose,? and the Eye and the Ear, at Metropolitan Opera 2010-03-11T19:52:00Z All the while she tolerates his petty insults. Comic Performers Play It Dark in Netflix Movies 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z This article makes me stop to consider the many women whose artistic skill and heart have been stifled by the petty lusts of men in “the industry”. Who We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Weinstein 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Was he trying to humanize himself by being petty? Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He also faces federal murder charges in the 2009 killing of a 20-year-old Navy petty officer in her Virginia barracks, and federal authorities are seeking the death penalty. New arrests in two wrongful conviction cases 2012-05-15T21:06:00Z McCain launches into petty rants about how rude and terrible everyone at "The View" was to her, at no point considering the angle that having horrible views necessarily invites people to not like you. Meghan McCain isn’t the champion of pregnant people her book claims she is 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Set in a Chinatown loft, “Dimes Square” chronicles the petty backstabbing among a group of egotistic artists and media industry types. A Playwright Makes the Scene in New York’s Living Rooms 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z There might be some things that sound petty, as far as getting a pinch hitter ready or making a double switch, but there's a certain protocol. New Sox manager needs help to succeed 2011-10-08T21:30:00Z Some family members went over budget, and if this created an obvious and irrational imbalance, you might choose to raise this issue with the family members, at the risk of seeming petty. Ask Amy: Christmas price tag feels like holiday snub 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The petty is a stock Japanese utility knife of roughly six inches with a thin blade, perfect for bar work. | Cups of Good Cheer 2012-12-14T22:31:14Z Those principles keep my work from being petty. "American Carnage" isn't about Donald Trump: "I don't think the Trumps are that interesting" 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z So that was fun to read, partly because my day-to-day problems with Congress seem fairly petty — not something to worry about. Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The result was dislocating and disconcerting: out of the mouth of babes came a damming view of a self-obsessed adult world, with its vicious quarrels and petty concerns. Monkey Bars – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-16T10:54:39Z In the last third of the novel, a plot emerges concerning the young couple, the violent results of petty jealousies and the unburied history of the village. The Gamal by Ciarán Collins – review 2013-04-27T10:00:01Z His hurt is important, but what comes down to an assault on Wintour’s communication style is petty. Perspective | What André Leon Talley says about fashion says a lot about how fashion has changed 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Am I being petty not wanting to celebrate a one year? Perspective | Ask Amy: Former flame worries about loan repayment 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z And then there is the petty humiliation embodied by the uniformed market guard hawkishly watching Ansa, as if she is a prisoner who, at any second, is about to make a break from it. ‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z There he captured ex-offenders who had been convicted of crimes from the grave to the ludicrously petty. David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of Their Crimes 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But as the centerpiece of a hacking campaign that’s exposed petty jealousies, salary discrepancies, even celebrity aliases, “The Interview” has been cast into the debate over censorship and artistic freedom. Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Given the director Rick Jacobson’s sheer insouciance, it feels petty to sniff that the couple has the chemistry of tap water. ‘The Royal Treatment’ Review: Heavy is the Head (and Shoulders) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In “You Will Know Me,” it’s not just the teenage gymnasts, but also their parents, who find themselves acting in petty and mean-spirited ways — the result, Abbott says, of the modern “helicopter parenting” culture. Megan Abbott writes bestsellers about bad people. Look out, she's coming to L.A. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The Roys and their elite dealers are, ultimately, just people – boiled in bad water, with the same petty, occasionally inspired, vindictive instincts as the rest of us. Filthy rich: why the awful antics of Succession are so addictive 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Placed on house arrest, a twentysomething petty criminal begins to wonder if her blabbermouth mother is right about the home being haunted. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Our pilgrimage to Konopiste and its world of what-ifs put a lot of things in perspective — from the political divisiveness back home in America to the petty, logistical concerns of travel itineraries. In the heart of Europe, Habsburg family homes offer a haunting glimpse into history 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z A restoration of the 1992 film about a cram school student in Taipei who becomes obsessed with a petty thief. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z I like my Oscar controversies like I like my “Curb Your Enthusiasm” plot lines: small, petty and a little bit deranged. The Oscars’ Andrea Riseborough Controversy, Thoroughly Explained 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The sisters grew up singing and playing music together and remained close as adults, avoiding the petty jealousies that often ensnare siblings engaged in similar careers. Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z How do I raise this without sounding petty? @Work Advice: Why are racial minorities singled out to lead diversity training? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Of course, I'm more petty and drama-seeking than the average person, but then again thinking of this plan means you are too,” one said. Wedding guest debates breaking 'ridiculously petty rules' at former boyfriend's ceremony, bringing along the bride's ex 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Berg spoke with Reuters about the film, his own memories playing the board game and why he cast pop star Rihanna in her first acting major movie role as a petty officer. Peter Berg discusses bringing "Battleship" to film 2012-05-17T20:37:08Z The worst part about this whole mess is that it makes established visual artists like Close seem petty. My Chuck Close problem 2012-07-10T14:03:00Z It would be petty to single out this misstep if this series were not packed with them. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The adolescent souls in these adult bodies are numbingly petty — and the novel offers no relief from their flat voices, their obvious confessions, their poisonous jealousy. Reading ‘The Terranauts,’ by T.C. Boyle, is like being trapped in Tupperware 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z They were reported to be known to police for previous petty crimes. Stolen Rembrandt found 15 years on 2014-03-21T14:51:20Z We want drama and conflict, but keep it light and petty, please. Yes, TLC, as Duggar scandal shows, life surprises. Shocker? No. 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z But some of the novel’s most insightful passages concern the principles of their profession, which they uphold no matter how thwarted by desire and petty jealousy. ‘Euphoria,’ a novel based on Margaret Mead, by Lily King Twitter encourages petty rumbles and deadens genuine dissent. Is Bally More Interesting Than Gucci? Depends Who’s Tweeting 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But she does come away with the understanding that “bad people” do exist and petty crimes can sometimes lead to gruesome ends. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 3: The Mike Yanagita Effect 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z He drinks too much and becomes a petty thief and vandal. Knausgaard’s Selflessness 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z His new novel, “The Blue Guitar,” concerns a failed painter turned petty thief named Oliver Orme, who, unlike Banville, never found another outlet for his painterly ambitions. John Banville on the Utter Mystery of Writing 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z It may be that the playwright Trista Baldwin intends to show that the lives of the play’s four shallow, sex-obsessed young people are even more petty compared with this natural marvel. | 'American Sexy': A Quest for Life and Sex. And Doritos. And Sex. 2011-02-03T21:27:44Z Thiel's crusade against Gawker was petty and set a dangerous precedent for press freedom in America. Bringing Down a Media Empire 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z His father is a retired master chief petty officer of the United States Navy. Hsin-I Huang, Ramy Inocencio Jr. 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Lithgow and Mr. Molina, seasoned and subtle actors, beautifully capture the small pleasures and petty irritations Ben and George live through, and also their pride at having survived, together, for so long. 'Love Is Strange’ Stars John Lithgow and Alfred Molina 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z If that last selection made the event seem better suited to Christmas than to New Year’s Eve, complaining seemed petty in the face of playing so robust, accomplished and stylish. Music Review: Need a Gala? Tchaikovsky Is a Go-To Guy 2011-01-02T23:00:20Z There is a season-by-season progression from bourgeois professionalism and petty entrepreneurship to medium-scale enterprise to multinational enterprise and monopoly capitalism, all the way to the final brutal form of empire ending in self-destruction. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z One can do everything right and still be labeled a liar and a hustler, someone motivated by nothing more than petty greed and malice. Amber Heard was the “perfect victim” — and perfect still isn’t good enough 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Or is she a strong figure who rises above a petty game of human manipulation? Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z But despite the petty subject, Gatz’s expert interplay between high masculine and low feminine delivery invigorates the show’s sometimes dull man-child music landscape. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 8: Hakeem, No Lyon 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I don’t give much thought to petty crime when I travel abroad. Pickpocketed in Paris: Travel guru Rick Steves learns a lesson 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z This Gotti is nothing more nor less than petty, but again, the movie declines to put that trait in the service of any point. Review: John Travolta Has the Dapper Look, but ‘Gotti’ Is a Mess 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The perks of celebrity are so enviable and the letdowns so petty that failure doesn’t command much sympathy. Television Review: ‘Doll & Em,’ as in Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer, on HBO 2014-03-18T21:28:44Z Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day. Style Invitational Week 1433: Questionable Journalism 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z As McCall returns refreshed to singlehandedly overturn an oligopoly, a film that had started by engaging with issues of ageing and loss has forgotten such petty concerns entirely. The Equalizer review – Denzel Washington: ordinary guy, cool killer 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z But these days, given how precarious life seems right now, I am exhausted by petty, self-interested nastiness that seems to be such an acceptable part of American life. How Many More Weeks (Years)? Watching ‘Groundhog Day’ Together 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z I think there are petty rivalries and jealousies with her sisters. "I'm not tough": Jennifer Jason Leigh on her career playing challenging roles nothing like herself 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z In the early years of dictatorship, gossip—however baseless and petty—had calamitous consequences. The Worldly Digressions of Javier Marías 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z If you’ve read any thoroughly reported profiles of President Trump in the past five years, none of the stories will surprise you, and some of Mary Trump’s grievances come off as gratuitously vindictive or petty. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z It was a dumb and petty comment about someone else’s appearance that my fiancee took as a subtle reference to her. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Resentful fiancee shouldn’t be allowed to cause a family rift 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “I’m not usually a petty person, but maybe this is my way of winning the longest long-term argument in history.” When King Kong Accidentally Met Godzilla 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Moreau is a misunderstood genius, of course: Lesser beings simply lack the vision to evolve and the will to rise above petty human distractions like pain. ‘Dr. Moreau’ delivers the blood, but not so much guts, at Synetic Servants continue to bicker and a Nazi party functionary, Drygalski, snoops on Katharina, determined to catch her in breach of one or more petty regulations. Prussia goes west 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z "We showed how it is the petty things, like when the Japanese issued three sanitary towels to the whole camp, that demoralise, not the enormous cruelties." Anne Valery obituary 2013-05-16T15:36:43Z I like authors who are ambivalent about most things, who hesitate, who never know enough to preach anything to anyone, who understand how petty and silly we humans are destined to remain. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Of course it was petty, Birthday Girl, and perfectly human, too. Social Q?s: Social Q?s 2010-07-01T23:16:00Z In a mark of extraordinary dedication to the concept of villainy over petty narrative details, MGM wavered between making the invaders Chinese or North Korean until the last minute. Red Dawn: Chris Hemsworth Helms Lackluster Remake 2012-11-21T15:35:01Z The whole thing seems insane now, ridiculous and petty. Gay marriage’s real pioneers 2013-03-27T21:05:00Z He was a talented shooter, but also petty and sulky and disruptive; his elimination came as a relief. Critic’s Notebook: Discovery’s ‘Dude, You’re Screwed’ 2013-12-20T22:30:53Z In the clip tweeted by the embassy, Stewart came to the defense of Youssef and criticized Morsi for his arrest and interrogation as being undemocratic and petty. US Embassy in Cairo deletes tweet on Jon Stewart 2013-04-03T17:01:09Z Both adorable and petty, her movement shows us how she at once irritates and enchants. Review: ‘The Two Pigeons,’ Frederick Ashton’s Look at Love 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The Columbia Journalism Review, in one of several critiques of Solomon, wrote in 2012 that he “has a history of bending the truth to his story line” and “distorting facts and hyping petty stories.” How a conservative columnist helped push a flawed Ukraine narrative 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But it also empowers a small, select, petty group to become professional grudge-holders. Damon Lindelof and Why Twitter Is Not Always for Everyone 2013-10-16T21:47:33Z Taking aim, contemplating her as a trophy, avenging a thousand petty humiliations, Pete’s face is a rictus of psychopathy. “Mad Men” eulogies: Pete Campbell, loathsome creep 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s also a self-solving problem, because if I lose a friendship because my friend is too petty to be my friend, then it’s hard to see that as a loss. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Daughter’s ex-boyfriend crossed a line, but it’s not your place to tell him off 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z What the author of the 1699 volume sought to document was known then as cant: the special underworld language of petty thieves, beggars and other dangerous riffraff. ArtsBeat: The Dulpickles and Nigmenogs of 1699 2011-04-01T18:30:00Z A young would-be photographer who’s supplementing his income via petty thievery breaks into the wrong house early in “Bad Samaritan.” Review: A Burglar Breaks Into the Wrong House in ‘Bad Samaritan’ 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Markson excavated the history of literature and art for eerily resonant and often amusing, petty or scandalous tidbits of biography and juxtaposed them with declarations about the narrator’s state of mind. David Markson, Postmodern Novelist, Dies at 82 2010-06-08T03:22:00Z He was a career criminal, but not a vicious one – just constantly doing petty crimes. Numero Group: the crate-digging record label's top 10 2013-06-13T16:05:50Z The antisocial writer and the self-serving real estate agent, among the others, feel like no more than petty character types. ‘Block Association’ Review: Yes, in Your Backyard 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z Expecting reciprocity is petty and dilutes the generosity of the giver. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Readers’ advice on getting through and even enjoying the holidays 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Also, don’t be surprised if you experience backlash from your rant by people who see your problem as petty or privileged. Missed Connection or Canceled Flight? 6 Tips for Getting What You Want From an Airline 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z But others between colleagues and some of the studio's stars paint an unvarnished portrait of the petty slights, biting evaluations, bravado and sharp elbows that belie the glamour of making movies. Fallout from Sony hack may alter how Hollywood conducts business 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z For one thing, the tale of petty dealers waiting for orders from their boss in a motel is far too long. | 'HotelMotel': Bellhop, There?s a Play in My Room 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z In 1978, he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Navy, where he rose to the rank of petty officer second class. From "Capturing the Killer Nurse" to "The Good Nurse," here's the true story of Charles Cullen 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But Chuck's petty flexing of power forced Jimmy to always fight dirty. We are all Kim Wexler, part 2: “Better Call Saul” finale taps our love affair with grifters 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s a masterwork of cringe comedy, one he consistently digresses from to anticipate the criticism that he is being bitter and petty. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z They lumbered into an office, surrounded by all the annoyances and petty rivalries of every office, and through a combination of ingenuity, luck and carelessness created the quintessential toy of my childhood. The Toys That Made Us: Netflix's show will make you rethink your childhood 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Her Diana was temperamental, petty and crass, but ultimately winning. In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z These petty criminals, I wanted them to be below grade, because it’s such a lame caper. ‘I Want to Live in That Room’: Designers on Their Broadway Sets 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z He finds Kitty clingy and irrationally jealous; he is disappointed that she cares greatly about things he considers petty, like her trousseau and matters of housekeeping. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Hope is unrelentingly crude, spiteful, petty and loathsome. Review: In ‘The Bronze,’ a Former Gymnast Has Losing Ways 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z If you come off as cool, they come off as extremely petty. Doxxing victim: “This isn’t about porn, this is about humiliation” 2014-03-02T01:00:00Z The draconian legislation resulted in thousands of non-violent offenders receiving lengthy sentences, some for life, for minor violations such as petty theft and possession of drugs. “We wanted to make a film about our nation’s failure”: New documentary profiles real-life victims of three-strikes policy 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It might seem that cramped quarters or petty sisters or weak mothers or second-choice housing are the true enemies of contentment, but they’re not. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If you want family time, you’ll have to make accommodations 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Forbes, 56, of Chicago, said in an interview that the case against him was “petty as hell.” Anti-tea party e-mail leads to reprimand 2011-08-30T00:21:00Z Therefore, it is not a surprise that Herbert—who clearly sympathizes with Mooney’s career-long vendetta against Republicans—would find our book “petty” and “small-minded.” Progressives don’t hold a monopoly on science 2013-01-03T23:02:00Z "The problem of ownership of a piece of art, posed in propagandistic terms by Florence's mayor, is a petty one." Florence and state spar over 'David' 2010-08-16T15:16:00Z "I don't want to go to the breakfast I just want to be in top 3 like I always am and don't wanna look petty," Pascal wrote. Fallout from Sony hack may alter how Hollywood conducts business 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z It was a long road before those “petty incidents” were recognized for what they were. Sexual harassment and “Last Tango in Paris”: The more things change for women in the workplace, the more they stay the same 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But gods are secure in their place in the universe, even the ones prone to petty emotions like anger and jealousy. Finally “Rick and Morty” is back with the inspiring nihilism we crave 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z "Jane Campion served Serena and Venus a backhand with her full chest. This was so unnecessary, petty & ugly. She couldn't achieve what they have with barriers faced in White Male dominated tennis sport." Jane Campion’s "petty" acceptance speech highlights the issues with insidious white feminism 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z No, this is the kind of petty, spiteful condescending criticism that is for some reason reserved for writers in our world. Author to JK Rowling: Just stop 2014-02-24T23:04:44Z The petty injustices Daisy commits guarantee that the audience’s sympathy is squarely with Hoke, and Wallace — who shifts quickly from openness to wariness — plays him bluntly and with an unaffected worldliness. ‘Driving Miss Daisy’: A safe, entertaining ride at Ford’s Theatre In destinations beset with petty crime, visitors might proceed more cautiously, searching the crowd for someone with a cherubic face or fancy gear. Should asking a stranger to take your photo go the way of the daguerreotype? 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z But even in conceding, Connor insults voters and issues a veiled threat to unleash the “Conheads,” his followers, after saying that he wouldn’t stoop to petty behavior. Alan Ruck Is Ready to Leave the Roy Family 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The candidate—historically temperamental and typically petty—was practically gloating with his triumph, while being just as evasive and simpering as ever. Megyn Kelly surrenders: Her fawning Donald Trump interview proves she’s toeing the party line now 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Chichikov is not only in government: The squeaking wheels of his carriage are audible wherever corrupt nonentities pawn human lives for petty comforts. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z I was tempted to go let her puppy out of her kennel to roam the house for the night and make a mess to prove a point, but I know that’s petty. Ask Amy: Long-ago love now seems like unhinged stalker 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z He’s not totally sure why he’s here and is occasionally petty about it. Jay-Z and the Politics of Rapping in Middle Age 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z The movie indicates that those little ways were indeed petty, numerous and cruel and here, at least, begin after he signs the Magna Carta. | 'Ironclad': Grant a Few Rights, See What Happens? 2011-07-07T23:22:45Z She said he was arrogant, petty, thin-skinned, etc. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Imagine an awful job interview. Now picture it conducted by Russian bots. 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z We'd like to hear your tales of musicians' bad behaviour, from petty annoyance to outright abuse. Your worst encounters with musicians – open thread 2013-05-15T13:24:24Z A black taxi driver in Johannesburg recounts some of the hardships and petty indignities he suffered as a youth under apartheid. South Africa aims to live the dream of equality for all 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z At the same time, Cox suggests Cornelius is a poet and dreamer who sees through the futility of petty commerce and yearns for a life of adventure. Cornelius – review 2012-08-20T17:11:49Z Until April 1865, Booth’s life is a string of petty triumphs and medium-size failures. ‘Booth’ Pushes an Assassin Off Center Stage 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The Stiobhards are a scary lot, and their petty and vicious schemes haunt these pages. Book review: ‘Dry Bones in the Valley,’ exciting debut thriller by Tom Bouman In one room, an actor asks visitors how a petty casino thief should be punished for his crime. Las Vegas embraces mob roots with new attractions 2011-03-30T09:46:06Z It suggests a dispute petty and less than human. Me-OW! It’s the End of the Catfight 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s tough to admit you can be competitive and petty. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to be happy for friends when you want what they have 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z It seems from these three that Mr. Morris has set out to make his own talent and his musicality look petty. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z This biography does justice to the part of her that was Svetlana’s alone: survivor, adventurer, petty tyrant instead of brutal one, truly charming “Hostess,” though she always wanted control. Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter,’ by Rosemary Sullivan, Looks at a Complicated Life 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Throughout the stories in “Rites,” we meet people who attempt to defy intergenerational trauma by abandoning themselves to drugs, sex and petty crimes that instead perpetuate the cycle. Review | In ‘Rites,’ Savannah Johnston portrays the aching, farcical nature of existence with stunning clarity 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I was always intrigued by Anna’s love for Vronsky and by her petty jealous husband. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Secondary characters enter and fade out of the action without much fanfare, with Marianne and Connell’s interiority taking precedence over an inchoate plot peppered with the schoolyard drama of committees and petty social politics. Review | At 28, Sally Rooney has been called the voice of her generation. Believe the hype. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I was being petty, but I didn’t care. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, he leads a life of petty crime and deception amid the Nazi horrors. Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Rinpoche loves a dumb joke and that this crack got a good laugh out of him inspired a twinge of petty jealousy. | Personal Journeys: A Cross-Country Drive With a Guru 2012-05-20T05:44:06Z It may sound petty to you, but it's life or death for me. Phil Earle: Where I write 2013-04-24T09:00:00Z Anyone petty enough to mock or exploit your vulnerability is not worth the time or bluster necessary to impress them. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What are you doing with your retirement? Being honest. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z With their “myopic imperatives and petty ambitions and animosities,” he notes, they can deliver the wonders of the modern world as well as its horrors. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z Their demeanour is playfully contrasted with the solemnity of the bewigged judge, and most of the offences are quite minor – petty theft, defacing public statues, drunkenness in a public place. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z “Although her anger would upset me, if I think an argument is petty, I ignore it, which drives Jean crazy,” he said. She Proposed That He Be Her Caddie. They’ve Worked to Avoid the Rough. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Across the tracklist, his rapping feels petty and aimless, while the motley rhythms supporting his voice lurch and skid. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Neuwirth locates the song’s rock-bottom truth: the universe doesn’t care a whit about your petty problems. Music Review: Bebe Neuwirth at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-11-17T00:15:44Z Among the lost souls, petty hustlers and philosophers waxing poetic was Ol’ Po’ Carl, a would-be chef and former baseball player. Tour the Old Steel Town at the Center of ‘Lackawanna Blues’ 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Carney owned his actions by saying what he said was “petty, mean and hurtful” rather than indulging in the weasel words of the Johnsonian faux apology. Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z And better yet, we get the broad, sweeping war drama without sacrificing the thing that Downton does best; stolen glances and petty asides. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z Your mother said you’re “being petty, and making a spectacle of myself”? Carolyn Hax: With past stumbles, dad lost the right to walk her down the aisle 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z We are at a watershed moment where we really can change the climate, but if we reduce it to petty sexual politics we will fail in that mission. Should I report sexual harassment if I then slept with the man? 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z A petty deception can be construed as a personal plot twist; a catastrophic drunken evening might make for good material one day. A Debut Novel Mixes Lust With the Directionlessness of Youth 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z But he picked petty fights wherever he went; and he championed the Soviet Union long after Stalin began slaughtering his people and murdering his geneticists. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Thiel's crusade against Gawker was petty and set a dangerous precedent for press freedom in America. Bringing Down a Media Empire 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z And, although it might seem like an unnecessarily petty complaint, the programme is framed all wrong. Have you been watching ? Friday Night Dinner? 2011-03-18T14:07:38Z He ridicules “intellectuals” who criticize crime stories as “petty and irrelevant.” Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z We watched as the Kardashians became a baffling but irrefutable empire and spawned a new genre of television in which the venal was celebrated, the petty encouraged. Bruce Jenner's story is his alone to tell, so why all the wild talk? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z At 14, he says he was arrested for petty larceny and spent his high school years in and out of juvenile detention. Six months on the trail with Shy Glizzy, Washington’s latest budding rap star 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s a juicy lineup of familiar characters who are greedier and pettier than those that usually populate historical epics. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “They said I was a bad aunt, needed to get over my grudge, and a petty a--h---,” she wrote. Woman asks Reddit's advice after brother calls her a 'bad aunt' for refusing to babysit 'ever' 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z It was easier to let go of the petty stuff when I thought about how little time we might have. Loving Him More When He Walks Out the Door 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Alex rolls his eyes so hard he may have called for a medic, while Jordan just shakes his head, telling Derek: “It’s petty and a non-issue.” JoJo Goes For Some Southern Comfort on 'The Bachelorette' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z We don’t hear many details of the crimes for which they were jailed, though most seem to involve theft, petty or otherwise. Review: ‘Key Change’ Hears From Women in Prison 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z One is a perky pet, the other a petty perk. Style Invitational Week 1467: The Year in Redo, Part 1 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Initially, the reason seem kind of petty; there was a neighbor who kept horses in his front yard. The 10 must-listen podcast episodes of the decade 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z But this is a quibble with a novel that exceeded my expectations, a gripe as petty as — It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Which is something only petty and insecure tyrants do, by the way; as we’ve seen over and over again, it’s not hard to control someone who cares about you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Granddad is willing to let a hyphen create a big family divide 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z As Hugo Young puts it in his book “One of Us,” the young Thatcher “belonged to the rising petty bourgeoisie, not the beleaguered working class.” How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Not long ago he was a petty thief who stole barricades from work sites to sell wholesale; basically, he was a fence fence. Review: Nightcrawler: Jake Gyllenhaal Wants to Take a Picture of You in Pain 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Please resist petty social media posts and harness your strengths for a healthy response to your unhealthy family. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Parents favoring one child isn’t doing anybody any favors 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Lelio is acutely sensitive to the absurdities of everyday life, including the comedy of humiliation, both petty and wounding. ‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z His movies are personal and also political, as he aims his quizzical gaze at the petty hypocrisies and large injustices of modern Iran, as well as at the paradoxes of his own creative practice. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z A drama could tell the same sorts of stories, but there’s something about a workplace comedy, with its focus on eccentricities and petty annoyances, that makes it especially effective. ‘Abbott Elementary’ Is Gifted and Talented 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “Maxim Ivanov stood in the middle of the room, not moving. Forcing Ellen to go to him, which she did. These petty gestures, meant to insult, had no effect on her,” the authors write. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z He feels his dad repeatedly abandoned him and his twin sister, Dana, during their childhood because he could not resist committing petty crimes that kept getting him sent to jail. Books of The Times: Bogus Shakespeare in a Fake Memoir. Really. 2011-04-27T16:15:14Z This week, I dedicated approximately three hours to an investigation that seemed, at varying times, important, obscure, symbolic and deeply, deeply petty. Perspective | The case of the Photoshopped female CEOs 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z While Strong and American Grit get this part right, they feel the need to rely on the old standbys of petty squabbles and rigging the format of the show to accentuate conflict. Strong is the new skinny: fitness wave flexes its muscles on reality TV 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z If only the people of Earth realize there’s something out there greater than us, he said, perhaps then we can set aside the petty differences that are poised to destroy us. UFO truthers want to make Roswell an issue for 2016. Meet their lobbyist. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The Sami way produced powerfully positive results, not only in the reduction of petty conflict, but also in something intangible and vital. Why parents should leave their kids alone 2013-05-04T08:00:00Z Over time, the drive for drugs and for small sums of money mounts into major expenses, which push them into petty crimes and desperate schemes. Heroin, Too Close 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Security guards patrol the carnival, watching out for vice and petty theft, as families with children delight in the rides and attractions. Review | Disguised as a boy, the heroine of ‘Curious Toys’ finds freedom — and answers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Maybe the refined intellectual, engaged with ideas, manages to think herself above petty concerns like nationalism? Books of The Times: Eyal Press Considers Courage in ?Beautiful Souls? 2012-02-23T23:21:46Z Instead, there is a strictly structured criminal regime that runs such enterprises as petty theft and sex trafficking. 'The Tribe' director aims for realism in depicting troubled deaf world 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Their long history of petty legal battles was aired by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The gun-toting McCloskeys said they feared death. They survived to fight the culture wars. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Frank quickly discovers that Robot lacks an ethical chip, making him an ideal companion for an ex-con whose hobbies include petty theft. 'Robot & Frank': A memorable friendship forms in clever dramedy 2012-08-31T00:01:05Z When the items were reported missing, their disappearance was dismissed as petty theft or errors in stocktaking. The homeless couple living in Walmart and 7 other urban legends that won’t die 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z While “Something New” was generally well received, Williams’ look at interracial dating was immediately attacked — on both legitimate grounds and unbelievably petty grounds. Newsweek’s “Bachelorette” fiasco: Twitter leads online attack against black reporter for writing about interracial dating 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z There’s no straightforward narrative arc in “La Ciénaga”; instead, the oppressive heat is the plot, and Martel studies the instincts that it unleashes in her petty, middle-class characters. Four Movies About Summer to Stream Now 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s the end point of representation—you simply want the opportunity to be as heroic, or funny, or petty, or goofy, or boring as everyone else. “Crazy Rich Asians” and the End Point of Representation 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z It kills the dream, or rather turns it into a waking nightmare where the gods are like petulant children manipulating our inner as well as our outer lives in some sort of petty power play. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z She described their petty rivalries and how they competed for lead parts in Charcot's demonstrations. Medical Muses by Asti Hustvedt - review 2011-07-15T21:55:01Z Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. Andy Rooney: Each Sunday he looked at the everyday 2011-11-05T12:52:13Z The director called his comments “petty, mean and hurtful” in a typed statement posted to Twitter. Director Apologizes for Keira Knightley Criticism: 'I'm Ashamed of Myself' 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z His revenge is petty and instant, using the man's name for his sad-sack villain. My Criminal World by Henry Sutton – review 2013-05-18T10:01:01Z Given a chance, the view can reorient away from petty worries. Along the Rio Grande, a Hot Spring and a Warm Welcome 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s a petty annoyance or power struggle for the couple; they both look battered and embittered. “The Relationtrip”: A movie that is equal parts romance and road trip hits the skids 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z She was warm and generous and petty and silly and nervous and proud. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5 Finale: The Real Lady 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z A dark tale of a young, illiterate petty criminal who gradually climbs up a brutal prison hierarchy, "A Prophet" took nine awards on the night, leaving little for the rest of the field. "A Prophet" triumphs at French film awards 2010-02-28T00:21:00Z They don’t want to be fingerprinted and treated as petty criminals, they said. When cities fail their residents: Why can’t wealthy cities fix the homeless problem? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The stolen email thing focuses on petty personal stuff not on what the theft meant. The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z These six podcasts all offer that emotional escape through very different types of audio content, like soothing natural soundscapes, detailed explainers of mysterious cultural moments and strangely compelling stories about petty interpersonal drama. 6 Podcasts to Help You Take an Actual Break This Summer 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Yellow Dog’s manager, Ali Salehezadeh, said the original issue between the band’s members and Rafie had been a “very petty conflict.” The 7 most tragic band deaths in rock history 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Tom and his cohorts begin as petty thieves, but they rise in the criminal underworld once alcohol is outlawed. ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Public Enemy' 2011-11-14T22:11:18Z It may sound petty, but teams of producers, agents and publicists are paying meticulous attention, and they will scream bloody murder if they feel slighted. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I'm going to remember that he is just trying to "problem solve" when he leaps in to "fix" my pettier complaints. Perspective | Ask Amy: Debt creates an awkward dilemma 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Later, lost in a vortex of drug addiction and petty hustles, Dicky trained his half-brother, Micky Ward, eventually to a world welterweight championship. New DVDs | 'The Fighter,' 'Hereafter,' 'The Switch,' 'The Wildest Dream' 2011-03-14T23:55:06Z It is tempting to read this as gloriously petty and purely autobiographical. Remembering Charles Aznavour, the Last and Greatest Troubadour 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Classroom rivalries spiral from petty spitefulness to murder amid the clannish insularity and vested interests of coastal Norfolk: it's a wonderfully atmospheric read from an author who gets better with every book. Christmas gifts 2012: the best crime and thriller books 2012-11-30T22:55:05Z And we do continue to see ourselves reflected in their petty dramas. What the fraught "Elizabeth & Margaret" relationship can tell us about Prince William and Harry 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z She got me a cake, but was it petty of me to make a big deal about it? Social Q?s: Social Q?s 2010-07-01T23:16:00Z After stints as a menial laborer and petty thug, he turned to poetry writing. Emmanuel Carrère’s New Book Profiles Edward Limonov 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z But the very best art opens our mind to the existence of criteria that exist outside ourselves and our petty opinions, that are powerfully independent. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Tempest describes these ordinary people as gods, and their quarrels — so reminiscent of the squabbling among the Greek gods on Mount Olympus — are both petty and profound. Review: Kate Tempest, a Young Poet Conjuring Ancient Gods 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z His pungent, sardonic stories depicted flawed, likable folk whose "petty little lives" were "not so petty and not so little," as one of the film's scholarly commentators notes. 'Sholem Aleichem' documents 'the Jewish Mark Twain' 2011-09-29T20:01:06Z It was a series of semi-autobiographical vignettes about a drifter, drug addict and petty criminal moving across the underbelly of Reagan-era America with no apparent purpose. Remembering Denis Johnson: A struggle with fate, faith, America and imagination 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Thomazeau’s noir novels take inspiration from the city’s perpetual state of transition and the dark undercurrents — a powerful mafia, municipal corruption, crooked cops and petty thieves — that have given the city a less-than-stellar reputation. Two French Cities, Neither of Them Paris. Which One to Love? 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Chavern wrote a post Monday on the NAA website, the headline of which accused Oliver of “petty insults and stating the obvious.” How not to respond to John Oliver’s ode to local newspapers 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Bris Farley, head writer on the Late Late Show with James Corden, tweeted: “Louis CK being ‘banished’ from stand-up comedy wasn’t some kind of petty punishment, it was a workplace safety issue.” Louis CK performs first standup set since sexual misconduct allegations 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “I’d be fuming if my flight was suspended by something so petty. Especially at this time of year,” one user posted on Twitter. Gatwick Airport shut down by mystery drones with tens of thousands of passengers engulfed in travel chaos 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z It would have been easy for the show to write off the rivalry Devi imagines between herself and Aneesa as more of the same, petty teen drama. "Never Have I Ever" explores complexity of sharing space among women of color 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z He says he's not unfamiliar with times "where your life can become petty, and your grievances can become small, and sharp, and you can be easily irritated". Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood 2010-07-12T20:30:00Z Swedish race/immigration issues are broached in this controversial reconstruction of a petty youth crime, which prefers to observe rather than judge. Pacific Rim, Monsters University, The Deep: this week's new films 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z Instead, it’s a sometimes cutting, sometimes empathetic account of the petty battles among people who have found that their career ladders are short a few rungs. ‘Lucky Hank’ Review: Better Call Solecism 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Home From One War, Walking Into Another Playwrights know what evil lurks in the hearts of American families: the homely, petty kind. | 'The Subject Was Roses': At Pearl Theater, a Son Home From War 2010-04-26T22:18:00Z Her initial resistance to this makeover is depicted as petty, a matter of self-defeating scruples and proletarian lack of gumption. Review: ‘Dan Cody’s Yacht’ Sells Upward Mobility for Dummies 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Even if they reject us as their hopeless inferiors, it might be because they are a species just as neurotic, just as riddled with petty bigotries. Would aliens want to talk to Brian Cox anyway? 2012-11-08T17:15:01Z To publish as a woman was to be categorized as trivial, sentimental, concerned with life’s petty surface questions rather than its deep truths. The “Unmasking” of Elena Ferrante 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z This east London tale of a petty crim who turns to Islam had moments of greatness but could have done with fewer gangster cliches, thought Xan. Cannes 2014: all the films we reviewed – which do you most want to see? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It’s not as if they were caught pilfering from petty cash or whiling away their afternoons on FunnyOrDie.com. Social Q?s: A Face-Lift Is Not Worth Mentioning 2012-02-09T19:30:15Z Blakemore, the director who won Tony Awards for “Copenhagen” and “Kiss Me, Kate,” writes with marvelous insight and delicious ease, chronicling the soaring joys and petty miseries of a little-known actor’s life. Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z As Kat she oscillates among the roles of devout mentor, shrewd academic and petty woman with a crush. ‘Your Own Personal Exegesis’ Review: Blessed Be the Young and Lustful 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z And then, over time, you realize he’s small and petty and a nobody in the way that these other characters are. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z If I mention it, is that petty nagging? Perspective | Ask Amy: Age discrimination is no laughing matter 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “The learning of the petty man enters his ear and comes out of his mouth,” Xunzi protested, adding that the words have affected only “the four inches between ear and mouth.” What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Strangely enough, Four Lions reminded me of Dad's Army, with its blend of buffoonery and cantankerousness, petty power struggles and blurring of the lines between home and combat life. Four Lions | Review 2010-03-25T19:45:00Z Beatings were common for petty infractions; a deaf boy was abused constantly. Young Canadian reunites Haitian 'orphans' with parents 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z ITV1's factual lineup features Mugged, a documentary from director Brian Hill promising to take a "fresh look" at the petty crime by focusing on the human stories behind the statistics. ITV1 to launch Perspectives arts strand 2011-03-31T12:45:48Z The pushback started almost immediately, with several critics delivering huffy retorts, insisting that the understanding of cinematic history, technique and aesthetics transcends such petty considerations as ethnicity and gender. Perspective | Why the male gaze is bad for movie criticism 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Her son, Nicholas, has disappeared in Europe, leaving a trail of petty crimes. The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z But when he tells his students that hip-hop is about speaking truth to power, not bling and petty beefs, it’s clear that he walks his own talk. ‘Casablanca Beats’ Review: Hip-Hop Isn’t Dead 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z What’s disappointing is that this is an excellent setting for a television series, one with complicated hierarchies, petty power struggles, and the righteous indignation of religion simmering in the background. Greenleaf: Oprah Winfrey's religious drama needs saving from itself 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z This is the first time in UK film that the hoodie gang, practised in petty crime, rather than snazzy gangsterism or striking violence, has been treated like big canvas outlaw antiheroes. SXSW 2011: Joe Cornish on aliens, hoodies and Attack the Block 2011-03-14T01:24:49Z But her true forte is the micro-politics of ordinary life: petty humiliations and hassles, the way that advertising and media implant desires and anxieties in your head. Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z This must sound relatively petty to those of you facing the impending loss of people, careers, or retirement savings. Anne Lamott: My secret little prayer 2012-11-13T00:30:00Z Kvetching about their petty discontents one drunken evening while urinating side by side into a public fountain, Dave and Mitch declare that they would like to live each other’s lives. | 'The Change-Up': About That Wish: What if It Came True? 2011-08-04T21:39:27Z There is of course a subjective fine line between homage, derivation, plagiarism, hijacking, me-too-ism, and petty emulation. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z In between, he and Hawkins diabolically mess with your eagerness to sympathize, getting you to endorse their characters’ petty chicaneries and laugh at their string of improvements on Lincoln’s assassination. Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Which makes her not only a petty criminal but quite dumb herself. Are we good girls yet? My adventures in “modern dog parenting” 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z They are both egotistical insults to those who fight to defend our nation; but one is simply absurd and petty. Jon Stewart, defender of American values: How comedians are redefining patriotism now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Pitt was attending a low-key hotel showing of "Killing Them Softly," in which he plays a guy sent to track down two petty criminals. Brad Pitt has great British summer 2012-09-06T22:01:05Z The movie is labored, overly familiar and about 10 miles away from deep -- an elemental, sometimes excremental comedy about petty twits behaving badly. "Death at a Funeral": Crude, dumb -- and hilarious 2010-04-16T13:01:00Z But it’s easy to imagine Trump’s fixation on the issue of the Tubman bill, which combines his tastes for the ceremonious and the petty. The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Political Animals That Slither There are two natural showcases for envy, ambition and the pettier yearnings of the human heart — high school and Washington. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z Tovey describes his petty criminal character as "kind-hearted, sensitive and genuine". McGovern on story behind Banished 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z But it seems to me an assertion of what is constant in human experience, the petty losses and sorrows of the personal life pitched against the enormous horror of the camps. Why Vittorio de Sica is one of Europe’s greatest tragic film-makers 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Pretty, petty and very likely insane, with a lazy walk and small twitchy smile, Naritsugu is the embodiment of outré imperial decadence. | '13 Assassins': Swords Drip Red With Revenge 2011-04-28T21:47:36Z “It was almost instantly miserable,” she said, chronicling a string of instabilities and petty jealousies. Julianna Barwick Left Her Ghosts in New York. Then the Healing Began. 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Heimbach's passionate testimony about the baby's death made the long-term health concerns about flame retardants voiced by doctors, environmentalists and even firefighters sound abstract and petty. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z Robert DeWitt Blanchett was a petty officer turned ad man, originally from Texas; his wife a teacher and later property developer. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are longtime friends whose relationship is severed in the most baffling way, and Farrell’s constant attempts to mend the rift push their petty grievances into the realm of tragedy. The Eight Film Festival Movies That Got the Biggest Awards Boost 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It's ungracious and petty and it doesn't make you look, as you claim, like you're "moving forward, thinking clearly and becoming a better person." Breaking: Jesse James is still the worst 2011-05-05T20:28:00Z “These allegations are false, petty, and lack context. I want to be clear: We do not condone the hostile work environment implied in these allegations,” said Isabella in a statement. Mike Isabella’s restaurants used nondisclosure agreements to silence sexual harassment accounts, lawsuit alleges 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z In a group-signed communique reporting the reformation, the band announced there would be no interviews, and warned that "the internet is a petty tyrannical monster" – so let us not stoke up that rumour mill. Welcome back Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2010-04-14T09:07:00Z It’s a relief to hear comics not just poking fun at the stale jargon of condolences, but also demystifying the hidden world of the grieving, which can be messy and petty. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Like most reality shows, “Housewives” thrives on drama — the pettier the better. The unbelievable believability of Denise Richards 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Well, at least when it comes to petty disputes in the local courthouse. Grandfathered and The Grinder: John Stamos and Rob Lowe's mid-career triumphs 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z His theme this time would be the story of a fish merchant and petty criminal, Luciano, whose dream it was to successfully audition for Big Brother on television. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z As of 2004, there were 13 jailed monkeys, all imprisoned for harassing people or committing petty crimes. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Stolen kisses under the mistletoe, shenanigans in the stationery cupboard, office politics and petty rivalries will be all fertile material for Godber as the drinks flow and the sausage rolls threaten to repeat. This week's new theatre 2010-12-11T00:14:00Z “Whiplash” honors neither jazz nor cinema; it’s a work of petty didacticism that shows off petty mastery, and it feeds the sort of minor celebrity that Andrew aspires to. “Whiplash” Gets Jazz All Wrong 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z It's always been about money and petty revenge, and the shedding of a man's humanity as he realizes that it's the one thing preventing him from achieving greatness. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z A comic montage shows a couple of stoners going on a spree of petty crime, drug use and general life wastage because of Saul’s offer of a 50 percent discount on legal services. Review: As ‘Better Call Saul’ Returns, ‘Breaking Bad’ Comes Into View 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z You bring yourself to a book, your petty biases, your moods. My girl problems 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Tejera’s play, light on plot, rests on unraveling the uneasy dynamic between the three, and on the meticulousness with which the playwright renders the petty signifiers in their world. ‘Toros’ Review: Why Are We Still Friends? 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z I know it's a bit petty, but the shock jock's absurdly bad American accent was distracting to me. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 5: Quinn Is Not Your Ideal Babysitter 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z And up until then in Maryland, he was sort of this petty burglar. The Innocence Project's Deirdre Enright Tells Serial Fans What's Next for Adnan's Case 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Many on the receiving end find his reviews petty, personal, mean-spirited, and joyless, and discern between the lines an antipathy toward chefs and fine dining, and downright disregard for the rigors of their work. New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells reviewed my book; now I know why so many chefs hate him 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z She denounced women as “petty, trifling, priest-ridden, gossiping, stupid, inane,” and desperately in need of leadership from a superior being like herself. The Determined Siblings Who Became America’s First Women Doctors 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Fifteen women, mainly teenagers, are among 50 members of the small Kabul club, established two months ago to help keep young Afghans away from drugs, petty crime and violence. Female Afghan cyclists push boundaries one wheelie at a time 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z All the more to shock and revolt us when petty, power-mad opportunists splatter with the screen with gore. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: A Regression to the Mean 2014-04-21T02:01:11Z "I learned that disarming someone’s petty bullying can be as simple as learning to laugh. In my experience, I’ve come to see that bullies want to be feared and taken seriously," Swift said. Look what you made her do: The 8 takeaways from Prime Video’s Taylor Swift documentary 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Implicit in the rapper’s otherwise petty critique was the challenge presented for any solo artist now expected to compete with conjoined duos of superstars and the combined power of their fan bases. One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z There’s a showdown with the priest, revealing that even holy men have petty status battles. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z These umpteen detours — on assimilation, brothers, businessmen, Judaism, petty crime, you name it — pluck one from Bellow’s life for pages at a time. Review: Zachary Leader’s ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964’ 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z When his 13-year-old son is expelled from a military academy for petty theft, a stuffy London banker decides to pour all his resources and prestige into winning the boy’s exoneration. Betrayals and Barristers: Broadway’s New Dramas 2013-10-29T09:45:58Z “I will be gracious,” Mellie says between gulps, “out there. In here, I am spiteful and petty.” Midseason surprise: True to form, “Scandal” does the opposite of what we expect 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Just when “Happy, Happy” needs to bolt over the line from chortling petty meanness to savage social critique, its will crumples. | ?Happy, Happy': ?Happy, Happy,? Directed by Anne Sewitsky ? Review 2011-09-15T22:54:43Z His productions stayed innovative, but his lyrics could turn petty and boorish — exacerbated, apparently, by the bipolar disorder that Mr. West has said he was diagnosed with at age 40. Kanye West Writes a Song of Himself on ‘Ye’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Yet Oppenheimer’s genius, his credentials, international reputation and wartime service to the United States government cannot save him from political gamesmanship, the vanity of petty men and the naked antisemitism of the Red scare. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z At his pettiest, Sam somehow remains lovable; at his least mature Bash still cares about the people surrounding him. “GLOW” returns to Netflix with an excellent season 2, right when we need it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z At the heart of “A Fan’s Notes” is this difficult knowledge: that the world doesn’t care about our petty longings, that our desires may ultimately find fulfillment only in fantasy. Frank Gifford and 'A Fan's Notes' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z What’s the upside in labeling an old friend “rude” over such a petty episode? ‘At Least I Got You a Gift’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Much of the humor comes from how mother and son push each other’s buttons with verbal jabs and petty nagging that belie their affectionate bond. For Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’ 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z However remote her themes may seem — a churn of parish politics and petty romances — beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip. In Praise of Barbara Pym 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Were it not another cliché, I might call Nikolai a fully realized character; he’s precociously wise as well as a bitter deliverer of harsh truths both petty and philosophical, often at the same time. A Grieving Mother Converses With Her Dead Son in Yiyun Li’s New Novel 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Ms. May’s “George is Dead” presents even drearier depictions of women, but the playlets as a whole are such offensive throwbacks, it seems petty to quibble with how any one group is treated. Critic?s Notebook: Women Playwrights and Gender Stereotypes on Broadway 2011-12-24T01:47:25Z Sidney Falco, a name that replaced Sammy Glick as the slick nogoodnik par excellence, is a pretty boy on the make — all hustle, no morals, and with a line of patter like petty larceny. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z A stint in the Army left him with a bad back injury and a reinforced distaste for petty bureaucracy. Review | ‘Philip Roth,’ by Blake Bailey, is a colorful, confident and uncompromising biographical triumph 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z I don’t want your freshman year to be ruined because of a petty misunderstanding, it’s adding to my guilt.” Dharun Ravi says he’s sorry 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z Namdar skewers the man thoroughly as a hypocritical misogynist, phony scholar and petty narcissist. An Unusual Jewish Novel, Full of Blood and Incense 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z No such revelation happens in “Divine Horsemen,” whose petty ruffians somehow make tragedy feel small. Review: In ‘Divine Horsemen,’ a Checklist of Tough-Guy Tropes 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The writer Georgette Heyer accused Cartland of trying to "cash in" on her work and of acting like "a petty thief". Barbara Cartland stole plots, rival author alleged in furious letters 2011-08-04T15:59:00Z So pardon me for being petty for a minute, but can you load the dishwasher? With a conversation we can alleviate 50 percent of the stress. Mark Duplass Is the Hardest Working Man in Hollywood 2012-06-14T10:00:41Z Jess has a talent for picking pockets and bamboozling drunken men, but she needs Nicky’s guidance if she wants to rise above such petty schemes. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z “Awareness” is a self-serving, largely meaningless term, a rationalization for petty, demeaning stunts. Surprise, PETA! Sex doesn’t sell 2013-12-20T15:54:00Z “Doctor Who” star Matt Smith plays Manson, a wild-eyed petty criminal who sets up a hippy commune where his followers worship him like a messiah, clinging to every word of his incoherent prophecies of Armageddon. 'Charlie Says' tells Manson story from view of women he sent to kill 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Some of Mr. Quinn’s funniest material is the kind of casual, offbeat commentary about the petty quirks of everyday behavior today that Mr. Seinfeld specialized in. | 'Long Story Short': Colin Quinn Performs at 45 Bleecker Street 2010-08-16T21:32:00Z Or who also doesn’t want any part of this aggressively petty, self-important, narrow-minded s---show? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Jets vs. Sharks, Crips vs. Bloods, Working Moms vs. Stay-at-Homes 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Not that the feeling itself is difficult to relate to, but his achievement was so enormous and his resultant fame so huge that obsessing over who got to be first seems petty. Review: In ‘1969: The Second Man’ Buzz Aldrin Is an Unhappy Runner-Up 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The petty histories of national politics that Eurosceptics see as our true island story are dull compared with the still-living glories of our European cultural history. Europe has been building a secret community of culture 2010-11-23T20:00:00Z I’m just petty enough to point out that I said as much back in 2003. And Now Let’s Review … 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It brings us the news about mining, petty journalism, small-town nonculture and the weird fusion of truth and wish that sometimes underpins religious belief. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But these bees, with their foolish helmets and petty wing beats, and the giddy, vapid flowers are the ballet’s most trivial characters; and theirs is a long waltz, played here at a very moderate tempo. Critic?s Notebook: Ratmansky?s ?Nutcracker? Occurs in a Child?s World 2012-01-01T23:17:55Z Is there a lesson to be taken from these tawdry, petty wrangles? Acting up: Angelina Jolie and the movie stars who dispute their interviews 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Thiel believes the new movie -- which he said "contains a lot of inaccuracies and petty lies and distortions" -- will nonetheless add to Facebook's influence. Facebook movie underscores cultural phenomenon 2010-10-01T22:25:00Z The two men seemed to enjoy each other’s company, even while needling each other over petty disagreements. Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson: The end of a beautiful friendship 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z That’s why stories like the story of Cecil the Lion are so upsetting–they reveal that sometimes people are just plain evil, for the petty, childish fun of being evil. The easy morality of Cecil the Lion: Our problem isn’t too much outrage — it’s that we can’t summon enough 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z So I have been doing petty things like leaving passive comments on Facebook. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Lashing out isn’t the ‘mature thing’ to do 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Forgive the inclusion of this petty rant directed at mostly well-intentioned liberal white people. Now that another black body has been laid to rest: George Floyd and the white gaze 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Are you doing this for spite, or to be petty because someone pitched you up, or you just bored? #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign on what we all stand to lose if Musk crashes Twitter 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Each of the film’s beaded, brisk vignettes shows the members of a close-knit community driven by petty desires and, occasionally, courage, while the horses bear mute witness. Movie Listings for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z I don’t want to be petty, but I am outraged. Must We Make Your Stepfather’s Coronavirus Sickness a Political Issue? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z What if vacant property had received the attention that, for thirty years, was instead showered on petty criminals? The Other Side of “Broken Windows” 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Mr. LaBeouf, whose recent movies include "Lawless" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," will play Treat, a petty thief who wields strong control over his younger brother Phillip in their dilapidated Philadelphia row house. ArtsBeat: Shia LaBeouf to Star Opposite Alec Baldwin in 'Orphans' on Broadway 2012-12-11T19:00:16Z It’s likely that in some affluent communities Republicans and Democrats sort themselves primarily through petty consumer choices — the Escalade vs. First gourmet sandwiches, now burger-shaming! Can more sensitive lunches heal America? 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Outrage over subway graffiti eventually underwrote the flawed, image-first “broken windows” theory of city management, which argued that any visible traces of petty vandalism fostered an all-enabling atmosphere of criminality. Before Gentrification, a City Covered in Graffiti 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But do think long range about using your sister’s petty snub to take more ownership of your own needs to connect, beyond just group chats, too. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Sister restarted the family group chat without her. Is estrangement next? 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The undefined, irresponsible idler with no evil intentions—indeed, hardly any intentions at all—moves through the gleamingly photographed city like a human litmus test, revealing sadness, narrow-mindedness, frustration, and petty cruelty at every turn. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Kain said the executive inspector general’s office “doesn’t think it was petty.” Anti-tea party e-mail leads to reprimand 2011-08-30T00:21:00Z And that made sense: If you’re going to fight petty crime for strangers in a spandex suit just because, that’s weird, right? Rosario Dawson on Being a Hero, Not a Love Interest, in Netflix's "Daredevil" 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z It may be petty, but I don’t want to foot the bill for another woman’s husband. My Daughter’s Married Boyfriend Shouldn’t Join Us on Vacation, Right? 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He also resorted to what he called "petty theft" by borrowing scenes and ideas from black-and-white films including those of the late "Metropolis" creator Fritz Lang. Cannes movie recalls magic of the silent era 2011-05-15T10:50:12Z The film is the displaced realization of a life both too vast and too petty, too wild and too constrained for the great man condemned to live it. Orson Welles's Mighty “Chimes at Midnight” 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Cameron encourages practitioners to think of them as “brain drain,” a way to expel “all that angry, petty, whiny stuff” that “eddies through our subconscious and muddies our days.” What’s All This About Journaling? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z She's not really a singer, choosing instead to grunt, mutter and unload petty grievances like a tyro Mark E Smith: indeed, the Shapes' rockabilly art-rock frequently leaves them resembling the Fall's hipster grandchildren. Micachu and the Shapes – review 2012-07-26T15:42:22Z But what gives Wulf’s book its heft and intrigue is how such lofty ideals could run aground on the stubborn persistence of petty rivalry and self-regard. These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But it's also a fantasy with an honest core, showing that even the boldest beings in the universe can be undone by petty men. Enter "Sandman," right on time 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Kim Kardashian, for instance, may wear couture on the red carpet, but she spends her time on E! discussing minor medical procedures and petty dramas with her sisters. Review: Mariah's World Tarnishes a Perfect Image 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z He wasn't afraid to settle petty squabbles with a bullet or a knife. 7 historical cases of cannibalism 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z When you deliberately “make it as toxic as possible” with “petty things,” you merely confirm for them their wisdom in avoiding you whenever and however possible. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Lashing out isn’t the ‘mature thing’ to do 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Mark’s best carpenter lets petty grievances impale his own career. What happens when a billionaire takes over a small New England town 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Rahul Pandita, a Kashmiri-born author based in Delhi, said he hoped it would be possible "to transcend the boundaries of petty politics" and allow young Kashmiris "the chance to tell their stories". Kashmir's first literary festival hit by controversy 2011-08-12T13:53:24Z Department of State warns visitors that “Crimes range from petty muggings to ATM scams to armed residential home invasions and murder. These crimes occur with frequency and in all neighborhoods.” Pistorius sentencing’s shameful truth: Justice is different for “promising” male athletes 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Hoffa, for all his windy belligerence, is also petty to the point of neurosis. ‘The Irishman’ Review: The Mob’s Greatest Hits, in a Somber Key 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals and others to protect society. 'Turtles' tops again, beats 'Guardians' at North American box office 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z I was like, shoot, maybe American kids are way more petty. Date Lab: She’s still processing the evening 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Though financed more or less from petty cash, Mr. Fitch’s theatrical solutions seem to have been extremely apt. Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z Genuinely, if I, Taiye, knew everything knows collectively, I would not suffer heartbreak, I would not suffer any of the petty human woes that I continue to suffer on a regular basis. Taiye Selasi: 'I'm very willing to follow my imagination' 2013-03-22T12:00:03Z He plays a real-life petty drug dealer who was sentenced to life in a Thai jail after being set up by Canadian police. Josh Hartnett: 'People genuinely thought I'd been thrust on them' 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But Sarah approaches every uneaten dinner, school performance and petty fight with the same kindly forbearance. ‘The Hole in the Ground’ Review: A Horror Film Is Suffocated by a Mother’s Love 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z A sewer worker and petty thief, he’s no one’s idea of a mensch. In Darkness: How a Swindler Became a Schindler 2012-02-09T16:59:24Z Still, car accidents and petty crimes such as pickpocketing are much more common travel threats than terrorism or kidnapping. Sending Out an SOS: The Rise of Travel Security Apps 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z News about him mostly involved relatively petty run-ins regarding drugs and women. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. Police work is represented at its most realistic – often inspiring, mostly soul-destroying – while lofty ideals in any field are soon grounded in the petty grudges and vitriol that shroud them. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z The celebration is universal, which does not always jibe with the petty meanness of the Shakespeare. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives,’ Now in South Harlem 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z At school he became a member of a gang involved in petty crime, but he escaped into the Scouts. Tony Curtis obituary 2010-09-30T13:06:00Z Then, he said, he became involved with alcohol, drugs and a life of petty crime. He was homeless for a decade. A D.C. furniture shop just redesigned his new apartment. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The petty frustration of spending days in the lobby of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is nothing compared with sweeping an area to check for improvised explosive devices, after all. With Compass Coffee, two ex-Marines find their way home Preceding the award ceremony is a four-day conference: punishing rounds of talks, panels, group meals, petty intellectual one-upmanship, casual misogyny and lackadaisical love affairs. So You’re at a Literary Conference With a Bunch of Jerks 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z This kind of stuff sounds petty now, but when I was a boy, it wasn’t just the biggest thing in my life, it was my whole life. Why does he do it? 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z He was ashamed of his petty crimes, and that’s why, he says, he stopped going to school. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z They're more an accumulation of minor incidents, chance encounters, embarrassing mishaps and petty humiliations, as experienced by selfish characters so absorbed with their own lives and needs they never see the bigger picture. Seen it before? 2010-06-14T14:31:00Z In a city that can sometimes be nasty and petty, stiff and cautious, Ullman’s ritual is one of those small, below-the- radar signs of humanity. How a Washington power player became the best whistler in the world 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z They tracked the petty cash of the cast, and there were just amazed that 80 percent of it went into the pockets of the locals. Carpetbagger Blog: Mississippi Memories and 'The Help' 2011-12-08T14:38:23Z Her comments spurred the New York Times coverage mentioned above, and are demonstrative of the petty fascism of Manhattan’s minor courts. New York’s most persecuted subway artist? 2013-05-19T19:00:00Z His thirteenth novel since his 1978 debut, The Rachel Papers, it is a satire about a petty criminal who wins a fortune on the lottery. Amis: 'Women best at sex writing' 2012-06-11T10:20:05Z Majella wants none of that nor any of the petty whispers of village life. Review | Make room for ‘Big Girl, Small Town’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z João is European educated and – reluctantly – acts as his grandfather's estate agent, while Dinho is a student and something of a tearaway, with a reputation for petty thefts carried out for kicks. Neighbouring Sounds – review 2013-03-24T00:06:39Z One was the Dickensian leader of a group of petty thieves. Troubled Thursday: Christopher Lee is among a trio of film legends to die 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Her goal is too pointless, her strategies too colorless, her manipulations too petty. Review: ‘Everybody Rise,’ Stephanie Clifford’s Debut Novel, Features That Old-Money Scent 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z His real name was Harold Hagger; he had a long history of petty crime and small-time violence; he was also a bigamist, an army deserter and a black marketeer. Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami – review 2012-11-23T22:55:04Z That is the self-obsessed television impresario named Garrett, who dangles petty threats and delights in creating story lines that are increasingly ludicrous. Another Film Bites a Hand In Hollywood 2011-01-12T23:00:25Z There’s also a cuddle song, and the topical, timely opener “It’s Christmas,” where a merry Cullum sings, “Shove your petty differences right up the chimney, please.” Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Wajukuu Art Project, for instance, holds art classes for children in Mukuru, a deprived district of Nairobi, Kenya, where many residents scavenge from a dump or turn to petty crime for survival. The Bumpy Road to a Group-Led Documenta 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Romania has a problem with corruption, from petty tourist shakedowns to high officials’ malfeasance, and Bucharest, its capital, seems somewhat bereft. ‘God Was on Vacation’: A Visit With a Long-Lost Cousin in Romania Is a Holocaust Lesson 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The transgression finally comes from an act of omission, rather commission, so mean and petty as to seem earthshaking. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Masterpiece of Existential Angst 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In this bizarrely celebratory tale, the titular “mincemeat” is a troubling figure, weighing heavy on the conscience as the men who’ve enlisted him engage in petty infighting. ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Review: A Bland Hash 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “Call me petty. I know you will; that’s never stopped me before! I am relishing and enjoying this story so much,” Navarro said. "The View" mocks Ron DeSantis for wearing shoe-lifts: "Call me petty. I am relishing this story" 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Davis’ legendarily clever, vicious quote to the Associated Press upon learning of Crawford’s death comes off more petty and hollow than humorous as delivered by Sarandon; the whole affair reeks of sadness. “Feud: Bette and Joan” fades out: Old Hollywood may have been no match for the modern woman 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z As Carmichael, Regé-Jean Page is as petty as he is pretty. Netflix's "The Gray Man": Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans go loud in Russos' propulsive action flick 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Their petty jealousies and veiled insults, peppered with offhand prejudice, escalate to a fine, pointed pitch. Theater Review: First of Two Summer Shorts Programs at 59E59 Theaters 2013-08-07T21:01:51Z After King derided Morgan’s interview skills and called him pompous, Morgan responded on Twitter on Friday that King was a “graceless, petty little man.” Larry King and Piers Morgan trade jabs 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Souza follows the two leads from call to call where they encounter drunk women, petty vandals, shootings and burned bodies. ‘Crown Vic’ Review: A Cop Thriller Abounding in Cliché 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Yet this is the alternative it presents: smug, petty stunts demeaning women and queer people. Kanye West and the smug cruelty of the anti-”cancel culture” movement 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Tolstoy portrayed complex people — courageous and fallible, petty and profound, rebellious and conventional. Love’s tragedies, triumphs in Book-It’s ‘Anna Karenina’ | Theater review 2013-02-14T02:15:42Z But their crimes are petty stuff, they were just unlucky, and out of the millions of kids who do drugs or steal, these characters just happen to start out with criminal records. "The Misfits:" British superheroes just want to be teens 2011-08-11T22:12:00Z This was hilariously petty — a convocation of female rappers preaching unity while brought together by someone with divisive intent. Review: At Summer Jam, Some Old-School Bark, but Little Bite 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z But after the 2016 presidential election, such pieces started to seem petty, self-indulgent, naïve. Jia Tolentino on the ‘Unlivable Hell’ of the Web and Other Millennial Conundrums 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The reasons for this, when revealed, are as petty and nasty and commonplace as those that motivate so many longstanding family grievances. Theater Review: ?A Slow Air,? by David Harrower, at 59E59 Theaters 2012-04-13T22:51:33Z The word “Gypsy,” derived from “Egyptian,” is a misnomer; equally misleading is a stereotype of joyfully itinerant musicians, dancers and petty thieves that persists in opera, literature, pop hits and movies. ‘A People Uncounted’ Explores the Roma Through the Centuries 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Her cool, precise account reveals his grand seductions as the brutal, petty, narcissistic fumblings that they were. Two Memoirists Explore Abuse and Survival 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z And another went as far as to call the bride’s response “petty.” Bride shames sister for 'not appropriate' bridesmaid dress, removes her from wedding party 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The noblesse was above petty quotidian regulations, but time waits for no man, even those in pink silk breeches. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z Isbell was walking through his bathroom, the day’s petty frustrations spinning around his head, when he decided to rinse his mouth out. Jason Isbell, Self-Doubt and the Album That Tested His Marriage 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Deerfield’s courting manners soon vanish, revealing him as mean and petty in speech, given to drink and physically cruel. Review | Chris Bohjalian’s thriller ‘Hour of the Witch’ is historical fiction at its best 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Internet shocker: Kindness wins Topics: The world is overflowing with petty, selfish losers who happen to have Internet access. Internet shocker: Kindness wins 2012-06-12T20:20:00Z The truth is though, activists can be as brilliant and complex, or as petty and disgusting as any other humans. Alice Marie Johnson: "I was supposed to draw my last dying breath in prison" 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z They indulge in the petty comforts of gossip, their judgments disguised as concern, their desperation to reassure themselves of their luck — and virtue — disguised as pity. Elizabeth Strout’s Lovely New Novel Is a Requiem for Small-Town Pain 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z There is something strangely thrilling about this endlessly cycling conversation, which darts from petty grievances to philosophical conundrums to parental responsibilities. Review | More than 100 women were raped by their neighbors for years — but no one would believe them. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The other is the city of Paris — gray, grimy and glorious — the arena for Antoine’s fleeting joys and petty crimes. ‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Orlando and Miranda takes umbrage at one of Hollywood's golden couples and has a bitter, petty tone. New band of the day: Teenage Mothers (No 1,530) 2013-06-11T14:38:32Z The movie premiered in the spring of 1966 with Morrow directing Nimoy as a petty thief who turns murderous after being locked in a cell with Paul Mazursky and Michael Forest. Not just Spock: Leonard Nimoy's arts trek covered many galaxies 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Nearly everyone in it is venal, petty, grasping, vicious, bent on serving heaping cold platters of revenge. Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z Graeber notes the authorities' use of petty harassment – power cut off, generators appropriated, mysterious construction projects starting up to drown out the noise. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-30T14:00:01Z I wish to find solidarity in my women friends, but instead we pick on one another in petty ways. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman encounters karma at church 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z In reality, Turing was investigated for “gross indecency” after he reported a petty theft to the police. The True Story of The Imitation Game 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z In a dramatic moment of the “Reservation Dogs” pilot, a car with tinted windows rolls up on the Dogs, a crew of four teenage petty thieves living on a Native reservation in Oklahoma. ‘Reservation Dogs’ Uses Humor, Not Magic, to Conjure Native Culture 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Frazer was a petty officer in the Navy, Wilson was a captain in the army, and Godfrey a conscientious objector who was subsequently a decorated stretcher bearer. Spike Milligan's not so final punchline – and Have I Got News For You goes Stateside 2012-11-13T17:01:19Z Clashing personalities lead to petty bickering and some harsh words, but their banter confirms the chemistry is still there. ‘What Happens Later’ Review: Meg Ryan Revisits the Meet-Cute 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z This West End heckler was ridiculing us for two things, one petty — that we would spend money on tickets to such a show — the other poisonous. Hope (and Ian McKellen) Lured Me to Britain. Was It Worth the Risk? 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Now comes the countersuit, which alleges that Valli's claims are "motivated by petty vindictiveness and malice" and that he is "using bully tactics better suited for the schoolyard." Ex-"Jersey Boys" countersue Valli over rival tour 2010-07-20T01:38:00Z But in accepting her position as outsider, outcast and, ultimately, martyr, she exposes the hypocrisy, petty cruelty, indifference and lack of charity in a whole society. Beyond the Hills – review 2013-03-17T00:05:37Z Its skepticism about American power is true to the outlook of a character who, in earlier installments, rose above the petty paradigms of his own government. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Needless to say, such delicate issues of intent rarely arise in petty street crimes. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Boundaries demark all manner of geographic wrangling — petty and devastating — from mining rights to coveted animal pelts to deep-water ports, tribal rivalry, war, genocide and colonialism. Photographer Roger Eberhard’s “Human Territoriality” is a rumination on human borders 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Pointless, lackluster detours into petty sexual dramas between the Nazis are sprinkled throughout, and, more effectively, suspicions of an erotic liaison between Gilles and Koch tease out their bond’s derangement. ‘Persian Lessons’ Review: Performing for His Life 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z It sees the pariah status of these shunned peasants — some 200,000 are living in Slovakia — as a motivating factor in their embrace of petty crime. | 'Gypsy': ‘Gypsy,’ by Martin Sulik, Fictional Portrait of the Roma 2012-06-26T21:20:58Z And throughout Sunday, she found several ways — some earnest, some petty — to stay at the forefront of online discussion. Want to Be Heard During the Grammys? Maybe Stay Home 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z “They called her a traitor … a petty capitalist … a common crook,” Vargas Llosa recalled, but she never wavered. The Woman Behind Latin America's Literary Boom 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Her random digs and petty insults are odious and wonderful. Maria Semple's 'Today Will Be Different' will make you actually laugh out loud 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z "The petty cruelty involved was just ridiculous," Bruce says. 'Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides' honors the Portuguese Oskar Schindler 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z “Daytona” brimmed with colorful stories about paranoia, pleasure, and empire, and it featured amusingly petty jabs at Pusha T’s rival, Drake. A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Cole, who has played in Broadway shows and numerous orchestras, said her primary concern was that the producers would portray her New York peers as petty and backbiting. Musicians on How ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Conducts Itself 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But anybody with a brain knows this is just petty, antiquated vindictiveness. Nun leaves Catholic school after dismissing gay teacher 2014-01-22T15:39:00Z Instead, government agencies rounded up tens of thousands of working class youth for mostly petty infractions and sent them to highly regimented youth prisons for punishment — all without due process. Criminal justice reform in the U.S. has a long history of repressive outcomes 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But time does not, as Macbeth would have it, creep in a “petty pace.” Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z This was Hollywood, a community that’s defined as much by myth as by petty and mighty anger over who got what, and why they didn’t get it. The Black/White Oscars Moment That Really Hit Me Last Night 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Joseph was deeply bothered by the petty partisanship he often noticed between converts and their preachers. The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z Amy Maingault, director of the Knowledge Center at the Society for Human Resource Management, recommends you acknowledge upfront that your issue is awkward and may seem petty, but that it’s affecting morale and performance. @Work Advice: When a supervisor’s body odor makes meetings impossible 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Larry David, the comedian whose petty neuroticism has fueled two generations of influential comedy, is heading to Broadway on March 5. 5 clips of Larry David “acting”: Or, what we can expect from the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star’s Broadway debut 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z He created a mighty, faux-Wagnerian fantasy that offered the petty and sanctimonious palliatives of “Leave It to Beaver” in a vast mythology, uniting past and future. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Those who fancy themselves liberals often suggest that it’s precisely this kind of petty grievance that distracts from real issues and alienates moderate whites. Stuff white people like: Yoga, tacos and pretending the white supremacy that fuels cultural appropriation doesn’t exist 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The president’s ire is often triggered by something exceedingly petty — like photographs disproving his fantasies about the crowd size at his inauguration. How Trump Is Remaking the Highest Office in His Own Image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z I was careful to not get lurid or petty about it. Hollywood’s nanny-cheating cliché hits home: “There’s something so damn interesting and damn depressing about men being attracted to much younger and naive women” 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The shooting’s sole survivor said that Carter and Artis weren’t the shooters, but a petty criminal claimed to have seen them at the scene of the crime. “The Hurricane Tapes”: Will a British Podcast Solve the Hurricane Carter Case? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z LBJ emerges from this biography as a fully rounded tragic hero: cowardly and brave, petty and magnificent, vindictive and noble, a man of vaunting ambition and profound insecurities. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z Her immediate supervisor is an older teenager named Lily, who glams herself up to impress her sometime boyfriend, the petty criminal Jian. Review: ‘Angels Wear White’ Is a Searing Tale of Moral Rot in China 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z He spent most of his adolescence either hopping freight trains, hitchhiking, driving a potato truck, frying eggs on a kitchen line, or committing petty larceny. Postscript: Merle Haggard, 1937—2016 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s a series centered on the petty irritations that blister an idle, privileged life. The TV Watch: Another Dose of Neurosis 2011-07-07T22:07:48Z Discomforting and at times boring to look at, it conveys the tedium, incarceration and petty frustrations of war with unflinching veracity. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z He served in the Navy from 2000 to 2008, and was last stationed at the 32nd Naval Station in San Diego, having achieved the rank of petty officer second class. It Was Red Alert at First Sight 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z They come from executed murderers, highwaymen and petty thieves unlucky enough to be caught and strung up. More than just getting from A to B 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The ship’s cook wants to be a chief petty officer. Sam Glanzman, Comic-Book Artist Inspired by His War Service, Dies at 92 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z He faithfully follows the thread of innumerable petty dramas that punctuate gang life, and highlights the strange centrality of envy, something many observers miss. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Sorry if you think I'm being petty but, if she's going to claim that loads of comedies that people enjoy are corroding our society, she oughtn't to kick off with a historically inept statement. Homer Simpson isn't a positive role model for kids? Eat my shorts… 2013-06-15T23:05:26Z Roth's response to all that outrage, equal parts petty and mesmerizing, foreshadows how Chappelle and other besieged artists handle cancellation controversies. From Philip Roth to Dave Chappelle, how an artist's "meta move" fuels an endless cancel culture war 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “I love petty drama,” he said once with his usual assurance of knowing that the line would make the cut. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bunheads Is Gone; ‘Breaking Pointe’ Endures 2013-09-01T22:29:35Z In its 1984-92 run, the comedian/magician Harry Anderson played the judge/magician Harry Stone, who dispensed pranks and quirky wisdom in a nocturnal Manhattan courtroom that processed petty offenders. Are We Having Fun Yet? ‘Party Down’ and the Sadness of the Sitcom Revival 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z "Creeps in this petty pace from day to day!" Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars 2011-07-24T21:15:01Z As played by the veteran baritone Jonathan Summers, Iago resembles a petty bureaucrat, a slight man with a military hat and simple leather jacket whose unassuming appearance exemplifies a kind of common evil. In Britain, Opera Season Opens With ‘Otello’ and ‘William Tell’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Though Santa Marta is no longer plagued by the kidnappings and killings that kept tourists away for decades, petty crime remains a problem. | Latin America Issue : On the Colombian Coast, Natural Beauty, Gritty Charm 2010-09-17T16:03:00Z No emotion, however base or delicate, had been considered too petty or panoramic.” Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z To exclude these filmmakers from the Oscar race to prove a point seems both petty and pointless. Screening out Netflix is the real danger to future of film 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z There are childhood reminiscences and lifelong regrets, short-term schemes and sudden plunges of near-catastrophic awkwardness that, in various sequences of carefully stage-managed lunacy, highlight absurd comedic crises of indecision in petty but embarrassing disasters. “Only God Sees Me”: Revisiting a Brilliant French Comedy Released Twenty Years Ago 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z These four sections can be read as the stages of Malcolm X’s life, as petty criminal, prison inmate and Muslim convert, rising Nation of Islam star and finally as visionary leader, ruthlessly cut down. Revealing a Secret Art Life: A Painter’s Sculptures 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He displays the petty corruption of the local police force and the corruption of higher levels of law enforcement by the new business interests proliferating in the country. “The Burial of Kojo,” Reviewed: A Boldly Lyrical Portrait of a Young Ghanaian Girl 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z So, engagingly, there is plenty of room to recognise what makes Zakalwe laugh, "the sharing of time and place between the grand and the petty, the magnificently vast and the shoddily absurd". Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-27T21:50:00Z These days, archbishops tend to have more Christian charity, while the petty spites and preposterous self-importance of their 1936 counterparts have been transferred to breakfast television presenters and so on. Meghan and Harry's story is quite the drama, but it's no abdication crisis 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Talking about other people is considered a petty, superficial pastime that women engage in because they just can’t stop themselves from being jealous or nosy. In defence of gossip: no better way to navigate life's flawed relationships 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z I know my hatred is petty, and largely unfair. Grief is a distant planet: How "A Wrinkle in Time" is helping me deal with my father’s decline 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z “Smart as the devil,” but a petty thief and delinquent, Jack is Ames’s namesake and a child of his best friend, the Presbyterian minister Robert Boughton. Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z This means not flying Ryanair – all those queues and petty restrictions will extinguish even the most vibrant sparks – or hiring a car if you are not a confident driver. Wish you weren’t here? How to survive your first holiday as a couple 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z I expected the review to start talking bout the experience of the Lobster Club and not some petty condescending paragraphs about "fake italian restaurant" and people in costume. The Lobster Club Does Japanese, From Raw to Half-Baked 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Civil War’s plot is more of the usual: The Avengers must work together to vanquish evil, yet their petty disagreements divide them. Review: Captain America: Civil War Is Blessedly Light on Its Feet 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “If you go to the police station or court with a complaint of eve-teasing, they will just throw you out, saying it is a petty issue,” she says. Five years after the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, what has changed for women in India? 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z She says and does petty, horrible things in irritation, then just shakes it off, accusing others of being too sensitive. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom is an emotional Superfund site. Who needs to live close to that? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Bender DiMaggio: On paper, he was described as a robot who drank, smoked, stole, performed petty crimes, drank again, kept on drinking. 'Futurama'-Rama: Welcome Back to the World of Tomorrow 2010-06-24T13:30:00Z What are they doing for their reputations by their petty spite? Julia Donaldson defends libraries from Terry Deary's attack 2013-02-15T16:13:12Z This process, he says, explains "the petty evils normally virtuous people exhibit". Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z Living beautifully and being happy is the best response to the petty slings and darts others occasionally lob our way. Perspective | Ask Amy: Friend wants to intervene with overweight kids 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z That’s probably why Vanderpump has outdone most of its contemporaries in the expansive category of docudramas about the petty problems of attractive people. Why Vanderpump Rules is TV’s Tastiest Reality Trash 2014-01-29T22:08:18Z In "Y: The Last Man," survivors find themselves in an entirely new world, one that's too precarious to take chances by assigning power and leadership, feeding petty political squabbles while the world is on fire. Cures for a patriarchal hangover on “Y: The Last Man” 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The truth is, there’s no plausible reason for Superman to battle Batman, in large part because the classic Superman should be above petty conflicts like that. The Real Reason 'Batman v Superman' Was Doomed 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z “Issuing my critiques without attribution forced the President to answer them directly on their merits or not at all, rather than creating distractions through petty insults and name-calling,” he wrote. The New York Times called ‘Anonymous’ op-ed author Miles Taylor a Trump ‘senior official.’ Was that accurate? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z She also shows us the darker side of history: peasants starving in famine, violent executions for petty crimes and the brutal racism and classism of the caste system. ‘The Strangler Vine,’ by M.J. Carter 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z And Gibson says, of her increasingly focused investigation: “It’s not petty. It’s personal.” Jamie Dornan In New Trailer For 'The Fall' Season 2: Shades Of Christian Grey? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Miami was ill-equipped to handle that inundation of both petty thieves and assassins, people for hire. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Miami During the Cocaine Boom 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z But behind the facade lies a brutally perceptive study of not just a relationship but any relationship; horribly familiar, fantastically petty and darkly amusing. Cannibalism, bad dates and ice skating: the best movie moments of 2017 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The site broke authentic news during its run, but it trafficked in tawdry, petty takedowns that deserve to be questioned more vigorously in the context of informing an engaged citizenry. Review | In ‘Nobody Speak,’ the free press, not just a website, faces a grave challenge 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z And the way the doctors react reveal that Chuck is not just intractable and petty and unforgiving, which is most of his persona with his wayward younger brother. The heartbreak of “Better Call Saul”: Season finale hints the series will be even more devastating than “Breaking Bad” 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The squabbles are petty, ill-informed and sometimes personal, and seemingly dredge up unacknowledged tensions around race and age. Television Review: ‘Does Someone Have to Go?’ on Fox 2013-05-22T22:13:03Z Gaye’s record was rambling, looping, petty, vain, like a man talking to himself. New Music: New CDs From Broken Bells, Toni Braxton and Babyface 2014-02-03T22:25:14Z As much as your petty quibbles can become homicide-inducing annoyances, so your judgmental disdain will fester in his heart over months and years. My boyfriend and I are well matched, but I just don’t fancy him | Dear Mariella 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Historically, crime in the Bahamas has been generally confined to residents, outside of a few episodes of pickpocketing and other petty offenses. Cruise Ship Port Call: Gauging Crime on the Bahamas 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Supernatural observers who, by the way, always seem to be freighted with the petty bigotries and terrors of the person being observed. Don’t trust the religious 2012-07-02T18:20:00Z A lot of his portrayal's success rides on the wide-eyed, idiotic expression he wears in many scenes, and along with the concentrated dose of pomposity and excitement he lends to every petty act. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z He justifies his petty brattishness with his impressive creative prowess while his slick exterior hides an emotional immaturity. Why Phantom Thread should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z He also faces a charge that he murdered a Navy petty officer in her Virginia barracks in 2009. Lake County prosecutors won't challenge overturned conviction in '92 slaying 2012-01-06T17:29:00Z The four characters are so preoccupied with insult-hurling, petty politics and simmering romance that they aren’t fully on guard against the possibility that they’ve stumbled into a village full of malevolent forces. Review: ‘They’re Watching,’ and Reality TV Is Capturing Every Eerie Second 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z And his petty crime mushroomed into regular armed robbery. Lowrider bikes as activist tools: General Dogon's rolling art works are part of Skid Row history 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z To a large degree, Oscar voting is about personal prejudices and petty grievances. What Will Win Best Picture? 20 Oscar Voters Spill Their Secrets 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z And so – like the origin of some ancient blood feud – the passion that fuelled the original hatred had decayed and fossilised into lazy habit and petty cliche. Unseen Swells: 'I come not to slag off Coldplay, but to bury them' 2010-06-15T11:31:00Z In each installment MacGruber tries and fails to dismantle a time bomb, distracted from the task by his petty grievances and raging insecurities. Film: Will Forte?s ?SNL? Action Hero Explodes on Screen 2010-05-14T17:50:00Z It sounds like 1968 all over again, another world-shaking revolution that achieved little and fragmented into petty quarrels and gesture politics. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-28T16:10:18Z This lesson in working-class Catholic masculinity was achieved through a series of viciously petty acts of cruelty, such as the burning of a favourite teddy bear, that continue to haunt Burnside's dreams decades later. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z Access to international markets is difficult, bank loans are nonexistent, and trips outside Sanaa can require hours of haggling with petty bureaucrats and local tribes. The Coffee-Flavored American Dream 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z That image reinforces the movie’s acrid portrait of a scuffling working-class milieu where the lines between legitimate employment and petty crime blur. Review: ‘Two Step’ Scuffles Around With Petty Criminals 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z A naval petty officer shuttled them through the wards to patients who’d agreed to participate. Joe Bonham Project Illustrates the Wounds of War 2012-05-25T13:36:39Z When women fight, they’re perceived as being difficult, petty, or “catty.” ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 2: Give the People What They Want 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Its potential for great things lives alongside petty shortsightedness. ‘Revolutionary Summer’: America on the edge of change 2013-07-04T00:18:56Z Throughout those spirited and stately volumes, Plutarch regularly shows that great leaders transcend their own purely material interests and petty, personal vanities. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z His father is a retired chief petty officer in the United States Navy. Farrah Usmani, Adam Grover 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z My husband says I am being petty in feeling snubbed. Perspective | Miss Manners: Post-transition reintroductions: short and sweet 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z While this may seem like a petty detail, the laryngitis issue is serious. Noel Gallagher apologises to Liam over Oasis split 'lie' 2011-08-24T09:49:24Z Later in their teenage years, this behavior, alongside incidents of petty theft and arson, would ultimately lead them to Broadmoor, one of the most notorious psychiatric hospitals in Britain, for nearly 12 years. What’s So Frightening About Identical Twins? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Mostly petty offenses like a stolen purse or a guy who waters his lawn on Tuesdays instead of legally mandated Thursdays. The worst TV pilots ever: a Waterworld prequel, drag-racing PIs and furry fetish 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He turns the ballet’s petty stylishness into open-hearted expansiveness and confers reason on its insanity. Dance Review: New York City Ballet?s Architecture of Dance 2010-04-30T23:01:00Z The hostility between the two rappers dates back years, but it had been more or less dormant for a while—recently, it has thawed, producing a beef somehow both transcendent and petty. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Basic class critiques often emphasize splashy but petty outrages, like flying private jets or dining at the French Laundry during a coronavirus surge. Buck Ellison’s Great White Society 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z By its nature, it is dismissive, and petty, and mean. “Arrested Development” Is Back Where It Started 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s a quiet series of character sketches of real people, but then a plot emerges in the form of a petty political dispute involving the town council, inflamed by local rivalries. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z Marx understood that criticism doesn’t mean delivering petty, ill-tempered Simon Cowell-like put-downs. Riff: A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical 2012-08-15T15:40:06Z These days Bobby has a heavy interest in petty crime; Terry works menial jobs. Review: A Priceless Violin, a Cut-Rate Caper 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z I want to bring it up again, but I don’t want to seem foolish or petty. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband has become way too handy with tenant 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In spare and exacting prose, Doshi documents the petty cruelties and helpless dependency of a primal relationship in disarray. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z He is not quite a scoundrel on the scale of Gekko, but a pettier, meaner man cut from the same arrogant cloth. | 'Solitary Man': Michael Douglas Tries on Another Slippery Skin 2010-05-20T23:53:00Z That is so petty and I’m not sure what she would be jealous of. My sister has always bullied me. And she still makes me anxious | Dear Mariella 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Lionel is the little guy who sticks his nose where it doesn’t belong and sniffs out the corruption of the big shots — the racism, petty cruelty and sexual depravity underneath the grand conspiracies. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Small towns have their share of petty tyrants. My Favorite Place: Little Compton, R.I. 2011-09-23T18:58:31Z Me: Tragically, our profession — the humor profession — is plagued by jealousies, petty, sullen jealousies of the truly famous by far less famous and successful would-be humorists. Perspective | Rob Delaney of ‘Catastrophe’ has a way with filthy words, and I’m jealous 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Seriously, his company Lucasfilm has no qualms over suing even the small fries for copyright infringement, setting a record for petty intellectual property cases while he's at it. George Lucas loses Stormtrooper helmet battle 2011-07-27T21:28:00Z Sometimes this then leads to envy, that most human of the petty vices. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z All those petty grievances and minor disputes, the slights and slips, the miscues and forced apologies — so flustering in our own lives, so hilarious in his. Larry David's play 'Fish in the Dark' thinks too small-screen 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The hoods in “State of Grace” are, if anything, even smaller-time, expending their energies on nowhere hustles, petty theft and extortion. How ‘Goodfellas’ and the Gangster Class of 1990 Changed Hollywood 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z You kind of want him to succeed in his petty rebellion against boredom, conformity and corporate blandness, and you kind of want him to be punched in the face. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z “We want to excel and don’t want to be subjected to petty slander from older people.” Date Lab: He’s into ‘Breaking Bad.’ She’s into ‘The Good Place.’ Can it work? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Here, in one of the milder passages, we see how petty rules and poor equipment combine to make the grunts’ lives worse than they need be: J.R.R. Tolkien’s war experiences inspire his grandson’s novel, ‘No Man’s Land’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It will be a happy moment when petty distinctions like this, between fantasies and real life, disappear for good. Television Review: Economic Crisis Unfurls in Hushed Suspense 2011-05-22T21:06:40Z They are now my studio shoes as a reminder to me that there’s luxury within you and don’t need that to be justified with these petty little objects. Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Mesmeric Alternate Universes 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z He owned a gas station, and spun a long tale of opportunities lost and grievances mostly voiced at government, many of them arcane and petty. What I learned after 100,000 miles on the road talking to Trump supporters 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Another is the hard practicality of daily life: domestic troubles and financial worries, covert romances and longstanding grudges, petty corruption and differences of culture and principle. “A Bread Factory,” Reviewed: An Audacious Four-Hour Portrait of Culture Clash in Small-Town New England 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Your family life is suddenly scripted, and filmed, and your parents' most vicious and petty tendencies are continually stoked for the cameras. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z A tragicomedy about polytheism starring petty gods who complain like tired parents annoyed by their noisy children. “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z A lightning-quick motormouth as a fighter -- something like a working-class white-boy answer to Muhammad Ali -- Dickie has descended into petty crime and drug addiction by the time "The Fighter" begins, in the early '90s. "The Fighter": From small-town palooka to champion 2010-12-10T01:30:00Z In other words: As petulant, authoritarian and dishonest as they are, Trump’s efforts to sabotage Biden’s transition are most usefully understood not as petty monkey-wrenching, or even as a coup, but as brand extension. Perspective | Trump’s bizarre post-election behavior isn’t a tantrum or a coup. It’s fan service. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “You thought you could control me like some petty machine, but my divinity was accurately divined from the moment I was named.” Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Of course, it’s in this urban community of petty criminals, marquee villains, and unbeatable rents that lay the clues to a mystery the Caped Crusader must solve before the night is through. Batman: Arkham City?A Knight to Remember 2011-10-18T17:22:37Z The showdown is set up by a couple of typically petty Logan moves. ‘Succession,’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap: The Serious People 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Parodying the loose tongues and petty aspirations of kooky small-town types, White’s film borrows the mockumentary trappings of deadpan comedies like “The Office.” ‘This Town’ Review: Love and Rifles 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The journalist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect the identity of Chinese nationals who aided his reporting, dismissed the episode as would-be petty theft. ‘China will be China’: Why journalists are taking burner phones to the Beijing Olympics 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z But the reader still sympathises as, one by one, these petty bunglers are caught up and crushed by the events their venality set in motion. Queen, thief, wife, lover 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Several arcs are softly established in the premiere, but none feels as dominant as the mirth derived from watching these unfocused vampires drive each other to the brink of madness over petty matters. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The tone is brittle; the annoyances seem petty. A Novel Explores What Happens When Adoption Means Maladaptation 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z So Landis and one of the producers, George Folsey Jr., went outside regulations, casting children of mutual acquaintances, keeping their names out of the production’s official paperwork and paying them in petty cash. ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ and the Deadly Accident That Plagued It 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z In The Squid and the Whale, Jeff Daniels saw himself as a revered academic but he was a petty braggart. The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 10 – Mistress America 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z I didn’t want him to know how petty I could become, weighing his contributions against mine. Motherlode: Marital Lessons of Summer 2011-07-28T19:40:24Z Because this isn't going to be a bitter or petty commentary, I should probably get the bitter pettiness out of the way at the get-go. "The Julia Child Challenge" and the mystique of one of America's most iconic chefs 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Ford barking “Get off my plane!” would no doubt meet with nothing but eye-rolls after four years of petty melodramatics, 5 a.m. rage tweets and callow iterations of “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Perspective | Trump’s exit may be too late to save the presidential movie 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z She told me that a young generation of globalized politicians and activists long to move beyond the petty concerns of their elders to a post-racial future. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z Colleague on the Sidelines: Your advice, to “rise above the petty drama,” is great. Ask Amy: Workplace exclusion creates petty drama 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Whether it began in earnest or as a joke, many found the petty beef to be in poor taste given the timing. Taylor Swift fans 'cancel' Burger King after chain tweets sarcastic joke about singer 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist. Stream These Five International Films Now 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z He got into music full-time after dropping out of high school, became acquainted with drugs and petty crime and lived a fast-paced life. ‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans ‘night-tripper’ musician, dies 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z It feels petty and whiny to say “I don’t like them” when they can stop the spread of disease, but sex with them … well, it’s not really sex. 'Honestly, it’s a revolution. It's so great taking control' 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Alternatively, it is a soap opera in which everything is reduced to petty spite and furtive liaisons. Creative tensions 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z She disparages writing, calling it lines of black segments that look like insect feces, and fame is "a ribbon tied around a sack filled with blood, flesh, words .... and petty thoughts." 'The Story of the Lost Child' is a masterful conclusion to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It's 1818, and pickpocket, street urchin and petty thief Billy, is going about his usual business, until one day, he meets Mister Creecher. Mister Creecher by Chris Priestly - review 2012-06-15T08:00:00Z The way not to sound petty is to refrain from correcting others unless it’s about you, or a matter of certainty and consequence. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Lord, give me patience with this friend who always name-drops Thee 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The Ghosh empire is in free fall, with petty showdowns at the family estate and shutdowns in its many paper mills. Book review: ‘The Lives of Others,’ by Neel Mukherjee One weary look from him is all it takes to render her totally pliable, and Michael has her on spy duties quicker than you can say dickstruck, signalling a petty vengeance arms race. The month in soap: Alice the spy nanny and the state of the Platt DNA 2013-06-01T05:00:21Z Outside of that tight-knit group it’s hard to imagine that those around you are still struggling with their own petty worries. My wife had cancer but my family didn’t call or visit | Mariella Frostrup 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z I think people never stop being fascinated with this family because we see all our family dynamics played out in these sibling dramas, in-law dramas, mental health problems, postpartum problems, petty rivalries and embarrassing relatives. Meghan Markle "excites controversy" — Andrew Morton on the galvanizing power of the People's Duchess 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z One of Shaw's masterstrokes is his large collection of bizarre paintings by amateur hobbyists, which he bought for petty cash in his thrift store outings over decades. 'Jim Shaw: The End Is Here' taps public's id in a weird, humorous way 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z However petty and malicious the man could be, his artistic achievement was huge, not only in sheer physical bulk but also in ambition, imagination and invention. Critics Name Their Favorite Wagner Recordings 2013-08-22T20:50:13Z It is entitled You’re Wetting Your Pants About What Now?, and aims to showcase the pettier preoccupations of the far right/radical right/whatever the free-speech snowflakes are demanding to be called this week. Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Last week, with the release of the album’s newest single, “Swish, Swish,” featuring the rapper Nicki Minaj, Perry pivoted from the civic to the petty. Listening Booth: Katy Perry’s Lackluster Dis Track, Featuring Nicki Minaj 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Their petty sniping and grievances have run clean out of control. Gone Girl review – a bracing, scalding sketch of a marriage in meltdown 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z While on the job 12 or more hours a day, Fatima is treated with barely disguised contempt by female employers who brusquely order her around and who, she rightly senses, suspect her of petty theft. Review: In ‘Fatima,’ a Muslim Mother Working in France Hits Her Limit 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z By all means, dude, say that you’ve got $5 million to blow, not on hurricane relief, but a petty weird dare that you know no one will call your bluff on. Trump: You’re fired! 2012-11-07T20:54:00Z But “Beef” also pushes past easy cant to explore the idea that anger — even petty, stupid anger — can be liberating. ‘Beef’ Review: Mad in America 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z We hear how he dropped out of college, fought with his parents, stalked a former girlfriend, fell into drug abuse and petty crime. The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z It remains a riveting, alarming tale of massive chicanery and petty vendetta, or, as Nixon Library historian Timothy Naftali puts it: "'House of Cards' on steroids." 'Dick Cavett's Watergate' a showcase of TV host's tenacity 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Much of the action in “Manchester by the Sea” consists of dumb routines and petty disruptions, the kind of stuff that keeps happening even in the wake of enormous changes and dramatic upheavals. Review: ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and the Tides of Grief 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Central to the plan is a program to funnel people caught for certain petty offences, including low-level drug possession and sales, directly to social services by passing the usual sequence of arrests, courts, jails. War against harm: Ithaca's mayor is leading the charge against the heroin epidemic 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z When you’re with him, anything that you might normally complain about ends up seeming so petty and small. Jake Gyllenhaal on Ambivalent Heroes and, Um, Perms 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Like David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” King’s play, receiving its U.S. premiere at Studio Theatre, is a comedy of petty corruptions, activated by the base impulses that can drive the lust for a buck. Review | ‘White Pearl’ is an amusing take on the beauty business. But watch out — things get ugly. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Tyler, a petty criminal, thinks he's struck gold when he rolls up to her beachside mansion; Catherine thinks she's found her next meal. Louise Linton, wife of Steven Mnuchin, is a cannibalistic killer in a trailer for her campy new film 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Unless my fellow man is even pettier than I suspect, raffles do not explicitly prohibit ticket folding. Social Q?s: Facebook Page, R.I.P. 2011-05-19T21:21:18Z Microaggressions are just part of the itchy fabric of their everyday life: petty annoyances like bad weather or a bunion. Making Black Lives, Not Just Black Deaths, Matter Onstage 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Partly because he is too lazy to do the work and because he spots an opportunity for petty theft, he signs a few of them over to himself, then cashes them. Review: In ‘Buzzard,’ an Angry, Unkempt Antihero 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In Celeste, however, she is petty and generous, hurtful and hurting. Désirée Zamorano on the lives of L.A.'s Latinas and 'The Amado Women' 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Then there were the scandals, which made Pavarotti seem petty and ridiculous. Perspective | Even opera lovers should grit their teeth and watch this mediocre Pavarotti film 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z "From God comes the courage not to be intimidated by petty gossip," said Pope Benedict XVI, as he presented the accusations of the powerless as acts of aggression. The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z On inheriting the family furniture business, honest Jack resolves to show zero tolerance to petty theft, whether it be fiddling expenses or pinching paper-clips. Absurd Person Singular, 40 years on 2012-05-25T21:55:04Z The most petty, most hideous side of humanity. Chris Ramsey's favourite TV 2013-01-21T12:00:00Z Times critic Christopher Knight says of the row, “A slap-fight between art critics can sometimes illuminate art, even though the petty nastiness makes a reader wince. “ Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z His older brother's crew are involved in petty crime, holding up trucks carrying propane gas and selling the loot to local residents. City of God: No 6 2010-10-19T10:49:00Z According to the BBC, the character is "a recent divorcee and new single dad" whose life is "one long struggle against the petty irritations which bedevil all our lives". Walliams to create new BBC sitcom 2012-08-24T15:33:01Z Miracle Max refuses to help them, not for reasons of honor, or even of money, but simply for the petty, prideful reason that it will look bad if he fails. William Goldman’s Strange, Sad, Captivating Children’s Book About a Girl and Her Blanket 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Its root causes are either petty, which means I am an idiot, or they are monumentally serious, in which case I am still an idiot, but also powerless. How should you deal with stress in 2020? First, ditch the meditation 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Part giddy travelogue, part belated apologia, part petty payback, all personal-therapy session, her book is titled “I’ll Take Your Questions Now” — which might invite the retort: “Now you’ll take our questions?” Stephanie Grisham, the Latest White House Memoirist, Offers Apologies and Payback 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Area residents recall a great deal of petty crime, trespassing and shoplifting during festival weekends. Glastonbury Festival Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s too desperate, too confused, too pleased with its petty shocks to rile anything you’d recognize as genuine excitement. ‘Saltburn’ Review: A Promising Young Man Takes a Seedy Turn 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Whereas the characters on “My Name Is Earl” were essentially petty criminals who never quite got over their pettiness, Ms. Plimpton said there was a “genuine sweetness” to the family members on “Raising Hope.” When Hope Is a Thing With Diapers 2010-09-17T18:28:00Z While looking closely, even fixedly, at his characters, he looks past their calculations into their imaginations and surpasses their petty identities to render their cinematic ones iconic. The Hong Sang-soo Retrospective Is a Must-See 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z While his first book, “Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me,” examined petty but humanizing rivalries among music stars, this follow-up investigates our compulsion to gaze upon these figures as gods. Review | Can classic rock survive the death of classic rock stars? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The plots have Casey usually going undercover, impersonating a petty thief, crooked cop, nightclub hostess, mannequin or showgirl, always with flair. ‘Pink Panther’ and ‘Decoy’ Return on Disc 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The reform law turned six petty offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, including things like drug possession and shoplifting. “Replace outdated, inhumane ways of responding to crime”: Aloe Blacc on erasing a stigma that haunts former prisoners 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z He is subject to disregard and petty humiliation, not because he is insubstantial but because he is black. Teju Cole's top 10 novels of solitude 2011-08-24T11:45:07Z In fact, the story is a fairly merciless character assassination of the band, in which their petty attempts at sexual espionage are almost always rebuffed, by the same person who is making them up. Fan fiction allows teenagers to explore their sexuality freely 2012-10-07T19:00:13Z So Novak’s search continues, taking him to Montana, where he grew up and is reluctantly reunited with family members who are given to drugs and petty crime and are allergic to honest work. Michael Koryta’s ‘Rise the Dark’ introduces a villain bent on taking over the U.S. 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Those petty annoyances, though, subsided, and what remained, literally, was Levi’s music. Mica Levi and orchestra go truly 'Under the Skin' at the Regent 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Her complaints were petty, absurd—which meant, as Margot pointed out, that they were almost impossible to keep quiet about. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z This week, the murderer is a member of a school marching band with a penchant for petty theft, his victim a well-loved science teacher. TV highlights 13/06/2013 2013-06-13T05:59:01Z From petty drug offenders to lifers, she’s asked all manner of criminal to “kiss the bride.” Inside Charles Manson’s bizarre wedding: A prison minister on tying the knot behind bars 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Gru may be obsessed with swiping the moon from the sky, but he is also a forlorn figure plagued by petty grudges and insecurities. Steve Carell: 'I don't care for mean humour' 2010-10-14T20:30:00Z It all conforms to the David formula: Life is an endless cycle of petty irritations, perpetrated by people you can’t get away from. All the standard Larry David neuroses, now on Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “You are a petty bureaucrat,” he tells her. Review: ‘Fire in Dreamland’ Is a Parable of Love and Licorice 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z I knew I was acting childish and petty. Modern Love: Revenge of the Friend 2011-03-24T19:20:52Z As far as petty theft and crime, there are some areas of South and Central America to consider, mainly in the big cities and at night. Globetrotting photographer Michael Runkel on favorite places, worst experiences and how to travel with kids 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Because the audience is supposed to root for the likable leads and want them to be together, romantic protagonists are rarely allowed to be as cruel and petty as Will is. Let the Beautiful Sick Girl genre die: Why “Everything Everything” should be the end of a tired trope 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Young Ptacek is a joy; Rossum slowly and movingly reveals the heart of her character; Ron Perlman is coiled danger; and Paul Wesley brings shading and nuance to a stock role as a petty tyrant. ‘Before I Disappear’: Drama’s star is better behind the camera 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It concerns a family of petty thieves who take in a young girl. Fall Movies 2018: Dive Into an Ocean’s Worth of Offerings 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The operatic setting, in two acts, highlights all the finagling and petty jealousies in the story but seems unable to get at the deep underlying emotions. Music Review: ‘Doubt,’ Adaptation Performed by Minnesota Opera 2013-02-03T23:24:03Z This is as petty and fruitless as envying someone’s red hair. Is it normal for couples to swap sides? How to share a bed and be happy 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The moral clashes between Americans over who gets vaccinated in March and who gets it in May seem petty given that many people in other countries aren’t projected to get it until 2022. Some people are lying to get vaccinated, and it’s testing their friendships 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But Ramsay melts like butter in front of the kids, and their confidence and eagerness is an antidote to a reality television landscape that is otherwise often cynical and petty. “Kids cut themselves far less than adults”: Inside “MasterChef Junior,” the best cooking show on television 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z You divide the film into three parts, and the first shows the grim, petty realities of divorce; why was it important to you to set up the story in that way? Julie Delpy, Science-Fiction Filmmaker? It’s True 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Has anyone studied why big-time sports, particularly, is such a venomous arena in some parts of the world, where other places express their petty hatreds in other ways and other locales? Are American sports fans classier? 2013-01-31T18:33:00Z So we sat there, shocked and tired, overwhelmed by this transition from elation to stupid, petty concerns and then gruesome, terrible images of the worse obstetrical outcomes. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z And the thing is, aside from this kind of petty drama, we all get along! Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A second child, demanding grandparents and a husband who’s had enough 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z She told the magazine that her mother was "very unforgiving" and held petty grudges. Jennifer Aniston announces death of mother Nancy Dow at 79 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z I haven’t addressed this with my friend because I don’t want to seem petty. Ask Amy: Vacation dilemma calls for expert mind reader Her standup comedy is mediocre and petty mouthed, her films are not very good, and her performance in Steve Martin's play was decent but hardly award worthy. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z I tried being overly nice, I tried honesty, I tried petty/vindictive. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Traveling alone, you learn to follow your own star 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Austin ended up becoming a Hollywood scriptwriter, and his older brother Lee had gone off the rails and became a petty thief and hoodlum, living in a caravan in the middle of the Mojave desert. Joe Penhall: the best performance I've ever seen 2012-06-16T23:05:57Z He plays one of a succession of petty criminals who talk straight to camera as if under police interrogation about an affray in a Midlands town. Britain's best film directors show some early promise 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Rachel and Sasha broke up recently, thank goodness, as Sasha is one of the most toxic and petty people I have met. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband wounded on the job now faces injury at home 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Against this backdrop, what might otherwise have been a tale of petty strife and mildly amusing snark takes on deeper import. Second Thoughts in the Second City 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Irony shines through his narration as his characters cling onto numbingly petty concerns despite impending catastrophe. Prussia goes west 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He listened as I worried about the many sides of the “issue”—the truth that the Roma were involved in petty crime, the comprehensible popular fear of immigrants, etc. The Coruscating Moral Vision of André Glucksmann 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It is unquestionably petty of me to feel dissed, but one tires of seeing hosannas from the same three New York-based periodicals while The Washington Post is overlooked. Review | 12 books I should have reviewed this year: A critic’s lament 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z They are manipulative, petty and vindictive whenever they are not equally honest, loving and forgiving. Review: In ‘While I Was Waiting,’ a Man and a Country in Limbo 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Sonny, is drafted into the Army, all that petty social-set striving gets shunted aside. Review | By the end of 2020, we were supposed to have more J.D. Salinger. Instead we have ‘Sergeant Salinger.’ 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Through Lenore's calculated maneuvering, the petty shenanigans of the well-meaning mortals around her are revealed as nothing but useless flailing against an indifferent tide. "Hung": A parable for crass times 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z Fans expect to see players sending petty tweets and posting photos of their latest fits on Instagram. On LinkedIn, Pro Athletes Make Their Next Move 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z The New York Times referred to it as "petty." Taylor Swift ready to "Speak Now" with third album 2010-10-15T22:29:00Z But the rumblings of history are no match for the petty little struggles of adolescence. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Quick as a stray thought, he turns to small-time racketeering and petty crime, eventually rising to become the Godfather of Kingston’s Chinatown. Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z For you, I recognise that this is an important issue, however petty it may seem to others. I’m beginning to find my husband’s humour a turnoff 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Michael Caputo, a longtime Trump confidant, described Cawthorn’s transgressions as “petty,” noting that “It’s not like he stole public money or misappropriated funds.” What does Madison Cawthorn do now? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z In 1992 he published “Jesus’ Son,” a collection of 11 short stories about petty crimes and murder across a desperate American landscape. Denis Johnson, Who Wrote of the Failed and the Desperate, Dies at 67 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z We began to squabble over something petty, I can’t remember what — maybe I lectured him about the evils of meat eating, maybe his pants were produced via sweatshop labor. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z For some fans, passion for the film leads to petty crime. ‘Dirty Dancing’: Where Kellerman’s Came to Life 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z How our fundamental ethos is equality but many of the Gurudwaras where we worship are based on petty differences. My life in a turban 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z With the ghost looming, the petty concerns of the local young-mom cadre look dopier than ever to Bridget, who gradually loses patience with the conventions that rule her narrow world. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The filmmakers present the ordinary strivings and daily inconveniences, the incremental joys and the petty humiliations of solid middle-class citizens, with a nihilistic revulsion and an emetic contempt. Movies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z In the original series, the answer was government housing assistance, a dole check for dad, and various part-time jobs and petty criminal schemes for the older kids. "Shameless": American TV's problem with class 2011-01-08T02:01:00Z Emma is an interfering know-it-all, a snob who nurses petty grudges. "Emma." is the candy-coated "Clueless" remake we deserve 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z This behavior may seem petty and irrational but should come as no surprise for observers of conservative media. How the Republicans wound up with Trump: E.J. Dionne explains in 'Why the Right Went Wrong' 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Andrew J. Head, who was a chief petty officer in the Navy and a close friend of the groom, officiated. A Promise to ‘Always Say Yes to the Animals’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s a deep pleasure to see her shrug off such strictures and lavish her attention on the petty, the creepy and the galloping mad. ‘New People’ Riffs on Race and Love, With a Twist 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Hernandez was charged with felony robbery, which will most likely be reduced to a petty misdemeanor of under $250, a spokeswoman for the Third District District Attorney's Office told the paper. Police: New Mexico woman orders food, tells server 'this one's on God' before fleeing 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z But, inevitably, things begin to go wrong and get petty when money problems become an issue. Canoe Man and Who Needs Fathers? | TV review 2010-04-01T05:45:00Z Although Ayiva manages to suppress his fury over the petty injustices and humiliations they endure, the arrogant, petulant Abas has little tolerance for frustration and shirks responsibility when he can get away with it. Review: ‘Mediterranea,’ African Migrants’ Perilous Trek to a Hostile Land 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Marty Funkhouser is a singular character in American comedy—earnest and petty and mean and kind and dumb—and perhaps the truest expression of Einstein’s famed wit and bitter sense of humor. Super Dave, in Memoriam: Bob Einstein’s Mass-Culture Parody 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It is a dire warning that the world is on the brink of apocalyptic climate change, and that men should work together in union rather than indulge in petty power squabbles. The wall is coming: Trump becomes world's worst Game of Thrones fan 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Ahmad Fadil was a high school dropout, a video store clerk and a petty gangster who got tattoos, drank alcohol and sold drugs as a youth in Zarqa, his hometown in northeast Jordan. 'Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS' offers brilliant biography of Abu Musab Zarqawi 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Sully meshes perfectly with a worldview where petty and clueless civil servants obstruct real Americans from being great. Sullied: with Sully, Clint Eastwood is weaponizing a hero 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Socha is played by Robert Wieckiewicz in a film which depicts the former sewage worker and petty criminal's transformation from ruthless profiteer to selfless protector. Poland's Oscar hopeful revives ghosts of Holocaust 2012-01-18T13:12:50Z It presents him as petty, vain, self-dealing, image-obsessed, a master manipulator, uninterested in growing as a person, driven only to serve his greater glory. Review: ‘The Choice 2016’ Lets the Chips Fall Where They May on Clinton and Trump 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Do these often petty quarrels help or hinder the progress of science? Science Weekly podcast: Scientific feuds; Tevatron's stay execution; plus Stephen Hawking dismisses God - again 2010-09-05T23:01:00Z I am nosy about a lot of things, most of them deeply petty. Perspective | Why should the government — or anyone — care what’s between a person’s legs? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z David plays Norman Drexel, a version of the familiar character he portrays on Curb: a dyspeptic curmudgeon who is constantly exasperated by the petty slights, annoyances and absurdities of everyday life. Larry David's 'Fish in the Dark': Curb Your Enthusiasm 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Onstage, he tends to play the part of an eternally beset-upon Everyman, trying to endure the petty indignities of daily life, but not always succeeding. ArtsBeat: Supplying Brazil's Laugh Track 2011-08-04T12:00:43Z Part was the incoherent fury and petty incompetence she brought to the press secretary. Saturday Night Live: the 10 funniest skits of the biggest season ever 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z There was a pay dispute, nastiness in gossip columns, petty pranks and even physical violence. Susan Sarandon: 'It’s an easy place to put your frustrations, to blame me' 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z David Brent was the personification of what every person loathes about themselves when they inevitably succumb to the workforce—superficial, petty, and incompetent, just like the status quo he kowtowed to. The fall of Ricky Gervais: How did the once-brilliant star of “The Office” end up here? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The region allowed Western artists and writers to project innumerable fantasies, of petty potentates and internecine rivalries, and cosmopolitan oases of culture and decadence. Review | ‘The World Between Empires’ helps dismantle the myths of Rome 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z This scene epitomises the Booker effect: the petty rivalries and insidious corrupting influence. The Booker steps away from being its own genre 2012-07-28T08:00:02Z As other Twitter users chimed in with comments, I became entangled in one of those microscopically petty distractions of the Internet age: the social media mention chain you didn’t ask to be a part of. Perspective | I am a theater critic in New York. Not a hair salon in Dublin. Let me explain. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z But the kinds of choices she is talking about are not the petty choices of consumer culture, rather the generative and imaginative choices of an artist envisioning herself. If Lena Dunham wrote a memoir 2012-07-22T16:00:00Z A parallel narrative from the 1980s allows Unsworth to describe the events leading up to the fatality: families broken beyond hope of repair and classroom rivalries which spiral, unchecked, from petty spitefulness to murder. Crime fiction roundup – reviews 2012-07-13T21:43:00Z Tenants grouse to doormen about all sorts of things we would never be petty enough to raise with the real parties in interest. Social Q?s: The Salad?s From Me 2011-02-03T21:43:01Z Edelman ends “Just for Us” on a deliciously funny high: by recounting his petty, perfect act of vengeance against the white supremacists. Review: ‘Just for Us’ Reaches Across the Chasm 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z But it was more than petty, in my view; it was brutally inhumane. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Scarborough read the tweet on-air and responded that Trump was “still, at a time when he needs to grow and move into the general election … picking petty fights with people he shouldn’t be fighting.” It’s Trump vs. Scarborough: He was once cozy with the billionaire, but now Joe Scarborough is slamming his “scattershot approach” in op-ed 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z One of the first cities to adapt "Beggar's Night" was Des Moines, Iowa, which switched to an alternative date after a rash of petty crime in 1938. The origins of 25 fall traditions 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z He is reportedly facing multiple charges, including grand theft for the motorcycle and petty theft for the bike and the ham. Man falls through Subway restaurant ceiling while evading police after stealing bike, ham: report 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Profoundly enchanting but never sentimental, “Tyll” is a magnificent story of an artist’s transcendence over the petty superstitions, convenient betrayals and widespread brutality of his time. When All the World’s at War, Only Theater Feels Real 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The petty rancor and unassuaged disappointments of a resentment-filled life burn on every page, in ways one would think might be more demoralizing than inspiring to potential followers. Does “Mein Kampf” Remain a Dangerous Book? 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z “Marissa and I realized life is too short for little petty arguments.” Months After a Brutal Day in Charlottesville, a Tender Wedding 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The range of petty and larger workshops into which the felons were integrated made up the heart of the new American economy. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z This chapter isn’t altogether credible, and Marion’s naïveté is more narratively expedient than persuasive, but her raw desires and vulnerability are a relief from the movie’s free-ranging cruelties, petty and otherwise. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Cluchey dropped out of school as a teenager, married, had two children, became a skilled boxer and engaged in petty crime. Rick Cluchey Dies at 82; Prison Theater Was His Redemption 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z By contrast, one of Elba’s first roles was as an African petty thief in the 1890s-set drama Bramwell, so does he agree that our obsession with period dramas hinders projects such as Five By Five? Idris Elba: ‘If I'm going to watch TV it wouldn't be a period drama, put it that way' 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolf also has fun with petty intrigues and jealousies among the Six, holed up in the Grand Hyatt New York to be trotted out for the news media as America’s latest overnight heroes. Books of The Times: ‘The Intercept,’ Dick Wolf’s First Novel 2013-01-10T19:26:43Z The petty move on Exotic's part is once again something that could have come from a Gilded Age showman's playbook. Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America’s 19th-century tiger kings 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z He offered a few other suggestions by way of fine-tuning, or, as he put it, “I’m being petty because it’s so great.” An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Miracles, the high-wire acts of a boundless imagination, appear throughout the collection, and here, Ini proclaims, “I mend people’s petty ailments, and for what?” A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The guy is prosperous but also finicky, petty and blunt. Review: Hero of 'All My Children' broke up but can't let go 2010-06-03T17:52:00Z I don't want to be petty and jealous anymore. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Could’ve been in on the ground floor. Instead, it’s the envy escalator. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z What made this gossip useful — and not just fun and petty — was that it allowed a group of people to get on the same page organically. Feeling Socially Rusty? Try a Little Light Gossiping. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The president contends this request is not preposterous, petty or in any way morally outrageous. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This invoice will not be silenced 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z And, of course, misinformation; Mr. Jesurun is adept at playing with those gaps between what we know and think we know, and all of the hazy possibilities surrounding the petty certainties to which we cling. | 'Stopped Bridge of Dreams': John Jesurun?s ?Stopped Bridge of Dreams? at La MaMa 2012-01-31T01:00:37Z The relationships are messy, at times petty and grim, painfully human. ‘The Cathedral’ Review: A Boy, a Home, a World 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z I worried that the minutiae of domesticity would change us into petty creatures who bickered over laundry. To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z By the time he hit his 50s, Picasso was a whiny, tiny monster, almost comically self-centered and petty, casually abusive with his family, friends, employees and sycophants. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Lucy is ruthless about money, a fact nicely illustrated by her stealing all her sister's petty cash from her before eloping with Robert Ferrars. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Desperation caused unrest, which lead to petty crimes, attempted mutinies and coordinated efforts to escape. Louisiana’s hidden history: The former slave who became an executioner 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Freddie, the movie suggests, wrote, sang, produced, and performed, from his constrained and petty life, from his multiple public and private oppressions and humiliations, all the way to the bank. In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury Is More Interesting Than His Music 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Born to Congolese immigrants, he indulged in petty crime as a youth before embracing Sufism. César Winners Fill Roster at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Rife with corruption and petty thievery, stricken by routine power outages and plagued by the general public’s blithe disregard for competence, order and even history, this muggy delta metropolis both agitates and stifles sensitive souls. ‘Every Day is for the Thief:’ back home in tumultuous Lagos 2014-03-20T21:15:07Z McCartney's creative energies were simply too fecund — and his musicianship too prodigious — to exist among such petty constraints. "The McCartney Legacy": An in-depth study of Paul's angsty transition from Beatle to solo superstar 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Though the event organizers seemed prepared for mug thieves and petty crime, there were some things at the celebration that did surprise them. Oktoberfest visitors tried to steal nearly 100K beer steins 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “He was kind of an enigma. He could be very avuncular one minute and very petty the next.” Richard Thomas of ‘The Americans’ on Agent Gaad’s Fate, John-Boy and Jimmy Carter 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Thomas’s monologue is a combination of sacred and fleshly imagery, with lofty biblical cadences wrestling with the nagging patterns of daily speech on petty subjects. | 'Misterman' : Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? by Enda Walsh - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:06Z I even played it for Big Teddy and a collection of other brothers serving time in a youth jail for petty drug crimes. I always loved hip-hop, but Nas transformed me into a fan, which ultimately changed my life 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Cruel and petty powers govern human fate, and with the exception of Enki, the gods could care less about the plight of humanity upon the earth. “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z The complaint adds that de Havilland was portrayed as a "petty gossip" in the show, which her lawyers argued was damaging to her "professional reputation for integrity, honesty, generosity, self-sacrifice and dignity." Olivia de Havilland sues FX Networks over depiction in 'Feud' 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Byres calls it a “little strange and petty.” From Dallas’s top kitchens, reviewer Leslie Brenner is feeling the heat He served in the Navy for 21 years and achieved the rank of master chief petty officer. Katherine Kohler, Anthony Shattuck 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But several legal experts and scholars, likening the offense to a petty crime or the crossing of a red light, said that the rule is little enforced there. On the Way to Auschwitz, I Found ‘Heil Hitler’ Signs for Sale 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Just how many petty shots at Yeezus and his inner circle did he lick off on delirious closer “6PM in New York?” Review: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' Marks a Transitional Moment 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Or are you weighed down by the fallout from ancient quarrels and petty jealousies? 'Allocate a chill-out zone': how to keep the family peace at Christmas 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Robert Hogan interestingly chooses to play Rutherford small and quiet, as a petty, unimaginative killer of dreams. Theater Review: ?Rutherford & Son? at Mint Theater 2012-02-29T00:18:13Z They combine into an aristocratic disdain for petty conventions dictated from the powerhouses of the north. Ninety and out to shock: meet the first Oscar nominated female director 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z These are ghastly, ghastly people – vacuous, petty, dull, offensive. Made in Chelsea; The Prisoners – TV review 2013-04-09T06:00:00Z I said, this other stuff, this metaphysical stuff, was petty bourgeois self-indulgence. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z Only later in life, if then, do we learn that even heroes can be mean-spirited, vindictive, vulgar, envious and petty. How well do we know our heroes? A new book shows the darker side of Martin Luther 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z And then there were the servants down below, limited in their own ways not only by their lower-class lots in life, but also by a scrappy territorialism and petty infighting. Downton Abbey Watch: Drama and then Somme 2012-01-09T14:30:05Z “I don’t think the president would be that petty,” Pelosi deadpanned. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes the crime is petty and lurid, as when, over Labor Day weekend, a cache of nude photographs of female celebrities was released online and spread through social media. Don't Look: Beheadings, Stolen Nudes and Choosing to Be Decent 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Worse for Republicans, some prominent high-minded Northerners exalted Brown’s crime as a sublime act by a Christlike hero who transcended petty party politics. John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Contrasts 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z One brother gets his shot at the big leagues, the other falls back into menial jobs and petty crime. TV Shows to Watch From Hong Kong, Brazil, Sweden and More 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z His companions were street urchins and petty criminals. Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is) 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z After all, why let petty squabbling spoil a good drink? Dusseldorf vs. Cologne: A rivalry you can grin and beer 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Jack’s also a petty crook, a negligent father and a pathologically selfish manipulator. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Social class, economic disparity, power, loyalty and petty jealousies play out with a fury that comes from being imprisoned by circumstance. Hurtling along in Bong Joon-ho's train movie 'Snowpiercer' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It might seem a petty gripe – many in attendance were from the generation who braved Spike Island and survived to tell the tale. The Stone Roses at Heaton Park: five talking points 2012-07-02T14:46:07Z One of the last remaining residents, Oner Baduna, who has finally accepted alternative accommodation, said the estate began going downhill as more short-term residents moved in, conditions deteriorated and petty crime rose. Anger surrounds demise of 1970s housing estate 2011-02-07T20:33:13Z "This is so typical of SeaWorld. If they're going to pull up videos and say he was drunk one night and used a derogatory word … these are petty, childish attempts to discredit somebody." SeaWorld responds strongly to ex-trainer's critical book 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z As the timeline moves forward, we see how integral the car is to the Pearsons and their lives together — through health scares, petty arguments and teenage milestones. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018, from ‘Atlanta’ to ‘This Is Us’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z You can imagine this is absolutely what this kind of place is really like – the sordidness, the chaos, the stained sheets, the pong, the petty hospital rules, the political correctness, the health and safety audits. Getting On and The Secret Life of the National Grid 2010-10-27T07:00:00Z So she enters the dangerous world of suburban pot dealing while her suppliers, Heylia James and her cousin Conrad Shepherd, never let her forget what petty white girl troubles she had. Nancy Botwin, TV's worst mom? 2011-07-19T19:45:00Z There is something endearing about how Hemsworth's Thor handles his failure: He drinks to jolly excess, binges on junk food, plays video games with his friends and gets into petty squabbles with strangers. Thor's change in "Avengers: Endgame" isn't offensive 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “And I began to realize, in many ways, the world is petty. There are no gods.” Melvin Sokolsky, Surrealist Fashion Photographer, Dies at 88 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Commitment issues best worked out on national television, with 30 pre-selected women and what one contestant on Tuesday's episode aptly described as their "petty catfights." "The Bachelor's" twisted revenge fantasy 2011-01-11T16:12:00Z |
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