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The story is viewed as a paltry excuse for Vidal to lash out yet again at American imperialism (set in 1939, it is the tale of a 13-year-old prep-schooler in the Smithsonian after-hours, when the exhibits come to life).
OSCAR NOTE I: The LAT says that "The Full Monty," made for a paltry $3.
When I saw the paltry descriptions of the Maxwell Street market, I felt a small rush-I had out-traveled the travel experts.
Even a hefty $10 or $15 tip seemed a paltry thing to put in the hand of the owner of the salon.
To quote Woodward: "Granting that 'the wishes of democracy are capricious, its instruments rude, its laws imperfect,' granting as well an appalling list of shortcomings that he abhorred--minds 'so petty, so insipid, so crowded with paltry interests'--Tocqueville still regarded democracy 'not as the best, but as the only means of preserving freedom.