It's just the bugs themselves - one minor thing and away the bugs go, particularly with these vulnerable kids.

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Compared to the sticky accelerator problem that plagued Toyota in 2010, a sticky window switch is a minor thing.

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It's played mainly for laughs, with funny music, as if the bonds between two young children and their mother are a minor thing compared to Mom's eccentric but authentic need for fulfillment.

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It is no minor thing to be tapped as the revered Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, and Dave struggled with the role early on, even before he put on the uniform.

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You come home from the war and you see civilians going about their normal lives, and then some people get into a quarrel over some minor thing and you feel this anger welling up inside you.

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When people truly understand the reason why things cost what they do and how a seemingly minor thing, such as gas prices, can affect every facet of their lives, they can begin making decisions that will contribute to the overall financial health of the nation.

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"I feel like it was the same thing as last year, " Minor said.

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But al Alousi sees these as only minor problems for his art, which he says is the "purest thing" in his life, a matter of expression, beauty and experimentation.

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