In the long run this should mean less official nitpicking, especially at customs.

"I didn't have the extra pressure and the nitpicking," Palmer said.

But it's more remarkable that the complaints remained at the level of such nitpicking.

You've completely missed the point, and are merely semantic nitpicking.

Nitpicking is also the act of being overly concerned about insignificant details.

But the effort fizzled under a barrage of legal nitpicking.

According to people present, he said negotiators were tired of the waffling, the nitpicking.

Microsoft and its partners dismiss the criticism as predictable nitpicking.

"I'm not upset by just seeing the police," he said, "but it's the nitpicking."

The old Bob Dole would have had little patience with such nitpicking.

Still, most people would call this theoretical nitpicking.

Sorry for the nitpicking; love the post, love the blog!

Second, I only give them out for things that count, not trivial nitpicking and faultfinding.

Sorry about the nitpicking, but that last word is a little off: Quote:

This nitpicking came at the end of a tortuous 18-month process that the District suffers to get its budget.

All that legalistic nitpicking just reminds him of the Pharisees.

She's a nightmare in the studio - but it's her nitpicking that makes her what she is.

Until that time, he would prefer not to be worried unnecessarily with side issues and ethical nitpicking.

Minor nitpicking: the first paragraph was a little confusing.

Well, for once, the nitpicking may be justified.

Nitpicking is the pastime of pointing out minor flaws or mistakes.

It's not like a New York or a Washington where people delight in political nitpicking.

He calls it "negative nitpicking from the Left."

Can they overcome partisan nitpicking, media crocodiles and infighting within their own administration?

Even if the Security Council overcomes such nitpicking, the nations providing the forces may not want to fight.