Sentences with phrase «digressions on»

At another desk, one sits and listens to Olivia Plender's description of the relationship between Robin Hood and the various splits in the scouting movement in the early 20th century, and how that eventually led — via digressions on EM Forster, the Kibbo Kift and the archives at the Whitechapel Gallery — to a troubling faction called the Green Shirts (not a million miles from the fascist Blackshirts), who railed against the British Credit System in the 1930s (one of their number fired an arrow at 10 Downing Street).

The boxes and title screens bore the legend «A Hideo Kojima Game», the codecs were filled with ever - more digressions on his various obsessions, and by the later entries he'd be inserting himself as a character.

You truly don't have space to utilize brilliant dialect or go on digressions on things that are not important to demonstrating your point.

As is, his character is only a plot device to propel the brothers on their journeys, although the fumbling delivery Howard makes, and his digressions on why he won't consider a professional contract, make the scene all the more believable.

All three of the boys discuss their Top 5 male performance picks of 2010 (and add a few honorable mentions in there to boot), and along the way there are digressions on Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, the nature and requirement of good comedy writing and whether or not it is a good idea to watch mega-blockbusters under the influence of strong cocktails and bacon popcorn.

At times, A.P. Bio struggles to build a bridge between what's happening in Jack's classroom and the rest of Whitlock, but the performances in the B - plots are so uniformly strong, they practically justify these digressions all on their own.

For the reader, the value in this fixation on Rembrandt's relationship to Rubens is that it leads to a historical digression on the conditions surrounding the Dutch revolt from Spain, in which Rubens's father played a minor diplomatic role.

At times, Nadar's excessive prose frustrates, reaching a comic climax in his digression on «dynamography, chronography, desnigraphy, hypography, calorigraphy — all the graphies,» apropos of absolutely nothing in an entry on «The New President of the French Society of Photography.»

I don't like to digress since I don't think we have exhausted the discussion on the subject matter; however, due to the heavy digression on this blog, I would like to address the following statement that has been presented here:

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The piece includes a digression on rainmaking techniques for the film's climactic torrential downpour.

In a digression on originality, fashion, and historical timing, Steinberg told of a visit to Ferren's New York studio in the mid 1950s in which he found the artist perplexed by a painting he had just completed.

«Less a Review Than a Long Digression On Sam Durant's Show At Blum & Poe.»

After a brief digression on the subject of «peak oil,» which «will not save us,» an important and extended discussion of the concept of «stabilization wedges» concludes the book.

A quick digression on basic calculus for the many readers who don't like maths — just so you can see what I am getting at..

The beer in question comes from the remarkable Scotch Irish Brewing Company of eastern Ontario, makers of the wonderfully bitter Sgt. Major IPA (here I forbear from going into a digression on the history India pale ales and their need... [more]

The beer in question comes from the remarkable Scotch Irish Brewing Company of eastern Ontario, makers of the wonderfully bitter Sgt. Major IPA (here I forbear from going into a digression on the history India pale ales and their need for serious hops).

You say, «Indeed, nothing like a rambling 114 page digression on the taxies, walmart, the magna carta, international capitalism, prohibition and NDP health policy to really drill down on the issues around allowing law firms to adopt mainstream business structures.

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I make this research digression to make the point that real long - term investing success rests more on investment discipline and company - specific research than it does on compelling stories or themes.

Yet, perhaps for this very reason, he can be prone to lengthy digressions and at times he can appear repetitious as he is at pains to show the relevance and impact of his seminal insights on the whole of Catholic theology.

He's developing an argument about the significance of the doctrine of the resurrection by discussing the logical consequence of denying it (verses 12 - 19), going on a very typical Pauline digression almost as if he's overcome by joy at the positive truth and has to triumphantly proclaim it (verses 20 - 28) then finally returning to drive home the practical point again (verses 29 - 35).

On the rhetorical plane, no textual irregularities that suggest, and eventually prove, the existence of one or many insertions, such as digressions, unwarranted topical shifts, or grammatical irregularities, appear in Process 40.

Fallacy Spotter might have called Sam out on an appeal to the people fallacy for this digression.

Oh gosh, I could live on baguette and smelly French cheese... Sorry, digression... Focus, Mel, focus!

Here's a short digression: Notes or no notes, maintaining eye contact can be difficult for those who were raised in cultures that have different views on eye contact than we do in Western society and especially in the USA.

Steve: And one of the great things about the book is that it goes off on a lot of digressions as you just did, because you really do need a background in the entire history of physics, to a certain degree, to understand string theory, even at a relatively rudimentary level.

Whoa, hold on... Before I lose you on some spiritual road trip (and trust me I've got a big map and a keen knack for digression), let me root my feet back on the ground, onto the earth.

As much as I loved Inglourious Basterds, that film was a series of digressions from the main plot, but this film is actually centered on the story he lays out at the beginning.

Although it's worth reserving judgment on the disposition and spirit of Under the Dome until we've seen at least a handful of episodes, it's fair to say that the pilot embraces the material's pulpier elements, with none of Lost's nerdy digression or philosophical trolling.

The director's verbal digressions (he's as much a motormouth as his characters are) usually serve purely to establish character depth, most notably in the gratuity debate in Reservoir Dogs (in his next life, Mr. Pink was reincarnated as a mediocre waiter) and the foot massage debate in Pulp Fiction which concludes with the meta - aside, «C'm on, let's get into character.»

Its seeming digressions aren't really digressions at all, in that they all spin out of Östlund's unifying thesis on public space and personal responsibility.

He has a sagelike quality, spinning yarns about a woman on trial for murdering her husband or invoking Euclid to make moral sense of how to handle the Confederate delegation en route to Washington, using these ostensible digressions to illuminate truths he presents as self - evident.

The storyline - involving flashbacks and digressions a-plenty as Kronk reminisces on how everything in his life went to pot - generally comes off as series of loosely - connected episodes rather than a cohesive whole, with the emphasis placed on Kronk's various misadventures (including a long stretch in which Kronk must confront a competing camp counselor).

Ultimately, these digressions circle back on one another, and Linklater forms them into a coherent narrative that resembles an updated American Graffiti for a new generation.

You can see the Tarantino touch in his pop - culture references, entertaining dialogue digressions, and inspired celeb guest spots (Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, John Saxon), but his real contribution is the way he connects to the characters and draws on their backstories while they search for their kidnapped colleague (George Eads).

Improving on his 2008 debut, the proficient soccer - hooligan bio «Cass,» Baird spares the audience's sensibilities (and stomach fluids) to some extent in his adaptation, leaving out some of Welsh's least pleasant details and digressions — no regular updates on Robertson's diseased genitals, for starters, though at least one penis - related gag lands on target — and constructing a more sympathetic backstory for this baddest of bad lieutenants.

Meanwhile, digressions involving Sutton shaving Lowe's balls and a couple of French Canadian roughnecks peeking in on Youngblood (Keanu Reeves -LRB-!)

Martin, Billy, and Hans go on the run from Charlie and his goons, but the plot is more about its delightful digressions than its through line.

He also moves the plot along at a strong pace and makes sure that the focus always remains solidly on the story; although some digressions seem to take place, any side - trips still stay on the correct path and fit neatly within the framework.

Centering on a family's holiday gathering in their family home, Red Christmas is a to - the - point home invasion slasher film that has some interesting digressions and even more interesting subplots.

Take It Out In Trade plays like a cross between Russ Meyer and John Waters, full of digressions — at three separate points throughout the film, the main character takes himself on a «vacation» that consist of peeping at naked women through potted plants in front of posters for various far - flung locales — and extensive full - frontal nudity and simulated sex.

Somehow a conversation about moving on this week's show turns into a digression about sippy cups where Evan shares why he needs them.

It weaves in and out of finding its path again, but there are far too many narrative digressions — most centered on graphic depictions of torture — that were, in my opinion, far more gratuitous than necessary.

(Digression: Has anyone, ever, found the answer to their question among the FAQs on a support page?)

Serial immersionist Ted Conover on the connections between anthropology and journalism; knowing when to resist digression; and the importance of writing «across the aisle.»

They were part of a digression in a talk I gave to the 1970 Exeter conference on children's literature, and if I'd realised then what a powder - keg I was throwing my fag - end of thought into I would have kept my trap shut.

I'd had the idea for years of writing a novel of multiple viewpoints and loved the idea of stream - of - consciousness monologues but was aware that they could be a bit wearing on the reader if there were too many digressions and tangents.

That was a long digression, but here's the point: focus on the long term value of the business relationship.

But before we slide into a whole new digression of cats in clothes, we'll leave you with what may be the cutest thing you'll see all day: kittens on a slide.

Perhaps most important were W.G. Sebald's enigmatic «prose fictions» — particularly «Rings Of Saturn» — that likewise hover between genres, make play with unreliability, and fold in on other forms: traveler's tale, antiquarian digression, and memoir.