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Most professors say they are not concerned about discussion digression.

Author: By Adam S. Hickey, | Title: Web Improves Course Impact | 11/12/1996 | See Source »

Dole, who turned 72 last week, has a new line for critics who think he's too old to be President. "My cholesterol is lower than Clinton's, and my weight's lower than Clinton's, and my blood pressure," he said in a digression during his welfare speech today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOWN FOR THE CHOLESTEROL COUNT | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

Cohen's book ends with a brief section, rather blandly titled. "Observations," in which he tries to form some of his own conclusions based on his experiences. He makes a decent effort to acknowledge the complexities of his subject, but the chapter is occasionally marred by digression. We don't...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: Generation X | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

Unashamedly derivative, Face the Music lifts -- sometimes actually samples -- grooves from 20 years of soul, funk and rap, at different moments aping the likes of Earth, Wind and Fire, James Brown, Bell Biv Devoe and Prince. After a short introduction in which the Kids announce, "We've been away for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Up Is Hard to Do | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

That was then. Glory days, but as the years and the story's somewhat invertebrate plot progress -- Keillor's authentically rural narrative method is infinite digression -- the pickings thin out. Like the rest of WLT's hayseeds and gallus snappers, the Shepherd Boys begin to lose listeners. In their prime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghosts of Studio B | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

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