Sentence examples for marginal affair from inspiring English sources

Sound art can seem a marginal affair, but a new show by Janek Schaefer proves that even personal stories can have immense resonance.

Yet the presidency is a much more marginal affair than the congressional races: witness how Mr Bush has cosseted West Virginia with steel tariffs.Both parties, besides, have something to prove.

But there was a time when electronic music was a marginal affair to mainstream music fans, an impenetrable world with no charismatic front men nor any nuance beyond exhortations to let yourself go and feel the music.

It is in times of historical crisis that thinking ceases to be a marginal affair, because by undermining all established criteria and values, it prepares the individual to judge for him or herself instead of being carried away by the actions and opinions of the majority.

From the 1920s through the 1950s, radical groups, including the Communist Party, sought to keep the tradition alive with parades and other events, but the mainstream labor movement and most liberal organizations kept their distance, making May Day an increasingly marginal affair.

Meanwhile, David Haye creates a new drama over his career intentions following his fifth-round knock-out of Dereck Chisora, who was suffering his fourth defeat in his last five fights, the one win coming in a marginal, six-round affair against a former Lithuanian kick-boxer who brought in, as sheepishly as you like, a record of 21 wins, 51 defeats and three draws.

The marginals still matter.

It is also important to keep up to date with current affairs, and follow marginal health news in mainstream media.

They encounter arresting personalities: Cate Blanchett's commanding Elf-Queen Galadriel and Liv Tyler's Elf Arwen cross their paths, though their roles are marginal - this movie is a men-only affair.

Shorten campaigned on Sunday morning in the Liberal marginal seat of Reid, held by the assistant multicultural affairs minister, Craig Laundy.

Alexander Downer, the president of the South Australian Liberal party and the former foreign affairs minister, played down criticism of the SA party machine's performance in crucial marginal seats.