Her ability to write about both without devolving into sensationalism is, on its own, worth the price of admission.
The Giants hope that Eli Manning can keep this season "disappointing" without devolving into "throwing objects onto the field of play is illegal and will result in immediate ejection".
That leads to absurdities: the Scottish Executive looks after near-shore nature reserves, but it would not be able to stop a leaky oil tanker from entering them.Resolving such disputes is tricky without devolving more power.
Her deep friendships with Walter Berry, Henry James and Bernard Berenson vibrate on the cusp of becoming something more; and in some sense this is the chronic state of adolescence, the friendship that enthralls and obsesses without devolving into run-of-the-mill sexual love.
The big question is whether the game has enough depth to keep players coming back for months or years without devolving into a mindless repetition of "see alien, shoot gun, repeat".
Can we redistribute wealth from the top so the bottom doesn't starve without devolving into inefficiency and stagnation?
He hit just the right note of criminal respectability and leader of the rebels, without devolving into caricature.
South Bend's mayor possesses a far more laid back personality than his methodological rise might indicate, maintaining an easy rapport with his staff and an ability to speak policy without devolving into talking points.
Reading slowly from mainly the left-hand screen of his teleprompter, Trump managed, as he has previously, to deliver an address without devolving into an airing of his grievances and attacks against his critics.
I'm talking about it as a narrative whole, a game where, without devolving into either sheer display or ethereal wandering, characters, plot, and mechanics all serve one another, and everything you do, say, and hear has a purpose.
