Mercifully, personal vignettes are not as important to "Runway."

The trail of personal vignettes stretches from Confucius to Pope Gregory to Bach to Mozart to Dostoyevsky - a panorama of creators.

A highly personal song by Nas, "Daughters" features lyrics about raising a daughter and personal vignettes about fatherhood.

Each house has its own architectural and family history, along with personal vignettes, like that of Ms. Abell.

Although some of the anecdotes and personal vignettes help illustrate research findings, many are distracting.

Struggles With Drugs The free-ranging book often blends personal vignettes with Mr. Fernandez's views about education and the New York City schools.

There is another approach that acknowledges the competition as less a musical event and more a book of short stories about people - a series of personal vignettes with the piano as the narrative device.

Politics are interwoven with innumerable personal vignettes to portray a man of nimble mind, increasingly conscious that he has been marked by destiny.

"Breathing Room" contains a lot of personal vignettes, which was one reason he could write 95 pages in three days.