Just a few details and we've got ourselves a war plan.

So complicated that a detail gets lost in the maze of knowledge.

He was happy to see Bob at the breakfast table again, and by questioning got from him some more details of the trip.

The small details will get away from you, then the big picture, and then suddenly the whole game.

But enough details have got through to make clear that a human disaster is taking place.

But details of which companies in what countries got how much - that's not public.

There was a time when such a detail would never have gotten past his scenario research, even if he'd been in a hurry.

Any detail that nobody knows, eventually gets to be the problem.

As it is, the details get him to third base.

When we went back, we saw that time is still the terrible enemy: each year, the details get further away.