But this question is only tangentially involved when we consider the procedures designed to provide collateral review in the Federal courts for Federal constitutional claims of defendants who have been sentenced to death.

Of the three known fathers, only one has been tangentially involved.

I was interested in how a pregnancy, possibly the most personal thing that can happen to someone, is also extremely public, spurring reactions from every single person even tangentially involved.

A fourth employee of the department, who officials said was only "tangentially involved," received a warning letter.

He said, "I was only tangentially involved."

Several other groups and firms are tangentially involved, some with similar suits that do not specifically contend securities fraud.

Children, the consumers, are only tangentially involved.

Children will generally pay more attention to adults they feel close to than to ones with whom they are only tangentially involved.

"He said under the circumstances, with neither the OCME or the hospital taking a stand and the mayor's office tangentially involved, his hands were, in a sense, tied."

But most of her high-profile cases have at least tangentially involved Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary, and she has ruled both for and against them and their allies in the past.