The temptation to dwell excessively on the tawdry details of the President's sexual encounters will now be even greater, which could lead to an ill-informed rush to judgment by the public.

Ms. Geyer is sketchy on recent developments in Cuba, but she is exhaustive in describing the tawdry details of Mr. Castro's womanizing and treachery.

"Despite protestations that we're saturating America's living rooms with tawdry detail, that same detail is exactly what's being demanded by our audience."

Rat Democracy Like most people who once hoped for better, I have become resigned to the accumulation of tawdry detail about how President Clinton financed his re-election campaign.

But today, with the resolution of the case, the Gray Lady hikes her skirts, putting the story on the front page and deigning to mention all the tawdry details.

Bennett himself then proceeded to elevate the suit by going on Larry King Live and Don Imus' show and discussing the tawdry details of Jones' claim.

The tawdry details of her personal affairs are nobody's business, but as founder and executive director of Ms. Shelley's Upward Prep School in Roosevelt, the news is all over town.

I hightailed it out of the room while my coworkers were still begging for the tawdry details of my short-lived marriage.

Others, Ms. Pryor included, become mired in tawdry detail.