These cinematic images have a grimly ethereal quality that you can't quite connect, except in bald thematic terms, to the very solid living figures on the stage.

In thematic and rhythmic terms, the second and third acts reflect the first.

These equivalences are only in very general thematic terms, however, as the major details of the races' backgrounds differ greatly from their Warhammer Fantasy counterparts.

Mr. Bush spoke in broad thematic terms about his policy initiatives in his Inaugural Address on Friday.

In thematic terms it all makes sense.

It's neither easy nor germane to describe "Raising Arizona" in thematic terms, since this seems of only minor interest to the film makers themselves.

Broad Outlines Known The draft, which describes the Clinton effort in general, thematic terms, says its basic goal is "making sure that Americans will never again lose their health coverage."

So it is no surprise that they were inclined to think of pictures in thematic, often collaborative terms, rather than as solo performances.

But in thematic terms, Ms. Hamilton's no-pain prosiness is an effective contrast to Mr. Dillahunt's anguished lyricism.

In the shadow of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, Mr. Dukakis outlined in broadly thematic terms his agenda for American families.