I'm not an author at all, but I have found myself at the reins of a small literary magazine here in West Michigan.
Why would an author not seize the opportunity to influence how his ideas disseminate?
It is hard not to be impressed by an author who alludes to Milton on one page, then turns to the charms of the National Municipal Accounting Manual on another.
And the result might not only be as good as an author event, it may be better.
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Last week, the study's lead author did not return an e-mail requesting clarification.
The opinions expressed are solely those of the author, who is not an attorney.
So far, this is a fairly typical story of an author having modest if not improbable success (the vast majority of authors who attempt to secure an agent or a publishing contract with even a small publisher fail).
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Fairness, evidently, was not Mr. Tenet's motivating impulse as an author.
"We acknowledge that this is not an easy thing to do, " says the lead author of the study, Samantha F.
The company's director of research and development is listed as an author on the study, but did not participate in collecting or analyzing the data.
An independent government-commissioned review is one whose author is not a civil servant.
It wasn't until the 1990s that Rhodes-Hughes was asked whether she would ever be willing to testify under oath -- an invitation coming not from a prosecutor or law enforcement official but from author Philip H.
He, too, is enjoying a new incarnation as an author and pundit, and has agonised publicly about whether or not to run.
Nor is it to rule out the right of an individual artist to negotiate a resale agreement when he sells a painting: the royalties a publisher pays to an author are the product of just such a private contract, not a law.
The Central Bank said that the coin was an artistic representation of the author and the text, and was "not intended as a literal representation".
"I'm not saying this is a cure, " said co-author Dr. Jakub Tolar, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.
Random House is taking a big chance by making such a big bet on an author whose fan base is concentrated in the under-30 demographic, a group not known for its willingness to pay for content of any kind.
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Bourdain, 53--now an author, travel host, lecturer and comedian--found fame through sharp words, not new recipes.
After the piece was published last July, an officer at his base in Afghanistan passed around copies for people to read not knowing that the author was among them.
Such appendages betoken an understanding that words alone do not always suffice, especially when a message's purpose is to communicate its author's power and importance.
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