Biographer John Schutz speculates that the underlying reason for Pownall's request were related to frustration with his exclusion from the major military actions of the later war years, and possibly his desire to acquire a more significant post, such as a governor-generalship of conquered New France.

Biographer John Hawkins writes she eventually helped her husband win election in a Halifax riding with a significant Irish Catholic population.

Biographer John Hawkins characterizes the Liberal party of 1933 as " a party of thinkers and reformers ".

Biographer John Collis calls this album, " one of the most impressive of all attempts to squeeze the stage excitement of a rock performer on to vinyl.

" Biographer Trefousse indicates that Johnson's drinking on the occasion was the result of ill health which began before his arrival in Washington, though the exact nature of the ailment is not specified.

Biographer Blanche Weisen Cook suggests that this period served as " the political education of General Eisenhower ", as he had to prioritize wide-ranging educational, administrative, and financial demands for the university.

Biographer Stephen Ambrose opined that this was the best speech of Eisenhower's presidency.

" The bar was our altar " Biographer Andrew Lycett ascribed the demise of Thomas ' health to an alcoholic co-dependent relationship with his wife, who deeply resented his affairs.

Biographer Christopher Sandford writes, " Over the years, most British rockers had tried, one way or another, to become black-by-extension.

Biographer David Buckley writes, " The essence of Bowie's contribution to popular music can be found in his outstanding ability to analyse and select ideas from outside the mainstream — from art, literature, theatre and film — and to bring them inside, so that the currency of pop is constantly being changed.

Biographer Alan Howard conducted extensive interviews for this, the only book-length biography of the often reclusive McLean to date.

Biographer Joseph McBride argues that Capra's disillusionment was more related to the negative effect that the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC ) had on the film industry in general.

Biographer Allan Nevins wrote: " in Grover Cleveland the greatness lies in typical rather than unusual qualities.

Biographer Philip Heselton suggested that through the nudist scene Gardner may have also met Dion Byngham ( 1896 – 1990 ), a senior member of the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry who propounded a Contemporary Pagan religion known as Dionysianism.

" Biographer Ian McIntyre discusses the possibility of Reynolds having enjoyed sexual rendezvous with certain clients, such as Nelly O ' Brien ( or " My Lady O ' Brien ", as he playfully dubbed her ) and Kitty Fisher, who visited his house for more sittings than were strictly necessary.

Biographer James S. Williams describes Cocteau's politics as " naturally Right-leaning.

Biographer Stuart Schram would later comment that during the period between 1925 and 1927, Mao was closer to the Kuomintang than he was to the Communist Party, something he attributed to Mao's belief that the good of China was more important than the cause of socialism.

Biographer David Crane reduces the missing period to eleven weeks, but is unable to clarify further.

Biographer Daniel Jaffé argued that Prokofiev, " having forced himself to compose a cheerful evocation of the nirvana Stalin wanted everyone to believe he had created " ( i. e. in Zdravitsa ) then subsequently, in these three sonatas, " expressed his true feelings ".

Biographer Lawrence Sutin quotes private diaries that fit this story, and writes that " if ever Crowley uttered the truth of his relation to the Book ," his public account accurately describes what he remembered on this point.

Biographer of Samuel Johnson, helped established the norms for writing biography in general.

Biographer Smith, however, maintains that evidence against Babcock was circumstantial.

Biographer Andrew Sinclair asserts that, like many contemporaries during the days of Ohio Republican Party boss Mark Hanna, Harding was involved with graft and excessive patronage.

( Biographer Peskin speculated this may have been infectious hepatitis.

" Biographer Robert V. Remini said that Jefferson " had no great love for Jackson.

Biographer Tim Pat Coogan sees his time in power as being characterised by economic and cultural stagnation, while Diarmaid Ferriter argues that the stereotype of De Valera as an austere, cold and even backward figure was largely manufactured in the 1960s and is misguided.

Biographer Marc Eliot called Eastwood's role " an amalgam of the Man with No Name, Dirty Harry, and William Munny, here aged and cynical but willing and able to fight on whenever the need arose ".

Biographer James Curtis writes: " Tracy was scarcely a blip on the box office barometer in 1935, a critics ' darling and little more ".

Biographer and historian Jeffry D. Wert wrote that " Longstreet ... was the finest corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia ; in fact, he was arguably the best corps commander in the conflict on either side.

Biographer Jeffry D. Wert wrote, " Longstreet deserves censure for his performance on the morning of July 2.

Biographer S. R. Shutt speculates that it was either inspired by Elliott Avenue, a street that Smith had lived on in Portland, or that it was suggested by his then-girlfriend.

" Biographer Anne de Courcy confirms: " The Nuremberg rally had a profound effect on both Diana and Unity ...

Biographer Tim Mitchell claims Cale's early dependence on medicine was a " formative experience.

Biographer Jeremy Byman observes that Grove " was the one person at Intel who refused to let the company rest on its laurels.

Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, in his book Madonna: An Intimate Biography called the song " quintessential Madonna music " and went on to describe it as " funky, sassy and melodic, with a Latin accent.

Biographer and Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, in his book " Purana Purusha " depicts that Lahiri initiated Sai Baba of Shirdi into Kriya Yoga, based on a passage in Lahiri's 26 secret diary.

Biographer Robert Gittings suggests " Ode on Indolence " was written on 4 May 1819, based upon Keats's report about the weather during the ode's creation ; Douglas Bush insists it was written after " Nightingale ", " Grecian Urn ", and " Melancholy ".

" Biographer Tom Roberts also believes Raymond's work on Rip Kirby " inspired all the soap opera style strips of the fifties and sixties ".

Biographer Tad Mosel states, " To show her affection for her hometown, she always walked slowly when she left her hotel, turning her head to smile on everyone on the street, missing no one, so they could feel close to her and be able to say when they got home that night, ' Katharine Cornell smiled directly at me.

Biographer Brian Hinton has said that when he agreed to write Celtic Crossroads, it was with the hope that he might " turn a few people on to this album, above all others in Morrison's rich oeuvre.

Biographer Geoffrey Wolff quotes a Saturday Review article by Yale University professor Henry Seidel Canby, entitled " Mr. O ' Hara and the Vulgar School ," who criticized the book's sensuality as " nothing but infantilism — the erotic visions of a hobbledehoy behind the barn.