Described as " the most eclectic and unpredictable of the literary world's annual gongs ", Michelle Pauli posed the question in relation to the longlist for the 2004 edition: " Where would you find Michael Dobbs and Tony Parsons up against Umberto Eco and Milan Kundera for a € 100, 000 prize?

Described as the world's greatest sporting arena, it was ready only 4 days before the White Horse Final.

Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements.

Described as " the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans ", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life.

Described as " the world's most reproduced artist ", DeGrazia is known for his colorful images of Native American children of the American Southwest and other Western scenes.

Described by its operators as an observation wheel, it reaches 42 stories high, with a total height of, making it the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, taller than the Star of Nanchang and taller than the London Eye.

Described as being similar to a mall with the hospital as a tenant, the village features restaurants, shops, offices and a hotel.

Described as the first guitar Hendrix set fire to, another of his Stratocasters was sold at an auction for a record price in London two years later in 2008.

Described as curious and intelligent, the young Fort did not excel at school, though he was considered quite a wit and full of knowledge about the world – yet this was a world he only knew through books.

Described at her birth as " a small, but completely healthy Archduchess ", she was also known at the Austrian court as Antonia, but more often as Madame Antoine, since French was commonly spoken in the Hofburg.

Described in detail at transliteration of Russian into English.

* Described at MIT as ' the least random number ', according to hackers ' lore.

Described as a " fully converged music industry simulation game " and " part TV show, part Internet game ," the program allowed viewers to register at the network's website and buy " stock " in popular artists, songs, and albums.

Described by Allmovie as " one of the most memorable roles in one of the most memorable films of the decade ", Patrick's portrayal of the T-1000 earned him nominations for Best Villain and Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 MTV and Saturn Awards and was ranked # 39 in the Online Film Critics Society's " Top 100 Villains of All Time " in 2002, and # 29 on Wizard magazine's " Top 100 Greatest Villains Ever " list.

Described as " one of the most popular members of the royal family ", Princess Alexandra and her family have come under media scrutiny at various times in her life.

Described as stern and inflexible, with a confidence that became at times overbearing, he carried through what he had decided to be right, with little regard for the convenience of others or for himself.

Described as " the New Hampshire Confession of Faith 1833, revised at certain points, and with some additional articles growing out of present needs ," it was intended as " a reaffirmation of Christian fundamentals ," which was deemed necessary because of " the prevalence of naturalism in the modern teaching and preaching of religion.

Described as a " masterpiece of Gupta-Chalukyan art ", the most important sculpture in the caves is the Trimurti, carved in relief at the back of the cave facing the entrance, on the north-south axis.

Described as the " clean-cut " son of a steelworker, Alwan was noted for always wearing a shirt and tie, every day of his adult life, and studied criminal justice at the local community college.

Described as a " shy, under-confident, introspective and imaginative lad " at this stage in his life, he gained employment as a shipping office clerk.

Described in 1997 by The Times columnist Matthew Parris as a " classic House of Commons bore ", his speeches were compared by Labour MP Stephen Pound with " root canal surgery without anaesthetic ", but Parris added in 2001 " You underestimate him at your peril.

Described as ' akin to being suspended in a beautiful cosmos gazing at infinite worlds, or like a tiny dot of fluoresecent plankton in an ocean of glowing microscopic life ', the exhibition features work from Kusama's entire career.

Described at the time by Test wicket-keeper Rod Marsh as " a technically perfect batsman ", the Perth press speculated he might even make his first-class cricket debut later that season.

Described by Mafioso Donald Frankos as a little bright-eyed man who stood at 5 feet 7 inches, he was very talkative, chain-smoked hand rolled Bull Durham tobacco cigarettes, and dispensed mounds of legal advice to any convict willing to listen.

Described by former King Features president Joseph Connelly as " the greatest story teller of his kind since the immortal Charles Dickens ," Young at his peak received more fan mail than any other cartoonist.

Described later as an " inner sanctum ", " an immense informal network of influence ", and by Jan Smuts as a " dangerous, cunning, political fascist organization ", in 1920 Jong Zuid Afrika now restyled as the Afrikaner Broederbond, was a grouping of 37 white men of Afrikaner ethnicity, Afrikaans language, and the Calvinist Dutch Reformed faith, who shared cultural, semi-religious, and deeply political objectives based on traditions and experiences dating back to the arrival of Dutch white settlers, French Huguenots, and Germans at the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries and including the dramatic events of the Great Trek in the 1830s and 40's.

Described at the time as a " mainframe on a chip ", the processor is in many ways an equivalent to Intel's 80386.

Described by his contemporaries as a " professional malcontent ", he was physically well-built at 6 ' 2 " and 195 pounds, and had a mean and callous expression.

Described as " always at war with others of the feathered kind " in early notes, the Noisy Miner is one of the most aggressive of the honeyeaters.

Described by his father as " a typical boy who couldn't settle down " and by his former school principal as one of " the most troublesome kids ", Hicks reportedly experimented with alcohol and drugs as a teenager and was expelled from Smithfield Plains High school in 1990 at age 14.

Described by Le Guin as a retrospective, it collects 17 previously-published stories, four of which were the germ of novels she was to write later: " The Word of Unbinding " and " The Rule of Names " gave Le Guin the place that was to become Earthsea ; " Semley's Necklace ," was first published as " Dowry of the Angyar " in 1964 and then as the Prologue of the novel Rocannon's World in 1966 ; " Winter's King " is about the inhabitants of the planet Winter, as is Le Guin's later novel The Left Hand of Darkness.

" Jewish and Islamic sources describe a similar book, intended to preserve “ the primordial wisdom of paradise for Adam and his generations ” and also “ the genealogy of the entire human race " Described elsewhere in the LDS canon ( D & C 107: 53-56 ) is the story of how Adam gathered his posterity three years prior to his death, and “ predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation .” Though unknown in the Bible, similar stories are told in several ancient pseudepigraphal sources.

Described as a drifting, curious child, his earliest pursuits included copious amounts of drawing and hearing ghost stories from a local woman he nicknamed " Nononba ".

Described by its creator as " an average stone-age community ," Dogpatch mostly consists of hopelessly ramshackle log cabins, pine trees, " tarnip " fields and " hawg " wallows.

Described by the Government as " The oldest military formation in the Republic, nominated in the statutes of 1295 ", its uniform is medieval in design, and although it is a statutory military unit, it has no actual military function today.

Described by the composer as a " poème dansé " it depicts a young Persian prince who travels to the ends of the Earth in a quest to find the lotus flower of immortality, coming across its guardian, the Péri ( fairy ).

Described by Gamasutra as " a warped, confused tribute to American culture, designed by people who've only experienced the country through books and movies " the quirky humor of the game is one of the chief reasons for its popularity.

Described by Schodde and Mason in 1999, its subspecific name is an anagram of leuconota " white-backed ".

Described by its author as a novel of the affections, the book is still in print.

Described by BBC as India's leading guru buster, Basava Premanand has " been honoured by the government with its highest award for the promotion of scientific values among the public.

Described as one of the great literatures of mankind, Persian literature has its roots in surviving works of Middle Persian and Old Persian, the latter of which date back as far as 522 BCE ( the date of the earliest surviving Achaemenid inscription, the Behistun Inscription ).

Described by the composer as a " poème dansé ", it depicts a young Persian prince who travels to the ends of the Earth in a quest to find the lotus flower of immortality, finally encountering its guardian, the Péri.

| Described by its parish council as the " second largest village in England ".

Described in its opening credits as " an account of one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Britain ", Culloden was hailed as a breakthrough for its cinematography as well as its use of non-professional actors and its presentation of an historical event in the style of modern TV war reporting.

Described as a socialist bohemian and a social realist painter, his work commissioned by the Australian maritime and mining trade unions is perhaps the best remembered, for its depiction of Australian workers and working conditions.

Described by its producers as "... regal portrait ... steeped in historical accuracy ", the series followed the general flow of history, but deviated from historical truth in numerous ways, such as:

Described by English naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton in 1838, its specific epithet honours its namer.

Described in the first movie as a " positron collider ", it presumably functions by colliding high-energy positrons to generate its proton beam.

Described as the " largest self-funded program of its kind ", the program provides " nursing home care, residential assisted living, home health care, homemaker services and adult day care ".

Described as focusing on the human element of the series, Confidential features behind-the-scenes footage on the making of Doctor Who through clips and interviews with the cast, production crew and other people, including those who have participated in the television series over the years of its existence.

Described as a nippy performer its quarter-elliptic springs gave it a curious bounding motion.

Described as a “ fairy tale house ”, its overall design resembles a giant banyan tree, incorporating sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves.

Described by its organisers as the largest free gay and lesbian event in the UK, it usually features a carnival parade through the city centre on the Sunday ( but the 2008 parade was cancelled ), plus dance and musical events, funfair rides, a temporary village green, and street stalls and entertainments.