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 Bowie as " Ziggy goes to America ", it contained songs he wrote while travelling to and across the United States during the earlier part of the Ziggy tour, which now continued to Japan to promote the new album.

Described as the linguistic approach to the treatment of expressive aphasia, treatment begins by emphasizing and educating patients on the thematic roles of words within sentences .< ref name =" TUF "> Thompson CK, Shapiro LP.

Described as the " Maestro's spiritual testament ” by his biographer Tullio Kezich, excerpts culled from the conversations later served as the basis of their feature documentary, Fellini: I'm a Born Liar ( 2002 ) and the book, I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon.

Described by one source as a " determined, rather plodding organizer ", he failed to obtain a degree, but, according to the Jesuit priest, Father François Ponchaud, he acquired a taste for the classics of French literature as well as for the writings of Karl Marx.

Described another way, the signals transmitted by the control store are being played much like a player piano roll.

Described by historian Walter Goffart as " the bible of warfare throughout the Middle Ages ", De re militari was widely distributed through the Latin West.

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 as a glam rock band, because of flamboyant costumes and make-up, Skyhooks addressed teenage issues including buying drugs (" Carlton ( Lygon Street Limbo )"), suburban sex (" Balwyn Calling "), the gay scene (" Toorak Cowboy ") and loss of girlfriends (" Somewhere in Sydney ") by namechecking Australian locales.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Described as " a typical New York butch " and " a dyke — stone butch ", she had been hit on the head by an officer with a billy club for, as one witness claimed, complaining that her handcuffs were too tight.

Described as a place of unending Springtime and a paradise of green plants, Tlalocan was the destination in the afterlife for those who died violently from phenomena associated with water, such as by lightning, drowning and water-borne diseases ( Miller and Taube, 1993 ).

Described by the first English ambassador to the Mughal court Sir Thomas Roe.

Described by many as about " the meaning of life " or " gender identification " or " the hollow existence of the American suburbs ", the film has defied categorization by even the filmmakers.

Described in detail by eyewitness Thomé Lopes and chronicler Gaspar Correia as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death.

Described later by Friedrich List, it was designed to allow the fledgling American manufacturing sector, largely centered on the eastern seaboard, to compete with British manufacturing through the creation of tariffs.

Hydotherikornis oregonus ( Described by Miller in 1931 ), the oldest purported alcid from the Eocene of California, is actually a petrel ( as reviewed by Chandler in 1990 ) and is reassigned to the tubenoses ( Procellariiformes ).

Described by Mark Bowden in his investigative work Killing Pablo, the sicarios played a key role in the wave of violence against police and authorities during the early 1990s campaign by the government to capture and extradite fugitive drug lord Pablo Escobar and other partners in the Medellin cocaine cartel.

Described scientifically by English naturalist John Latham in 1790, the Black Swan was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis.

Described by many today as one of America's more " historical cities ", Wilkes-Barre has gained considerable bad press ( although it is not a major nationally recognized location ) since the Knox Mine Disaster.

" Described by writer Johannes Jonsson as " slow black metal with influences from Nordic folk music ", it has been considered a category of folk metal.

* Pacal's sarcophagus lid: Described by Erich von Däniken as a depiction of a spaceship.

Described as “ the determining moment in Fellini ’ s life ”, he enjoyed steady employment between 1939 and 1942, interacting with writers, gagmen, and scriptwriters that eventually led to opportunities in show business and cinema.

Described in the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia papers of 1796 as a “ two-story wooden structure w / addition & a cellar floored in stone w / kitchen ”, Violet Bank originally fit an almost canonized two-over-two centre hall plan typical of the late colonial Tidewater Virginia.

Described in the Mutual Assurance of Society of Virginia papers of 1796 as a “ two-story clapboard structure w / addition in which there was a cellar floored in stone w / kitchen ”.

Described as an “ endangered species ”, Doggett is one of the two white Democratic House members ( the other being Gene Green ) in a state with mostly Republicans and minority members of the Democratic Party.

" 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 “ prolific even by the standards of a prolific age ” ( Blouch, intro 7 ), Haywood wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals.

Described as the “ Queen of the Flute ” by journalist Huang Hua, Milan has recorded concertos, duos and chamber music recitals for the Hyperion, Da Capo, Omega, Cala, Metier and ASV labels.

Described as a “ rising star ” by Vice President Al Gore, Maddox spoke at the 2000 National Democratic Convention.

Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “ the best band you ’ ve never heard of ,” Luna combined intricate guitar work, traditional rock rhythms and poetic lyrics to elegantly capture the romance of the late night.

Described as " complete with twelve shimmering pop songs reminiscent of mid-century West Coast rock ", Sennett played most instruments and produced the album himself: “ I played most of the instruments myself, so it was easier to erase stuff without hurting anyone ’ s feelings.

Described as a cross between Mad magazine and Consumer Reports that combined “ zaniness and food tips in a comic book format ”, the newspaper supplement was a quirky, tongue-in-cheek product review modelled after a California supermarket flyer.

Described as " a big coup for Nichol ," items such as “ Sam ’ s Cola ” and “ Sam ’ s Over 39 % Chocolate Chip Cookies ” made their debut in 1991.

* Landsend: Described as a “ coda ” for the book, this section presents the intertwined, yet ordinary day of numerous denizens in a housing project.

Described as a “ clash of sensibilities ” and “ organically abstract ”, items include sculptures of bronze baskets and granite balls installed at the southern end of the station.

Described as a “ rich antique-white finish with halo-mist shading ,” it became highly prized among collectors around the world.

Described by the FAA as a “ sharply focused effort ”, experts convened on May 28 and May 29, 1992, in Reston, Virginia for the International Conference on Ground Deicing.

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 as “ one of New Zealand ’ s finest songwriters ” and “ a true son of the Pacific ”, he won the Senior Pacific Artist award in 2005 for his contribution to the Pacific Arts.

Described by the critics as “ a pianist of awesome gifts ", Di Xiao recently concluded a major international tour representing the UK as part of the universally acclaimed European Concert Halls Organisation ( ECHO ) ' Rising Stars ' series.