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 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 by many as the most anti-traditional of the Abstract Expressionists, Still is credited with laying the groundwork for the movement.

Described as having " the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark ," he was an unpopular prime minister mainly remembered today for his many gaffes and situationally inappropriate actions.

Described as a polymath but also an eccentric and outsider, he took part in many ventures related to literature, politics, the arts and philosophy, having a broad impact particularly as an editor, translator, and activist on behalf of a reformed version of the English language.

Described as a " variant player's handbook ", the 256 page hardcover core rulebook bears many similarities to the Players Handbook of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons, on which Cook worked a few years prior.

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

Described by Stephen Becker as " modern and almost too intellectual ", the strip eschewed many of the pulp fictional detective tropes ( e. g. alcoholism, two-fisted assistants, and an assortment of interchangeable femmes fatale ).

Described as " the president's man ", he was loyal to the Democratic presidents with whom he served and, to a larger extent than many other northern Democrats, to the Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Described as " The Manga Fanboy ", the character of Thor is represented by a personified ( Custom Virus SD ), and the butt of many jokes involving the origins of his ink.

Described by many as ' Glastonbury for dance music fans ' the Glade has carved a niche in the UK dance scene by combining highly credible music with impressive art installations, circus, cabaret, a healing area and high quality sound systems.

Described as a brutal and efficient governor, what set her apart from the other Chosen during the War was that she founded many schools for children in conquered territories.

Described as " big and ugly " by meteorologists, a combination of Norbert and several other storms left many people without a home and hotels nearly empty.

Described by The Times as lightly bow-legged, with a wonderful eye, wrists the envy of any batsman, and feet always the right place to play a shot, Richie Benaud stated that many Australians who saw Weekes in action said he was the closest batsman in style to the pre-World War II Donald Bradman.

He published many important works on geology, including Rocks Classified and Described: a Treatise on Lithology ( translated by Philip Henry Lawrence, 1866 ), one of the first comprehensive works on the subject issued in the English language, which gave great impetus to the study of rocks in Britain.

Described as ' a monument to German ingenuity and might ', it is perhaps with some irony that the IG Farben building is used by Tourneur to illustrate this dualistic contrast ; it was here that many of the German ' tools of war ' were developed, including Zyklon B gas.

Described variously by modern scholars as " warped "," perverted "," malicious ", and " psychopathic ", Efnysien is often considered to be one of the most vivid and interesting characters to appear in the four branches.

Described by Livy as one of the Capitae Etruriae ( Etruscan capitals ), Arezzo is believed to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities — the so-called Dodecapolis.

Described as a ' hybrid unit ' by Mizuguchi, the vocals of the two singers were digitally combined to sound like one singer, while Rhodes represented the visual identity of the ' band.

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 Allmovie as " one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors ", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.

Described by Barnes as " he sound of 15 years of frustration coming out in one record ", the piece was termed " Progressive House " by Mixmag and held signficant prominence in nightclubs from 1991 onwards.

Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian Magpie has an array of complex vocalisations.

Described as " a top redbrick university and one of the giants of the British higher education system " by The Guardian newspaper, the university is ranked nationally between 16th ( QS World University Rankings ) and 27th ( The Independent ).

Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a " chirpy Cockney ", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario Larry Parnes.

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 " perhaps the most ridiculously named Pokémon " of the original 151 by The Virginian-Pilot, Jigglypuff has been noted as one of the series ' most popular characters and one of Nintendo's mascots.

Described by writer Mike Conroy as " Famously one of Spider-Man's dimmest villains ", the character debuted in Amazing Spider-Man # 41-43 ( Oct .-Dec. 1966 ) as a nameless thug for hire working for an Eastern Bloc country.

Since the moon is inhabited by pale, flute-playing toad creatures, and since the High Priest Not to be Described also communicates by playing the flute, he may simply be one of the lunar toad creatures and a servant of Nyarlathotep, the crawling chaos that consistently opposes Randolph Carter throughout the story.

Described by one source as a " determined, rather plodding organizer ", he failed to obtain a degree, but, according to the Catholic priest, Fr.

Described as one of " the last survivors of a once common species of moderate Northeastern Republican ," Collins is considered a bipartisan and centrist member of the Republican Party, and an influential player in the U. S. Senate.

Described as a " devout " and " very quiet man ", Atef was one of the few al-Qaeda leaders to not make public video statements.

Described by one journalist as the Moses of his people, Ross influenced the former Indian nation through such tumultuous events as the relocation to Indian Territory and the American Civil War.