I knew that a conversation with the author would not settle such questions, because a man is not the same as his writing: in the last analysis, the questions had to be settled by the work itself.

But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.

To the extent that a tale is twice told, its final author must be suspect, although plagiarism in an oral tradition is less a misdemeanor than the standard modus dicendi.

The author of Crystal Structures is Ralph W.G. Wyckoff, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

He selected as Comptroller of Defense, not a veteran accountant, but a former Rhodes Scholar, Charles Hitch, who is author of a study on The Economics Of Defense In The Nuclear Age.

Postmaster General J. Edward Day, who must deal with matters of postal censorship, is himself author of a novel, Bartholf Street, albeit one he was obliged to publish at his own expense.

Not only should this provision be enforced but other economic and political actions might be taken which, this author believes, `` must surely be supported by every American who values the freedom that has been won for him and whose conscience is not so dominated by the lines in his account books that he can willingly and knowingly contribute to the enslavement of another nation ''.

The dialogue is sharp, witty and candid -- typical `` don't eat the daisies '' material -- which has stamped the author throughout her books and plays, and it was obvious that the Theatre-by-the-Sea audience liked it.

A semi-serious literary document entitled `` The Wings Of Henry James '' is noteworthy, if only for a keenly trenchant though little-known comment on the master's difficult later period by modest Owen Wister, author of `` The Virginian ''.

the author possesses an uncommonly fine English style, and he is dealing with subjects of vast importance that are highly topical for our time.

`` He has married me with a ring of bright water '', begins the Kathleen Raine poem from which Maxwell takes his title, and it is this mystic bond between the human and natural world that the author conveys.

This is not only a compliment to Mijbil, of whom there are a fine series of photographs and drawings in the book, but to the author who has catalogued the saga of a frightened otter cub's journey by plane from Iraq to London, then by train ( where he lay curled in the wash basin playing with the water tap ) to Camusfearna, with affectionate detail.

Mr. Sansom is English, bearded, formidably cultivated, the versatile author of numerous volumes of short stories, of novels and of pieces that are neither short stories nor travel articles but something midway between.

This latter failure is more than merely bad reportage and it is distinctly more important than it would have been had the author drawn Clerfayt as, say, a tournament golfer.

The man most firmly at grips with the problem is the University of Minnesota's Physiologist Ancel Keys, 57, inventor of the wartime K ( for Keys ) ration and author of last year's bestselling Eat Well And Stay Well.

While Swift ’ s proposal is obviously not a serious economic proposal, George Wittkowsky, author of " Swift ’ s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet ", argues that to understand the piece fully, it is important to understand the economics of Swift ’ s time.

Korzybski is remembered as the author of the dictum: " The map is not the territory ".

* Salvatore Iro, artist, author of Manifesto Art is ... Shit, a collection of works conceived to decrypt the language of modern and contemporary art, in 2012 creates the artwork Ceci est une pomme, marked by the subheading: " non aristotelian obviousness ".

Isabel Allende is a prominent Chilean author of the 20th and 21st centuries.

* 2010 – California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

* 1904 – The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The most popular single earthquake in fiction is the hypothetical " Big One " expected of California's San Andreas Fault someday, as depicted in the novels Richter 10 ( 1996 ) and Goodbye California ( 1977 ) among other works.

The Information Sciences Institute ( ISI ) is a research and development unit of the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering which focuses on computer and communications technology and information processing.

An ancient glacial lake that formed in the Great Lakes region of North America, Lake Agassiz, is named after him, as are Mount Agassiz in California's Palisades, Mount Agassiz, in the Uinta Mountains, Agassiz Peak in Arizona and in his native Switzerland, the Agassizhorn in the Bernese Alps.

Nevada's reading is the third highest temperature recorded in the U. S. just behind Arizona's reading and California's reading.

For example, California's insured population of 20 million is the most competitive in the nation and 44 % of that market is dominated by two insurance companies, Anthem and Kaiser Permanente.

The Supreme Court of California's explanation of this principle is that

Limbaugh's unprecedented success is illustrated by Fresno, California's then number-one radio station, KMJ " news-talk radio ," a typical example of how the talk radio format was changed nation wide.

The University of California's campuses boast large numbers of distinguished faculty in almost every field and it is widely regarded as one of the top public university systems in the world.

Hoping both to expand and raise funds, the College of California's trustees formed the College Homestead Association and purchased 160 acres ( 650, 000 m² ) of land in what is now Berkeley in 1866.

For example, in the United States, California's Oakland ( KOAK ), Monterey ( KMRY ) and Santa Ana ( KSNA ) airports routinely grant temporary IFR clearance when a low coastal overcast forces instrument approaches, while the rest of the state is still under visual flight rules.

In Mazda's RX-8 with the Renesis engine, fuel economy is now within normal limits while passing California State emissions requirements, including California's Low Emissions Vehicle ( LEV ) standards.

* California's sodomy law is repealed.

The park is also Southern California's quarantine center for zoo animals imported into the United States through San Diego.

The Sacramento River is often said to receive " two-thirds to three-quarters of northern California's precipitation though it has only one-third to one-quarter of the land.

Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately northeast of Los Angeles.

The centre is located in Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley.

California black oak comprises a total volume of 29 % of California's hardwood timber resources, and is the major hardwood sawn into lumber there.

It is preserved — restored in California's Fort Ross State Historic Park 50 miles north of San Francisco.

The 21 Alta California missions were established along the northernmost section of California's El Camino Real ( Spanish for " The Royal Highway ", though often referred to as " The King's Highway "), christened in honor of King Charles III ), much of which is now U. S. Route 101 and several Mission Streets.

In fact, around one-eighth of California's population is from Okie heritage.

It was the thirteenth of California's Spanish missions, and is the namesake of the city of Soledad.

All that was left of the Mission was a single pear tree from the old Mission's orchard, it is for this reason that San Rafael is known as the " most obliterated of California's missions.