The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer / creator Kim Henkel cited " A Modest Proposal " as an influence in scripting his 2011 horror film " Boneboys ," directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks.

However, its intermediate result storage mechanism, a paper card writer / reader, was unreliable, and when inventor John Vincent Atanasoff left Iowa State College for World War II assignments, work on the machine was discontinued.

Although Dio is the earliest writer to mention them, Ammianus Marcellinus used the name to refer to Germans on the Limes Germanicus in the time of Trajan's governorship of the province shortly after it was formed, circa 98 / 99.

Of particular concern to Indian drama and literature are the term ' Bhava ' or the state of mind and rasa referring generally to the emotional flavors / essence crafted into the work by the writer and relished by a ' sensitive spectator ' or sahṛdaya or one with positive taste and mind.

For example, if one purchases many risky bonds, then hedges them with CDSes, profiting from the difference between the bond spread and the CDS premium, in a financial crisis the bonds may default and the CDS writer / seller may itself fail, due to the stress of the crisis, causing the arbitrageur to face steep losses.

* 1: John Arcudi, writer / Lee Moder, pencils / Ande Parks, inks.

* 2 – 3: Arcudi, writer / Dan Lawlis, pencils / Parks, inks.

* 4 – 5: Arcudi, writer / Lawlis, pencils / Ian Akin, inks.

* 6 – 7: Arcudi, writer / Mike Manley, pencils / Parks, inks.

* 8: Arcudi, writer / Andrew Robinson, pencils / Jim Royal, inks.

In 1991, the Orioles experimented with longtime TV writer / producer Ken Levine as a play-by-play broadcaster.

“ Ragtime ” Billy Tucker, a vaudeville / ragtime performer and writer for the Defender, there used " big apple " to refer to New York in a non-horse-racing context on September 16, 1922:

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

A New York writer sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma in late 1940 / early 1941 noted an "... Oklahoma version of shag done to the Western Swing music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys at the Cain's Dancing Academy in Tulsa.

Anderson is a comedy sketch writer who has written for Frankie Howerd, Not the Nine O ' Clock News, and Griff Rhys Jones / Mel Smith.

Key members included writer Maltese, layout artist / background designer / co-director Maurice Noble, animator and co-director Abe Levitow, and animators Ken Harris and Ben Washam.

She is the niece of Diana Barrymore and the grandniece of Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Helene Costello, the great-great-granddaughter of John Drew and actress Louisa Lane Drew, and the great grandniece of Broadway idol John Drew, Jr. and silent film actor / writer / director Sidney Drew.

According to writer / director Peter Bogdanovich, Marlene Dietrich told him during an aircraft flight that she and James Stewart had an affair during shooting and that she became pregnant and had the baby surreptitiously aborted without telling Stewart.

* William S. Burroughs, novelist, short story writer, essayist and spoken word performer

The writer Elizabeth Hardwick recalled how intoxicating a performer he was and how the tension would build before a performance: " Would he arrive only to break down on the stage?

Serving as producer, writer, director, and top-billed performer, Hugo Haas made several such films, including Pickup ( 1951 ) and The Other Woman ( 1954 ).

He was also trying to break into the world of radio, as either a performer or as a script writer.

* Chris Harris, English performer, director and writer who starred in Into the Labyrinth.

* Ted Jessup, an American television writer, producer, and performer.

Apart from being a performer, he was noted as a comedy writer both under his own name and the pseudonym Gerald Wiley, which Barker adopted to avoid pre-judgements of his talent.

His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame.

During different times as comedian, writer, and performer Kovacs had programs on all four major television networks ( ABC, CBS, DuMont, and NBC ).

Created by comedy writer / performer John Aylesworth ( of the comedy team of Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth ) and produced and aired by CBC Television, the series ran from 1957 to 1995.

* Michael James Nelson, television writer / producer / performer

* Merle Travis, country western song writer and performer.

Mercer had been a notable young writer and performer on his own, touring several successful one-man shows of comedic political commentary.

* Genesis P-Orridge, an English performer, musician, writer and artist

This may be so, but one of the characteristics of puppetry is that very often the puppeteer assumes the joint roles of puppet-maker, director, designer, writer and performer.

He was in danger of overreaching himself being writer, producer, performer, arranger, and businessman but seemed to cope and still produce a remarkable output.

His performance gained the attention of producers from the sketch comedy series, Full Frontal, who invited him to join the show as a writer and performer.

The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was an Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Jane Turner and Gina Riley who went on to star in Kath & Kim, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brookes, Ernie Dingo, the Rubbery Figures satirical puppets and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Brian Dawe.

On 16 February 2011 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45 minute play featuring Frida and the play's writer, long term fan and performer Christopher Green.

Written by and featuring the writer and performer Chris Green, it tells the story of his lifelong admiration for the singer, and how they met in 2006.

The plurality of the literary performance is under the control of the poet / writer, and the performer never minimizes the participation of the audience members.

The revolving door nature of the ensemble led to collaborations with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lois Maffeo and director / writer / performer Miranda July.

Gary Barwin ( born 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland ) is a Canadian writer, composer, and performer who lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

Steve Earle's songs have appeared in many major motion pictures and television as writer and performer.