Writing to Speed on August 24, 1855, Lincoln made the latter point clear.

`` We, the Subscribers, do agree, that as soon as a convenient Number of Persons have subscribed to this, or a similar Writing, We will present a petition to the Hon'ble General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, praying for an Act incorporating into a Body politic the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such a Bridge, and a Right to demand a Toll equal to that received at Malden Bridge, and on like Terms, and if such an Act shall be obtained, then we severally agree each with the others, that we will hold in the said Bridge the several shares set against our respective Names, the whole into two hundred shares being divided, and that we will pay such sums of Money at such Times and in such Manners, as by the said proposed Corporation, shall be directed and required ''.

Writing in a large volume on the nude in painting and sculptures, titled The Nude: A Study In Ideal Form, Kenneth Clark declares: `` The human body, as a nucleus, is rich in associations.

Writing in the 1st century BC, Horace refers to the wax abacus, a board covered with a thin layer of black wax on which columns and figures were inscribed using a stylus.

Writing three centuries later, Ibn Abi Zar suggested it was chosen early on by Abdallah Ibn Yasin because, upon finding resistance among the Gudala Berbers of Adrar ( Mauritania ) to his teaching, he took a handful of followers to erect a makeshift ribat ( monastery-fortress ) on an offshore island ( possibly Tidra island, in Arguin bay ).

Writing the rules didn't help the Knickerbockers in the first known competitive game between two clubs under the new rules, played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846.

Writing on Doctrine and Training in the German Army 1919 – 1939, O ’ Neill stated:

* Writing system # Directionality ( section on directionality )

Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past.

He worked on such films as Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ( 1944 ), Our Vines Have Tender Grapes ( 1945 ), and Kitty Foyle ( 1940 ), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

In July 1841, Poe had published an essay called " A Few Words on Secret Writing " in Graham's Magazine.

Writing the book The Presidential Succession in 1910 ( 1908 ), he called on voters to prevent the sixth re-election of Porfirio Díaz, which he considered anti-democratic.

*" In Defense of Food Writing: A Reader ’ s Manifesto " A defense of the genre by Eric LeMay based on Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food.

Writing in the spring of 1945 a long essay titled " Antisemitism in Britain ," for the Contemporary Jewish Record, Orwell stated that anti-Semitism was on the increase in Britain, and that it was " irrational and will not yield to arguments.

Writing on children's geographies, place and nature, everyday life and security.

Writing about 80 years later, in 140-150 AD, Ptolemy, drawing on the earlier naval expeditions of Agricola, also distinguished between the Ebudes, of which he writes there were only five ( and thus possibly meaning the Inner Hebrides ) and Dumna.

A National Student Metallurgists Meet is held on the second day of the event, where students from the Metallurgical, Mechanical, Chemical, Nano-Science departments of other colleges participate in a host of competitions-Technical Paper Presentation, Poster Presentation, Metallurgical Essay Writing, Metallography, Debate and Quiz competitions.

Other notable works include Workers Union ( 1975 ), a melodically indeterminate piece " for any loud sounding group of instruments "; Mausoleum ( 1979 ) for 2 baritones and large ensemble ; De Tijd ( 1979 – 81 ) for female singers and ensemble ; De Snelheid ( 1982-3 ), for 3 amplified ensembles ; De Materie ( 1984 – 88 ), a large four-part work for voices and ensemble ; collaborations with filmmaker and librettist Peter Greenaway on the film M is for Man, Music, Mozart and the operas Rosa: A Horse Drama ( 1994 ) and Writing to Vermeer ( 1998 ); and the recent La Passione ( 2000 – 02 ) for female voice, violin and ensemble.

Writing on prepared animal skins had a long history, however.

Writing duties were assisted by Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhé, who also helped to produce the album, and they stayed on board with Robyn until the completion of her album Don't Stop the Music in 2003.

Writing 10 years later, Cubs ' shortstop Ernie Banks would call it the longest ball he'd seen hit at Wrigley Field ; according to Banks, the consensus among the Cubs was that " it must have traveled more than 500 feet ( 152. 4 m ) on its trip into Waveland Avenue.

Writing his Lives of Illustrious Men ( Parallel Lives ) in the first century CE, the Middle Platonic philosopher Plutarch's chapter on Romulus gave an account of his mysterious disappearance and subsequent deification, comparing it to traditional Greek beliefs such as the resurrection and physical immortalization of Alcmene and Aristeas the Proconnesian, " for they say Aristeas died in a fuller's work-shop, and his friends coming to look for him, found his body vanished ; and that some presently after, coming from abroad, said they met him traveling towards Croton.

After five operations in ten days and physical therapy, King resumed work on On Writing in July, though his hip was still shattered and he could only sit for about forty minutes before the pain became worse.

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The Engle Award honors an individual who, like Engle, longtime director of the Iowa Writers ' Workshop and co-founder of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, represents a pioneering spirit in the world of literature through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose active participation in the larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world through the literary arts.

* 2003 The Joy of Writing: A Guide for Writers Disguised as a Literary Memoir

* Chinese Writers on Writing featuring Mao Dun.

* " Über Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerey " (" Of Writers and Writing "), essay, 1793

Bell has taught in various creative writing programs, including the Iowa Writers ' Workshop, the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, and the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars.

A graduate of the Iowa Writers ' Workshop at the University of Iowa, Blaise was also the director of the International Writing Program.

* 1979: Honourable Mention, Atlantic Writing Competition ( Adult Poetry ), Writers ' Federation of Nova Scotia

* 1981: First Prize, Atlantic Writing Competition ( Adult Poetry ), Writers ' Federation of Nova Scotia

He was a Millet Writing Fellow at Wesleyan University, in 2010, and participated in Wesleyan's Distinguished Writers Series.

In 2001, her book, The Next Canada: In Search of the Future Nation, was a finalist for the Writers ’ Trust of Canada ’ s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

She was the 2010 recipient of the Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life, from the Writers ' Trust of Canada, the first writer of creative non-fiction to win the award.

Lent is a member of the Writers Union of Canada, SOCAN, the Canadian Songwriters Association, and the Associated Writing Programs ( USA ).

Founded in 1923 by Maurice R. Robinson, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, have encouraged over 13 million students, recognized more than 9 million young artists and writers, and made available more than $ 25 million in awards and scholarships.

Strong was nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Recount and won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for a Television movie .< ref >

* Mexican Writers on Writing featuring Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers ' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States.

Shainblum was also a finalist in the 2001 international Mark Twain Writing Competition and recently published a story in Claude Lalumière's anthology Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic from Vehicule Press.

* Spender, Dale ( 1988 ) Writing a New World: Two Centuries of Australian Women Writers, London: Pandora

A National Endowment for the Humanities-funded documentary about the Federal Writers ' Project, entitled Soul of a People: Writing America's Story premiered on the Smithsonian Channel in September 2009.

It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of America Award for " Best Writing For A Comedy / Variety Series ", and won three of those times.

* Berg, Mary G. " Writing for her Life: The Essays of Clorinda Matto de Turner ", in Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, as were Hawn and her co-star, Eileen Brennan, for her performances, and won the team a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

The Stony Brook Southampton campus is also home to a nationally recognized graduate program in Creative Writing and Literature, Stony Brook ’ s Center for Wine, Food and Culture, the Pollock-Krasner Library and the nearby Pollock-Krasner House, the Avram Theater, and the three-decades-old Summer Writers Conference, which annually attracts many of the country ’ s literary stars.