Word: authorly
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Thomas said Marius--the author of biographies on Thomas More and Martin Luther, and a trained Southern preacher--had a background that made him a skilled orator...
...article contradicts a recent study by Kahn Associate Professor of Economics Caroline Hoxby '88 linking expensive colleges and later earnings--but an author of the study on which the Newsweek article is based claims the magazine misconstrued his findings...
Maybe every campaign needs a mystery consultant, a mad genius who can turn a candidate into something bigger than himself. Inside the Gore camp, that role seems to have fallen to Naomi Wolf, feminist, best-selling author and outspoken advocate of female sexual power, who has quietly emerged as one of the most curious forces inside the ever more curious Gore operation. Just exactly what Wolf does remains a puzzle even to many inside the campaign. But whatever it is, someone must think it is worth a lot. Sources tell TIME that since Gore 2000 set up shop in January...
Editors Philip Elmer-DeWitt and Charles P. Alexander, along with senior reporter Barbara Maddux, had a lot of fun matching writer and question. Jon Krakauer, best-selling author of Into Thin Air, handles "Will There Be Any Wilderness Left?" while Peter Benchley (of Jaws fame) addresses the consequences of overfishing in "What Will Be the Catch of the Day?" Richard Preston, who wrote The Hot Zone, muses about "What New Things Are Going to Kill Me?" while Dr. David Ho weighs the chances for an AIDS vaccine. Three of our staff members--Christine Gorman, Michael Lemonick and Jeffrey Kluger--tackle...
Criticizing those who believe "the best government is no government," the author of Lincoln at Gettysburg said powerless leadership is "panicky, arbitrary and random," rather than "confident, fair and just...