But getting the drug into our servicemen's systems proved to be a decidedly tricky business, as former Observer reporter Mark Honigsbaum makes clear in this neatly written, authoritative story of the hunt for a malaria cure.
Speaking after the hearing ended, Thomas H. Kean, the former New Jersey governor who is the panel chairman, said the goal was not to assign blame but "to write an authoritative story: what happened and why it happened".
But when I'm writing, I can't think about doing an "authoritative" story — that would be too much pressure, and I'd never get anything done… COMMENT FROM LAXER: are you concerned about the kind of place that earl is supposed to be in and how they treat the kids there?
The myth that her subtitle invokes is our culture's most authoritative story about the glory and misery of individualism, about the ego's domination of the world and its reduction of other people to ownable, usable things, like Crusoe's compliant Man Friday.
Reuters is out with an authoritative story on finalists being considered for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the investigative body created by Congress to launch a full-scale investigation of the financial crisis in the spirit of the famous early 1930s hearings led by Ferdinand Pecora.
Written for mathematicians, logicians, historians, and philosophers--especially those interested in the historical interaction between these disciplines--this authoritative account tells an important story from its most neglected point of view.
In this authoritative history, Dubois, the author of "Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution," traces the "authoritarian political habits" and mercenary intrusions of foreign powers that have hamstrung the nation since it declared independence in 1804.
Ruy Castro's authoritative history of bossa nova was published here in 2000 as "Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World".
"These are epic stories in the ancient vein," says Jeff Chang, journalist and author of Can't Stop Won't Stop, an authoritative account of hip-hop's origins.
