When historians look back at this decade of moviemaking their first instinct may be to crown Alejandro Iñárritu's "Birdman" as the definitive statement on the culture of celebrity of this era.
"This report is offered, not as a definitive statement on these complex topics, but as an overview of the impacts of human population and consumption on the planet," Royal Society President Paul Nurse, a geneticist and cell biologist, writes in an introduction.
"In this case, we don't see the decision by a single developer as a definitive statement on the predictability of the data".
"However, we would need to look at the number of convicted terrorists and what their citizenship status was before we could make a definitive statement on that".
On Saturday, in his most definitive statement on the subject, Stern reiterated his plans to step down and strongly endorsed Adam Silver, the current deputy commissioner, for the top job.
Later works included a translation into French of Berber lyrics and an essay, "L'Éternel Jugurtha" (1946), that stands as the definitive statement on the Maghribian identity torn by the complexes of acculturation and alienation.
Again, I can't give a definitive statement on that … but I've been given all the evidence, I know Mike Rogers has access to, you know, that I've seen that I don't think he was acting alone".
"We are working through the implications of today's announcement with our partner Brand Events and will make a definitive statement on the Live tour as soon as possible," he said.
That is hardly a definitive statement on the state of research into new engines and fuels, but it does demonstrate that new technologies are not about to make their commercial debut any time soon.
This difficult and complex work, in which the life of St . Petersburgbohemia in pre-World War I years is "double-exposed" onto the tragedies and suffering of the post-1917 decades, is a powerful lyric summation of Akhmatova's philosophy and her own definitive statement on the meaning of her life and poetic achievement.
