The technical and training hurdles in conducting such an investigation are formidable, and the authors should be applauded for their efforts.
That pronouncement, delivered by William S. Burroughs with the granite hauteur of a smirking Grim Reaper begins "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within," Yony Leyser's sympathetic documentary portrait of the formidable proto-Beat author of "Naked Lunch".
His skeptical Russian detective, Arkady Renko, is a hero sufficiently sturdy and wittily invented to carry a plot whose detours adorn, without slowing, the formidable momentum the author maintains.
Both Taneyev and his "Oresteia" have an aura of dryness that concurs with our sense of this composer first and foremost as a formidable technician, the author of the treatise "Convertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style" rather than a vibrant dramatist.
This philosophical meditation disguised as a sex farce does not quite succeed as either, despite voluptuous prose and the author's formidable intellect.
The Great Republic, edited by Churchill's grandson, Winston S. Churchill, culls the significant chapters from the larger volume and organizes them alongside articles and speeches to present a view of America that bespeaks not only the author's formidable skills as an historian but also his abiding fondness for some might say his intimate connection to the United States.
In April 2011, The Daily Mirror reported that Madonna -- sexually charged '80s popstar turned formidable performer, songwriter, director, author, businesswoman and philanthropist -- had been spied coming out of an Opus Dei building in London.
Learning the common voice probably allows the gang to announce "that they represent a formidable competitive force," say the authors, whose study will appear in Ethology later this year.
Keynes later became a skillful and formidable speculator -- as the authors write, he made three fortunes and lost two -- but he never confused that game with a hard science and never doubted that accurate prediction, particularly in complex systems, was impossible.
Subtle and shifting, thanks to the playful inclusion of postscripts and forewords from the dramatis personae, The Black Prince shows the author at her formidable peak.
