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But in 1981, the so-called "Pennsylvania edition" (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press) reverted to Dreiser's handwritten first draft, now held in the New York Public Library, and substituted his uncut holograph version as the scholarly text of the novel.
Urgently needed scholarly and public events enlightening students and citizens about key national debates of the day are already being shut down, on the grounds of "security".
It looks and sounds like what it is – a scholarly tome that sets out to investigate changing patterns of ownership in the economy's most dominant resource, capital.
The Ancient Amber Routes: Travels from Riga to Byzantium by Mara Kalnins (Petergailis) charts the quest of an intrepid traveller, a dedicated and scholarly researcher into numerous fields, as she traces the origins and development of the trade in the much sought after treasure of amber.
I doubt Harvey has been reading scholarly works on English nationalism during the recording of her work – her stated influences are the poetry of Pinter and Eliot.
Today is Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher's hour in the sun – as shire England chooses new councils, they clamber out of their scholarly cupboard and hold broadcasters' hands, explaining to the nation what to make of a muddling mosaic of local votes, staged in a different places each year.
The coming years, no doubt, will see the publication of unfinished work, along with the scholarly editions, biographies and academic tomes that inevitably mark the translation from living poet to canonical great.
Set in a small Tuscan town it puts before us not only the expatriate protagonists but also the town itself, its history, its local residents and their life histories, all interspersed with scholarly digressions.
But it is also a mistake for reasons New Labour brain-box Andrew Adonis set out very clearly in a scholarly but brutal memo which he sent to Blair in mid 2006.
Within the US, the question of the boycott of Israel has become an important political issue, with the vote by the American Studies Association – and other scholarly bodies – to sanction Israel for its illegal occupation, an occupation that has been backed by US political, diplomatic and financial power.
There is also wide consensus in the scholarly community on the following facts: While the extreme atrocities committed by the LRA cannot be justified by any 'political cause', the LRA did originally emerge as a direct reaction to extreme atrocities committed since the late 1980s by the government and armed forces of Uganda against the Acholi people in northern Uganda.
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The adjective "scholarly" primarily functions to describe nouns associated with academic pursuits, research, or intellectual activity . Ludwig shows it modifies terms like "text", "article", and "research", indicating a focus on rigorous, evidence-based analysis.
Expression frequency: Very common
