And since I wanted the book to remain a time capsule incorporating only what I had assembled in the 1970s, there was no question of my commissioning new strips when Abrams agreed to publish it three years ago.
I assembled what I found about Kerouac's head injuries and decline into a dossier and sent it to a handful of experts on the subject.
Recently, I decided to give my toolbox a makeover, and assembled what I'll call my tool committee.
In addition to printing up idiot-proof signs, the Romney advance team had lit the stage well and assembled what I suppose passes in New Hampshire G.O.P. circles for a rainbow alliance to stand behind the candidate and cheer while he spoke.
You can also assemble what I call an Emergency Life Pack to carry with you to ensure you're never stuck without healthy options.
Kent told the assembled audience, "What I have done is what I should have done.
Putting aside the merits or limitations of what I wrote about Avengers Assemble or any other movie, it's always worth asking just what the job of the critic is, and how it might actually be done.
"For me, I think I've assembled what we need going forward," he says.
What is assembled here is most definitely a myth.
In making the case for Wilson's innocence, McCulloch cherry-picked the most exculpatory information from what was assembled before the grand jury.
