This op-ed is based on the author's testimony last week before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.
The film is based on the memoir by author Jon Ronson and is a inspired by Frank Sidebottom - the persona of cult musician and comedian Chris Sievey from Manchester, who died in 2010.
Think of it this way: the hit novel Child 44 is loosely based on the Chikatilo killings but the author is quite open about the fact that pretty much everything has been moved around to contribute to the story he really wanted to tell which is really just using Chikatilo as a plot device.
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Based on the successful trilogy of novels by author Stieg Larrson, the first film is scheduled for release Christmas of 2011 with the next two films sure to follow close on its heels.
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The film, set during World War II, is based on the novel of the same name by Abergavenny author Owen Sheers.
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Based on a recent survey, however, the author argues that the potential savings are even larger.
"Toyota is a car company that challenges itself in a way that makes the world shudder, " says Maryann Keller, a U.S.-based consultant and author of two books on the auto industry.
Graham Brookes is an agricultural economist with the UK-based consultancy business PG Economics and author of 13 peer reviewed papers on the economic and environmental impact of genetically engineered crops.
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Look at the federal programs that provide assistance based on your income or the profession you enter, says Ted Connolly, author of The Road Out of Debt.
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Based on the best-selling book One Shot from author Lee Childs, Reacher is supposed to be the kind of movie that Cruise excels in.
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"At its lowest point, Falintil was down to a couple of hundred men, its commands completely cut off from each other, " notes Sonny Imbaraj, a Darwin-based author who has written extensively on the East Timor conflict.
It was based on the novel "Johnny Chien Mechant" by Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala.
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Based on a novella by US preacher and author Max Lucado, the film is set in an 1890s English village where blessed candles answer people's prayers.
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The type of health club you frequent (or want to try) also can boost or lessen the intimidation factor, said Walter Meyer, a San Diego-based author who hits the gym in his home town and while on book tours.
Choy, a Hawaii-based restaurateur and cookbook author, is behind some of the premium-class menus on American's routes to China and Japan.
Bond author Ian Fleming, who worked in wartime intelligence, based the concept on similar units used by the Germans.
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When a potentially popular movie is based on a book, you can imagine how much the publisher, its marketing team and the author hope for a big boost to sales.
The movies will go straight to DVD and be sold exclusively in Tesco stores, with the first film of the venture, "Paris Connections, " based on a book by popular romance author Jackie Collins.
The author of the Handbook, international expert on conservation of paper-based documents, Mr. Antonio Mirabile (Italy) introduced the publication to the invited specialists from Tashkent Islamic Institute, National Library of Uzbekistan, Museum of History, Institute of Oriental Studies, media and public.
Dennis Gartman, economist and author of the Suffolk, Virginia-based Gartman Letter, warned that the on-going selloff in gold futures has likely not yet reached an end.
Scottish author Compton Mackenzie, published the novel Whisky Galore in 1947, which was loosely based on the SS Politician wreck.
The Effect reunites Enron author, Lucy Prebble with Rupert Goold, who directed the award-winning play based on the 2001 scandal that led to the eventual bankruptcy of the major American energy company.
With more than forty percent of American workers reporting chronic workplace stress, the long-term impact of stress and its influence on the human creative condition and business can be detrimental, says Rick Hanson PhD, a California based neuropsychologist and author of Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time.
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