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In assessing the popular German reaction to Nazi violence generally and Kristallnacht in particular, I quoted Goldhagen's authoritative scholarly source, Israeli historian David Bankier, as well as Kershaw:
With more than 200 works--pretty much every important painting Pollock did--it is a complete and authoritative presentation of his life and work.
For example, here is one definition of EBM that has some claim to being authoritative: "The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" [ 14 ] . In a similar vein, Brian Haynes writes "Advocates of evidence-based medicine want clinicians and consumers to pay attention to the best findings from health care research that are both valid and ready for clinical application".
"As a guide in expounding and applying the provisions of the Constitution," wrote Madison, the document's primary author, "the debates and incidental decisions of the Convention can have no authoritative character."
Though each story provides some detail on human rights flashpoints, no story notes that the report covered 194 countries and no story explains that the report is compiled to provide an authoritative basis for international affairs decisions by the three branches of the U.S. government.