| 单词 | strategy |
| 例句 | The meeting would go something like this: “Bob, what do you think the strategy should be?” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the political front, the government was pursuing its standard divide-and-rule strategy in attempting to separate Africans from Coloureds and Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many nights I drifted off to sleep to his rumbling voice reading from a book of battle strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her father must have noticed as well, because after a time-out, Jackie moved to the baseline and played a more defensive strategy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Clifton was forgotten, everything which I was to do now seemed to depend upon getting an explanation from the committee, and I waited with growing agitation to be called to the strategy meeting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They told him to use his judgment on strategy, but to give Seabiscuit two swats with his whip, once at the top of the stretch and once seventy yards from the wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards immediately saw this and threatened us, but we would not increase our pace, and we continued this go-slow strategy for as long as we worked in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rita became a prizewinning math student, and Kuda, to no one’s surprise, was possessed by his great-great-grand- uncle, a famous fighter pilot, and was taught military strategy from the inside out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I suggest you take this time to formulate a strategy. We may not be Erudite, but mental preparedness is one aspect of your Dauntless training. Arguably, it is the most important aspect.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The strategy was one I had hatched days ago. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He needed further time to study the pieces on the chessboard, to figure out a strategy for his Olympic endgame before he even began to move pieces around. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Mrs. Baker’s strategy didn’t work after all! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But that’s not why I and other statesmen favor a different strategy for ending this crisis. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Every piece of information she receives factors into her strategy, and she won’t tell me what time it is unless she decides that providing the information is more useful than withholding it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But there are also basic defensive strategies you yourself can employ. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I knew exact instances when he’d consulted his wife about military strategy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The third strategy is to lean down and put your bag on your head. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And thus my elders concerned themselves with all manner of things—strategy, diplomacy, politics, and Zionism—but not with their own fate. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys retreated into his living room to discuss strategy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I then appealed for an organizational structure that would include provisions for artistic work of all types, hoping in this way to eliminate constant quarrels over tactics and strategy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple decided on the clear my throat strategy, but the sound was swallowed by Ashish’s bitter laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But, still, I remember his lessons on strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A team of specialists works long hours designing a strategy for his recovery. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Whatever Four’s strategy is, it’s based on the idea that I am weaker than the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Farmer strongly believed that quarantines were not an effective strategy for handling AIDS, but the Cuban approach had been far more humane. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z White had come to understand that prejudiced and corrupt white citizens would not implicate one of their own in the killing of American Indians, and so he decided to change his strategy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On the night the city council was to deliberate Greenberg’s case, Ann Atwater and 100 other Hayti residents met at St. Joseph’s Church to plan strategy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The leadership of the National American Woman Suffrage Association strongly objected to this political strategy, but Paul remained unyielding. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But that gave me time to plan my strategy. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Effie calls a reminder to meet early for breakfast to work out our training strategy, but even her voice sounds hollow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a dangerous strategy, for we could easily win this legal battle but lose the war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Psychologists have long observed that when people feel hopelessly stigmatized, a powerful coping strategy—often the only apparent route to self-esteem—is embracing one’s stigmatized identity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He would have formed a plan...a military strategy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Keep moving and stay in groups, ” said Mrs. Baker, which is the same strategy to use if you’re floating in the ocean and surrounded by sharks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But it would be two strategies in particular that Alice Paul made central to the NWP’s agenda, which made the campaign so powerful and ultimately so successful. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He was preparing for that shift in strategy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Besides, dinner isn't really about food, it's about planning out our strategies, and Cinna and Portia have already proven how valuable they are. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I said nothing—I hadn’t known Marya, and anyway, “listening quietly” was my general social strategy. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Fencing is all about speed and agility. It’s strategy, it’s technique. And everything comes at you within a millionth of a second. You think you can handle that?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For most of the student demonstrators, however, nonviolence wasn’t simply another strategy such as picketing or sitting in; it was an act of faith. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Yet war antedates the state, diplomacy and strategy by many millennia. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was not, admittedly, the most subtle of strategies, but you will appreciate that this particular task, though no doubt important in its way, hardly took the highest priority at that moment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I worked out with a ball machine, played scores of tough sets against Wilfred and Scaramouche; I pored over dozens of tennis books dealing with strategy and tactics. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And Eleanor couldn't even think strategy, because all she could think about was Park's hands on her waist and her back and her stomach—which all must feel like nothing he'd ever encountered. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It sounded more like a political point of view than a therapeutic strategy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Franklin’s endorsement of the petition from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society effectively assured that the preferred Madisonian strategy—calmly receiving these requests, then banishing them to the congressional version of oblivion—was not going to work. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When he arrived, Charlie Company was out in the bush, carrying out the new aggressive US strategy of “search and destroy.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We felt this was the wrong strategy, but we had to recognize international realities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To obtain it, they used a divide-and-conquer strategy drawn on the least subtle of lines: race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t let them grow up. I taught them useless things like ancient military strategy. They didn’t even know how to go to the store and buy rice!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Reagan’s racially coded rhetoric and strategy proved extraordinarily effective, as 22 percent of all Democrats defected from the party to vote for Reagan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Our strategy was not to argue with him in the field, but to contest the charges in court where we would have a chance to make our case before slightly more enlightened officers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No more campaigning, no more sweating out strategy sessions or polls or debates or approval ratings, ever again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The campaign's strategy was to show that he was an honorable, talented man who understood the struggles of ordinary Americans. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As historian Garry Wills pointed out, he seemed as closely linked to Pat Robertson as he did to Ronald Reagan, and it was a strategy that worked brilliantly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He did calisthenics each morning to get in shape for the rigors of the bush and discussed backcoun- try survival strategies at length with Bob, a self-styled survivalist. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had planned to lay out his step-by-step strategy for preventing an arms race, backing each step with clearly reasoned arguments. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the problem, it forced Holly to adopt a strategy she would rather not have resorted to. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He went over and over the work his team had done, searching for new strategies to test. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Everything looks so small, like on a strategy board.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z From a germ’s point of view, they’re clever evolutionary strategies to broadcast the germ. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The misguided representatives of the Deep South had spoiled that strategy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This strategy would avoid a mad dash on their territory, though whites could then attempt to buy allotments from tribe members. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He immediately huddled with his police leaders to determine a strategy. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He continued hanging around with Andy and his friends and attending the segregationists’ strategy meetings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With sons I would have known what to do: frog catching, fishing, war strategies, running around in the mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He talked to her about military history, the question of strategy and tactics in past eras. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z This felt even better than solving one of her strategy games. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My strategy is to take advantage of his mistakes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There had to be a way to win Dorothy, some strategy, some ploy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z If things were simply coincidental, or it’s all been a strategy to win our trust to make us easy prey, or I don’t understand what’s actually going on? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Reducing the black-white test score gap,” wrote the authors of one study, “would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy that commands broad political support.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Fitzsimmons liked Pollard’s strategy of pushing for the early lead, but like Smith, Woolf, and Pollard, he believed that the match was not going to be determined by speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let us handle the theory and the business of strategy," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pizarro explicitly modeled his ambush of Atahuallpa on the successful strategy of Cortes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d felt that way often with his boy and the father, and one of his strategies had been to disappear if that would protect his boy from the man’s anger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z By the time my name’s called, I don’t know what my strategy should be. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I forgot that I asked Madoc to teach me swordplay and strategy, but after dinner he gives me a stack of military history books from his personal library. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The principle was not so important that the strategy should be used even when it was self-defeating, as Gandhi himself believed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had learned that sometimes when I was in trouble with Mom, the best thing to do was to adopt the complete-idiot strategy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He studied his grandfather’s rule book and talked strategy with his dad. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But he was not interested, and Longstreet, who loved to talk tactics and strategy, let it go. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His every decision was crafted for that purpose; every manipulation was part of a strategy to achieve acceptance into the imperial family. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z His entire life had been the summation of carefully tailored strategies, ideas, and objectives that could be planned, perfected, and executed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z No. Come up with some kind of a strategy first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We came up with a whole new strategy for the organization those afternoons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Traditionally, the Career tributes' strategy is to get hold of all the food early on and work from there. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I spent yesterday evening sitting on the sofa in jogging bottoms and a T-shirt, making lists of things to do, possible strategies. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor parents tend to follow, by contrast, a strategy of “accomplishment of natural growth.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “A general has to see the whole held to make good strategy,” he’d explain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Although their experimental strategies were superficially dissimilar, both were studying gene regulation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A man is just a woman’s strategy for making other women. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My strategy is to offer no greeting and ask him calmly and politely if he’s seen Noah. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But the dragon had adopted the strategy of running away, leaving its weapon hanging in the air behind it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Like so many other Po-2 night bomber regiments on the front, their strategy was to keep the German troops awake all night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was as nervous as they were about the dangerous, untested strategy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Pollard’s strategy, Woolf’s cunning, and Smith’s training had given Seabiscuit a chance in a race he otherwise could not have won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A brilliant strategy. My own war-leader couldn’t have arranged it better.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It was a Wednesday, only an hour before Liam and the others were meeting to discuss a new camp liberation strategy, before Clancy was finally ready to see me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lillian, who had her strategies and moved from one to another with instinct her only guide, ignored her husband’s grievance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “As the Red force commander, I’m sitting there and I realize that Blue Team had said that they were going to adopt a strategy of preemption,” Van Riper says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And because his strategy for surviving the summer was simply this: stay on their good side. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But it was not the right strategy this time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Whatever this new strategy was, it was good. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He drew them away, and Frank couldn’t help-being awed by his bold strategy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Below are some important strategies for teaching a song either for the first time, or even to review a song or help children analyze an old and familiar song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Sean was always the biggest perpetrator of said strategy, especially on days when he had a quiz in another class and wanted to slyly check his index cards while she prattled on. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z In the quiet of the cell I was planning my strategy for the next day, when I heard a cough from a nearby cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This is part of her strategy to make a place for herself at school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Our position right now is excellent. Reinforcements like yourself keep arriving, and we have more than enough time to plan our entire strategy carefully. Our immediate goal,” he said, “is right here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This time he had the slight advantage of playing with the white pieces, which allowed him to employ his favorite opening strategy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Strategy A will result in Myrtle’s choosing the best suitor in eleven of the twenty-four instances, while strategy B will result in success in ten of the twenty-four instances. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before I was to leave, the National Working Committee met secretly to discuss strategy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But why should a germ evolve the apparently self-defeating strategy of killing its host? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, not everyone found these strategies helpful: Galileo complained that he found Kepler unreadable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jim’s “big shot” strategy, as Farmer called it, had worked: dream high, work hard, be open to new, better ideas when they come along, and never, ever give up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Another strategy is to buy time by saying “er...” in the hope that Hangman's concentration'll lapse and you can sneak the word out. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A number of studies support this schematic strategy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They discussed boat design and rigging techniques, debated racing strategy, recounted past victories and defeats, and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of other crews and coaches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I tried to devise some strategy that might allow me to casually touch them, just like Julia had touched my arm. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Everyone learned fast, the best strategy was to be invisible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A mystery like this was more exciting than any of the logic and strategy games on her old iPod touch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His strategy was to give up points for position, to give up men in the early going in return for an undefeatable board posture. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, the old bird isn’t much moved by emotion, so I suppose I’ll try to appeal to her with political strategy.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Once under way, he was too fast for his rivals, too fast even for strategy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sum of all these strategies that Bunderson was thinking through added up to one more tactic: stalling. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I miss having Webb in the dugout when we’re at bat because he’d always talk baseball and baseball strategy, and I can talk baseball and baseball strategy for hours. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The moment the children received permission, they applied themselves to finding the best strategies for “earning without learning,” as Constance called it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Preparing to help these children requires additional thought and strategies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As usual, the High were to be turned out by the Middle, who would then become the High; but this time, by conscious strategy, the High would be able to maintain their position permanently. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “The two sides of the attic are not interconnected. When we get up there, I’ll fill you in on my strategy.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z From McKissick, Fuller learned about strategy and, at least as important, about how to speak in a way that would move and motivate people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked out the window, saw the two cops searching Shea’s bag with the spray-paint cans, and realized that Shea’s strategy was one of the dumbest ideas I had heard in a long time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Root was silent for a moment, formulating his strategy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z That would have been a swell strategy, too, if it hadn’t been the windiest day of the whole year. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat together in line, waving their hands, planning a strategy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z As the afternoon wears on, talk keeps returning to a strategy that has been tried repeatedly—the storming of the entrances. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was a pattern that would repeat itself in cities throughout the United States, as black communities found themselves embroiled in deep conflict over goals and strategies pursued by the black elite. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Adina surveyed the scene desperately, looking for a possible exit strategy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Augustus: “I am. I didn’t cut this fella off for the sheer unadulterated pleasure of it, although it is an excellent weight-loss strategy. Legs are heavy!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I can't say; like I said, I hadn't learned yet some of the strategies one went through. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It must have seemed so to Lady Constance as well, because her childish protests abruptly gave way to a different strategy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Our litigation strategy was complicated by the fact that more than 2,500 children in the United States had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They discussed the strategy of Napoleon, the theories of Jomini, the women of Richmond. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the importance of collecting data and finding new markets; he was always on the lookout for better management strategies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Coach Mustilli began by telling me that fencing saber is all about speed and strategy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Our strategy was simple and defensive in nature: to drag out the case until the State of Emergency was lifted and our lawyers could return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the hall, in the smoke-choked room where Hickock was undergoing his second interrogation, Church and Nye were methodically applying a more roundabout strategy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after the meeting Olmsted composed a strategy for the transformation of Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was an instant when eyes met, when the danger became clear, when black minds frantically reached for an exit strategy. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Spilling over with eagerness, he babbled to other athletes about his new training regimen, his race strategy, and how fast he might go. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But Satan Pig didn't seem to think much of their strategy, because right then it took off running at them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There was no better general than Cluny when it came to strategy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Soldiers studied battle strategies in the sand gardens. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Accomplishing this degree of unity may mean giving up fierce defense of policies and strategies that exacerbate racial tensions and produce for racially defined groups primarily psychological or cosmetic racial benefits. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I hesitated as I tried to decide on my strategy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Unwilling to concede defeat even in this symbolic battle, Ann devised a strategy that turned the bigots’ own racism against them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A third strategy is to grab one rope in one hand and use an implement, such as a long pole, to pull the other rope toward you. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The second strategy uses so-called logograms, meaning that one written sign stands for a whole word. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Trying to appear mediocre in front of the other tributes is the last bit of strategy I remember. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But when Brother Tod Clifton came into my office to discuss the street meeting I saw no signs of resentment, but a complete absorption in the strategy of the meeting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to discuss my games as if she had devised the strategies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew there was a strategy to employ here, but I had no idea what it was. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Likewise, the notion that the New Jim Crow can ever be dismantled through traditional litigation and policy-reform strategies that are wholly disconnected from a major social movement seems fundamentally misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The orderings are marked with an A or a B to indicate in which instances these strategies result in her getting her first choice. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This strategy, which also works well in chemistry and molecular biology, is so identified with science in the minds of many people that experimentation is often held to be the essence of the scientific method. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His strategy from this point on, he said, would be to gradually turn over the fighting to South Vietnam—a policy he called Vietnamization. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After dinner, I may beg for some music but that’s about as far as I’m willing to push it and I need some time to perfect my strategy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There they sketched out the main lines of their strategy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The intuition underlying moral-uplift strategies is fundamentally sound: our communities will never thrive if we fail to respect ourselves and one another. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We hired the cheapest lawyer we could find and went to the Merits Hearing armed with this new strategy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Gaines, usually so silent and focused on the strategy of the game, prowled the sidelines with fury. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “The accountant who wants to stay in business in America will be the one who focuses on designing creative, complex strategies, like tax avoidance or tax sheltering, managing customer relationships,” he said. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I immediately wonder if this will be his strategy in the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She has been too frightened to carry out any strategy, but now a road is opening before her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The strategy that all three powers are following, or pretend to themselves that they are following, is the same. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There was no clever strategy in either camp; each rider wanted the lead immediately. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My strategy collapsed and I didn't even clear the first screen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The pieces were out on the board, the enemy was visible, you could watch the tactics unfolding into larger strategies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It is hard to find a good survival strategy that will work simultaneously against multiple threats. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We compare strategy; the quality of each side’s military intelligence; the strength of their positions—and then we total up each side’s advantages and disadvantages like we’re doing an arithmetic problem. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Was their restraint a strategy to exhaust the volunteers? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured this could still be a worthwhile strategy for other words. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Even as a young girl I could talk football plays and strategy with the best of them. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The raid cast a shadow over my last day in Cape Town, for it signaled the first move in the state’s new and even more repressive strategy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for three hours, Aru and Mini learned war strategy from Hanuman, dancing and etiquette from Urvashi, and folklore from Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I know the stall is part of her strategy to keep me in suspense. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Conservatives challenge the legitimacy of group rights or race consciousness and argue that the best empowerment strategy is entrepreneurship and individual initiative. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The third strategy, least familiar to most readers of this book, uses a sign for each syllable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After all, if the prosecution could introduce nothing from Reggie’s own mouth, then the defense would not have to devise a strategy for refuting it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Conferences, strategy sessions, and debates regarding how best to build a movement to dismantle the new caste system would be occurring on a regular basis. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If Pollard was wrong about Seabiscuit, then his strategy would hand the victory to War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Through trial and error, a few strategies that I learned along the way, and some helpful hints from Mr. Terupt, I broke the record for most dollar words. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Barack sometimes referred to me as “Joe Public,” asking me to weigh in on campaign slogans and strategies, knowing that I kept myself happily steeped in popular culture. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were all ingenious strategies, but they were also small-potatoes methods of smuggling. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Since white always moves first, having that color can provide a player with a distinct advantage in that he can make immediate headway on a preferred strategy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It dawned on him that they needed a different strategy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sticky and Constance’s cheating strategy was more complicated. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon’s strategy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It is the kind of strategy he likes best. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I am exhausted by the things I'm always exhausted by: the soldiers, the signs, the secrets and strategies and effort. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z While I was in your Presence a few hours ago, we talked of strategy. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z No actual writing system employs one strategy exclusively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They point out that “conventional strategies for social change proceed as though a change in who administers power fundamentally affects the structure of power itself.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet I might be able to use his own strategy against him. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z This move, like his “get tough” rhetoric and policies, was part of a grand strategy articulated by the “new Democrats” to appeal to the elusive white swing voters. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That’s a perfectly safe strategy in Mexico’s mild climate, but in Canada a disastrous one that would guarantee the plant’s being killed by autumn frosts before it had produced any mature corn cobs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Justin broke down his strategy for securing a seat as we shoved ourselves onto the crowded Number 2 train heading uptown. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even she, who knew nothing of military strategy or journalistic convention, understood a euphemism for retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s hard for me to tell where strategy ends and sympathy for her begins. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The strategy of affirmative action, finally, did not take seriously the educational dilemma of disadvantaged students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These are key characteristics of the strategy of concerted cultivation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The New York City police will tell you that what happened in New York was that the city’s policing strategies dramatically improved. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My style of play was slow and deliberate; my strategy conservative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The trainer was worried about match race strategy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It required mapping strategy and listening to your neighbors and building trust in communities where trust was often lacking. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fezzik’s father handled tactics and ring strategy, while his mother was more in charge of diet and training, and they had never been happier. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Which is a teacher strategy to get you to look up the word “unalloyed,” which I did, and it still didn’t make much sense. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z After that, my survival strategy was to mind my own business and stay out of trouble. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Moss felt like the ignition for a fire, and as the people in Blessed Way began to talk strategy and logistics, he looked at Esperanza. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The naiads had not given up—they were trying a different strategy! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was a strategy designed to remove the individual from the struggle, allowing him to live a narrowly defined life outside of politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The strategy now, she told him, was to head in to the box, draw the defenders, and kick the ball out wide to the open player. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z My strategy was to aim at treble 20 so carefully that I'd end up missing a fraction and getting a 1 or 5. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z That strategy had worked for them on Ludus, but only for a few hours, and they’d only had one location to barricade. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For once, his luck held, Petey and TimeStar were still in the basement workshop, discussing their own futile strategies, looking as depressed as the ice cream shop Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We can continue along this road—it is a road well travelled—but we must admit the strategy has not made much of a difference. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Often they used a strategy of setting fire to towns as they attacked, killing those who fled their homes and burning alive those who stayed inside. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Like me, she has been raised on strategy, moves and countermoves, ambushes and upper hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But if your strategy for racial justice involves waiting for whites to be fair, history suggests it will be a long wait. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nothing in the opinion or in the subsequent legal strategy made clear that segregation had afforded elites a crucial means of exercising social control over poor and working-class whites as well as blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A solid performance in Tunisia was the next part of our strategy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Yet another common suffragist strategy was the presentation of pageants, which the dictionary defines as “an elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Strange, I thought, ten-thirty at night; I hadn't caught on yet to some of the strategies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Always the pragmatist, however, Spaulding developed a strategy to win blacks over. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Kennedy was supremely frustrated, and out of this frustration was born a new strategy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z My mother and Mrs. Bircz had devised a strategy they hoped would protect us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z That strategy couldn’t help him now...or could it? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Whenever there was a problem—a labor dispute with the Sherpas, a medical emergency, a critical decision about climbing strategy—people trudged over to our mess tent to seek Hall’s advice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Civil rights activists have created a national movement to save affirmative action, complete with the marches, organizing, and media campaigns, as well as incessant strategy meetings, conferences, and litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Each is a challenge to conventional wisdom or traditional strategies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I’ve made money at Atlantic City using these counting strategies, and even considered having a specially designed ring made which would enable me to count more easily. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea had been conceived in Lusaka by Oliver and the ANC, and the campaign was the cornerstone of a new strategy that would put our cause in the forefront of people’s minds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z American strategy in Vietnam was to rely on superior firepower to kill enemy troops faster than they could be replaced. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had advanced so rapidly, the famous German strategy of Blitzkrieg, "lightning war," that their supply lines couldn't keep up with them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z What is often called the strategy of nuclear deterrence is remarkable for its reliance on the behavior of our nonhuman ancestors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she’d learned that particular strategy by watching a documentary about guys who get killed in jail. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The voting strategy changes as the game progresses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Even if I still hadn’t figured out the new strategy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Marco nods, still not entirely certain about the idea but almost desperate for some kind of strategy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Had Kennedy ordered an invasion of the island—a strategy many of his advisers were clamoring for—the Soviet commanders on Cuba had orders to launch the weapons, which would have obliterated the base. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This left the suffragists divided over political strategy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z You’re a little ball of soft meat with no shell or escape skills or battle strategies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You learn strategy so you can use it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At that first meeting at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the strategy for the march was clearly laid out. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I figured out right away that the best strategy is to change quick so no one gets a good look at anything. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z We adopted a strategy to deal with our own constituency in the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying about incarcerated family members is another common coping strategy—a form of passing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You have a strategy meeting in fifteen minutes and I have a key, so I don’t care how naked you are, if you don’t answer this door in the next thirty seconds, I’m coming in.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z During the month that he played in the tournament, Bobby was rarely seen outside of the hotel: He spent most of the time holed up in his room, weighing strategy and tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Young women, this is what this mentorship program is about. We will have fun, yes. But we will also discuss some of the distractions and barriers to success and hopefully gain strategies for overcoming them.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Vasiljevic’s strategy of appeasement was to give him whatever he wanted, even though the item might not have been mentioned in the contract. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Alvin Hooks skirted the edge of his table and resumed the slow, fluid pacing of the floorboards that had been part of his strategy all morning. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They had no sense of strategy or mission. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A strategy that my...is none of your business. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She tried to boost our morale by suggesting clever strategies for getting into the Land of the Dead, but my heart wasn’t in it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Minerva and Sina have been talking strategy to me since the news was announced this morning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At a certain point I decided to map out a strategy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Ronan and I are talking about our strategies when it comes to Monopoly. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Within a matter of hours, the Sixer high command decided to deploy a new strategy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So Allen came up with a secret, highly improbable strategy for getting through Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure that I wanted to be left in the classroom alone with Mrs. Baker after Mr. Guareschi and Mr. Vendleri left to begin planning campaign strategy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He drove his superiors and fellow officers to fury, partly by repeatedly disobeying instructions and partly by his paranoid habit of refusing to divulge his strategies, such as they were, to anyone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Sit with your groups for the next twenty minutes and come up with a strategy for the first exercise,” Mrs. Barton calls out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Eventually, then, I decided the best strategy would be simply to stride out of the room very suddenly at a furious pace. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe you could tell me how you came to that decision. I've been wondering what exactly I did to bring about that specific strategy." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure if the same strategy could work with two other people, but she put one arm around each boy and tried to keep them afloat as they held the cornucopia between them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was no big surprise when my father, having the dough to throw at the problem, came up with a far superior strategy for getting some food back in the fridge. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z How long before the coyotes figured out a strategy to dislodge the rabbit? This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That was enough to persuade Weaver to abandon his strategy of delay. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He devised a strategy that he believed would not only allay suspicions but also reduce the costs of construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If they weren’t sure whether they were being watched, they had several strategies ready. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Father glanced toward the tent where the old, wise heads of the Tang people had gathered to work out some strategy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His library on the second floor of his house in Virginia is lined with rows upon rows of works on complexity theory and military strategy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Now tell me . . . ,” he says through a bursting breath, “what do you think learning strategy has to do with . . . bravery?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Back at the Metropol Hotel, Bobby sat down with Reshevsky to analyze the position and consider possible strategies the older grandmaster might play when the game resumed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is important to approach this subject from a variety of strategies, including mental health assistance but also from a law enforcement perspective. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Given this formidable array of bad luck, poor timing, and the highly focused political strategy of his Republican enemies, Adams actually did surprisingly well when all the votes were counted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Nearly every afternoon, he commuted home to coach Louie, running alongside him, subduing the jimmying elbows and teaching him strategy. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But when they began to fight on land, they abandoned this successful strategy and followed the usual practices of waging war in Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Which, in case you missed it, was the teacher strategy again to make me look up the word “unscathed.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Visual strategies are most significant to students whose hearing is compromised. It’s their primary means for receiving information.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The strategy worked, for this warder became less wary around us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically my strategy was don’t get my neck broken, don’t try to kill anybody either. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I pressed him, “What about strategy? A plan? Shouldn’t we be mounting an attack now? While it’s dark?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She was helping Mark Antony develop a strategy for governing the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To that end, one must know the enemy’s purpose before adopting a strategy to undermine it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew at exactly what point their faces would fall when my seemingly simple and childlike strategy would reveal itself as a devastating and irrevocable course. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With these facts in mind, Nixon and his team devised their strategy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was time to bring into play the strategy that had been forming in my mind. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he said, “We must all be soldiers now”? And hadn’t Jonathan talked with his friends of war, battles old and new, strategies fit for major generals? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I’ve intentionally termed these three approaches strategies rather than writing systems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the reason I like puzzles and mysteries so much. Crossword puzzles, riddle books, strategy games—you name it, she bought it. Every birthday. Every Christmas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Herr Ribbentrop not being expected for a further hour or so, his lordship had suggested to his guest a tour of Darlington Hall - a strategy which had helped many a nervous visitor to relax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Louis Swift recalled his father’s strategy: “When...the strikes threatened his prosperity through no fault of his own, then he proceeded to do everything he could to break them.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Every few days, Deydey took it out to play solitary games and try to teach the strategies to others. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z My initial strategy involved keeping quiet and trying to observe my new classmates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Almost every day Fischer’s team attempted a new strategy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m hoping she’ll realize that this blows as a long-term strategy, but in the meantime, I just go with the flow. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This was a new strategy, I was sure. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Teller saw the lab as a reflection of his own brimming self-esteem—as a huge laboratory staffed with name physicists working in lockstep according to his handcrafted research strategy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed to understand the strategy, and in no time other men formed new barriers along the road. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Some conservative political strategists admitted that appealing to racial fears and antagonisms was central to this strategy, though it had to be done surreptitiously. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn’t exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z During the strike I sometimes went with him from mine to mine, talking to workers and planning strategy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Overall the tests pointed to post-traumatic stress syndrome, though she has yet to decide on the strategy to manage it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He pauses, and there’s a kerfuffle in the darkness back there, and I wonder if he has some physical strategy for checking the fullness of his bladder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Plouffe, who at thirty-nine had a boyish smile and a deep love of numbers and strategy, would manage the overall campaign. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "Mother says he needs his beauty sleep," Belet answered, and to give her credit, she didn't sound entirely happy with her mother's strategy in finding Nergal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I intended to arrive at the White House with a carefully thought-out strategy and a strong team backing me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My strategy was to overwhelm the prison authorities and the courts with legitimate requests, which I knew they would have a difficult time satisfying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare, amazed that he can turn it on and off so easily, and wonder what the strategy behind it is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “So anyway,” Ben continued, “my two remaining strategies are either to purchase a prom date on the Internet or fly to Missouri and kidnap some nice corn-fed little honeybunny.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “The fire’s getting low. I’ll go look for some more scraps while you guys talk strategy.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t have a real strategy to qualify for the games. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For many animals, domestication has been a winning strategy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was that he didn’t think of his people collection as a business strategy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was something he said when talking about his business strategies, and how he got Gran to marry him. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I knew this strategy, the sneaky way to get someone to pounce back in anger and fall into a trap. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The strategy worked brilliantly, for about eight seconds, until TOC caught hold of his arms. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I had a great strategy for me, but not for the game I was in. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The night before the decision, the suffragists met in Catt’s hotel room to discuss strategy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The three devised what they called a “disassembly strategy”—or, out of earshot of Tom White, “the post-Tom plan.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Rallies were being planned, strategies mapped, volunteers mustered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You cer- ♦Cemetery Hill. tainly don’t mean—sir, I have been under the impression that it would be our strategy to conduct a defensive campaign, wherever possible, in order to keep this army intact.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no plan or strategy in this but the retracing of his course. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson responded by changing strategy and no longer arresting the protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z One strategy for doing this was to burn the undergrowth in forests. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just where they plan strategies and hold meetings and stuff like that.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z This was due in part to the fact that half of the central committee was composed of women who, along with the men, developed strategies and carried guns. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Let me not be that kind of fool, to base my strategies on riddles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, I talked strategy with the Bomb for the better part of an hour. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Soon she would be talking strategy and battle moves and breaking out her dice, just for luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I am too young to understand Pol Pot’s strategies for creating a classless pure agrarian society. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain’s strategy was to use the VOR to get the plane close and then, once he could see the lights of the runway, to land the plane visually. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Tobias said that stage three is about mental preparation—coming up with strategies to overcome my fears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The old men had a set rabbit-hunting strategy that they had always used. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nature demands variety, for men. It stands to reason, it’s part of the procreational strategy. It’s Nature’s plan.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the Federalists whom Adams chose for his cabinet—he retained Washington’s advisers, his biggest blunder—had threatened to resign en masse if Adams tried to implement his bipartisan strategy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But Louis Swift and his fellow industrialists could not rest easy; a new standoff was always just around the corner, requiring new strategies to keep the bosses one step ahead of their workers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His thinking, his strategies, if any, are always limited, at least basically, to only that which is either advised, or approved by the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t need his approval; she knew her strategy was a good one. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For a while, we dig roots, we gather berries and greens, we devise a strategy in hushed voices. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As had happened before, former allies of African Americans—as much as conservatives—adopted a political strategy that required them to prove how “tough” they could be on “them,” the dark-skinned pariahs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "So, what you're saying is, these last few days and then I guess . . . back in the arena . . . that was just some strategy you two worked out." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And her strategy has been to evade, not attack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As a crime reduction strategy, mass incarceration is an abysmal failure. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Nationalists’ long-term strategy to overcome our strength was to build an anti-ANC alliance with the Inkatha Freedom Party and to lure the Coloured Afrikaans-speaking voters of the Cape to a new National Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the physical divorce, I could not evade the obvious strategy and plotting coming out of Chicago to eliminate me from the Nation of Islam ... if not from this world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the strategy was primarily created for more urban areas, it could be adapted to rural ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Warren Weaver, a New York Times journalist who reviewed the book upon its release, observed that Phillips’s strategy largely depended upon creating and maintaining a racially polarized political environment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I wrench my eyes upward, without tilting my head—my strategy for holding back tears. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine he intends for Balekin to keep the throne long. I think he would consider it some kind of crime against strategy to leave such an obvious move unexploited.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everything had to wait until the strategy meeting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we should develop a more defensive strategy. Wait for them to come to us, then take them out,” suggests Christina. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Rangers were men organized specifically to fight Indigenous peoples using tactics and strategies of wilderness warfare. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Here was the source of the mistaken strategy—the reason why activists could so easily ignore class and could consider race alone a sufficient measure of social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z McKissick, just five years older than Moore, not only believed in developing new strategies for achieving racial justice; he was an activist in his own right. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t sleep much that night, hashing and rehashing the next morning’s strategy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Round after round, this strategy seemed to be working for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t only the number of police that changed in the 1990s; consider the most commonly cited crime-drop explanation of all: innovative policing strategies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In life, one should always have an exit strategy for any given situation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s hardly a foregone conclusion that this is a good strategy for survival on the savannah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a legitimate concern, but decisions should not be taken out of pride or embarrassment, but out of pure strategy — and strategy here suggested we call off the strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hazel, how about we give you and Frank time to get Percy oriented? Dakota and I can visit the praetor’s table. Don and Vitellius, you come too. We can discuss strategies for the war games.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When the triumphant flight crews returned, another pair headed out to try the new strategy that very same night, and were just as successful. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I averred that the fortifications there were not in a complete state of readiness, but we could imagine no other strategy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Investors who wanted to devour unwilling targets needed help with their legal strategy, and shareholders needed formal representation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The basic theory underlying this strategy is that white Americans will abandon discriminatory practices if and when it becomes apparent that black people aren’t inferior after all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Chancellor, the Collective is waiting to discuss our strategy.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the aspirational level, however, a constitutional amendment strategy may be more valuable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Having studied Byrne’s past games in chess books and magazines, Bobby knew something of his opponent’s style and the strategies he frequently used. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Stassen leaped into his job with characteristic energy, declaring that he would assemble a supporting staff of “experienced men with brilliant analytical minds” to review American disarmament strategy from top to bottom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To begin with, it is extremely unlikely that a strategy based purely on costs, crime rates, and the wisdom of drug treatment will get us back even to the troubling incarceration rates of the 1970s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If you watch Blue's Clues with a group of children, the success of this strategy is obvious. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Few other cities tried the kind of strategies that New York did, and certainly none with the same zeal. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Fully committing to a vision of racial justice that includes grassroots, bottom-up advocacy on behalf of “all of us” will require a major reconsideration of priorities, staffing, strategies, and messages. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In an effort to protect their superior status and economic position, the planters shifted their strategy for maintaining dominance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The same people who had risen to power employing extralegal violence now viewed the poor whites who continued using this strategy with distaste and contempt. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After listening to Woolf and Pollard discussing strategy, David Alexander asked them if he could state in print that Seabiscuit would outgun War Admiral for the early lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba and the other landowners in the area gathered in their club to plan political strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He talks about coping strategies, he reminds me that youth is on my side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And during the recombination of DNA, the strategy of interposing base against base is deployed yet again to restore damaged DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Queen Warbeak, my friend. Now we must go. A strategy can be worked out on the way to the Abbey. Let’s hurry. There’s no time to lose. It’s do or die now!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The three basic strategies underlying writing systems differ in the size of the speech unit denoted by one written sign: either a single basic sound, a whole syllable, or a whole word. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But there is frighteningly little evidence that his strategy was the crime panacea that he and the media deemed it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I am good enough with a blade, knowledgeable in strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I shot everything that moved, until we were ordered to retreat because we needed another strategy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In épée, I had time to feel my opponent out and was able to build my strategy during the bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Marketers have had to adjust their strategies in this fluid world of consumerism. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Which naturally leads to a related pair of crime-drop explanations: Innovative policing strategies Increased number of police Let’s address the second one first. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Colin followed, feet first, trying a kind of limbo strategy that looked ridiculous. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z For Ekon, it was the perfect time to think through his strategy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z This strategy was partly successful in Mutal—not a single dated monument was erected in the city for a century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Pollard went right ahead and lied to reporters, telling them the barn strategy was to concede the lead to War Admiral and then try to run him down in the homestretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He went over basic strategy, how to read the keys for the six sweep and the ten tackle trap and the waggle at eight, what to do depending on how Nimitz lined up on offense. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What about an approach, an assumption, a concept, a condition, a context, a framework, an issue, a model, a process, a range, a role, a strategy, a tendency, or a variable? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Aside from these brutal tactics, the steel companies also used another strikebreaking strategy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She had wanted to bore me to death, even though she said that she didn’t—which was all part of the strategy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Yet this strategy is predicated on the assumption that everyone will have a continuous supply of bottled oxygen above 24,000 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “So we turn in Gladiola,” Annabeth explained in her best strategy voice, “we get money, and we buy tickets to Los Angeles. Simple.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It may seem at first blush that cooperating with the system while urging good behavior is the only option available, but in reality it is not a liberation strategy at all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They’d all gathered on the quarterdeck to discuss strategy as they got closer to Epirus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Bombs were dropped on the helpless civilian population. Residential areas were their sole targets, and it was obvious that this strategy had nothing to do with any military targets. Simply put, it was sheer terror.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Bernard Zuckerman, who was almost as studious as Bobby in analyzing games, especially the strategy of opening moves, was born just days apart from Bobby and ultimately would become an international master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nobody could think up a new strategy as he could. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A new level often required an entirely new strategy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Sky Witness’s strategy was to ring Mutal with a chain of client states and allies and then strangle it, boa constrictor-style. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After many meetings in prison and outside, we had decided that we would work from underground, adopting a strategy along the lines of the M-Plan. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z While we were not yet ready to announce such a suspension, we wanted to provide Mr. de Klerk with enough encouragement to pursue his reformist strategies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We came up with a whole new strategy for the organization those afternoons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The church became a central meeting place for Civil Rights leaders to get together and discuss the issues of the day and to plan freedom strategies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to walk around with this satisfied look, as if it had happened because she had devised this strategy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This chapter will look at the history of multiculturalism and diversity education, the field of ethnomusicology, and strategies for teaching using multicultural music aesthetics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His strategy for change was fairly major, too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z However, strategies have evolved, including lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., as the global economic crisis has diminished public funding. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And invoking my being a guest was one of the strongest strategies you could employ in taarof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Hunger drove him and his boyhood friends to try strategies that older prisoners in the camp claimed could ease the discomfort of an empty stomach. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A strategy was emerging from the calls that Dad received and made. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, it is not obvious even now that relying on Evidence-Indices was bound to be a winning strategy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My puffy nose isn’t exactly a pimple, but maybe the same strategy will work. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from his personal feelings, it is likely that Mark Antony realized he could never hope to carry out his Parthian campaign strategy without Egypt as his ally. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I delay going down to breakfast as long as possible the next morning because I really don’t want to discuss our training strategy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In June, Nixon publicly made a major shift in his strategy and announced a new policy, called Vietnamization. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His curtain strategy hadn’t worked for me, but this one? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Second, the new police strategies were accompanied by a much more significant change within the police force: a hiring binge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This was the kind of problem that needed the best strategy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z New York City was a clear innovator in police strategies during the 1990s crime drop, and it also enjoyed the greatest decline in crime of any large American city. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Of all the strategies Mrs. Baker could come up with, this must be the worst. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I’ll read anything about war; I’m fascinated by the strategies and thinking of great military leaders. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they leave here, they'll be at the Games Headquarters, hopefully madly signing up our sponsors, working out a strategy on how and when to deliver the gifts to us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sterilization would be a more definitive strategy, a superior solution. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Over the course of the next few weeks Adams and Jefferson developed two equally cogent but wholly incompatible political strategies in response to their somewhat awkward reunion as a political pair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I remain committed to my eyes-on-the-shoes strategy, so I’m not sure but believe he’s released his grip on my arm so he can accompany the ranting in Spanish with flailing hand gestures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Having a game night in a secret location means a lot more planning and strategy than meeting up in someone’s basement. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But while some of the council members had also voiced their disapproval, the majority seemed to think the duke’s strategy to be a sound one. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This is definition of an arts-as-curriculum strategy, where the arts teacher teaches their separate material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Wasn’t Luxa’s strategy just an extreme form of his own rule? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I could not begin to describe their movements or strategies, so rapidly did they follow one upon the other. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Dutch group’s strategy was to ignore the giant multinational drug companies, the ones that rely on research and brand names and patent protection. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was an old trick; his father employed the same strategy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get used to the funny little sticks or the nebulous, European strategies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It is only the truth, child. It is bad strategy to keep the animal alive. Or the boy.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They sought to cut all links with Indian activists and to move the ANC in the direction of a more confrontational strategy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like he just got to this country and didn’t know any strategies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Through Knabe’s questioning of the first three witnesses, the city’s strategy became clear. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z After several moments’ contemplation, he realized that these factors meant little to the overall strategies of both sides. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She argued that the strategy would send a strong message and that it would motivate more politicians to take a stand on the suffrage issue. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z That in those moments, our brain uses two very different strategies to make sense of the situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He was viewed as a friend by protest leaders and was included in many strategy meetings, where he offered advice about how white town leaders might react to black demands and actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He had already come up with a surefire winning strategy, one that required not just secrecy but lies. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Another especially effective strategy was disruption of the Indigenous trade networks, which caused food shortages and starvation. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Coach reads to us from The Art of War: A winning strategy is not about planning, he says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z The new plan stuck close to that basic strategy, but with a twist. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I spent my days devising new strategies for capture-the- flag and making alliances with the other cabins to keep the banner out of Ares’s hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The strategy that Jefferson and Madison adopted was elegantly effective and thoroughly imperialistic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But a careful analysis of the facts shows that the innovative policing strategies probably had little effect on this huge decline. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The notion that all of these reforms can be accomplished piecemeal—one at a time, through disconnected advocacy strategies—seems deeply misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She figured that all the kids who visited Bannon’s probably got such flyers as part of the gym’s marketing strategy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In fact, for a moment I wondered if my best strategy would not be to retrace my steps to the Ford and simply sit in it until another motorist came by. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This type of processing may have implications for teaching, and awareness of the brain’s reaction to music can help inform teaching strategies and techniques. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was alone, which I thought peculiar, because I had assumed that there would be someone beside him at all times feeding him information and strategy and advice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the completely unenviable job of being Byerley’s campaign manager in a campaign that wasn’t a campaign, for a person that refused to reveal his strategy, and refused to accept his manager’s. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I still followed all the strategies for buses, so I stayed down and held my ankles off the floor, while Kyle told me where he was in Final Fantasy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This strategy worked to some extent for a segment of the African American community, particularly those who had access to education and relative privilege. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that she knew how to shoot—strategy and battle came naturally to her; it was obvious. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "That's all I had to go on. I wasn't called to the strategy meeting, remember." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We convene in the kitchen to talk “strategy” for the remaining ten minutes before we face the two teams from the other mosques. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Although, this reporter has not quite figured out the strategy of members of the same household bidding against each other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s strategy was to keep fighting, to keep absorbing punishment, until the American public tired of war and demanded the withdrawal of American troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I can crawl under the tables to the steps and go up them to the ledge near Madoc’s strategy room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had started off simply, announcing a change of basic strategy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The bond between Ernest Lawrence and Robert Oppenheimer would influence the development of nuclear physics itself, allied strategy in World War II, and civilian and military nuclear policy through the postwar years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Be that as it may, we are proceeding with this strategy. The Council has appointed me Acting Commander, so if you can’t put our personal history aside, get the hell out of my way.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was completely bewildered by the fire, too young to have any good strategy for danger, but old enough to need to put on a show. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She has always been scary-good at pool and even better at strategy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Worse, the war was being fought without a strategy that could possibly lead to victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And as they moved north, their clothes, hunting strategies and other survival skills continued to improve. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ferdinand or Ida or both were often to be found planning strategy or making speeches in churches, associations, and political backrooms. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, we must consider food production and hunting-gathering as alternative strategies competing with each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as useful a recruiting strategy as anything else. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t possibly run too much”—which I do not think is true but probably is some sort of teacher strategy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Scalping, attacks on women and children or threatening to attack them, and the use of biological weapons such as smallpox were irregular warfare strategies employed against Indigenous civilian populations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I grew up thinking of strategy as finding weaknesses and exploiting them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was a simple problem with this strategy of establishing the existence of the spirit world by accumulating testimonies from reliable witnesses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I became quite the ninja when it came to undressing in our high school locker room, developing strategies to change my clothes so that no one would actually have to see me naked. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z These protests were a change of strategy for Alice Paul and the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s just a part of the Demons’ strategy. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Statistically speaking, how often has that strategy paid off, in your vast experience?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Students began organizing into groups to plot strategy for a peaceful rally in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Soweto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Chuck, incidentally, had decided that the best strategy was to shave off Lefty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Part of the Southern white’s strategy is to get the Negro in debt and keep him there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Americas, European colonizers used strategies they had used in Ireland, Africa, and Asia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “So I suggest that you take the next week to consider your fears and develop strategies to face them.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then, again led by Paul and Burns, they went on a hunger strike, a strategy designed to attract public attention to what the denial of women’s right to vote had led to. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “The beasts! We’ll see about that. Do you remember our strategy?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Jail and prison became the state's strategy for dealing with a health crisis created by drug use and dependency. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I get on the bus, I have very good strategies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As argued above, an increase in the number of police, regardless of new strategies, has been proven to reduce crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Or was it more in keeping with military strategy? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z |
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