| 单词 | value |
| 例句 | Mostly, though, he dealt with this army of guys who combed the neighborhoods looking through garbage and stuff people had thrown out that might have some value. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And to begin the work of restructuring American schools—barely changed in generations despite the ongoing Information Revolution—and their frequently warped structures, procedures, and value systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, one way is point values,” she says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I supposed her attitude was deliberate and for some odd feminine reason she resented this marriage, her scale of values had received a shock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve always believed in the value of a good education,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s called a delta. Delta means change—the difference between one value and another over time.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had never seen such astonishment on any faces, let alone those of people whose good opinion he valued. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a vice he practiced in secret, but at the same time he had felt no compunction about quite openly carrying away objects of greater value which he found unattended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z No, she said, there was no point in calling the police: the missing items were small things, of sentimental value, and of no use to anyone but herself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Of course you can. Anything can be bartered for, if you know its true value.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If the raven were acting like a photon, then an observer on the train and the person standing still would have to agree on the value for the raven’s speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “We do also, unfortunately,” replied my father, “for indeed I had rather have been for ever ignorant than have discovered so much depravity and ungratitude in one I valued so highly.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z All the f’s are fractions, having values between 0 and 1; they will pare down the large value of N.. To derive N we must estimate each of these quantities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Smuts spoke about the importance of supporting Great Britain against the Germans and the idea that England stood for the same Western values that we, as South Africans, stood for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not know, it seemed a fine pearl to them, but they had never seen such a pearl before, and surely the dealers knew more about the value of pearls than they. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “True, unless I am trained to deliver a service of extraordinary value. Have you ever received a massage?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He often values the reactions over the show itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So light skin is valued in the community of American blacks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Your wife has become a most valued member of our congregation. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Others claim that inner-city residents no longer share the same value system as mainstream society, and therefore are not stigmatized by criminality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z No one, not even a saint, can live without a sense of personal value. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z More broadly, scientific research does exist that supports the value of teaching the arts and humanities—and the perils of de-emphasizing them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The buildings, in fact, had been designed to maximize the salvage value of their components. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “We need to talk about that. You keep taking on charity cases, you’re gonna drive down the fair market value of my man’s brain.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls’ sports were to blame. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Two decades later, in Batson, the Supreme Court reversed course, a nod to the newly minted public consensus that explicit race discrimination is an affront to American values. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z So strongly endorsed is this view of Native Americans that checklists exist to judge whether books correctly depict their environmental values. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But, anyway, you wouldn’t imagine the value of those things. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do recognize the value of individuals having their own interests, ambitions, and dreams,” I wrote in my journal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Accepting my environment at its face value, trapped by my own emotions, I kept asking myself what had black people done to bring this crazy world upon them? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only did they use counting boards, they used tally stlcks to record loans: a money value was written along the stick’s side, and it was split in two. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Get out of here if you value your life!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “One thing given in exchange for another thing of equal value.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “So leading criminals into the heart of Fjerda to steal a valued prisoner is a patriotic act?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He brought other trophies, painted scrolls, lacquered trays—things he would have valued only slightly before the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z My education may have made it inevitable that I would become a citizen of the secular city, but I have come to embrace the city’s values: social mobility; pluralism; egalitarianism; self-reliance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For sheer grandeur, scale, and intimidation value, I doubt if any corporate orientation exceeds that of Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I immediately made a data table of all the letters and their corresponding values. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The member of the Judenrat came out of our kitchen with his sack stuffed with more than just our radio and went into the bedrooms, looking for anything more of value. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Some fathers don’t even think of their daughters as valued members of their families, because they’ll be married off at a young age to live with their husband’s family. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There must be a certain minimum amount of uncertainty, or quantum fluctuations, in the value of the field. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A space-time in which events have imaginary values of the time coordinate is said to be Euclidean, after the ancient Greek Euclid, who founded the study of the geometry of two-dimensional surfaces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he narrowed his eyes and said, “What’s the one thing I value most in this world?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The death of his old and valued friend left a feeling like a large leaden lump inside his chest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel that the things I had in mind, such as the pseudo-elegant heap of tin in which we were riding, had any very great value. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z That was always a signal to pay close attention, because we were about to learn something of actual value. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it was of great value, but that was probably a lie too, like bis name and even bis face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Real estate advertisements were full of testimonials to its location and appreciating values. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Byrd painted the epithet “Communist” on everyone and everything that threatened to upend his view of “traditional” American customs and values, which included white supremacy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There were committees for the press, radio, film, transportation, public art, and the budget, each charged with separate responsibilities for extracting the maximum propaganda value from the games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Volpe told the coach he knew Wayne well enough to understand what a valued team member he was. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She said through her lemon-rind mouth: “It is very important for lemons to get respect. It makes them feel valued.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And with the new highway going right alongside us its value has doubled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were set in small grassless plots littered with broken things, bricks, planks, crockery, things of a once utilitarian value. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sincerely sorry that my reckless behavior did not reflect the values of Seaward Pines Academy, where we respect rules always. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But years later, after Mom started her own business and put all her girls through school, encouraging us to learn and grow, Grandma said that she could see the value in girls. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The disturbing thing about the test is that it shows that our unconscious attitudes may be utterly incompatible with our stated conscious values. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Sol Spiegelman and I went straight for a butler carrying smoked salmon and champagne, and after a few minutes sensed the value of a cultivated aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z To keep East Germany weak economically, the Soviets stripped anything of value from their zone of occupation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” Alex drawled, “I probably don’t have to tell you that your brother owns very little of value.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z This violated my personal sense of justice and, in my opinion, American values. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Of course, high start values would mean nothing if my execution wasn’t on point. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “All of you, get up! We value you. We honor you. We sacrifice for you. We’re calling your names!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We feel this would be of great value to the members of our institution, and Miss Mehra might benefit from meeting other young filmmakers as well. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “This is our karma for raising you with these...these American values.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Ifx represents the vector of variables, b and c are vectors of known coefficients, and A is a matrix of coefficients, determine the maximum value of the objective function cTx . Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Your value of human life brings tears to my eyes,” he muttered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In universes whose dark-energy value is much smaller, the repulsive push changes to an attractive pull, causing those universes to collapse back on themselves so quickly that again galaxies wouldn’t form. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z That is still a bedrock value in Levittown—work—even as teens in higher-end zip codes have moved on to unpaid endeavors to further augment their credentials. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z If I could have kept my mouth shut I might have learned something of value. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one is too little to learn the value of education,” Jorge said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Fortunately, William was an early believer in the value of a diverse workforce, and he sought out talent wherever he could find it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Way back in 1931 when Butterfield attacked Whig history his target was the view that history had a purpose and a goal, which was to produce our values, our institutions, our culture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Every trade he made was for something of approximately equal value—it wasn’t very unfair to any of the individuals he was trading with. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He himself was a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Serber had become a valued member of the Berkeley faculty, recruited by Lawrence to succeed Oppie as its chief theoretical physicist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Strewn around the Cornucopia are other supplies, their value decreasing the farther they are from the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "Listen, my dear. I get more value for my money in old brandy than in any other antiquities." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When two partners divide up the profits of a business between them they assign a notional book value to the stock in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If sold individually—there were thousands of games, according to Bobby—or as one large cache to a collector, the value of these score sheets alone would have totaled somewhere around $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Only then will millions of survivors like me hear loud and clear that our lives have value,” I said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Trying to persuade the Americans of the value of antiseptic methods, he gave lectures about germs, pus, and infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The key value that took the place of credulous piety was politeness, which was the great preoccupation of writers in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If you drew a blank card from the deck, that meant you could fill it in, assigning it a point value and an effect, the more random the better. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Know your value and you know your place in the order. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And where are the men who supposedly understand the value of proper habitat for the preservation of wildlife? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy, and she was giving away what she didn’t value. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It had reminded him of the importance of human life, and of its value. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The ruling class paid African labor a subsistence wage and then added value to the cost of the goods, which they retained for themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a pearl of great value,” Kino said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Of these, 5 are recognized as being of distinct value in control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You have a lot more than you think. You just have to see it and value it. Believe you’re important.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even though Roosevelt wasn’t a crack shot, the best roper, or the best horseback rider, he had something else that the cowboys valued even more. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I was also being offered a chance at a real-life role, as a valued member of the Globe family. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But there were properties nobody wanted yet, or little edges of property somebody didn’t want Jews to have, or Catholics to have, or properties nobody knew were of any value yet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But later on, fortresses were of little value to her when Cesare Borgia attacked her and when her hostile populace joined with the foreigner. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I gritted my teeth as the daily value of pork chops was tabulated, longing to be at home with my writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Regression analysis, which attempts to relate the values of quantity X to those of quantity Y, is a very important tool in statistics but is frequently misused. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the value of every minute and hour put in at home, especially with Barack’s schedule being so irregular. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were more valuable to him than his cattle even, and, as be valued his cattle more than anything else except his children, this was saying a good deal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This many- party prisoner’s dilemma is useful in modeling situations where the economic value of “intangibles” such as clean water, air, and space is an issue. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Another faculty member was sure that I would be a valued counselor to incoming minority students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A secretary recorded who had given what and the value of the gift. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Talking Robot was a tour de force, a thoroughly impractical device, possessing publicity value only. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z "That's our schoolhouse. It shows how much we value education here in Green Lake." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z For example, one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The challenge was to find words that equaled one dollar when you added up their letter values. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z In harsh conditions where infant mortality is great, a race survival value may be indicated. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The touchstone of fraternity was my feeling toward white people, how much hostility I held toward them, what degrees of value and honor I assigned to race. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Liberty was perhaps the most fundamental of those values. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Or is the only value in passing the time as comfortably as possible? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z When Dany had closed the city’s fighting pits, the value of pit shares had plummeted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, really? Well, if x is greater than or equal to zero, then x to the fourth power minus six times x squared plus nine equals the absolute value of x squared minus three.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Science is not the highest value in society,” Andrews says, pointing instead to things like autonomy and personal freedom. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The black marketer in me, I guess, seeking reassurance and finding value in the tangible world. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mom became even more concerned about my values when my editor offered me a job writing a weekly column about what he called the behind-the-scenes doings of the movers and shakers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Although he was able to keep up and manage very well, he learned little of practical value. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Almost from the very second he met me at the station, I started picking and picking and picking at all his opinions and values and—just everything. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z If I failed now, I would have failed at school, for the first trial came not in books, but in how one’s fellows took one, what value they placed upon one’s willingness to fight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The English-speaking universities of South Africa were great incubators of liberal values. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Dinka man who follows these rules and maintains the values he learned as a boy can grow up to be a great leader, like my great-uncle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The second try is a bit better; with three rectangles, we get a value of 24. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A slender, courtly man, with a pencil mustache, he took a genuine interest in my welfare and future, preaching the value and importance of education — for me individually and for Africans in general. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to persuade her of the necessity of the struggle, while she attempted to persuade me of the value of religious faith. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its value was created by those in power. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Whoever did this has no value for human life, and whatever statement they’re trying to make is lost by their evil actions.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Why was I so desperate for her friendship when she obviously didn’t value mine even a little? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My parents and grandparents put a high value on education. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It was of incalculable value! Not to mention it contained years of my personal notes and annotations!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She placed no value on normal things so it was impossible to punish her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, for the sake of argument, let’s ask an outrageous question: what is the relative value of a fetus and a newborn? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There must be some food value in them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z We value virtue but do not discuss it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am more baffled by the quantity of things Vivi has and how many of them don’t seem to have any value. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead he focused on creating a case for the value and necessity of Orellana’s journey. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Rees maintains that six numbers in particular govern our universe, and that if any of these values were changed even very slightly things could not be as they are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The villagers began to panic and hid their most valued possessions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I valued my membership in that group and received adult approval daily. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He knew the local customs, values, and traditions well and had put them to good use in the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We keep him, and we value him; but all the same we must not let him think himself all the truth in the universe.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Despite some erosion, money retained value over relatively long periods. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He couldn't throw things away because he had trouble figuring out what had value and what didn't. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z After all, like I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It is impossible for molecules to have energies in between these acceptable values. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She probably wouldn’t have recognized their value, but she might have talked about them to her mother or to Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z For large values of N, the probability that Myrtle will find her Mr. Right following this 37 percent rule is also approximately 37 percent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandpa came from a world very different from Grandma’s, but with the same strong values and love for family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But, ‘the importance of the praise given the unsolitary, richly passionate and spontaneous life is that it simultaneously reflects the value of a reflective life.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They collected everything of value, mostly books and photos, loaded them into the dinghy, which was named the Mini Ginny, and navigated to the nearest marina. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Within twenty-four hours, property values had been halved and every available flight out of the country was booked in the hysteria to escape before the Russians came and strung barbed wire along the borders. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you let us go? That would be an incredible twist. Wonderful entertainment value, and it would prove to the world how cool you are.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The value of the partial sums flips back and forth between 1 and 0; it’s not really heading to a predictable destination. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Everything of value had to be brought higher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Though my sister was upset when she saw me, I knew that months, if not years, might be required to replace her superficial values with those of the English intellectual. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Universities that had shown their value during the war, such as Berkeley, stood at the head of the line for grants for faculty research and laboratory construction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Minerwa factory, says Herr Braun, our director, sweating in his suit while standing on a crate, is a system of rules and regulations, where we, the workers, will be valued. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Say what you like, old man! But if you value your life say it so that only I can hear.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Each grouping of symbols represented a certain number of stones that had been moved on the abacus, and like each column of the abacus, each grouping had a different value, depending on its position. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful to see that you’ve done well since your family abandoned the lifestyle and value system they believed in.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Justice Rumpff: What is the value of participation in the Government of a state of people who know nothing? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Something else happens, too, perhaps less expected; the social information seems to pave over the value of the driving information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Of course, no matter how high my start value was, it wouldn’t help unless my execution was as clean and polished as possible. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were the kinds of values that the Permian fans harbored about themselves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As a respected and valued counselor to both kings, he accompanied them on their travels and was usually to be found by their sides during important meetings with government officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Away from the concert stage she valued her privacy and preferred a quiet family life. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Soon she became a valued member of the team, often chosen to explain the work to Riverbank’s eminent guests. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Rowan had never felt so valued and validated. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Some have to do with the nature of the information the devices deliver—the value, say, of personal information or the value of good news versus bad news. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We must stand up amid a system that still oppresses us and develop an unassailable and majestic sense of values. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a mystery to both of us why his painting wasn’t valued in this family. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Wait to be chosen, as if only in the eye of another could one truly find value. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was a valued worker and a trusted one. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Are we attending to the world—our families and partners, coworkers, friends, jobs, and ourselves—in a way that is consistent with our stated values? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Each thing had a value and as the value changed, everything else changed also. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Measures eighty values—temperature, UV index, dew point, you name it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z From our very first conversation, he’d shown me that he wasn’t self-conscious about expressing fear or weakness and that he valued being truthful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Because Patrick didn't believe in having himself bonded, we rarely moved anything of great value, no museum-quality paintings or extraordinary pieces of furniture. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I cannot even begin to think how much greater the value of my work is than yours, but we will settle on this for a start.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z For all my education, all my fine liberal values, I now felt a deep coldness inside me, something dark and beyond reason. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul recognized the symbolic value of women being arrested on the Fourth of July for exercising the rights to seek freedom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But he valued friendship, held cheerfulness to be the goal of life and devoted a major philosophical inquiry to the origin and nature of enthusiasm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no one to read the documents of indenture, of adoption; no one to acknowledge the significance of the things she values, things that would be meaningful only to someone who cares about her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Each one befuddled by the values of the other. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of all the years he could think of no work of lasting value. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hope he may long continue to feel all the value of such a reconciliation.—He is a very liberal thanker, with his thousands and tens of thousands.—‘Happier than I deserve.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z ‘There is no need for me to tell you that the value of this award is not wholly in the sum of money it represents—but the sacred trust and faith that goes with it.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Or is she content to take me at face value, a cardboard cutout queen? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They learn the value of education by absorbing the laws and traditions of the tribe. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forgiveness,” said Mary Rommely, “is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The cash value of these slaves, at a moderate estimate, is two billion dollars. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek Gnostics noted that the Greek word for “Nile River” had a numerical value of 365, indicating the annual nature of its floods. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It has the nutritional value of a brown paper bag, with the added bonus of trace amounts of cyanide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Changing cultural values was never a modest undertaking. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They valued Mary’s help for this task, as she on her own could squeeze into narrower gaps than the mulefa, and, with her double hands, work in tighter spaces. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Because the least valued oil leases were offered first, the barons usually lingered in the back, leaving the initial bidding to upstarts. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Danny remained convinced of his original argument that experimental psychology had nothing to do with the human mind, though he began to see its value as an aid to learning theory and intelligence testing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Contemporaneity,” to quote AIA, “specializes in the kind of battles wherein no one loses anything of any value, except arguably their lives.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But I would leam of another measurement and display of that value in the marketplace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The word for “this world” in Hebrew is “olam hazeh,” and by adding the numerical value of each letter, the total numerical value of the word becomes one hundred and sixty-three. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The Court of Moths is sprawling and very traditionally Unseelie. She’s practical-minded and direct, and she values raw power over other things. I also heard she eats her lovers when she tires of them.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But I do not know if my life is of any value to you here.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Finding nothing of value, he slammed the bag closed and waved us through. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It also gave Ebright the ability to control the nutritional value of what his boys were tucking into. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I’m well aware there is no job more important than that of raising a child, but the problem is that it isn’t valued. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “You had him eating out of your hand. That bit about cars losing value but art always gaining. You could have sold him Gloucestershire.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Reverend Buckminster stood still, watching the striding Mr. Stonecrop, who had paused by Mrs. Hurd’s house and was gazing up at it as if to appreciate its value. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Just as he analyzed the value—or expectation—of a gamble, Pascal analyzed the value of accepting Christ as savior. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The authorities always found it distressing when I wanted to defend myself in court because the accompanying publicity would show that I was still fighting for the same values I always had. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The court agreed and divided the original Lacks plantation into two plots “of equal value.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He had ideas for writing a book about race in America and planned, he said, to find work that aligned with his values, which most likely meant he wouldn’t end up in corporate law. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Maybe parents think their kids have lost their values, that they’ve become too Americanized. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I think we both need to learn the value of hard work.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Back inside, he continued to move everything of value upward. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He glances at the diagram and says, "Leo? Take a look at the value for that third resistor—is that a two or a five?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had intended his protest in innocence—but it was received at more than its face value. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I am foolish, she told herself early every summer, I am very foolish; I am grown up now and know the values of things. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Once she would have reveled in showing it off to all her urchin friends, and making them goggle with fear, but Will had taught her the value of silence and discretion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hanging on the wall were the only things of value in the whole office: three Nirvana guns, obtained at great expense when the detectives opened their office. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I felt like going to prison would be of more value to my life than going out there and getting killed,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Sounding amused, her mother told her, “I’ve wrapped quite a bit of garbage recently in newspapers with holes cut out of them. But I know the value of a secret.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “And your people value luck,” the captain said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I do not like the way they watch him now, as though he might have value after all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z None of the travelers had money or anything of value to trade, so they had to beg for food. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good thinking,” I tell him, because value comes in many forms. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite the university’s liberal values, I never felt entirely comfortable there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is writing each a binder. If their ships are lost in a storm or taken by pirates, he promises to pay them for the value of the vessel and all its contents.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To get a sense of how daunting that figure was, the value of the Centenary scholarship my aunt won was probably as much as the sum of my grandparents’ annual salaries. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In fact, it was up to them to claim, to assert, their own worth, their own value. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I moved around my room quickly, stuffing everything of value into my travelsack, as I didn’t know when it would be safe to return. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And besides, an education wasn’t something a Dinka girl had been taught to value. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had become indifferent to my old connections, an attitude I had adopted in part to justify my flight and somehow alleviate the pain of my separation from a world I loved and valued. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An entire ear of teosinte has less nutritional value than a single kernel of modern maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She now knows how to discipline without using a belt, and the value of grounding and time-outs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Miss Nightingale, who was never to be referred to as Florence, had been in the Crimea long enough to see the value of discipline, strong lines of command and well-trained troops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Although some of his closest colleagues realized the value of his quick, penetrating mind and frequently sought his advice, he was often not appreciated, and most people thought he talked too much. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Being a cook was the most valued job in the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d prefer less false piety and a considerably higher economic value placed on human lives. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes no sense—what “favor” can a bunch of Colorado kids possibly do that could have any value to the survivors of such an atrocity? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He would have gone easier and swifter as falcon or dolphin, but Ogion had advised him not to change his shape, and he knew the value of Ogion’s advice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Guth suggested that the universe might behave in a similar way: the temperature might drop below the critical value without the symmetry between the forces being broken. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt very kindly toward Peggy just then; he felt he had something of value which she could never take from him even if she despised him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I can tell you understand the value of this, so please do not insult me.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z On top of the more or less social tangle in which he found himself, there was a personal puzzle—for he put a higher value cm chastity than is fashionable in our century. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the day, bids for new tracts steadily grew in value: ten thousand...fifty thousand...a hundred thousand…. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One reason that Kepler had to go to such lengths was that he could not simply baldly state the facts, because there was no tradition of taking facts at face value. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But inevitably the time was drawing nearer when the disappearance of the animals must be uncovered, the hue and cry begin, and every glimpse or smallest piece of evidence be of value. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It took years in the crucible of human experience to value the gentle people one meets in the eye of the storm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The home invasions continued without warning, slowly bleeding everything of value the ghetto still hoarded. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Being a vegetarian also meant giving up traditions I value: the Thanksgiving turkey, my mother’s beef brisket at Passover, or even franks at the ballpark. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Her bored expression suggested the questionable value of my mental real estate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When a valued band member died, the Aché customarily killed a little girl and buried the two together. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They might all have hoped to rise by Harriet’s acquaintance: and besides, what was the value of Harriet’s description?—So easily pleased—so little discerning;—what signified her praise? Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He hated its immensity, and its flawless, polished surface, and its undeniable value. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It therefore seems extremely unlikely that wild species of potential value would have escaped the notice of the first farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But though Gregg’s testimony offered the clearest indication yet that Hale had ordered the murders, it was of limited legal value. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No, they hadn’t stolen money nor anything else of value, just a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But she knew too the spiritual value of bodily rigidity, of muscle strain: a little pain cleans out the mind, she’d say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, tomatoes are fruit, but anyway, ketchup is a condiment with, like, zero nutritional value. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The stewards of something uncomfortable, burdensome, which they hated because, living outside the realm of history, there was no one to applaud their value and they themselves failed to understand it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Loma would get a thousand, too, “and the house on Julius Street, now rented, which I believe to be of equal value to the others.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In both instances his posture of public probity—slavery should be ended and political parties were evil agents that corrupted republican values—was at odds with his personal behavior and political interest. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Our arguments were often high in entertainment value. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She wasn’t a slave; she was a valued member of the Dregs, a thief of secrets, the best in the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In addition to serving as presidents, educators, and businessmen, the Ulster Scots instilled in mainstream US culture a strong set of Calvinism’s individualist values. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “The Bureau values the experiments above GD lives. It’s obvious. And now, things could get even worse.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Because Charles valued Gray’s friendship and needed his help in promoting natural selection, he did not rule out the possibility. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he decided that even if these shards lacked the golden splendor of Egyptian tombs, they nonetheless had a certain historical value. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She valued all her students equally and made sure they knew that every voice was important to the conversation in her class. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mom told me state prosecutors make sure the state keeps delinquents off the street, to uphold the values of the community. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Caesar Nero,” the name of the first Roman Emperor to persecute the Christians, had a value of 666 in the Hebrew system, as did the word for “Latins” in the Greek system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, Native American armies had no animals to oppose to horses, whose value for assaults and fast transport gave Europeans an overwhelming advantage until some Native American societies themselves adopted them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The value is as bad as you can possibly get. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were now representatives of something much larger than themselves—a way of life, a shared set of values. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “If you value your life, don’t use the front door.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of friendship for you, they would have given up all they valued; indeed, all they possessed.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z So naturally, I didn’t take his words at face value. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Power distance is concerned with attitudes toward hierarchy, specifically with how much a particular culture values and respects authority. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Bay Area industry began to perceive the value of a relationship with Lawrence and his increasingly famous machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They must think their way into a world in which the values we now hold, the institutions we now admire, were not even imagined, let alone approved. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had to reach out to the global pharmaceutical companies, to governments, to foundations, and educate them that all lives had equal value. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Whites had arrived, imposed centralized government, and brought material goods whose value New Guineans instantly recognized, ranging from steel axes, matches, and medicines to clothing, soft drinks, and umbrellas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The half-life of a substance is the time it takes for it to lose one half of its initial value. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As names are read, items are received with the excitement of someone winning a real contest, as if the booty were free and not paid for at three, four, or five times the store value. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He seldom kept anything of value in his locker. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stoker has a banner that wraps around all 4 walls with the value of pi to the 280th place. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When Zooey appeared to have difficulty in remembering something, his hesitation invariably interested all his brothers and sisters, and even held some entertainment value for them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Reckon out how much oil you saved and put its value in pennies in the bank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them were very wealthy on paper, but when their stock value fell they couldn’t pay their debts.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the value of being a Christian is infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It was what they valued, and they needed to deal with me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z That’s what Roots & Shoots is all about: the value and importance of each individual, human and nonhuman. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The students were asked about other time periods, too, and other amounts of money, enabling the researchers to assess how the students value money over time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Painful though it was to hear the accusations repeated, Kira realized with awe the value of the repetition. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In stressing ‘discovery’ I am providing an explanation for the new cultural values of late-Renaissance Europe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He said Shawn was lazy, that he didn’t know how to run a crew, didn’t understand the value of hard work. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Stones in different columns have different values, and by manipulating them a skilled user can add large numbers with great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There is one feature of this anomalous arrangement that might have adaptive value. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He was learning how to match the feeling he had about an object with what was formally understood about its style and background and value. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Still, our list of triumphs lacks many wild plants that, despite their value as food, we never succeeded in domesticating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Witness the women, both young and old, in America—where scarcely any moral values are left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Kutuzov defeated Napoleon precisely because he was not swayed by the ephemeral and superficial values of the court, and made his decisions on a visceral understanding of his men and his people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "That, too, has got a place in my values." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Almost immediately the German government recognized the value of these same chemicals as new and devastating weapons in man’s war against his own kind, and the work on them was declared secret. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His teachers, as a result, could shape the minds and values of students without contradiction from children who might know something about what existed beyond the fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Especially things of value. Your jino blade had those rubies on the hilt, so I figured that might be enough to distract it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Because they were artists, they had some value that she could not comprehend. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think about it. There’s the value of the fireworks and then the value of them being from out of state. We’re saving you a tank of gas each way, for sure.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Grandma said they were all the colors of God's rainbow, a tapestry that made me feel that skin color should not be the measure of one's value. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of unhatched chicks," pointed out Quintus. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all of his father’s presents were given with reservations which hampered their value somewhat. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suppose,” Rick said, “I pay you five hundred dollars a month for ten months. Full catalogue value.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z "This was an expensive project, and the State Council grumbled about it all along. If they had a bulk payout for its value, they'd just keep it. We'd never get to build another one." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was also convinced that those values I was being offered in school were right in the truest sense of rightness, that they were what both the world and God wanted. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Slowly emerging is the strange notion that randomness has an economic value. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then her grandmother carried her from town to town, putting her to bed for twenty cents in order to make up the value of the burned house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘But why, my boy, is Mr. Lapham ready to part with you, now that you must be of value to him?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In the 1880s Chicago was experiencing explosive growth that propelled land values to levels no one could have imagined, especially within the downtown “Loop,” named for the turn-around loops of streetcar lines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Had gravity been a trifle stronger, the universe itself might have collapsed like a badly erected tent without precisely the right values to give it the right dimensions and density and component parts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Bookkeeping turns everything into a notional cash value, even though you do not actually know if you will ever sell it or what you will get for it if you do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their only goal was to survive—which meant people were quick to forget items of high value that didn’t improve their immediate chances of said survival. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z American values are part of my future too. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z If you were a thing—a cart or a horse or a slave—your value determined your possibilities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z American values are part of my present, of Pop’s. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z In the first part of the experiment, thirty-five students were asked about how they value money and how they value information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The emotion and high anxiety would likely express itself in the form of a racially charged debate about values, morals, and personal responsibility rather than a debate about the prison economy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Do you take care of others or take care of your “inner child”? Return to traditional values or reject tradition as useless? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Helping one’s neighbor is a value that exists.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I liked seeing you feel happy and valued, my stomach gave a tiny lurch as you and Arul smiled at each other. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It also had a non-zero value of the cosmological constant that Einstein introduced when he thought the universe was unchanging. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The exposition’s union carpenters, aware of their great value in this final phase of construction, seized the moment and walked off the job, demanding a minimum union wage and other long-sought concessions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a question of estrangement—Jesse was quite close to members of his family, fractured though it was—but of a different value system. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After being served some questionable food at otherwise charming roadside diners, I learned to value the bland certainty of a McDonald’s cheeseburger. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Everything of value that could be carried was gone, down to the pillows off the beds. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s good to know that something is cheaper than my time, or that in the hierarchy of the company’s values I rank above Windex. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But finally, in a drawer she was sure contained nothing of value, she found it, the act of sale for 3015 Dublin. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A cup of coffee, a free meal in his restaurant, a fine black cigar—policemen valued these gestures of affinity and grace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Declaring a book will double the point value. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "There is actually a certain value in not finding anything," he said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Apparently, not all the soldiers valued her as the Storyteller. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All its glamor had vanished, and the crudely improvised phosphorus atoms gave no hint that they would ever neatly fit into something of value. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The college students made what Dr. Atchley calls a “rational” assessment of the value of the information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You can bathe in our natural thermal mineral springs, which are known for their therapeutic value in the relief of common ailments such as arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and gout. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “There must be something you want—something of value I can offer you....” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z An understanding of expected values is helpful in analyzing most casino games, as well as the lesser- known game of chuck-a-luck which is played at carnivals in the Midwest and England. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The esthetic values of the wilderness are as much our inheritance as the veins of copper and gold in our hills and the forests in our mountains.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And as much as Barack’s staffers respected me and valued my contribution, they’d never given me much in the way of guidance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, I invited you to speak,” said Lord Asriel, “and I must accept your rebuke. I value your presence more than hers, King. I’ll have her taken away.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But Hercules embodied what the rest of Greece most valued. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when the series of equations had been sufficiently reduced would she start the process of inputting values and coming up with numbers using the calculating machines. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The idea that the value of goods was based on the amount of labor that went into them seemed particularly appropriate for South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some people just really value their privacy,” Mom added. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was more because he felt he had value as a poet than the fact that he was a pale, green-eyed half-breed—and he did. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Only Kamala was dear to him—had been of value to him—but was she still? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Her showdown with John Becker was the kind of gambit that the laboratory expected, encouraged, and valued in its promising male engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It’s not the same thing as religion being true—that is a different question—but more speaks to the value of providing something people truly believe, at least in the case of addiction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Just like algebra and calculus, these tools and these values represent acquisitions which are too powerful to be discarded, and which remain not as museum pieces but are in constant use. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You taught me to value honor and strength. You gave me the tools for vengeance when I needed them most.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A high value, if found, would strongly suggest binding of Mg++ to DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z What I was trying was to be somebody I could recognize as having the values and interests that I had learned were good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps you wondered what values people held on to in a place like that, what they cared about. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever things got really bad, and they were questioning the value of their lives, I would remind them that each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I already mentioned their knowledge of hundreds of local plant and animal species and each species’ edibility, medical value, and other uses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The rise in real estate values has, of course, benefited many of the old-timers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As the children of families that valued scholarly pursuits, Ernest and Merle both were inculcated with the virtues of study and knowledge from an early age. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Hill and Jackson understood their value and played it to the hilt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In 1937 they sent up an emergency flare for help; this brought them Laslett, one of Lawrence’s most valued assistants, who advised them that their magnet had been ill designed and misengineered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “And you must never let them change your values. Ideals are good, but people are sometimes not so good. You must try to look up at the big picture.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Truly a paradise could exist wherever material progress and spiritual values could be properly balanced. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was honesty that he valued; he had always wished himself to be truly honest, and always feared that he was not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No, the dynamic is different here— everyone does what they can to support the mission. Everyone is valued and important.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “We certainly will not be unmindful of the possibilities of discoveries of military value in the energy range above one hundred million volts.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As we extract new things of value from it, we also keep discovering parts of the activity that seem in need of better control, more efficiency, less unpredictability. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of her mind, she remembered the offhand words of an old woman in a marketplace, a lesson: Anything can be bartered for, if you know its true value. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The man had brought her a gift of great value. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He criticized Stanton for collaborating with the racist George Francis Train, and he charged that Stanton’s positions were not consistent with the values of the association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Such buildings are almost always important public places that require the marshaling of significant resources and serve the purpose of bringing people together to share common goals, pursuits, and values. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I had something of value—even if it was just a truck that brought out a sweet nostalgia in people. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The value of high school English was not entrenched. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His old red Toyota was not in the best of shape, and he had lost any interest in its resale value. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sandage, after years of careful calculations, arrived at a value for the Hubble constant of 50, giving the universe an age of 20 billion years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was odd how men like Suggs used that word to demean women when it was the only part of a woman they valued. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Shipped off to the Spice Isles to protect the southern waters, now that I'm no longer such a valued asset," she says, then turns left. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Congress for its antiapartheid legislation and said the new South Africa hoped to live up to the values that created the two chambers before which I spoke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I could read the numbers on the coins, but that was not the same as understanding the values. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The poise which he told us he valued so highly had disappeared. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z We shared many of the same family values traditional to all small-town Americans. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the risk of bringing anything of value back here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It is true that as more and more persons were graduating from college in the sixties, the diploma’s value on the job market diminished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She accepted her situation at face value, and never spoke ill of her benefactor—or more accurately, her captor, for she was clearly Goddard’s prisoner, even though she might not see it that way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Getting information of value seems to explain some of the powerful lure of technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She also says that sometimes change comes reluctantly and out of dire necessity, not from true goodwill or pure values. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the midst of that motley crowd, whose differences of values were on the verge of causing an internal explosion, one gloomy authority stood out: General Teófilo Vargas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z According to this theory “safety” was a higher value than justice, perhaps the highest value. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Milton asked what was wrong with their values. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit was reasonably well-bred, giving him additional value as a stallion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels unmoored from himself, from home—and from his parents’ values. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Raise the value very slightly–to 0.008 percent–and bonding would be so wildly prolific that the hydrogen would long since have been exhausted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The others were sceptical, and Wren offered to give Hooke a book to the value of 40 shillings if he could produce the proof in two months. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There’s no one you can protect, your life has value to no one. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Easy enough as it was to adopt white American values, I still had a Japanese father to frighten my boyfriends and a Japanese face to thwart my social goals. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Was being “a geek on the rise” a valued asset at the University of Chicago, known for its classic core curriculum? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rule provided a way to figure out the true value of a mathematical function that goes to 0/0 at a point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “He says it all boils down to this—if I’m translating correctly: Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others’? The Senor says everything will follow from that.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Clearly this is part of the reason why George Soros is so good at what he does: he is someone who is aware of the value of the products of his unconscious reasoning. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Yet those charged with mounting the American offense in space saw strength in countering the Russian value of secrecy with its opposites— transparency, democracy, equality—and not a simulacrum. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Books vary widely on their inclusion of cultural information, but some type of description adds tremendously to the value of the book and to the understanding required to evaluate and learn the material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Do we value short-term advantages above the welfare of the Earth? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And the turn-in value is higher than that of automobiles because there’s a ready market for used homes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all a matter of values, of priorities. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The day that a car is driven off the lot is the worst day in its life, for it instantly loses as much as a quarter of its value. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Of course, one seeks to provide a general, sustained service to one's employer, the value of which could never be reduced to a number of specific instances - such as that concerning Lord Halifax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I wanted whatever I managed to do in my life to reflect the core values I was learning in school, in my church, and in my community. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She was taking the entire Garland value system and junking it! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I once saw a kid explode his tongue with a car battery, so I guess it was the kind of place where they value education. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was fanatical, violent, and antiquated, but he represented better than anybody else the values of family, tradition, private property, law and order. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d not have thought the value of the smallest thing predicated on a world to come. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Rillieux first demonstrated his invention in the 1840s, and planters were quick to see its value. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He cast his gaze everywhere but on our faces, for he was ambitious to be the king's most valued and secret informant. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But they also were aware that deploying a weapon of such enormous power would not be a military action; the Super’s value would be strictly “psychological,” General Bradley declared. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “In need of a little focusing, hmm? If a is eleven and b is nine and x is the product of a times b, what is the value of x?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Gallup and her supporters, including Fabyan, had accepted these revelations at face value. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If the density is less than a certain critical value, determined by the rate of expansion, the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It excited him too that many men had already loved Daisy--it increased her value in his eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Because no one cared about long-range things like courting votes for the next election and instead cared about things like keeping valued, wealthy community members safe; there were no negotiations. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that they were really the source of reading’s value. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Camellia, my time is up. I bring no more value, other than to do beauty work until you're trusted to do so, and train you to replace me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Bill Ferny’s price was twelve silver pennies; and that was indeed at least three times the pony’s value in those parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "Mean everything in the world to you after you bought it. Simple exchange of values. You give them money. They give you a stuffed dog." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z My curiosity is a mistake, a betrayal of Abnegation values. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I had asked Mr. Fenton about it and he said he wanted a hundred bucks because it had historic value. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We were going to let him finish dying in public, but he has no entertainment value. He’s spent days curled up sleeping. What sort of spectacle is that? Otis, tip over the jar.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had come in so recently from the plains and the hills that it was necessary that they make their shifting in values gradually. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He strode off across the shop and Ranofer escaped to the scroll room, consumed with resentment and bitterly resolved that he was through with trying to be of value in the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Jewelry lines the glass display case—nothing of value, just cheap-looking costume pieces—along with used lipsticks and half-empty bottles of shaving lotion. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The expected value of being a Christian would then be 0 x ∞, and that was gibberish. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These are our stated values, which we use to direct our behavior deliberately. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If the Allies were going to use the bomb against Japan, they wanted it to have maximum shock value—they wanted it to come out of nowhere. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And like a poem, the value of art lies equally in what it says and how it says it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Not completely eschewing the values he was taught at 26 Markt. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The wholesale value of these products was well over a quarter of a billion dollars. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To Ernest, this detritus of U-235 separation and plutonium manufacture was untapped treasure; only neutrons were needed to unlock its value. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The trucker was apparently taking me at face value. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the Goupil gallery he's also trying to persuade his bosses to see the value of this new Impressionist style: the use of color, light, brushstrokes, the freedom, the originality. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You meet so few men who value friendship over gold these days.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her goat, Lady, an animal of actual value, has unfortunately not made an appearance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Those who didn’t have money had their watches or jewelry or anything of value taken from them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible trick, the sense that her value is being sucked down the drain, like when the plug is pulled from the tub and the dirty water goes down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Reflecting on the value of the cell phone, he says, “It was a faster way to get the information.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "That is the secret. You must get to know the values." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The value of some resources, however, is assigned by the most powerful people in a society. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z If you have a heterogeneous class make up of many different ethnicities, abilities, races, providing activities validates who they are as people, and sends a message that their voices are valued. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Taken at face value, it seemed to say that the key was hidden in a tomb somewhere, one filled with horrifying stuff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Euergetes, it seems, valued the plays even more than the Athenians did. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He said he valued our relationship too much. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone did a fine job. I value every single story and poem and drawing that was prepared by a Riverside School student, but as you know, I could only choose three to represent us.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Too often when we do this, however, we make a lot of pious noises to mask how low that value is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is meant to be looked at and appreciated for its intrinsic value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he’s someone who sees value and pleasure in a casual meeting. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their value to society lay in their roles as wife and mother. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Who can doubt the value of this experimentation? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is valued highly by the professionals as well as the patients. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of these, complexion had the greatest single value. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that the hyper-rich have achieved a critical mass, property values have zoomed so high that the less- well-off are being forced to leave and the island is becoming nature’s ultimate gated community. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Here the theorem provides the theoretical support for the fact that the measurements of any quantity tend to follow a normal bell-shaped “error curve” centered on the true value of the quantity being measured. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had their traditions and values, and I was growing up in a different world, a different culture. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She knew it held the value of her life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As an African American with roots in Long Beach, he saw the value of supporting our unique family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So far, I’ve emphasized direct and indirect values of crops and livestock as food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Contrast these small values with the safety index of being kidnapped. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, artists often play an important role as the articulators of our shared beliefs and values, which they express through an ongoing tradition to us, their audience. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also knew it had become a kind of sacred value. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The well-off indigenas may be valued in some ways, but they keep to their own circles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Coworkers got used to finding Mary standing quietly at their desks, enlisting them in her latest attempt to apply the engineer’s values of discipline, order, and progress to the social sphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The appreciation of drawings as works of art dates from the Renaissance, when the artist’s creative genius first came to be valued and paper began to be made in quantity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero was useful but was not truly a number on its own—it had no value. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was balanced on a hair-line now, but there was no one to push him forward or backward, no one to make him feel that he had any value or worth—no one but himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z That lady has achieved true immortality, both in the test-tube and in the hearts and minds of scientists the world over, since the value of HeLa cells in research, diagnosis, etc., is inestimable. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn’t waste their time with them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In 1931 he had published The Whig Interpretation of History, which attacked historians who wrote as if English history led naturally and inevitably to the triumph of liberal values. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Besides, they were heirlooms and had sentimental value. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This force has actually been detected and has the predicted value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A school bus is a fast food joint with extra value and no food. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z No matter what the authorities did, the volunteers could not retaliate, otherwise they would undermine the value of the entire enterprise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now each of these four founders Formed their own House, for each Did value different virtues In the ones they had to teach. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For this theory to give the observed value of the strong force between particles, the strings had to be like rubber bands with a pull of about ten tons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They paid only a quarter of their policies’ value. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The old silver there was of some value, she told the lawyer, but it represented an almost insuperable difficulty for Luke: it required energy to steal it and transform it into money. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Gandalf is here. Fly, if you value your foul skin! I will shrivel you from tail to snout, if you come within this ring.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His father and his values had brought him back to earth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Food had an excellent place in the count's values. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z All the faults have been put right and everything in use is of proved value. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Fabian passes back the place values test, my mood lifts when I see 100% at the top of mine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z You don’t understand her true value, Phineas had told them in Portland. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We don’t have to worry about mixing up the value of the number—its cardinality—with the order in which it arrives—its ordinality—since they are essentially the same thing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The assets that rich individuals and families own are seldom liquid, nor are they of purely personal significance or value. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was agreement on the value of experimental enquiry, not on how to interpret the results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My fountain pen was always one of my most prized possessions; I valued it highly, especially because it had a thick nib, and I can only write neatly with thick nibs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z By accepting those values, I imagined, I would move into a society that would find me as wonderful as I found it, and together we would have achieved the state of being good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Racial segregation rendered black experience largely invisible to whites, making it easier for whites to maintain racial stereotypes about black values and culture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I’m really doing nothing more than increasing the value of my education, I told myself. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect of creating those values in an academic setting had been well documented. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The integrity of the environment is thereby preserved, the enormous value of the wildlife habitat remains intact, and the beauty of shrub and fern and wildflower has not been sacrificed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I could see that they were sizing him up, trying to figure out whether he was some sort of opinionated outsider or in fact had something of value to offer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “There’s a five-dollar service charge. What a rip-off. But the thing is, you try to sell the tickets, and all the customer’s gonna see is the face value.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Let’s take a simple playground rhyme as our material to teach West African musical and cultural values. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A thing is valued, she says, only if it is rare and hard to get. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But the guards either didn’t think we would try to sneak anything back in or figured there wasn’t anything left of value in the ghetto to smuggle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Spanish and French narratives cannot be taken at face value, and in any case say nothing substantial about disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For these things —bark of hemlock, root of water lily, leaf of crane’s bill —had medicinal value. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can you show off your prisoner if he’s in a bronze jar? No entertainment value. Not like my lovely specimens!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Even those of you who want to close Village to new ones—even you value the peace and kindness we have always embraced here. Mentor? You seem to be leading this. What do you say?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don’t acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women’s share in society is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Well enough to see the value in an invitation.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mutual respect is a sacred value for all fencers, at every level. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Slow as their material and technological advance had been, little as they valued “progress” in itself, they had finally, in the last five or ten or fifteen centuries, got a little ahead of Nature. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Some things don’t ever change their value,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With his alchemy of ingenuity and patience, he transmuted the junk into valued presents for every tenant who lived at Number Four Willow Street. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Volpe likes him and is confident that Moore, whose son had been in theater at the local Catholic high school, values the drama program. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Handed down from her own mother, Conor’s grandma had threatened for years to take it on Antiques Roadshow to get it valued. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s not clear that much of value is learned by reducing Chris McCandless’s strange spiritual quest to a list of pat psychological disorders. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘This will all belong to you,' his father had said, ‘you must learn the value of what you are to inherit.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The closer they were, the easier it was to preserve their own values. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Cordelia’s date is always a boy of lesser value, and she knows this and refuses to approve of him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The first, believing that life begins at conception, would likely consider the value of a fetus versus the value of a newborn to be 1:1. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But the bilingualists simplistically scorn the value and necessity of assimilation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The foundation of self-government was that all men were free to voice their opinions and equal in their value as citizens. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no need for horses, so he sold the ones that had value and set the rest loose. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Not that I feared they’d find something of value in my clothes, because they wouldn’t. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z But with Ector’s closing, members of the white community suddenly began to see enormous value in some of its black stu-dents. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Freaks at first sight, who have learned to take the world at face value. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Forget all that stuff about the spiritual value to the reader of working out the meaning for himself; forget as well the humility of those copyists of old. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I hear the words “doesn’t seem to value her own life” again and again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d observed this quality in him before, but now that we were living together and I was considering making the first real swerve of my life, I came to value it even more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As usual, Colonel started with the less valued leases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After she shuts the door, we discuss the point value breakdown and how ridiculous it is that swimsuit accounts for more than talent. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now married life prompted him to place a higher value on his free time from fund-raising and managing the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One encyclopedia had a sentence of praise for us: “The common rat is highly valued as an experimental animal in medical research due to his toughness, intelligence, versatility and biological similarity to man.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z People shouldn’t take this case at face value. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany had refused to compensate any of the Great Masters for the value of their slaves, but the Meereenese kept devising other ways to squeeze coin from her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Aye, of inestimable value,” the old man cackled, shaking his head until his threadlike hair quavered. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Gerry then presented his own personal estimate of the revenue required to compensate the slave owners for purchasing their slaves at current market value and came up with the figure of $10 million. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You have no faith in me! You do not realize my value to the elfin kingdom!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was half the value of the house before the hurricane, but she accepted. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z What is the value of an entire world? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z After I learned how to say the names and values, the woman smiled again and returned to her seat. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Someday when we move, it’ll raise the value of the house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “So we just wait for values to change.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A man who spent a lifetime devising iron bolts and locks understood the value of privacy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our church placed high value on its children, and I was there in the middle of every opportunity that was offered. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They have destroyed the cliche that whenever Negroes move into an area the property values go down. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While one interatomic contact was slightly shorter than optimal, it was not out of line with several published values, and I was not disturbed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Gold continued bringing Sam documents from his company files, but both knew the stuff was of little value. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As a boy, he’d regarded this place as the physical representation of everything he held dear, everything he valued. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But what he remembered, valued, feared — all this was news. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But then came the crisis: the domed silence; the dusty pages of books all around me; the days accumulating in lists of obsequious footnotes; the wandering doubts about the value of scholarship. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s take a genre of music and find its cultural value and musical aesthetics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Because I'm adopted, and you don't like to say it, but you value bloodlines. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This set of values is sometimes referred to by the acronym CUDOS. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There were many silversmiths who would have bought it, but the cup was so old-fashioned he could not expect from them more than its value in old silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The thickly padded empty cement bags had special value. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z One woman was soon to give birth; perhaps that would happen tonight, and the others would attend her, muffling her cries and assessing the value of the infant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In even the tiniest neighborhood around the singularity, the curve takes on almost every conceivable value over and over and over again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Take action now, they warned white homeowners, before property values fall. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Those values that I was accepting in school—being a good reader, being a person willing to explore the great ideas—were actually serving to separate me from other kids my age. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z This extraordinary rate of oxygen intake is of only so much value, it should be noted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Life has the value of a quarter now—not even that! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neither of you have any appreciation for the inherent value of women as human beings.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But he must be of some value or they wouldn't have bothered to let him live. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And I lost about a year of my life and much of the comfort and security I had not valued until it was gone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But the problem with being an official prison chaplain, it seemed to me, was that one had to accept the values of the system and could not, as a matter of practicality, question anything. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their value for science comes from being part of a larger collection. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But that rarely happened; the fine for counterfeiting would be enormous: two and a half times the full market value of the genuine animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “We hear a lot of talk from politicians about the importance of family values,” he wrote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z These values include respect, courage, hard work, and self-sacrifice. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If the density is greater than the critical value, gravity will stop the expansion at some time in the future and cause the universe to recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The chime of those little bells proclaimed their value to anyone with ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He must know the value of his education,” she insisted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The significance of Tuve’s claim was not lost on any physicist who recalled Marie Curie’s 1921 voyage to the United States for her single gram of radium, valued at $100,000. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She immediately gave them an angry lecture on the value of rare books, but that only made things worse. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If couples aren’t aware of how they sound, how much value can there be in asking them direct questions? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You do not think my spying plan of any value, then?” he demanded. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When powdered, these horns are highly valued as potion ingredients. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He could sell it for twenty times its value on the black market, and that's how I know he cares. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In a second phase of the experiment, the researchers added a twist: Would the value of information be discounted even further—be even more urgent—depending on who it was from? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was pleased that people seemed to value the information I shared. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even as the scene was being enacted I realized the imbalance in his values. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The manager had to come over, and they were given a new server who didn’t care about the cash value or telos of a comic book. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Harvey Cushing was one medical expert who understood the value for physicians of the discoveries of radiation physicists, but in this, as in so many other ways, his foresight was uncommon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They were incapable of love—“others have no more value to them than a car or a pen.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every aesthetic “law” advanced so far has proven of dubious value, and usually gets in the way of our understanding. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, the breeding industry was potentially profitable, adding considerably to the value of horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the Greeks, the Indians did not see squares in square numbers or the areas of rectangles when they multiplied two different values. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This third person does not believe that a fetus is the 1:1 equivalent of a newborn, yet neither does he believe that a fetus has no relative value. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He has little feeling for others outside a very small circle of friends, and attaches little real value to human life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "The shoes were valued at over five thousand dollars. It was money that would provide food and shelter for the homeless. And you stole that from them, just so you could have a souvenir." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I was starting to grasp how little value black people had in my country, and I knew it wasn’t right. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know if she’d actually stolen anything of value, but that didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Odd values—unthinking school spirit, proms, jockhood—are exalted, while the best values—free thinking, nonconformity, curiosity—are ridiculed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know that much about algebra yet, but it seemed that sometimes there were x's and y’s both in a problem, and you only needed to find the value for one of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He said the issue at hand was bigger than race—it was about the value of human beings as children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Only a few of the neighbors stood by Mami—Doña Ana, whose daughter watched us, Doña Zena, whose Christian beliefs didn’t allow for envy, and Doña Lola, who valued everyone equally. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But as a child, he did not question his parents’ values; he loved Ma and Pa, unconditionally, wholly, separately and together. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He nodded as if the quilt were something of value that had been dropped upon his path. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But now he had begun to sense, for the first time, the value that people such as Iran obtained from Mercerism. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I'll give my dad credit; he never claimed it was to build character or teach me the value of hard work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer couldn’t help inanely calculating scavenge value of the lighting systems as he made his way down the corridor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But take a look at the following sets of elementary school test-score results, and see if your faith in the value of long summer holidays isn’t profoundly shaken. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “The Collective decided when to bring us out of stasis so we would be of most value, just like you and the other Zetas. But . ..” He sighs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Before long, Chapter Eleven declared that he didn’t share Milton and Tessie’s values. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It needed heuristic value to survive, and this was lacking. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, his mother, whose opinion he highly valued, had persuaded him that Hitler was leading Germany down the right path. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes relations with neighbouring bands were tight enough that together they constituted a single tribe, sharing a common language, common myths, and common norms and values. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What makes the strong programme strong is the conviction that the content of science, and not just the ways in which science is organized, or the values and aspirations of scientists, can be explained sociologically. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For half the year it is their principal forage, a plant of higher energy value than even alfalfa hay. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “And I have nothing else of any value, unless you want my lute.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even though he couldn’t understand why people would judge others at face value, he knew it was a fact of life. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “And you know I’m not really into football. Besides, I’ve already checked—that ball is only valued at two hundred and fifty dollars.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “The real problem is convincing the board that this kind of research has practical value.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “That we must all fear. But suppose you are correct—suppose your pearl is of great value—do you think then the game is over?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, which was the one thing of value he owned in the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The black man in America has to lift up his own sense of values. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Urging the urban poor—or anyone—to live up to their highest ideals and values is a good thing, as it demonstrates confidence in the ability of all people to stretch, grow, and evolve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I’d seen how just a handful of votes in every precinct could mean the difference not just between one candidate and another but between one value system and the next. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They don’t value many things in the physical world. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t value you, either, you know. She thinks she can boss you around because you’re demigods, not full-fledged gods. She doesn’t understand that you’re a powerful team.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An article that cost thirty cents in 1912 still was thirty cents although mice and moths might seem to some to have reduced its value. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost the only thing constant about the Hubble constant has been the amount of disagreement over what value to give it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Brought up in the wide-open, freewheeling society of Earth, I would never master the protocol, or the impassivity, so valued by Karhiders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Where are the values I raised you with?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She seems to value Tyler L. for his shirts with surfing lizards on them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They had come closer together, relying on and valuing each other’s capacities. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained how the proposed Ladd Devine Miracle Valley project would drive their land values sky high, and what that would do to their taxes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The doors, of course, but their value decreased as the speed of the car increased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And Juana said, “Perhaps the dealers were right and the pearl has no value. Perhaps this has all been an illusion.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you saw those young men in the truck. What value do you think they see in Sufism?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The elder Andrews was a prosperous farmer; he had not much money in the bank, but he owned land valued at approximately two hundred thousand dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If they valued a patient’s life as “useful,” they drew a blue minus sign to spare the patient. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You know how much I value your wisdom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She values my success in school, but only because it elevates her social status. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Colors, furnishings, and appointments had been selected for their inspirational value. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus they went on living in a reality that was slipping away, momentarily captured by words, but which would escape irremediably when they forgot the values of the written letters. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet is also a number, so that every Hebrew word has a numerical value. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Olmsted valued plants, trees, and flowers not for their individual attributes but rather as colors and shapes on a palette. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Still, I had other bills, so I decided to sell the only thing I had of any value—my horse, Bud. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Human lives are priceless in many ways, but in order to reach reasonable compromises, we must, in effect, place a finite economic value on them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With the opening of vast new territories, slaves had tripled in value. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will admit that, as a ransom item, she has value; nothing more.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Lansing’s Protestant chaplain, the Reverend James Post, so valued it that he hung it in his office, where it hangs still: a slick and pretty Saviour, with Willie-Jay’s full lips and grieving eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes a man brings in a dozen. Well, let us see your pearl. We will value it and give you the best price.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “As long as you are someone who doesn’t seem to value her own life... someone who can’t even pick up and fire a gun ...” He leans toward me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Their appeals are to regional interest, showing complete contempt for privacy of conscience, and a willingness to destroy and subvert values that have traditionally been held supreme in this land. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My father, as I say, came of a generation mercifully free of such confusions of our professional values. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z More importantly, his job gave us something else, something that I valued more, even when I was hungry and it was hard to think about anything other than the gnawing in my stomach. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One defined the acceleration of computer processing power, which allowed not just speed, but so many capabilities, including, at its core, interactivity; the other captured the rapid expansion of the communications network and its value. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. You’re the one who needs help. Your values are all confused.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The truth was, whatever its great value, and beyond its association, Emily Tallis did not much like the vase. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At two for a penny they were the best value in the shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I spoke at the City College of New York, emphasizing the value of diversity and immigration. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was true of course, though sprinkled with little inaccuracies that added to the story, making it strong meat for the hundreds of readers who wanted value for their pennies. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Because he valued her work, the shopkeeper had sold the sari to Maa for a good price. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We value the arts and high scores on state tests, and good luck to those of you on our wait list. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Johnny, remembering the gawky, callow, but upstanding young leather-dresser of Fish Street, was surprised that anyone could value him so highly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the value of a single kiss compared to that? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cascadian started “adding value” to some of its food, by freezing berries or making them into jam. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But as long as we in the West place on color the value that we do, we make it impossible for the great unwashed to consolidate themselves according to any other principle. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Shot using various cinéma verité techniques, with low production values, the film was poorly edited and thematically scattered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The value of what he brought in body shopping was going to go down as food became sparser. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was the first time that many “untrained” people had felt that they could say something of value about a work of art, something that might make a difference. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I mix in some sarcasm, too, so I get the full value I have coming to me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Your candor is appreciated,” Nero said, “although you have much to learn about bargaining. I begin to wonder whether you have anything of value to offer. If not, our discussion will not end well.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The centuries of capitalism were held to have produced nothing of any value. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Alas, this value can scarcely be corroborated in any other way; there is certainly little enough in the white man’s public or private life that one should desire to imitate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “It takes this kind of unconditional love— somebody seeing this value in you, even when they know the truth.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The power of musical play: The value of play-based, child-centered curriculum in early childhood music education. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “All the same, a rule is of no value unless the punishment is enforced. You will have to stay in your room for the rest of your stay.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Dimple couldn’t help calculating the value of each bite. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t know why this skill might be of value. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “This may come as a surprise to you, Van Eck, but we canal rats value our lives just as much as you do yours.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To Piper’s surprise, the other two girls valued her skills as a go-between to smooth over any conflicts. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Instead, there is a spin 0 field, which, because of quantum fluctuations, would have large values in some regions of the early universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “As for the government, it does not find any important value in it,” Suzuki said of the Potsdam Declaration. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a specific value, a fixed place on the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Borrowing from a friend seemed like the simplest option, but I valued my handful of friends too much to risk losing them over money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Because of its great value, no one was ever to be told about the code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The dry vernacular of the science paper read: “The current data shows the need to text now may simply reflect the need to engage in a behavior that only has value in the short term.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The value isn’t merely for the person who was hurt, or who hurt others. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You don’t know how it is to take a life until you value life itself. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If there were you would be the better for it,” said I wrathfully, “for then your values would be true.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Here the leaders of the great religions have sought the therapeutic and spiritual values of retreat, not to es-cape but to find reality. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than our chaos, it was so quiet on the block, you could almost hear the tick, tick, tick of the property values dropping as passersby took in the tableau of horror. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I never told him, but its worth was greater than the value of the whole Shire and everything in it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z This produced the correct values for the exact sizes of the candidate inorganic ions, but nothing that could help push the problem over the top. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He was told to measure pills with the younger children, and his quota was twice theirs, “to teach him the value of labor.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But nowadays everybody knows that zero can’t really sit anywhere on the number line, because it has a definite numerical value of its own. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I know the world of pirated things—stolen videogames have no value because it’s cheaper and less risky to copy them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Astonishing to see the value these people placed on her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it seems clear that there are relatively few ranges of values for the numbers that would allow the development of any form of intelligent life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value. “It’s only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s people who walk along the beach looking for things of value that might have washed up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He is a man who knows the value of ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forgive me, but I should think the elitist values of such a man would be repugnant to you,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z To stand up to the police in America was to take the nation’s promise of justice for all at face value. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Here he was, making her feel like a valued member of the team, telling her she was capable of anything. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The advent of ffee-to-air music for the world's grateful millions would change the value, purpose and style of music more dramatically than any other development in its history. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z So, from the beginning they were putting a value on skin color, while Grandma was telling me it didn't matter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He hoped he did not sound insincere, but it was true; they had always wanted different things, always valued different things. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z True enough, although Johnny had not found out one thing of genuine value by the letter-carrying he had done for British officers, it had been a good contact and he needed money. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The most valued pleasure of the people I knew was a car, the most cherished experience a bottle of whisky, the most sought-after prize somebody else’s wife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z By now, Tally understood that nothing in the Smoke ever lost its value. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Smith recognized the value of a horse like this and brought him along with his racing string to work as a lead pony, Smith’s track mount, and general stable calmer-downer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pay them for the value of their animals,” she told Reznak, “but henceforth claimants must present themselves at the Temple of the Graces and swear a holy oath before the gods of Ghis.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Laucks was inarguably one of the most eccentric people in the New York chess community, with conflicting values and erratic behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They and their families had fled violence and chaos and found themselves in a place with a completely different set of values and customs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He would make sure his overseers considered him of value. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z If people step on one and their arms or legs blown off, they are no longer of any value to the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked mv job, but I didn’t have a glittering career, and even if I had, let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things— their looks and their role as mothers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Artists and others involved in the humanities are sometimes the first to declare that the value of what they do cannot be measured. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was no one whose opinion I trusted or valued more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Candor values honesty, but our faction, Abnegation, values selflessness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Olmsted had intended the report for a professional audience, one that would take for granted Jackson Park’s fundamental acceptability and value the report as an unflinching guide to the challenges ahead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Almost from birth, a child is taught the values of the Dinka, which my great-uncle had in abundance. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if General Washington was elsewhere, here I could find an officer who would understand the value of the list. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The only place she would have less value would be China. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Some argue this ancient Sumerian tale’s worth, but I think all stories have value. Readers and listeners should decide which stories speak to them or not.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The value of Western Union’s shares fell by five percent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My grandsires owned a vast armory full of magnificent and valued battle equipment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Especially if the father has instilled values in his kids and has always been there for them to show them the right way and the right things to do. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As William saw it, many of the newly restricted documents had only historic value. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I trade in information, Geels, the things men do when they think no one is looking. Shame holds more value than coin ever can.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If the last three digits of the total value of stock sales match your numbers, you get to collect winnings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He isn’t good company, he is not sympathetic, and he has little aesthetic value. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Why don't these kinds of people have the right set of values? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He tossed the rock, face down, beside his dirt pile, as if it had no special value. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The idea for the project originated with Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton, but with very little guidance or assistance from the national organization, C.P. fashioned a Youth Corps, which reflected his values and priorities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Marie Curie and the Joliots proposed a neutron even heavier than Chadwick’s, at a value that solved numerous riddles of nuclear activity in one stroke. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Just the thought of all the things I’d taken—silly trinkets I knew folks valued more than they did other human beings—it made me feel powerful. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He would instead "conceal it for some time, that others might know how to value it." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It has to do with the value of sharing information, not just receiving it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She added, more loudly, “I think J. R.’s value to us outweighs his danger, that of his knowing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo took this at face value, which turned out to be a big mistake. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The terrible danger is that we have grossly underestimated their value in keeping at bay a dark tide of enemies that, without their help, can overrun us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z What is striking about these intellectual tools and cultural values is that they have proved to have a history quite unlike that of paradigms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z How could the schools valorize men and women whose values society actively scorned? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Nowadays we are able to fix pitch using an electronic, measurement, Hertz, which gives each pitch a numerical value, though we have stuck with the alphabetical names for ease of use. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nor are they really complete theories, because they contain a number of parameters whose values cannot be predicted from the theory but have to be chosen to fit in with experiment. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He ignored the zodiac signs and letters, lining up the correct numbers so they made the value of pi. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How dare you—” “—who doesn’t understand that the value of a sacrifice lies in its necessity-, not in throwing your life away! And if you do that again, you and I are done.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In attempting to incorporate the uncertainty principle into general relativity, one has only two quantities that can be adjusted: the strength of gravity and the value of the cosmological constant. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We cannot, at the moment at least, predict the values of these numbers from theory—we have to find them by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Risking your life and other rabbits’ lives for something that’s of little or no value to us,” said Fiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Information loses a lot of value in a short period of time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jesse valued friends and he was a good one, not only to Eric, but to his pals back in Idaho, whose relationships and work lives were faltering one by one. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The imagination is important, as it allows us to conceive of all kinds of possibilities in the future and to understand the past in a way that has real survival value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced on their knees, we were lagging behind, learning the mid-Victorian values with very little money to indulge them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The country’s success in the Great War inspired a new appreciation across the land for the value of scientific research as a national endeavor and as a foundation for industrial growth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It depended upon the water content of the DNA samples, a value they admitted might be in great error. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Instead you trade them, one good one for three or four of lesser value. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ernest shared Cushing’s faith in the value of interdisciplinary research, but his views were not widely shared on campus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since in this particular case the bird is of little value, Edgar may be lucky enough to get off with a whipping. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z It is how one relates to a situation that has value. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an acknowledged custodian of Xhosa history, and it was partially for that reason that he was valued as an adviser. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because then if the company does well the shares go up in value and you sell them to someone else and make money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z It did little more than make sure digits fell in the right places; it didn’t really have a numerical value of its own. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The expected value of a quantity is simply the average of its values weighted according to their probabilities. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he was a soldier, and he valued a fair fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Declare it as treasure trove. They have to pay us market value for it, and we could make them name it after us. The Hustings-Bolger Bequest.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Declaring a book will double the point value. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Let’s explore ways to utilize familiar pedagogies to approximate the core cultural values associated with music in West African culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Despite the sometimes ridiculous production values, the monsters can be terrifying. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It used to bother me; now I just see it as an early lesson in the inherent value of healthy competition. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Among other things the law justifies is the experimenter’s belief that the average of a bunch of measurements of some quantity should approach the true value of the quantity as the number of measurements increases. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not talk; I could not explain how much I valued my code of solidarity. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Because in his bonus room hangs a framed autographed Michael Jordan jersey—the baby blue one, from when he was in college; very rare, valued at nearly two thousand dollars. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z What this type of analysis does is to help us understand the cultural values associated with music, and what is important about sound and the concepts and behaviors associated with it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was hesitant and told De Young he saw no value in making the journey until the exposition’s directors had a better idea of the kinds of attractions they wanted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Regardless of what material you are trying to incorporate, thoroughly understanding the aesthetics and values will be highly beneficial to preserving the integrity and authenticity of both the music and culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Do the notes offer a description of the culture, values, customs, historical, geographic, and economic issues that may add to an understanding of the music? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And he is spirited, and that is a great part of his value. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "You think about it, because your only value to us is who you can rat out." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z As a result, Hoover said, Kenny “is of greater value to us in furnishing leads than she would be possibly as a witness.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Stand up straight! That is the first rule of baton twirling, to stand as if you value yourself and your place in the world.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Not to steal, you say? How do I know you do not watch just to see when I have made something of extra value?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Operate on the assumption that he isn’t dead. He’s a valued prisoner, one they don’t want falling into the wrong hands before he stands trial. Where would he be?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In truth, everything in my life in 1951 that was personal and had value was white. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In the long run, as we know, the liberal values of the Declaration did indeed win out. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Once frozen, these eggs are of great value for use in Love Potions and may be eaten whole as a cure for ague. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z At a time when bread cost a quarterpenny a loaf, the value of my mother’s daily labor—by King Edward’s royal decree—was a penny each day; mine, but a farthing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s when wealthy people come into a neighborhood to redevelop it to increase its value. It usually pushes out people and businesses that have been around for a long time.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She seemed bent on giving no real insight into Mr. Dixon’s character, or her own value for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the match. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Anyone who had anything of value decided to keep it under the mattress or send it overseas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, in 2001, when Kaiser closed, McClellan discovered that the job market did not value his factory skills nearly as much as it did four years of college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But for many more years, they constituted the only means I had of describing to myself the educational value of books. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As the collar of the average Western worker made its journey from blue to white over the course of the last century, the value of the persuasive arts for career advancement has grown in proportion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Didn’t I value any of my eleven years and ten months? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z What I did mind was that being white seemed to play so important a part in the assigning of values. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Honestly,” he would tell them, sour-faced, “it’s not really worth anything at all. I’ll give you what I can, though, as it has sentimental value.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Not exactly. Though a lot of songs can be tied back to philosophy, especially value theory and the essential meaning of life.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Followed by: Senator Oscar Diaz, responding via satellite, that President Claremont’s primary value is upholding the Constitution, and that the White House was built by slaves, not our forefathers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He knew our traditions and our values and was called upon to settle disputes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This theft would come to several hundred dollars in value, but more important it would ruin the high moral tone of the party. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It defines the value of a telecommunications network, say, the Internet, as proportional to the square of the number of users. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Reaching Point Hope seemed less important, now that she had come to truly understand the value of her ulo and needles. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As TRIGON's value as a spy grew, so did Marti's special status as the only CIA agent who had escaped the notice of KGB watchers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Everything of any value had been stripped away and only the rusting carcasses remained, heaped one on top of the other, waiting to be fed into the crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Teachers emphasize the value of a reflectiveness that opens a space between thinking and immediate action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In my father’s absence, my mother nurtured and protected the significance and value of her husband’s endless devotion to human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before yesterday I was still an unkempt beggar; yesterday I already kissed Kamala and soon I will be a merchant and have money and all those things which you value.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just one more way the Nazis sought to take everything of value away from us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She dared not relate the other half of Mr. Darcy’s letter, nor explain to her sister how sincerely she had been valued by her friend. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He bought lots of nice clothes and ate fancy dinners, but he lost his most valued friends because he grew obsessed with his money. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Although there is a large literature on the classification and natural history of spiders, it is scattered and fragmentary and deals not at all with their value as an agent of biological control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We must also be careful about works of art,” she put in, “if they are of permanent value.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the value of compatibility was much higher for everyone than the value of trying to maintain your own little private network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Jack knew the value of an eye patch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Wherever the spiritual values have been submerged, if not destroyed, by an emphasis upon the material things, invariably, the women reflect it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “No—I cannot call them gifts; but they are things that I have valued very much.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Although everybody paid up fairly, it had lowered the value of the kill. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Kabbalists thought that words and phrases with the same numerical value were mystically linked. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even with the salt water mixed in there might be some food value left in the flour and sugar. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the freezer: family value—size ground beef, frozen pizzas. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Thanks to the appearance of fiction, even people with the same genetic make-up who lived under similar ecological conditions were able to create very different imagined realities, which manifested themselves in different norms and values. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why food companies spend so much on advertising—to convince us they really have added value to the corn and soybeans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Stock prices and the dollar’s value dropped sharply as investors anticipated a national crisis. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z TV news crews descend on St. Joseph’s to cover the episode and question what kind of warped values the school must be incubating. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z By breaking messages like these, Elizebeth swiftly proved her value to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In point of fact, Linda aspired to certain illusions of security offered by those establishment traditions and values which had created an insupportable tension between the lawyer and his first wife. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Those boys didn’t have too much reason to value life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That they were giving an award named after a beloved prime minister who had been tragically murdered by a deranged man to someone who represented people on death row revealed a lot about their values. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Numbers don’t have colors, they simply have a shape and a numerical value, that’s all.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Money still had a definite value in hours worked and bushels of grain sold. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It also meant giving up all those values that I had been taught would make me a worthwhile person. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The leaders of the group clearly valued and cultivated the talent of their female members. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “But it’ll increase the value of the house. Hilly said so!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We had kept the Chabe stove, the only thing of value left to us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Anything can be bartered for, if you know its true value. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At home it was Caleb who was strong, because he could forget himself, because all the characteristics my parents valued came naturally to him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You realize,” she went on, “that I have nothing of value to give to you.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thanks to his military training, Powell knows the value of reconnaissance. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I could mention the formal values, the careful use of color. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z No matter where they were, Indigenous peoples’ governance was based on valuing what was best for the community over the needs or preferences of individuals. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Before leaving isorhythm, there is a footnote to be added about the way it is organised as strings of note values. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Females didn’t bring in half the value of a good-size jimmy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Do not try to follow me, my dears, if you value your sanity.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z How do I know which values go with which characters? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the value is in the process—in touching each item, in naming and identifying, in acknowledging the significance of a cardigan, a pair of children’s boots. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Land values declined accordingly, for the Klamath weed was considered to hold the first mortgage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There is some truth to so-called fundamental analysis, which looks to the economic factors underlying a stock’s value. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as the segregationists were concerned, racial integration and Communism were one and the same and posed the same kind of threat to traditional American values. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The rest of the interview yielded nothing of value, and at the end of it, he escorted us to the entrance himself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She knew her husband’s income, and she loved to feel that he trusted her, not only with his happiness, but what some men seem to value more—his money. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It made him feel alive and gave him a heightened sense of the value of himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After three years of calculation, he believed he had found the correct values for a Martian circular orbit, which matched ten of Tycho’s observations within two minutes of arc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” he says, “consent feels nice. Letting people decide what’s going to happen with their tissue seems like the right thing to do. But consent diminishes the value of tissue.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer was rare among theorists in conceding value to the uncomplicated perception of nature, free of abstractions, that happened to be Lawrence’s approach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The compass was my most valued possession and I’d lost it twice in two days! Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Real estate term that refers to the position of a piece of real estate as it relates to the value of that real estate. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She understood how it felt to be an outsider, and she valued friendships highly in this new place. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Her husband, an Aragonese merchant by whom she had two children, spent half the value of his store on medicines and pastimes in an attempt to alleviate her terror. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Weaving and metalwork were valued as works of art. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A number's value comes from its place on the number line—from its position compared with other numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The British agent reported he found nothing of value. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As land values rose, landowners sought ways of improving the return on their investments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Richard Garrett made a claim against the U.S. government for compensation, for the value of his property, including the burned barn and the corn and hay consumed by the cavalry horses. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave little value to the sense of sight. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Demiguise pelts are highly valued as the hair may be spun into Invisibility Cloaks. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Other phrases in the letter included, “lack of professional judgment,” “disregard for individual privacy,” “unprofessional behavior,” “inappropriate use of school resources,” and “insensitivity to community values.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Line has traditionally been admired for its descriptive value, so that its expressive potential is easily overlooked. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All my family were gone, and I had no more possessions of any value. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A family with a lot of schooling tends to value schooling. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Everyone in this room has value, and we will speak to each other in a way that shows we believe that.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z And beyond that, there are so many things I love about him: he’s kind and strong and he believes in the intrinsic value of women as human beings; he’s fun and deep and loyal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He gave himself to it willingly, traded himself for all that he loved and valued, and felt free. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z What a culture values, is an insight into that culture’s aesthetics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The tiny interior of the shop was in fact uncomfortably full, but there was almost nothing in it of the slightest value. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Look at what it would do to real estate values on the west side.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a very unattractive wisdom. What do you value most?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Together, in our cramped apartment on the South Side of Chicago, they helped me see the value in our story, in my story, in the larger story of our country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Society adopts the solution if it is compatible with the society’s values and other technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The blink is great value for the eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Besides being doubtful he’d be able to get the generator into the canoe, he was wary of picking up anything of value. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z This was not due to a major change in black values, behavior, or culture; this dramatic shift was the result of deindustrialization, globalization, and technological advancement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Lower that value very slightly–from 0.007 percent to 0.006 percent, say–and no transformation could take place: the universe would consist of hydrogen and nothing else. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He knew what kind of values these people had. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and reminded myself that I still had beam and floor to come, and my start values for both those routines were higher than anyone else’s, with Aly’s close behind. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And only in a story could you enter these different minds and show how they had an equal value. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The things they valued most in life were good social interactions and high-quality friendships. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The same town that gave the world the golden arches also gave it a biker gang that stood for a totally antithetical set of values. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Black life is cheap, but in America black bodies are a natural resource of incomparable value. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My score, 14.966, was lower than I’d hoped, probably because my start value on bars wasn’t as high as on my other routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The most common method is not to show radiant light directly but to suggest its presence through a change in the value of reflected light from dark to light. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kids are baby goats. They’re cute, and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Because of that value, the three of them were here, well fed, well housed, and nurtured. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Expected Values: From Blood Testing to Chuck-a-Luck Coincidences or extreme values catch the eye, but average or “expected” values are generally more informative. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to maintain your house if you want it to maintain its value,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z And when it comes to social connection, What is the value of immediate gratification? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z What the researchers found was that students thought a value of a text fell much more quickly than did the value of money. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When defectors cross into China, the first “foreigners” they encounter are usually ethnic Koreans who speak the same language, eat similar food, and share some of the same cultural values. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then he does something else that goes against his parents’ values. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That even if his father hadn’t taught him himself, some crotchety old nanny had waxed poetic on the value of tucking your shirt in, polishing your shoes, and combing your hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But that shows you how life is valued now when ten-year-old kids kill for a piece of candy. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote, “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, we suggest that humans so willingly self- disclose because doing so represents an event with intrinsic value, in the same way as with primary awards such as food and sex.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But he has an aura around him now and he controls something of value: parts in his productions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It dawned on me that her childishness would increase her value, for a while anyway. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As a reformist movement that never overtly questioned the traditional values of a caste-ridden, extremely traditional community. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira remembered that she had tied it back that morning, as she often did, with a simple leather cord of no value. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hopefully, you will understand when your state senator tries to live up to those values as best he can.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But he knew that by now Kathy would have checked the value of the policy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I kept thinking of Senor Saguaros question: Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others'? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I’m sure you can do a wonderful project but there’s value in working with a group. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His friendship was of value to me: to lose it tried me severely. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And I can appreciate that. But isn’t there something to be valued in a happy ending as well?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When I first opened the door and gazed into the van’s darkened interior, I knew right away that I’d found something of immeasurable value: privacy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z L’Hôpital’s rule states that the value of the fraction was equal to the derivative of the top expression divided by the derivative of the bottom expression. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The mere suggestion of it, I understood now, caused stable, middle-class families to bail preemptively for the suburbs, worried their property values would drop. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Blake had come to value the man’s sometimes bracing candor since his arrival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After her death in 1982, their value skyrocketed, with MoMA paying nearly two million to add one to its permanent collection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The values he taught me were only things he wanted to be true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So Tree Top has added value to an apple by injecting it with flavonoids from red wine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Most fields of human merchandising value nationwide brand identities,” he said. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Mostly he talked about “values,” the most important buzzword to be added to the lexicon of American politics in the 1988 election. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I must admit that this desire on their part leads me to question their value judgments. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even then I didn't think I was writing anything of value. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Good value for your money. You take care of that, it’ll be with you your whole life.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I'm not keyed in to their value system. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Truly? How intriguing. Fjerdans value courage greatly. How are you finding our country?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her mind was reeling with misconceptions and abysmal value judgments. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Vitellius,” Hazel interrupted, “we’ve got to get Percy’s augury before he can join. Why don’t you check on Frank? He’s in the armory doing inventory. You know how much he values your help.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But we have a reasonable doubt, and this is a safeguard that has enormous value in our system. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His experience raised the question of worth and values, of aggressive inferiority and aggressive arrogance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe that I am on the side of the American people and the state of Texas in terms of values!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For a first try, we get an area of 16, quite short of the actual value of 32. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Grandma didn’t seem to be bothered that we had just brought down the property values of the entire neighborhood by offering to host this rusted-out piece of garbage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger still stood with his back to the wall, watching and trying to value every move in relation to himself and his chances of getting the money. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think our caseworkers valued the education we had achieved. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I look at Angel and try to imagine what value she has. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Anna and Dorus van Gogh placed as much importance on this world as the next and valued hard work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We hope you find a new friend of value to spend your final hours with today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Writing, I have come to value written words as never before. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All of these expressions, but especially 0/0, could take on any value you desire them to have, depending on the functions you put in the numerator and denominator. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If any item cannot be recovered and returned, Mr. Bauer and I will guarantee its full value to you in cash.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, Hamilton’s recommendation looked straightforward: All citizens who owned government securities should be reimbursed at par—that is, the full value of the government’s original promise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If she is weighing temporal against spiritual values, it can be only in a symbolic sense, because nothing about the figure or the setting betrays a sense of conflict. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This is difficult because there exists, all around us, an apparatus urging us to accept American innocence at face value and not to inquire too much. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was the spotlight the Littleton, Colorado, killings has put on the fact that for so many individualistic, intelligent, and vulnerable kids, high school is a Hellmouth of exclusion, cruelty, loneliness, inverted values, and rage. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The black kids in the class wanted to identify with the values we were being taught, and the concept of being slaves was a clear deflection of those values. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “No. They had value. They did not die. At least not physically,” she added. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The value of the grand unification energy is not very well known, but it would probably have to be at least a thousand million million GeV. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One didn’t talk about such things; the world, she knew, was impatient with women who value their own children too highly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel I am without worth, that nothing I can do is of any value, least of all to myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They are so ancient; we must try to ignore their appearance. Thanks to us and their programming, their minds have some value, and that is all we are interested in.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z That the full value of their gift has been recognized. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The ones whose contents were always emptied onto the pavement in the dead of night, as if the wine itself were of no value? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They, too, see the value in staying on her good side. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later Edison told his assistant that his invention had no commercial value. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Their faction values honesty and sees the truth as black and white, so that is what they wear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The value of high school football was deeply entrenched. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Cadence displayed a disquieting desire to rid herself of all unnecessary possessions, even things of sentimental value, almost as if doing penance for past crimes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Later on, the Wart discovered that there were only two qualifications in the language, Done and Not-Done—which applied to all questions of value. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For someone who questions the value of words, he sure uses a lot of them. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She valued Rocky’s growing understanding of the outside world, of the books, of everything of importance and power. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z During the years of unprecedented inhumanity, Schindler saw value in the very people the Nazis labeled as less than human and sought to eradicate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Then I’ll tell you,” Baba said, “but first understand this and understand it now, Amir: You’ll never learn anything of value from those bearded idiots.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For thousands of years, as civilizations waxed and waned, these three art forms—painting, sculpture, and architecture—embodied the ambitions, dreams, and values of their cultures. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Tact was a quality which Blackavar valued about as much as Bigwig did; and now he made the worst possible reply. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The value of obtaining the Copper Key had dropped another 1,000 points for him, but the value of clearing the First Gate remained unchanged at 100,000. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives. I think we should talk about that.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The expansion of victims' rights ultimately made formal what had always been true: Some victims are more protected and valued than others. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The cards indicated how the person was likely to vote on certain issues, what his basic values were, and what past indications he had given about his feelings toward women attaining the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Of course, such material has great value to certain historians, such as those who reconstruct legal and social history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With Albert being the king—the piece with a ton of value but the one unable to move more than one space at a time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I admired her spirit; but more, I wanted to help her see the value of her adventure. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some entomologists believe that the ant’s food habits have changed as it has become more abundant, so that observations made several decades ago have little value now. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But other people vouched for him, including Erasmus, whose opinion they always valued. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z C.P. understood the strategic value of cultivating new blood for the organization, but even more, he identified with the hunger many working-class white children felt for an organization such as the Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They are easy to maintain, need no paint since they are usually of aluminum, and are not tied to fluctuating land values. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “And one more thing. You give Effie Wilcox back her house, free and clear. It isn’t worth nothing anyway—apart from its historical value.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Point was, though, this sparrowhawk said she’d been told that the sparrows once stole an object of great value to our Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You have no sense of reality. You’ve never taken stock of how the world really is. You put your faith in utopian values that don’t even exist.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At a minimum, this audience needs to consist of no more than one or two people whose opinions they value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby identified with him in that respect and especially valued one of his dicta: “Never obey anyone’s command unless it is coming from within you.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The advantage of realism at face value is that it seems easier to understand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the farmer himself seldom understands the value of wild bees and often participates in the very measures that rob him of their services. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Greeks, the Hebrews used letters from their alphabet to represent numbers, so every word had a numerical value. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At that point its market value was estimated to be $3 billion. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The value of building the jackpot is now outweighed by each contestant’s desire to win the jackpot. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This amount of property value has a vast influence on the minds of its owners, very naturally. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At face value, the Russian Revolution had little to do with genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The only thing that Francis could do immediately was to seize the water value, which was easiest to think about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Throughout the fair, he said, “we insisted on sending our own guests whose opinions we specially valued into the Grand Court first.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Let’s say that he is forced, for the sake of argument, to affix a relative value, and he decides that 1 newborn is worth 100 fetuses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They valued football every bit as much as Permian did, perhaps even more if that was possible, and they had become imbued with a power every bit as special as the Mojo mystique. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It made no sense for El Patron to lavish education on someone who was valued only for his spare parts. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I also kept arguing for the value of experimentation. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In my case, people could see my value. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder whether the relief agencies will see value in helping us get these trifles. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hoving valued the fruits of spontaneous thinking so much that he took special steps to make sure his early impressions were as good as possible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Dandelion greens had some nutritional value, Mom promised us, but their broth wasn’t exactly filling. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And many a time Siddhartha even doubted whether this knowledge, this thought, was of such great value, whether it was not also perhaps the childish self-flattery of thinkers, who were perhaps only thinking children. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z No one created anything of value anymore—but if, by gleaning, he could bring back a hint of what once was, it might be worth it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “We run the Kelley Blue Book values on all these, so our prices are fair.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In that relationship, the alcoholic places urgent value on, say, getting one beer today, even if he can get a twelve-pack if he waits a week. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s ridiculous that Africans don’t value our natural hair in Africa,” Yagazie said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The argument, of course, is silly, because “biggest” is a vague word, having no value whatever in arguments, if one is serious. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But this is not a complete or final solution, for a zero tolerance on paper is of little value. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The city was growing in all available directions, and where it abutted the lake, it grew skyward, sharply increasing the value of land within the Loop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Teachers and other adults seemed to value me as an example. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the case of a text, the information lost one- quarter of its value in ten minutes and half its value in five hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t doubt the potential value of paying attention to subconscious cues. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It was apparent right from the start that discovery, priority and originality were ambiguous and, at the limit, incoherent; and that these values conflicted with the obligation to check and check again before publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Now it has symbolic value. You can call it Mute Bard.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am not one to press my company upon those who do not value it. If Dumbledore chooses to ignore the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly around Harry’s wrist. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Does nothing have value in your horrible ruin of a brain?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, then, did only some peoples and not others develop writing, given its overwhelming value? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But Ptolemy valued those scrolls more than gold or silver. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Negotiate. Make him see the value of what you’ve already given.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z As it was, she spent the night in one of the guest rooms, paying full price, although Mistress Cutler pretended for a moment that she couldn’t possibly take payment from an old and valued employee. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “The recent transfer of Beatrice and Caleb Prior, the children of Andrew Prior, calls into question the soundness of Abnegations values and teachings.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Redeem me like a pawn ticket worth little on the marketplace, but priceless in retrieving real value? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to set a value on heads, shoulders and arms—their owners’ value, even if the owner was a serf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he can do some job the barbarians value greatly.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Perotin, though, began using an upgraded method of notation that did for the first time indicate the rhythmic value of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His neutron’s weight directly contradicted the value proposed by the Cavendish, which was in the range of 1.0067 to 1.0072 units. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the second part of the experiment, the researchers asked similar questions, but this time they focused on the value of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1962, events halfway across the globe would reveal the value of HERO's espionage. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So Schwarz was left alone as almost the only supporter of string theory, but now with the much higher proposed value of the string tension. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way we were encouraged to value each other’s work.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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