| 单词 | winnowing |
| 例句 | Along the road I saw women winnowing baskets of threshed grain in the wind, the clouds of chaff flying off in the breeze. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “May it be mine,” the reaper prays, “beside Demeter’s altar to dig the great winnowing fan through her heaps of corn, while she stands smiling by with sheaves and poppies in her hand.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Genealogists are worked to death winnowing the debris of ancestry for grains of greatness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew it was his mother, Kate, who saved him from affliction and the early winnowing that is every plantation slave’s first trial. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “At the sacred threshing-floor, when they are winnowing, she herself, Demeter of the corn-ripe yellow hair, divides the grain and the chaff in the rush of the wind, and the heap of chaff grows white.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We worked through the days and in the twilight getting in the rice, and then we worked three more days draining the fields and clearing them, and then three more nights sifting and winnowing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it was impossible to eat wild grains without first winnowing, grinding and cooking them, people who gathered these grains carried them back to their temporary campsites for processing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When the husks were loosened, Nhamo poured the grain into a winnowing basket. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is the reaping,” I said, “and the threshing and winnowing. How shall we manage when the time comes?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z That, the authors say, consists of winnowing “a few good ideas” out of “tons of half-baked concepts and outright stinkers.” Books Of Style: Books Offer Career Advice, and Tips on How to Quit and Find a New Job 2013-12-27T21:44:04Z But isn’t it possible that this shrinkage is better thought of as a winnowing, as we zero in on those friendships that are actually reciprocated? Are your friends really your friends? | Oliver Burkeman 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The Iowa caucuses, with their technical glitches and late reporting, offered no winnowing of the field and little clarity about what happens next. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z While winnowing the warehouse contents, she said, “We had to look at, ‘What do we really need to continue to convey our story?’ ” 2010-02-12T00:03:00Z An elaborate and mysterious winnowing process pares down the thousands of potential nominees to five. Arts & Leisure Preview: A Golden Age of Foreign Films, Mostly Unseen 2011-01-27T17:15:40Z This is all to say that though anything could happen in this category, the Oscar will probably go to the film with the most best-picture heat, winnowing the field to “Black Panther” and “BlacKkKlansman.” Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z What thrills Grammy voters doesn't necessarily charm those winnowing down dozens of Emmy contenders to a handful of nominees in each category. Anatomy of a shutout: Why the Emmys snub Beyoncé despite her continuing to innovate on TV 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z This winnowing process has put ABC’s “Designated Survivor,” the Kiefer Sutherland political thriller, on the “hm, maybe later” list. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘30 for 30’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Faced with the dimming prospect of a fast recovery from the pandemic, many museums are now winnowing their events calendars for the fall and forecasting prolonged closures. The Met Announces Dozens of Layoffs as Potential Losses Swell to $150 Million 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z They are pressured to consume “mall-truck food,” which may or may not contain “winnowing agents” meant to gradually eliminate the surplus population altogether. The Future Is Here, and Uncomfortably Close to Home 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z I lost sleep winnowing down the list of contenders. The absolute best way to make an egg sandwich 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The foundation launched an international competition, winnowing 99 candidates to four. Transforming Tulsa, Starting with a Park 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Finally, winnowing is the process by which the hulls are separated from the rice. JJ Johnson is a rice aficionado. In his new cookbook, he demystifies the oftentimes tricky grain 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z If anything, this densely written account could use some winnowing and paring to make it more accessible to the average reader. ‘Becoming Big League’: a history of Seattle baseball’s ins and outs 2013-04-26T20:22:13Z The Toledo Museum of Art, while winnowing its holdings in storage, is selling furniture originally made for major arts patrons. Tattoo History, Antique Typewriters and Letting Go at the Toledo Museum 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z How hard was the winnowing process in putting together this festival? The Focus! Festival’s Shamanic Sounds and Crazy Tone Clusters 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Giving the audience a chance to judge all the pilots before deciding to pick any up to series is a refreshing change from the usual network strategy of winnowing pilots down behind closed doors. It’s Not TV, It’s Amazon; What Do the Site’s New Pilots Offer That the Networks Don’t? 2013-04-26T12:00:22Z After weeks of winnowing the herd, only three “stars” remained. Dancing with the Stars, Season 13: And the Winner Is? 2011-11-23T13:45:02Z It took her and her assistant about a year and a half to select the insects, ultimately winnowing the options down to a final list. Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z One can never guess which writers will survive the winnowing of time, but Vidal has as good a chance for survival as any writer of his generation. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z Immediately after the election, the presidential transition team began collecting names and winnowing a list of top contenders. Who’s got dibs on France? Trump friends and donors jockey for ambassadorships. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation released the names of the finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards, winnowing 40 nominees down to a list of five finalists in each of four categories. Jesmyn Ward and Masha Gessen Among 2017 National Book Awards Finalists 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z He was always inventing things, like a bicycle-powered winnowing machine, for removing cocoa beans' shells and cracking them into nibs. A chocolatier's view on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013-07-02T17:33:00Z The focus turned inward, and the winnowing began. A song of ice and ire: how Game of Thrones enraged its audience 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The report explores strategies for the future that might include winnowing the ranks of such arts organizations, with the hope of keeping the strongest going. Essential Arts and Culture: The critic's life, vintage plays and vintage couples 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Her colleagues talk about her rigor at winnowing their material, while her peers praise the results. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Then, on the inside of his left arm, are the words "the oar and the winnowing fan". Mark Cousins: the kids stay in the picture 2013-05-20T18:00:02Z After winnowing the selection down to more forceful recommendations, they randomly selected 80 and weighed them against the existing medical literature, evaluating each claim for “consistency and believability.” Scientists prove that you shouldn’t trust anything Dr. Oz says 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The gimmick of the show is: It’s not Angela who does the initial winnowing. In ‘It Takes a Church,’ the Congregation Helps Pick Your Date 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Drawing from a trove of interviews, correspondence and diaries, Ms. Winder shows how selectively Plath edited that period, winnowing the positive, accentuating the negative, leaving out her thirst for glamour and fashion. Cultural Studies: Seeing Sylvia Plath With New Eyes - Cultural Studies 2013-05-03T22:54:52Z The participants were asked to shoot from Nov. 17 until Dec. 20; then Mr. Lozouet downloaded the photos to his computer and did an initial cut, winnowing thousands of photos to a few hundred. For Homeless Photographers, Pride of Place in Paris 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z All the while I navigated the selling of my own house, the dividing of debt and assets, and the winnowing of 10 years’ worth of accumulated stuff. Nobody puts baby in a cooler! Learning to parent with first-world problems 2014-03-09T00:00:00Z Watching them all was fantastic, and winnowing the list down to 11 winners was no easy task. 2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest 2013-05-15T22:38:53Z What Morgan and his colleagues excel at, still, is the artful winnowing of a sweeping story. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z But men and women were winnowing down pools of potential suitors long before Tinder, Bumble and Grindr were thought of through matchmaking and speed dating. Here for the right reasons: Why "The Golden Bachelor" is already our favorite edition 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Last month, the Los Angeles Times folded its Sunday magazine, further winnowing the number of newspapers publishing a Sunday glossy. Women Olympians: They’re hot! 2012-06-19T18:40:00Z Yet here I am, faced with the task of winnowing down 10 years of peak TV in some kind of usual, quantifiably final way. Perspective | The best TV of the decade? It’s a lot to sort out. 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z She recorded more than 100 songs before winnowing them down to 11 tracks. Baby Rose Writes Music With Intention, ‘Not to Fit Into a Box’ 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Instead came the usual winnowing of alibis and lengthy fathoming of who stood to gain from this or that. Shetland; Toughest Place to Be a … Taxi Driver; The Mimic – review 2013-03-16T22:45:01Z It took some winnowing, as there are numerous parks and monuments to visit. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The winnowing process even has a clinical name: socioemotional selectivity theory, a term coined by Laura L. Carstensen, a psychology professor who is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California. It?s Not Me, It?s You: How to End a Friendship 2012-01-28T11:00:06Z For his project Mr. Paglen culled photographs from sources including Flickr and Google Images, stock archives, National Geographic and museums, finally winnowing the images down to 100. Inside Art: Tate Modern Prepares for London Olympics 2012-07-05T21:22:06Z Coaching clients, who pay $10,000 and up for a program called “Dating Refresh,” get four months of help curating their online profiles and winnowing suitors, plus a makeover and photo shoot. Singles Have to Think Outside the Screen 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z But there is a winnowing process in the classes, and the audition process and submission process is very competitive now. A talk with Benjamin Apple, 'Cubed' star, 'comedy person' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Fans of “American Idol” breathed a sigh of relief as the episodes devoted to mass auditions ended last night and the program moves on to the winnowing phase in Hollywood next week. ArtsBeat: In 'American Idol' Auditions, a Sigh of Relief 2012-02-03T04:54:42Z Any candidate has to have in his or her mind a way of seeing the field winnowing and you emerging, as realistic as you are. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Around now — when leaves are falling fast and the offerings at farmers markets are winnowing down to squash and root vegetables — is the time to start counting your pretty jars filled with delicious homemade foods. Canning class postscript: You preserved stuff. Now use it. Come back tomorrow when the winnowing of the herd commences. Dancing With the Stars Watch: Get the Party Started 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The field around Trump is winnowing with less than two months before the Iowa caucuses kick off the GOP nominating calendar. DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will meet in Iowa for a ‘family discussion’ on politics 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “That winnowing starts in Iowa and it changes the dynamics of the race.” Iowa’s two campaigns: Donald Trump’s rivals search for paths to stop him as he blazes his own trail 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z She downloaded the book’s audio version and listened to it as she drove her 25-ton John Deere combine through her fields, reaping, threshing and winnowing hundreds of bushels. Book battles are raging nationwide. A WA library could be nation’s first to close 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Cavanagh is essentially winnowing down the number of executives who report directly to him, streamlining the company’s leadership ranks. NBC’s New Chief Overhauls Top Ranks 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z As the winnowing progressed, a complex matrix of small and large considerations came into play. The Ukraine War Changed This Company Forever 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z “The winnowing is very likely to be different if the first state is South Carolina, or Nevada, or some combination, than if it were Iowa or New Hampshire.” Democrats’ new primary calendar remains unresolved. The party insists that’s OK 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z To participate in the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee, candidates must have received campaign contributions from 40,000 unique donors - a relatively high number aimed at winnowing the field. Republicans schedule 1st presidential debate for Aug. 23, next for the following night if necessary 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z To participate in the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee, candidates must have received campaign contributions from 40,000 unique donors — a relatively high number aimed at winnowing the field. Republicans schedule 1st presidential debate for Aug. 23, but there’s no guarantee Trump will attend 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z He examined 10,000 items before slowly winnowing the show down to about 200. Met’s sumptuous Lagerfeld show focuses on works, not words 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Already, the success of the front-runners is winnowing out competition, as some companies drop their sickle cell gene therapy programs. His sickle cell disease brought agony. Gene therapy is bringing hope. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Authorities summoned 1,800 potential jurors to the courthouse in late March, requiring each of them to complete a 20-page questionnaire in hopes of winnowing out anyone unable to fairly try the case. Jury selection begins in Idaho trial of slain kids’ mother 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z If that happens, he foresees a winnowing of competition that ill eventually make the biggest tech companies even stronger than they already are. Silicon Valley Bank’s demise disrupts the disruptors in tech 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “There’s definitely going to be a winnowing of the herd,” he said. SVB fall casts shadow on early-stage U.S. biotech 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z But the tense political atmosphere guaranteed the winnowing of lessons on topics such as reparations and movements for Black lives would be second-guessed even if experts deemed it necessary for pacing of the course. Did politics scrub ‘systemic’ from AP African American studies plan? Across the media and entertainment industry, companies are shedding staff, winnowing budgets and looking to shore up cash on hand as they steer out of the pandemic and into an uncertain future. It's not just Disney: Hollywood slashes jobs as streaming bubble pops 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z European nations have been attempting to map which ships were in the region in the days before the explosions, in the hope of winnowing the field of suspects. No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But it has always played a role in winnowing the field. The End of a Presidential Launchpad 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z His military establishment was accused both of winnowing the electoral field for Mr. Khan to rise to office in 2018 and of then quietly signaling the disapproval that led to his ouster this year. Pakistan Names a New Army Chief, Amid Political Drama Centered on the Military 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Led by the village chieftain Gasia Maranda, they carried religious totems — among them an earthen pitcher, a bow and arrow, winnowing fan and a sacrificial axe. Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Christie dismissed any talk of winnowing the field so soon. Trump’s growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Time had done its winnowing, and what remained were the works and ideas that shaped human civilization. Perspective | Why read old books? A case for the classic, the unusual, the neglected. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Britain’s Conservative Party selects leaders first by winnowing down candidates in the traditional way: voting among party lawmakers. How Political Primaries Drive Britain’s Dysfunction 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The nominations winnowing process was particularly brutal this year. Peak TV bonanza complicates Emmy goal of honoring the best 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The Democratic field in 2020 was crowded, before winnowing down to a handful of contenders early in March, when most dropped out, leaving only Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joseph Biden. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z No winnowing players from the field after two rounds? Perspective | Golf at St. Andrews is real, which is why it has no room for Greg Norman 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The lower shoreface lies below the normal depth of wave agitation, so the sediment is not subject to daily winnowing and deposition. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to start winnowing out which tabs I could easily lose or save them as bookmarks, so I simply closed down the two iterations of Chrome — or tried to. Quick fixes: restoring pages of tabs on Chrome 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Researchers screened 6,135 by phone, winnowing the unresponsive, the unsure and those who were too old or too sick. What it's like to catch the coronavirus for the sake of science 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The winnowing remains a continual process as we learn to live more efficiently in the space. Small, by choice: These radical downsizers find freedom in the tiny house life | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Once overwhelmed with job applicants, employers added requirements as a means of winnowing the talent. Opinion | No college? No problem. Maryland might hire you. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Some of that winnowing would come from higher taxes on the rich and corporations, with about $1.5 trillion in new revenue directed toward reducing the budget deficit. Biden’s $5.8 Trillion Budget Pivots Toward Economic and Security Concerns 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Many of the some 80 drawings, sketches and other works in the show document David’s creative process as he developed key paintings, heightening the drama, winnowing out unnecessary actors, focusing interactions with operatic intensity. Review | A master of propaganda, artist Jacques Louis David helped sell Frenchmen on the Revolution 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Instead of winnowing out any student who is struggling, he says, “we make it clear that we expect people who come here to succeed.” Michigan’s surprising recipe for improving diversity in graduate physics 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In recent weeks, the winnowing has been opaque to even some of Biden’s closest allies on Capitol Hill. Biden interviews at least three Supreme Court contenders as announcement nears 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z As a surge in coronavirus cases continues to batter Britain, hospitals, clinics and ambulance services say it is winnowing their staffs, especially through the highly contagious Omicron variant. U.K. System Strained as Health Care Workers Get Covid Themselves 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z I think SPACs are here to stay, but I think there’s a winnowing and quality process. Michael Dell Is Trying to Be Nice 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z I kept winnowing the list and settled on what seemed a reasonable solution. Invest Well by Keeping Things Simple 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Bostonians will go to the polls Tuesday in what is locally called a preliminary election, winnowing more than half a dozen mayoral candidates down to two for the general contest in November. A more diverse Boston prepares for a true changing of the guard 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Nearly all these relocations failed within a decade, and many resulted in further winnowing the genetic diversity of the species. Saved by a Bucket, but Can the Owens Pupfish Survive? 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z And that will begin the process of winnowing the opening training camp roster of 90 players to 53 for the start of the regular season Sept. 12 at Indianapolis. Ranking the Seahawks roster ahead of NFL training camp: Nos. 90-81 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z You know, who cares if there is a winnowing out of global humanity if Noah’s ark can be made available for the rich? What if American Democracy Fails the Climate Crisis? 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z But health care is expensive, there’s concern about deficits and with Democrats holding only bare majorities in Congress, a winnowing down of expectations seems likely later this year. Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z They apply for their posts, and after a winnowing process, the state auditor selects the first eight members. Redistricting commission accused of violating open-meetings law and other failures 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Then, rather than going to individual, smaller courtrooms for the winnowing process, prospective jurors remained in the large jury lounge. As virus cases fall, Maryland tries to dig out of backlogged jury trials 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z “Second, the winnowing of US Embassy staff in Russia will make the difficult work of consular support even harder.” Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted American 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Though the exact process behind this crustal winnowing remains uncertain, Tang and his colleagues contend that the change could come, in part, from a slowdown in plate tectonics. Earth’s mountains may have mysteriously stopped growing for a billion years 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Some ideas that energize progressive Democrats may have the hardest time getting through the winnowing process. Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z While winnowing the furnishings of her three-bedroom house to fit a one-bedroom in an assisted living complex near us, I kept finding tiny scraps of paper, notes she’d written to jog her memory. Perspective | As the pandemic raged, my independent mother’s memory worsened, her isolation increased — and I was far away 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z A highly regarded intelligence professional, Travers went through official channels to report his worry that the Trump administration was eroding the center’s mission with budget cuts and the winnowing of experts detailed from government agencies. How Trump waged war on his own government 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z From my own casual winnowing, the series seems basically true to the record. Disney's 'The Right Stuff' is an object lesson in how not to remake a classic 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The winnowing of older workers in physical jobs worries Collinson, especially now. Plight of the ‘Physical Worker’: Worn-out bodies and little savings 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The winnowing — what one expert calls a “Sovietish” reduction of choice — is also solidifying eating patterns, for good or for ill. Bigger hauls, fewer choices: How the pandemic has changed our grocery shopping habits forever 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Tuesday night’s results also began the winnowing process for two Seattle-area House vacancies. A handful of incumbents trailing narrowly in Washington state Legislature races 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Flynt, the Baptist historian at Auburn University, said the departures from Williams “were the natural process of winnowing that takes place in a polarized society.” The Walls of the Church Couldn’t Keep the Trump Era Out 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The winnowing of the projects to 14 was reported Friday by NBC News. Profits and Pride at Stake, the Race for a Vaccine Intensifies 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z For Bird, the most difficult thing was winnowing down a final list of 20 films. ‘Ratatouille’ director Brad Bird joins TCM’s ‘Essentials’ 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But in winnowing out patients most likely to need a respirator, it offers a powerful first clue. Researchers look for ways to divert patients from ventilators as shortage looms 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Hollywood film editor and director Greg Plotkin uses the proceeds from winnowing his collection to indulge his two sons’ growing interest in collecting. A no-savings generation is cashing in their sneaker collections 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z As Tuesday's results tell us, enough Democrats are sufficiently frightened by Sanders' inspirational call for a political revolution to force a winnowing of candidates whose very number would assure him of continued victories. The big lesson of Super Tuesday’s votes...and what comes next 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z As a general rule, screening for infectious diseases requires some sort of winnowing of potential candidates, experts said. Coronavirus Testing Offered With Just a Doctor’s Approval, C.D.C. Says 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z And so, as the presidential campaign dragged on through chaotic summer debates, a fall winnowing of the field, the Trump impeachment hearings and later an impeachment trial, Biden remained the front-runner. Super Tuesday miracle? Everything is suddenly going right for Biden after near-collapse of campaign 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It was a system of annual winnowing intended to produce outstanding managers. Jack Welch, G.E. Chief Who Became a Business Superstar, Dies at 84 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z At a minimum, Democrats now face the most unsettled contest in decades, with several candidates showing a potential to win delegates after the winnowing process of the first four primary states. Joe Biden wins South Carolina primary, reshaping the Democratic race 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z “A lot of people in the race still, but they’ll be dropping off quick because the money is running out. So I think you’re going to have the field winnowing pretty quickly.” Bernie Sanders’ surge has party elders rattled, as Nevada poised to boost momentum 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Successfully winnowing thousands of works on paper into a smaller yet coherent explication of the artist’s career is no mean feat. Review: Hammer Museum's 'Paul McCarthy: Head Space' draws a revelatory picture of L.A. artist 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z For decades, Americans have increasingly been shamefully outsourcing the early winnowing of our presidential candidates to two small states that have only small Black and Hispanic populations — the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. America, if you are listening — let’s fix our elections 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Since the chaotic Iowa caucuses failed to perform their traditional function of winnowing the race, it now falls to New Hampshire to begin culling the Democratic field, which still features almost a dozen candidates. New Hampshire hopes to clarify unsettled Democratic contest 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z For all the candidates but Sanders, a further winnowing of the field is crucial to winning the nomination. Joe Biden wins South Carolina primary, reshaping the Democratic race 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z “It may be that we see even further winnowing of the field soon.” Billionaire Bloomberg floods Democratic primary with cash 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s a stark winnowing of the Democratic field that was once the most diverse in history. The Latest: Democrats revive debate over best US health care 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Bottom line: Americans have, in effect, outsourced to those two small, unrepresentative states the task of winnowing the field before any of the rest of us get to vote. America, if you are listening — let’s fix our elections 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z A winnowing process would of course still happen before the final debates, but based on actual votes cast. The Democratic debate stage is now all white. It doesn't have to be this way 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Weltner brought up the pressure of winnowing down hundreds of names in the best supporting actor category alone to just five precious spots for the ballot. Who Gets to Pick Best Actor? Actually, I Do 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Over time, those standards have risen, winnowing the field. Only white candidates have qualified for the Democrats’ January debate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z For Democrats, the politics of war now could play a major role in shaping how voters view the winnowing field. Analysis: Trump changes terms of 2020 race with Iran turmoil 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The winnowing process formally begins with Iowa’s Feb. 3 caucus and ends at the party’s mid-July national convention after every state and U.S. territory holds its own primary contest. Election year to feature bitter fights, deepening divides 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The winnowing process formally begins with Iowa’s Feb. 3 caucus and ends at the party’s mid-July national convention after every state and U.S. territory holds its own primary contest. Election year to feature bitter fights, deepening divides 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The field may be winnowing, but the primary contest remains deeply unsettled. 6 big questions ahead of Democrats’ final debate of 2019 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Among Democratic campaigns and voters, the carnival pageantry of the summer, of state fairs and parades, gave way to an intense theatre of hope, winnowing, and dread. Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “The field is winnowing, and there are growing discussions about diversity in the field.” Cory Booker fights on despite expected debate snub 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z So the panel lacks the independence that’s crucial to merit selection, which explains why it sometimes seems to play its own brand of politics rather than winnowing the field to the most qualified candidates. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Perez allowed 20 candidates to attend the first debates, and he has been gradually winnowing the stage. Democrats were excited about their initially diverse field. Now it’s notably whiter. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And it’s essentially a playoff quarterback’s award, winnowing the field even further. Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson? If you think the NFL’s MVP race has a frontrunner, think again 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Worries about the strength of the front-runners prompted Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York mayor, to move toward a bid, threatening to expand the field just as the party thought it would be winnowing. Still a chance? 2020 longshots insist race is up for grabs 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “Voters are about to do their own winnowing of maybe a half dozen or so favorites, and he is in that mix.” Cory Booker fights on despite expected debate snub 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Community Energy’s proposal made it through TVA’s initial winnowing of bids and is now a finalist in the race to produce green power for the agency tasked with providing electricity in parts of seven states. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z If impeachment accomplishes the winnowing that Democrats couldn’t manage on their own, that’s an unexpected mitzvah, just in time for the High Holidays. Here we are — but where are we? Your semi-useful user's guide to the impeachment of Donald Trump 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Iowa has repeatedly proved decisive in winnowing the presidential field — or providing a path to victory. 2020 Democrats shift strategies as leadoff caucus nears 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Some industry groups opposed the emphasis on production, arguing for exemptions and winnowing down requirements. California lawmakers fail to act on recycling bills to phase out single-use plastics 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z Party leaders wanted an early set of debates open to even obscure candidates, then a steady process of winnowing the herd. 5 things to watch for in the Democratic debate on Thursday 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z With the race winnowing and the third debate coming up in Houston on Thursday night, the Gen X and Y candidates are sharpening the generational contrasts and increasingly emphasizing their youthful vigor. Analysis | The Daily 202: Younger presidential candidates are failing to get traction with calls for generational change 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “We see the field winnowing for a reason,” Mr. Buttigieg told a clutch of reporters after speaking Monday to 800 people in an Iowa City park. Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock and Other Low-Polling Democrats Soldier On 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z For some Democrats frustrated by size of the record-setting field of 2020 White House hopefuls – which reached roughly two-dozen earlier this summer – the winnowing of the candidates who actually make the debate stage drew praise. Debate lineup slashed in half: Numerous 2020 Dems fail to make the cut, turn on DNC 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The idea of a winnowing—a classic media term for this stage in a contest—is sure to inspire resentment. Is It “Winnowing” Time for the 2020 Democratic Presidential-Primary Field? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z That means the first real winnowing of this historically large field is at hand. With primaries’ first winnowing at hand, candidates face tough choice: Drop out or continue on ‘fool’s errand’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z And it’s definitely time to start winnowing the field. Opinion | The Democratic debate makes one thing clear: It’s time to narrow the field 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z To many Iowa political veterans, though, the winnowing is a natural stage of the nomination process. Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock and Other Low-Polling Democrats Soldier On 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z That fast pace isn’t likely to change as the Democratic campaign nears an expected winnowing from about two dozen candidates. Warren raises $19.1M, tops Sanders during second quarter 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The identity of the Democratic candidate won’t be resolved for a lot longer, but the winnowing process is about to begin. What to Expect in the Democratic Debates 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t think we need to be winnowing the field this early myself,” Mr. Ryan said. Tim Ryan advocates spreading DNC presidential debate over three nights 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z And yet they performed a drastic winnowing process, with many candidates never making it to the larger, more diverse states that might have been more hospitable territory. Iowa and New Hampshire overshadowed by cable hits, online campaigning 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Bennet was critical of the winnowing process in an interview this week with Fox News. Democrats toughen qualifying standards for third presidential debate 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z They say it’s not the national party committee’s job to be “winnowing the field” so early in the race. DNC ups thresholds for upcoming primary debates, making it harder for candidates to qualify 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z After memorizing tens of thousands of flash cards, the hopefuls survived a winnowing process that began with 11 million students vying in preliminary tournaments around the world. S-T-R-E-S-S: National Spelling Bee takes step to ease pressure 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The Talmud refers to it as “threshing inside and winnowing outside.” Can You Prevent Pregnancy with the Pullout Method? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z He made clear that the Fed would react accordingly if the economy showed signs of weakness and “wouldn’t hesitate” to change its approach to winnowing its giant portfolio of government-backed bonds. As Fed Chief, Jerome Powell Navigates an Angry President and Turbulent Markets 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z And they announced a faster-than-expected end to the winnowing of the Fed’s giant portfolio of bonds, which it accumulated in an effort to stoke economic growth after the financial crisis. Fed Worried About Slowing Global Growth in Pausing Rate Increases 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z I’ve promised myself that when I turn seventy I will begin winnowing. The Mail 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z As the economy recovered, the Fed began to reverse that program, slowly winnowing its portfolio of bonds in a process known as quantitative tightening. Trump Says Fed Should Cut Rates and Lift Economy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Prosecutors and attorneys for Mohamed Noor will use the questionnaires as they start winnowing the jury pool down to 12 jurors and four alternates. Potential jurors fill out questionnaires in ex-cop's trial 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He also said that the Fed planned to stop winnowing its portfolio of government bonds, which it amassed in the wake of the financial crisis as it tried to prop up the economy. White House Blames Fed for Slowing Economic Growth 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The game is too intense, ruggedly competitive and winnowing for that. Perspective | At Nats Park, a reason to be giddy at the season about to come 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z But the Oscars themselves remain a fixed point, easily identified and even with up to 10 nominees for best picture, ruthless in its winnowing process. Ratings, schmatings, the Oscars have become more important even as viewership has shrunk 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Conventions were the last step in the winnowing process. Why is the media showering Howard Schultz with free airtime? | Robert Reich 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Nevada will play a significant role in winnowing the Democratic presidential-contender field; the state is set to hold its 2020 caucuses Feb. 22, a few weeks after the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. Gov. Inslee will travel to Nevada on Saturday as presidential exploration continues 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Though challenging, the winnowing part of this strategy is hardly a radical move these days. The Case for Buying Less Clothing 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Then a Steering Group of global authorities in multiple fields begins a thorough process of winnowing the list; they further investigate each submission and share insights in the group discussions. Technologies That Shape the World: 2018 Edition 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z As for winnowing the list of the unaccounted, there’s a team of investigators, the sheriff said, searching for the missing. The search for Paradise fire victims slows; some may never be found 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Then, over the last several decades, the media took over the job of winnowing the pack. Why is the media showering Howard Schultz with free airtime? | Robert Reich 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Despite its perennial appeal in coffee shops and on college campuses, socialism fails wherever it steps in to protect flabby enterprises from the lethal winnowing of competition. Opinion | Cherish the demise of Sears 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Two important reasons to think that the explanations that survive the winnowing process are better than the ones that don’t are their predictive success and their technological applications. Why most narrative history is wrong 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z A downtown, urban site would be more attractive to millennials, whom the team must lure if it’s to counter an aging, winnowing fan base. ‘Bring it home’: Bowser, Snyder speak glowingly of RFK site for next Redskins stadium 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi is stepping down this year, winnowing further the already small number of women running Fortune 500 companies. The top 10 female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Part of the winnowing process is determining which veterans are still capable of contributing and which young players are ready for the international stage. U.S. women’s soccer is one year from World Cup. It seems closer for Coach Jill Ellis. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The company’s latest round of winnowing arrived Tuesday, the first time since 1907 that GE is not part of the exclusive Dow Jones industrial average. Business Highlights 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z As extreme weather conditions and massive die-offs grow more common in the ocean, the researchers note, such genetic winnowing may as well. Sea stars were dissolving. What helped some of them survive? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Were the WBA to begin by putting all the gubernatorial candidates on TV for initial debates, we could imagine a sifting and winnowing process that might in a later debate feature presumed front-runners. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Until Friday, the academy had insisted it was sticking to its usual schedule, winnowing potential laureates to a shortlist by summer and anointing a winner in October. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature postponed in light of sex-abuse scandal 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z SAT See lambs, chickens, heritage gardens, help operate 1880s winnowing machine, historical re-enactors demonstrate sewing, cooking, playing music, blacksmithing, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: La Conner Tulip Parade, April Pool Day, Seahawks 12K Run and more 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Again, who is comfortable with elected politicians winnowing the electorate? Opinion | There’s no good reason to stop felons from voting 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The winnowing left the area with the best odds of any in the country. Washington to Amazon: How urban do you want to be? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Husted v Philip Randolph Institute concerns what the League of Women Voters and the Brennan Centre for Justice calls the most restrictive approach to winnowing voter rolls found anywhere in America. Should voters who don’t vote stay on voter rolls? 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z He is winnowing a list of prospective candidates to bring in for interviews. Joe Girardi Didn’t Sufficiently Connect With Yankees Players, Cashman Says 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Moreover, the tight end corps that has been invaluable amid struggles in the wide receiver ranks took a beating, further winnowing the playbook for a would-be comeback. Injuries, Cowboys overtake outmanned Redskins in a Sunday slog 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z The winnowing, he said, is intended to focus G.E.’s capital investment and management time on the most promising businesses. G.E.’s New Strategy: Less Is More 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And in a star-driven league, having an actual star — someone worthy of an ABC appearance on Christmas night — might finally start winnowing out some of those visiting-team jerseys on F Street. Perspective | At long last, the Wizards could be about to reshuffle the D.C. sports pecking order 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Granted, this is a shorter season, and as we’re winnowing down the number of characters in play a lot of familiar faces are going to end up bouncing off one another. Game of Thrones, The Spoils of War is the dragon payoff we’ve been waiting for 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Along with winnowing the field for Seattle mayor, voters will decide which candidates move on to the fall election in School Board, Port Commission, state Senate and city and county council races. Seattle mayoral primary shaped by growth, livability issues 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z The selection process would last months, with the party’s lawmakers first winnowing the field to two and then rank-and-file members choosing between the finalists, one of whom would become the new prime minister. Pressure in Britain builds on Theresa May to step aside as her top aides resign, her party plots her possible ouster 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z US high streets are witnessing a Darwinian winnowing. As more buy clothes online, Walmart eyes a piece of the action 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The winnowing process began the week after Trump’s unexpected victory. The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Then she creeps to her room and goes through the packs, winnowing them down to what’s essential. “Herman Melville, Volume I” 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z It also results in a winnowing of sound. Ed Sheeran's dominance of the Top 20 is a only a symptom of how sick the charts are 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z At its height, the field of candidates swelled to double digits before winnowing to seven in the days leading up to the vote. 'Hanging in the balance': Democrats set to elect new leader after fierce contest 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The shaping and winnowing of so many ideas — Mr. Cuomo’s policy book ran nearly 400 pages — into actual policy is the natural order of Albany, and any legislature, for that matter. As State Tour Ends, Fate of Cuomo’s Agenda Lies With Restive Legislature 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z French presidential elections are usually decided in two rounds, with the first round winnowing the field to two candidates. François Fillon Wins Center-Right Nomination for French Presidency 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The extra heat is also winnowing away the world’s glaciers, leading to sea level rise that places many of the world’s major cities at risk of flooding. Sea ice extent in Arctic and Antarctic reached record lows in November 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z He begins expecting a catalog of possible routes, all of which are predicated on timing, and based on the receiver’s release or the depth of the quarterback’s drop, he starts winnowing them down. Mind Over Body: Playing in the N.F.L. at 38 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z In a format that echoes “The Apprentice,” the show that enhanced Mr. Trump’s fame, Mr. Kadyrov is winnowing a group of 16 telegenic young Russians down to one who will become his assistant. A Warlord’s Cuddly Makeover, With a Nod to Donald Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Still, the winnowing of partners — who can take home hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in annual compensation — is taking place more frequently. Law Firms, Struggling Financially, Cull Partner Ranks 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z On her own feed, Constantin found herself winnowing down her friends in order to avoid arguments. Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z It largely worked in 2015 as seven minutes were shaved off the length of the average game, winnowing it down to three hours. General Managers Revisit Picking Up the Pace on the Field 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Its caucuses are the first winnowing contest of the presidential primary season. Growing Cotton in Iowa 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z But his style wasn’t a merely negative exercise, a winnowing or clearing out: he delivered a gorgeous, full-bodied alternative. The Novelist of Human Unknowability 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Last year, Sharper did not make it past the first winnowing. How Was a Serial Rapist Nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Half-year results Wednesday would seem to support the company’s reputation as a winner in the continuing winnowing of online-savvy retailers from online dummies. Zara’s Success Shrouded in E-Commerce Secrecy 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Augmented intelligence offers the possibility of winnowing an increasing number of inputs and options in a way that humans can’t manage without a helping hand. The Hype—and Hope—of Artificial Intelligence 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z As they get older, a natural winnowing occurs. When to Let Children Quit 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z It was a lot of work, though: seeing 3,000 hopeful musicians and starting with 300 soul songs before winnowing them down for the production. Classic Hollywood: Looks like we remade it 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Village receives hundreds of submissions for inclusion in the Village Originals program every year, Tomkins said, and the winnowing process involves identifying a slate of well-told stories with diverse styles. Brandon Ivie on the hunt for the next big hit at Village Theatre 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z She and her colleagues are winnowing down their initial list of molecules using criteria such as whether there are geophysical ways to send the compound into the atmosphere5. Planet hunters seek new ways to detect alien life 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The winnowing began with the vetting materials being distributed to teams of lawyers from different firms. How Hillary Clinton proposed to Tim Kaine 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Michael Gove, the justice secretary who finished third in last week’s winnowing of candidates, quickly endorsed May on Monday. Theresa May to become British prime minister in fast-track political transition 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z For Mount, who’s directing “Hamlet,” the constraint of a park setting forces some winnowing, but also allows for different elements to shine than in a traditional indoor space. Outdoor theater season kicks off July 9-10 with free fest 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The biggest problem, if it is a problem, is winnowing them to a five-woman Olympic squad. Can U.S. Gymnasts Soar Without Martha? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z So Cisco began talking several years ago about “fog computing,” which refers to techniques for winnowing and passing on only the most important data. IBM, Cisco Team Up to Reap Data Flood 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But the version currently on screens feels self-indulgent and baggy, like a grab bag of ideas that needed more winnowing and a sharper focus on one or two key ideas. The Conjuring 2 review: 134 minutes of spooky faces in startling places 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z We are hamstrung by our need for job security, funding, advancement, and promotion – because we, too, are juggling the demands of child rearing, aging parents, urban gentrification, and the winnowing of the middle-class. Climate scientists, mourning Earth's losses, should make their voices heard | Sarah Myhre 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Now that the process of winnowing a winner is almost done, it's time to stop the train and do a truth check. Armchair Feminism and the Media Chorus 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But there's always an undercurrent in his songs about watching your life decisions add up and your future slowly winnowing down. How LCD Soundsystem became the cool elder statesmen of dance music 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The first refers to the winnowing of candidates, as typically happens early in the nominating process. Bernie's 'Momentum' Is a Farce 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z In West Virginia, that means winnowing a field of more than 300 to 31 open slots, which will happen during the May 10 primary. These 200 people could decide whether Donald Trump gets the GOP nomination 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Instead of winnowing out longshot and unconventional contenders, their rules ended up making it harder for the anti-Trumps to keep the nomination from him. Inside Job 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Cruz and Kasich will benefit more than Trump from the winnowing of the field, thanks to the simple fact that, at last, many people will learn their names. Don’t be fooled — Donald Trump’s ‘silent majority’ doesn’t exist 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z One goal is to reduce the complexity and cost for new players by winnowing the universe of playable cards down to a few hundred. Hearthstone opts to give players less so they can enjoy it more 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z After a winnowing process, Burma’s parliament will formally select the president and two vice presidents from three candidates. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party nominates trusted aide to be Burma’s president 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z So perhaps Trump’s most meaningful Super Tuesday victory was that each of his top three rivals did just well enough to stay alive, prohibiting any further winnowing of the field to consolidate against him. Trump, Clinton Romp Through Super Tuesday 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Maybe the winnowing of the GOP field will somehow start to work. Republican confront their own plan's 'unintended consequences' 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z But the idea that a winnowing field will help a non-Trump alternative surge to victory seems less plausible by the day. The real reason Donald Trump is winning: No one thought it was possible 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But he’s holding off, which, if you subscribe to the “winnowing” theory of the Republican race, is to Rubio’s detriment. Rubio might want to tell Mitt to stand back: Why a Romney endorsement could be the death knell to Rubio’s fading campaign 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “We had a total of 17 people and now we’re down to six,” he said of the winnowing Republican field. Trump: Abrasive style 'seems to be working pretty well' after Nevada win 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In practice, however, winnowing theory has some important flaws. Putting winnowing theory to the test 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z In the coming weeks, rivals beyond Mr. Bush are expected to quit the race, winnowing the contest down to three or four figures who will finally have a megaphone that begins to rival his own. The Party of Bush Yields, Warily, to a New Face: Donald Trump 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Wisconsin primary voters are winnowing three candidates for the state Supreme Court to two who will compete in the April 5 election. The Latest: Kloppenburg advances in Supreme Court primary 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z There's something to be said for the combination of an inexorably winnowing Republican presidential field and an accelerating schedule of presidential primaries. Switching From 'Survivor' to 'The Hunger Games' 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z To understand why the winnowing process has stalled, you have to look at the remaining candidates and understand their incentives for staying in the race. Chris Christie’s Gone, but the G.O.P. Race Will Go On and On 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z For winnowing theory to work, Trump has to hit a fairly low ceiling, and there’s no reason to assume he won’t pick up new supporters as his rivals quit. Putting winnowing theory to the test 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Saturday night’s presidential debate comes at a key moment in the GOP race, as an unsettled field prepares for its sharpest winnowing yet. What to Watch at Tonight's GOP Debate 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z That said, those who expected Iowa’s caucus to start winnowing the field were correct. Santorum poised to quit, GOP field will shrink to nine 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “I think there will be a natural winnowing.” In New Hampshire, GOP governors take aim at a resurgent Marco Rubio 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z And while all the early primary states are in the business of winnowing the presidential field, New Hampshire in the past has set itself apart by spooking the front-runner and supporting a lesser-known candidate. Why New Hampshire Matters in Presidential Elections 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Also ahead: Some further winnowing of the field as trailing contenders decide whether to pack it in. AP News Guide: Iowans give Cruz 1st win of 2016 election 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z A few departures may happen after Iowa but New Hampshire on Feb. 9 may be more of a winnowing event, because that’s where more of the hopefuls are pinning hopes. AP News Guide: It all starts with the Iowa trudge 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z As the first event, it is hardly decisive, but its role in winnowing the field and offering clues as to the candidates’ core supporters is important. Does Iowa really matter? And should it? 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z A few departures may happen after Iowa but New Hampshire on Feb. 9 may be more of a winnowing event, because that's where more of the hopefuls are pinning hopes. A diverse cast of Republicans and Democrats submits to the judgment of voters in Iowa, the farm state that gets everything going in the grinding process of picking the next president 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z So until the voters get their say in at least one or two states and start the winnowing process themselves, I think we’re going to be stuck with the bifurcation that we have right now.” Will the Empire strike back? Hopes and fears in the GOP establishment. 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z The Apprentice” would star Trump as judge, jury and executioner in a weekly winnowing of young go-getters vying to run one of his businesses. Donald Trump, remade by reality TV 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Aside from the question of whether Mr. Trump or Mr. Cruz will come out on top, Monday’s caucus could accelerate the winnowing of the field if there is a clear, decisive third-place finisher. Trump Ducks an Iowa Opportunity 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z To be sure, Iowa has rarely been determinative, and historically the state plays more of a winnowing role. The Daily 202: Iowa leaders, worried about the credibility of the caucuses, tip the scale for Trump over Cruz 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Over the next few weeks and months, a winnowing process occurred. The Wreck of Amtrak 188 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z As Brooks’ vision of a coup unfolded, the donors and their allies would handpick their candidate, “winnowing the field.” GOP’s deal with the devil: The donor class will forever regret allying with Trump 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z If a candidate doesn’t place highly in the early states, support and dollars typically begin to dry up, which means that Iowa often is successful at winnowing the field. Why Iowa Matters in Presidential Elections 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Asked in an interview if other candidates needed to drop out for Mr. Trump to lose, Mr. Cruz said, “As a practical matter, the field is winnowing already.” Donald Trump Is Forcing Ted Cruz to Rewrite His Playbook 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The GOP field is shaping up and — possibly — winnowing down. The Fix’s week in politics 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The presidential field is supposed to be winnowing. Protests at Trump rally and Obama speaks out on guns – as it happened 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s a tough winnowing process that keeps membership numbers low. War Club practices combat drills in Upper Michigan woods 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z But there’s a reason there hasn’t been a real contested convention in modern times: winnowing. The G.O.P. Field Is Less Chaotic Than You Think 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z He also is considering bringing a greater crowdsourcing element to the first round of winnowing, long done by Mankoff and an assistant. New Yorker cartoon doc 'Very Semi-Serious' asks a lot of amusing questions 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Little is known about the winnowing process through which Mr. Woods was selected. Exxon’s Heir Apparent Emerges From Oil Giant’s Ranks 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The winner of the Smart City Challenge will be chosen by a DOT team that will begin by winnowing the applicants to five cities. Dept. of Transportation offers $40M prize to most innovative mid-sized city 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The winnowing of fixed-income trading desks may provide some upside for those, like Goldman Sachs, who appear dedicated to preserving their trading franchises. About that Bonus: Why Wall Street Can’t Bank on Bond Trading 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But the real winnowing will occur when the voting begins. The G.O.P. Field Is Less Chaotic Than You Think 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Thomas Webster IV was seated Monday after a lengthy winnowing process. Jury picked in assault trial of Delaware police officer 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z As Williams began winnowing jurors by asking a series of questions, all said they were aware of the Gray case and the unrest that followed it. Jury selection starts in trial of Baltimore police officer charged in man's death 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z In some ways, this winnowing may be beneficial, since activities with low profitability may not be helpful to the wider economy in the longer term. Fed Official Expects Test for Big Banks to Be Stricter 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z A winnowing of the W.H.O.’s priorities is also needed, the group said, noting that donors often choose to support pet projects, weakening the organization’s core functions. Panels Advise Bolstering W.H.O. for Crises Like Ebola 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z In previous cycles in which contested conventions were predicted, the dynamic of winnowing eventually produced a two-person race and then a clear winner. The G.O.P. Field Is Less Chaotic Than You Think 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z However, these ideas were all developed from a self-selected progressive base, and were not subject to winnowing through exposure to counter-arguments. Karl Rove’s dream come true: Why voters favor liberal ideas, but polls undercount conservatives 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The first thing we notice is its fast winnowing field of candidates. We might really elect a loon: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and a GOP gripped by wingnut fever 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z But it will hasten the winnowing of the field. The most revealing debate yet 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z For the GOP, which started with a super-sized 17 candidates, "One goal of the primary debate is the winnowing of the field," she says. Do Debates Matter? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Even after months on the campaign trail, the winnowing has been minimal. Why no one’s dropping out of the GOP presidential race 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z At a cigar lounge nearby, a small group of friends had begun the long work of winnowing the sprawling field. Republican Voters Slowly Begin to Rally Around Candidates 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The GOP field is in need of a winnowing, and it really isn’t happening yet.” 2016 Republican field largely intact after Alabama, Arkansas filing deadlines 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Its possible diminishment is already unsettling residents, who view their role of scrutinizing and winnowing the field of candidates as a solemn duty. G.O.P. Candidates, Lagging, Rely on New Hampshire to Get Close 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Move forward or get lost in the shuffle, it’s the winnowing season for the field. A viewer's guide to the next year in presidential politics 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z But there hasn’t been, maybe because of super PACs, a winnowing down of the process where people are forced to really talk about the issues in a more serious way. Obama says 'disgruntled' electorate driving GOP primary race 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Each of us must be able to choose, modify and build our own tools for winnowing information. Society: Build digital democracy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Whenever this cycle’s winnowing process produces two survivors, they might be two young, Southern, first-term Cuban American senators. Ted Cruz’s audacious plan to win the GOP nomination 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Trump said he is readying for an eventual winnowing of the Republican field, but he disagreed with some predictions that the contest will narrow to just two or three finalists for the nomination. Donald Trump plots his second act 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Each time you feel vulnerable in the presence of the winnowing light and exalted when you are done. The sensual beauty of Zion's dangerous canyons 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z But Watson provides some serious muscle” in winnowing, identifying and ranking possible strategic choices. IBM’s A.I. System Watson to Get New West Coast Home 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z In a blog post announcing the bankruptcy filing, Quirky said it also hoped to find a buyer for its main business of collecting, winnowing and manufacturing product ideas from a far-flung community of inventors. The Invention Start-Up Quirky Files for Bankruptcy 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It hastens the process of winnowing the field, and it may bring many party elites closer to deciding on a candidate. Lessons From Scott Walker’s Early Exit 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Acting county manager Ron Holt says that after winnowing the field from 85 applicants to four finalists, commissioners decided in an executive session to send Scholes a job offer. Wichita Eagle asks investigation into closed county meeting 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z After a second round of winnowing, the team settled on three finalists toward the end of 2013: two downtown buildings with large blocks of space available and 88 M St., their preference. Inside the wild ride that landed The Washington Post on K Street 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The debate, hosted by Fox News, Facebook, and the Ohio G.O.P., was supposed to bring on a winnowing of the field. Nobody Wins, Trump Stays In 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are used to personal contact with candidates and view it as necessary to their role in the winnowing process. Clinton starts opening up on the campaign trail after weeks of tight control 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z District Judge George H. King, who began the winnowing process to select the jury that will decide the fate of the deputies. Jail abuse trial opens for 3 L.A. County sheriff's deputies 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z It also includes extra money for early learning scholarships, school readiness programs and winnowing down wait lists for Minnesota’s Head Start program. The latest: Minnesota Legislature meets in special session 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z However, the winnowing process of the huge field — particularly on the Republican side — will be made easier when some of the candidates say or do something small and stupid. On the Campaign Trail, Pain Is Often Self-Inflicted 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Afterward was a blur of doctors appointments and tests, the winnowing of possibilities, culminating in a final consultation with a doctor in late March. She just learned he has ALS. Then they proved there’s one thing it can’t take away. 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z With a broader slate of candidates competing in a more wide-open primary, New Hampshire could play a more crucial role winnowing the field. Why New Hampshire Will Be the First Real Test for GOP 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z What the Crop Trust proposed was a sort of triage on the major seed banks: selecting those worthy of support and winnowing out those not up to standard. The doomsday vault: the seeds that could save a post-apocalyptic world | Suzanne Goldenberg 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z “There are only so many people you can hear from in a 90- or 120-minute debate, so you’ve got to be fair and transparent,” said the operative of the necessary winnowing. The GOP's First Big 2016 Test: Fitting Everyone on Stage 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Such winnowing goes along with the spirit of the group, Mr. Dawson said. Rock Never Gets Old for New York Roots Music Association 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The challenge for Mr. Rubio is heightened by the first two nominating contests, Iowa and New Hampshire, which are better understood as factional winnowing contests. Marco Rubio Is Talented, but Out of Position 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Binsted and her colleagues sorted through seven hundred applications, winnowing them to a hundred and fifty serious candidates, many of them fit, well educated, and spunky—younger versions of Binsted. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The winnowing process, which takes place all over the United States, initially involved tens of thousands of contestants over the course of more than a month. Lenox singer reflects on her ‘American Idol’ moment 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Right on schedule, they did another winnowing of mutual funds through the five years that ended in September — and they will do another one for the five years ending this month. How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers last week challenged the jury-selection process, arguing that the court violated some of its own rules while winnowing down the field of more than 1,350 potential jurors first called to U.S. Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial openings loom 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The big step in dynamic scoring will be winnowing such multiple estimates into the single set of projections required for official scores. Dynamic Scoring Forum: Three Things You Should Know About Dynamic Scoring 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Colleges and universities across the country are going through the same painful process of winnowing their offerings to show students, lawmakers, and taxpayers they are serious about saving money. At a University, is Math Wore More Than Music? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Such a move could have a major impact in winnowing the field of contenders, but could also undercut the network’s standing if it engaged in intraparty politics and was not successful. Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion ahead of 2016 elections, may engage in GOP primaries 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z But the caucuses serve a valuable role in winnowing the field. Potential Republican presidential candidates compete for support in Iowa 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z But the caucuses do serve a valuable role in winnowing the field. Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates gather in Iowa 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z With most of the mainstream media decidedly left of center, handing the reins of winnowing the Republican field over to them seemed insanity — and it was. JOSEPH CURL: GOP learns from 2012 debate debacle, takes control of 2016 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Party officials can raise the minimum threshold to something tougher, maybe 5%, in the hopes of winnowing the field, but that would cause complications of its own. The GOP's 2016 stage likely to get crowded 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Citigroup may have lost money from its portfolio of troubled assets, but it made further progress in winnowing it down. Citi profit plunges on legal settlements and fall in bond revenue 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Others have also argued that a little winnowing of the field isn’t a bad thing. After over three decades, could the Iowa GOP straw poll be cast aside? 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The other key word is “released”.There is a brutal winnowing of talent between 16 and 18, but still many of the senior Luton players have experienced rejection from other clubs. The Murky Side of the Beautiful Game: Life at the Bottom of English Football Mr. Liu said the selection process this year went through several stages aimed at winnowing done an initial field of 20 nominees. Castro Awarded Confucius Peace Prize 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The board provides informal guidance during the winnowing process, and candidates travel to Washington to meet with the governors. As Federal Reserve Selects New Top Officials, Coalition Calls for Public Input 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Minnesota’s Office of Medical Cannabis is in the process of winnowing down the 12 companies who applied to grow and cultivate the drug for the state’s new program. Minnesota news in brief at 7:58 p.m. CST 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The summary winnowing by the Ministry of Education and Science upset lesson plans, threatened the livelihoods of nearly two-dozen small publishers and left principals, teachers and parents puzzled and angry. Putin’s Friend Profits in Purge of Schoolbooks 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The site is also attempting to minimise some of the risk invovled in investing in start-ups by running them through a winnowing and due diligence process. Minimising Start-up Investment Risk 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Better software and new financing models, however, are dramatically winnowing away any doubt. New York's Billion Dollar Bet On Energy Efficiency 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z There’s clearly a winnowing process here, in other words, with Google favoring some apps but not others. Google Removes 'Bomb Gaza' Game From Play Store 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Still, the researchers only looked at the winnowing of herbivore species in North America, said study co-author Richard Butler, a paleontologist at the University of Birmingham in England. Bad Timing to Blame for Big Dinosaur Extinction 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z But three weeks later, on June 10, the narrative of the newly in-touch G.O.P. met the colder reality of politics, with its pitiless winnowing of winners and losers. Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The 49-year-old is at the helm of the administration’s foreign policy decision-making, overseeing meetings with Cabinet secretaries and other top officials, then winnowing down which recommendations land on the president’s desk. Rice aims to put ‘points on the board’ in 2nd term 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z To many professors, this pattern simply represents the natural winnowing process that takes place in higher education. Who Gets to Graduate? 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The crowds, on the other hand, grew only more excited as the relentless winnowing went on. 2014 Preview: Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka Epitomizes the Japanese Approach to Baseball 2014-03-29T21:24:11Z But the winnowing could go on for decades. Out There: Ripples From the Big Bang 2014-03-24T21:55:26Z Bill Briggs, CTO of Deloitte Consulting, acknowledged this problem of winnowing, noting that they originally started with a list of 115 issues and narrowed it down to 20 before deciding on the 10. CIOs On The Eve Of Disruption 2014-02-21T22:11:00Z Banks with national networks underwent a major realignment after the bursting of the bubble economy in the 1990s, resulting in a winnowing of more than dozen lenders to just four major banking groups. Likely Nomura exit from lender may spur Japan regional bank shake-up 2013-12-19T05:06:39Z A terrible winnowing began: Sunni Muslims to the right, everyone else to the left. Death on Killer Mountain 2013-07-06T08:45:00Z You see, a Darwinian winnowing is a healthy and vital part of the journey. Or Maybe You Just Suck 2013-06-27T12:36:02Z I met an old lady who sat on her haunches outside her quarters, winnowing rice grains. India Ink: Why the Return of Kashmiri Pandits is Still A Distant Dream 2013-06-03T06:59:30Z But he spent the last month reading up on Mr. Buffett and his company, and as of Thursday was winnowing 25 potential questions down to six. DealBook: Handpicked Skeptic to Pitch Hardball Questions at Warren Buffett 2013-05-03T01:09:23Z Several outside managers said the winnowing of Wells' approved list brings the firm in line with its rivals, leading to a greater homogenization of investment choices for investors. Exclusive: Wells Fargo cuts approved list of money managers 2013-04-15T05:46:55Z Like journal articles, Web-native products are of inconsistent quality and require winnowing; unlike journal articles, the scale of these products overwhelms attempts at manual curation. Scholarship: Beyond the paper 2013-03-27T22:50:25.123Z The approach to winnowing back the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare system appears at some level to split the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Latest Simpson-Bowles health plan stirs worry but lacks detail 2013-02-24T16:35:10Z Hand it over to private companies and they will swoop in with their efficiency, their economies of scale, their incentives and their competitiveness, winnowing it down into a dart of perfectly targeted public spending. This obsession with outsourcing public services has created a shadow state 2013-02-07T07:00:13Z And much of this winnowing takes place during sleep, as two papers in this week’s Nature Neuroscience observe. Memory: Remember, remember 2013-01-31T16:02:48Z Once you generate a bunch of ideas, what’s the best approach for winnowing the list? | John Nottingham and John Spirk: Nottingham Spirk’s Co-Presidents, on Cultivating New Ideas 2012-11-24T19:03:32Z General Electric, the No. 1 maker of wind turbines in the U.S., is winnowing its supply chain in anticipation of an industry shakeout. GE Readies for Waning Wind Power 2012-06-07T21:53:22Z Don Martin said it was a winnowing fan; Herwart said it was a compass; Pococke said it represented the four elements. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Much of China's success is due to its systematic, Soviet-style approach of recruiting promising 5- or 6-year-olds to sports schools and then ruthlessly winnowing the field for the national team. Olympics easy for Chinese, making team tougher 2012-04-10T15:50:10Z Voices Let him stay where he is.—He is chaff for the winnowing fan.—He is rejected of God. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z But after all winnowings by the ever-swaying fan of time much is left of enduring value. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z They were made of welts or ropes of twisted straw, as were the heavy winnowing skepes once used for winnowing grain. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z But what an array of items were still left from the winnowing, which had after all culled only a few of the best! Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Within is a rude courtyard with an uneven surface, on which servants and negro slaves were skinning sheep, winnowing wheat, clarifying butter, carding wool, cooking, and making cheese. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It was revelling in the dust storm which winnowing produces, and the ketchuda suggested to me to camp at some distance beyond it, on a small triangular meadow below a large irrigation stream. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The hulls are separated from the beans in a winnowing machine, and the coffee is then sorted. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Mayr and others say that it’s repeated squeezing and winnowing of a population that drives the development of new species. Castaway lizards put evolution to the test 2012-02-05T00:22:56Z But his eyes never swerved for a second from the approach of that ominous, winnowing shape. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z “Any talk of winnowing out the field is premature until after South Carolina,” said Richard Land, the president of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Evangelicals Hope South Carolina or Florida Winnows Republican Field 2012-01-13T03:41:37Z The dustiness of this winnowing process is indescribable. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z For this purpose the berries are put into a winnowing machine. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Fan′light, a window resembling in form an open fan; Fan′ner, a machine with revolving fans, used for winnowing grain, &c.; Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The word on Sunday was that Iowa may not fulfill its only plausible function: winnowing the field. Closing In On Iowa -- and South Carolina 2012-01-02T12:05:31Z Where water cannot be obtained recourse is had to a fanning or winnowing process for separating the gold from the sand, which, however, is less efficacious. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Even a straggling wasp or two winnowing down over the table, was not unwelcome, as a sure guarantee that summer was here: rich, glowing, vernal, English summer. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The winnowing fan is not put into our hands. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z In a field hard by, a threshing machine was winnowing the Argive grain,—a thing of wonder to the inhabitants, probably an object of suspicion,—the property of a rich land-owner. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The company is winnowing its line of consumer products and focusing on small and medium-size businesses and government agencies, which account for more than half its sales. Dell?s Profit Improves as Sales Miss Expectations 2011-11-16T01:24:35Z To ensure that the partnership retains its cachet and remains as lucrative as in years past, there is annual winnowing of partnerships. DealBook: A Wave of Partner Retirements at Goldman Sachs 2011-11-14T22:46:45Z But Lindo, bulging with an unusual allowance of tea-cake, and winnowing the air with an appreciative hind leg, did not think so. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z SI describes the process of winnowing down the list of programs offered per school as "survival of the fittest." Sports Illustrated and its proposal for paying college athletes 2011-11-05T18:37:21Z The new conservatism reflects the winnowing of those expectations. Climate bonds: A dull shade of green 2011-10-27T08:48:43Z Where humble harvests bring After much toil but little grain, 'Tis merry winnowing. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z At the close of the Poojah a servant of the house takes a Koolow or winnowing fan and a stick with which he beats and sings "Bad luck out" and "Good luck in." The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The winnowing machine was stowed away in the corner, together with the polished bushel measure and the broad wooden shovels. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z “What it is, is a winnowing process and that might happen to Pawlenty if he doesn’t do well,” said Republican strategist Rich Galen. Iowa straw poll could offer first hints of Republicans? 2012 nominee 2011-08-13T07:23:21Z Schumer said his party would spend the next month winnowing ideas. White House pursues ways to boost economy 2011-08-04T00:29:54Z Christ views His word as a winnowing fan sorting out those who are God's, that they may be brought to that knowledge of Him in which eternal life resides. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z The government, though late in starting, is on track for a particularly aggressive winnowing of its data centers, encouraged by the need for budgetary belt-tightening. U.S. to Close 800 Computer Data Centers 2011-07-20T04:01:12Z There is no need of turning and winnowing in that country. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z I could almost hear the winnowing of his wings in the silent sky. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z She and Raynier had been together through the winnowing of a common danger. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z But that describes what it does — inviting bold strokes or timorous swipes, rewarding some and rejecting others, winnowing the field and setting the stage for a wild finish. A Remade Hole May Prove to Be the Undoing of Some 2011-06-04T00:55:50Z They were winnowing the drippings of dust washed down from the pocket now, and this job soon would be done. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z She was fast winnowing out her mountain dialect, but there were some words that clung to her tongue tenaciously, despite her efforts to eliminate them. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z One need not sift the myth too closely; it would be like winnowing water and weighing cloud with scale or sieve. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z I tell thee again, fool," said Don Quixote, "thy imagination is dusty and foul; will it never be beaten out of thy stupid brain, that my lady Dulcinea was winnowing? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The winnowing will be based on a comparison of each country’s fiscal situation and balance of trade with the norms that would be predicted by economic models. U.S. and China Agree to a Process to Analyze Risks in Economies Worldwide 2011-04-16T02:03:02Z But it did so only after winnowing the database. GOP smacked down on Wisconsin emails 2011-04-01T22:05:00Z The Bible describes a final winnowing of the membership in the last of the last days. Infamous clan 2011-03-31T14:51:35Z The house is cleaned, and the rubbish collected in an old winnowing basket. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z "No," answered the squire; "I found her winnowing a parcel of wheat very seriously in the back-yard." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z In this winnowing process it would be somewhat remarkable if much good wheat had not been carried off with the chaff. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z It calls for the "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing" of ideas. GOP smacked down on Wisconsin emails 2011-04-01T22:05:00Z The question is not whether it is time for a winnowing, however. Service deserts in nonprofit-land 2011-03-10T17:09:11Z These are placed in an old winnowing basket. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z He was an original genius with daring, actually engaged in winnowing the wheat of demonstrated truth from the prevailing chaff of egoistic opinion which divorced physical science from speculative philosophy. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Then after change of soaring feather And winnowing fin, You woke in weeks of feverish weather, A new Faustine. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z There are sensible transitions to all this, to be sure: councils winnowing, not slashing and burning. Make way for the new in the book world 2011-02-06T22:00:03Z Rather, the question is whether the nonprofit winnowing will come through a deliberative process or the kind of scrum that prevailed as the House attacked the discretionary budget two weeks ago. Service deserts in nonprofit-land 2011-03-10T17:09:11Z He came, caused a fire to be lighted in an earthen vessel, then took a small basket-work grain-sifter used for winnowing rice. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z These symbols consisted of winnowing fans—the "Mystic Fan of Iacchos," plaited reeds and baskets, both relating to the worship of the goddess and her son. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Both reports, though, agree there will be a quickie elimination process of some sort, rather than the drawn-out winnowing of 24 semifinalists to 12 finalists. Big Changes Coming to Idol -- Or Not? 2011-01-05T09:00:00Z The alternatives are experimental and will be revised every year, eventually winnowing them to one. Census Bureau releases alternative measures of poverty 2011-01-04T23:57:01Z That little won’t buy a breakthrough, but it lets scientists “moonlight” by adding new goals to their existing grants, which saves the foundation a lot of winnowing. Five Years in, Gauging Impact of Gates Grants 2010-12-20T21:30:09Z The arrival of a guest is foreshadowed by the hissing noise of the oven, the slipping of a winnow during winnowing, or of a measure when measuring rice. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z They had spread their winnowing sheet upon the ground and begun their work, when some of their neighbours came to them and reprehended them for working on the Lord’s day. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He identified 400 before winnowing the field to 40 competitors — 10 for each of the qualifiers. A Kind of Hunt That Even Deer Can Get Behind 2010-10-16T22:04:00Z Identifying potential acquisition targets and winnowing them to one or two best choices requires discipline. How China Can Succeed in the M&A World 2010-09-09T16:38:00Z And yet, for all the evidence of favorable outcomes that you note, do you predict that there will be a further winnowing of the number of women’s colleges in the next 10 to 15 years? A Women's College That Wants to Change the World 2010-09-22T15:33:00Z That process will start by winnowing a horde of starting pitching candidates, at least 10 of them serious choices, down to perhaps six or seven by this time next season. With real pitchers, Washington Nationals inch closer to being a real team 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z Silva talked with Forbes about winnowing its infrastructure and what that means for employees and customers. 2010-02-04T11:00:00Z The winnowing is a sign that one of the biggest forces undercutting the indie market — the glut of mediocre films pushed as masterpieces — may finally be undergoing a correction. 2010-01-23T18:44:00Z Again came the winnowing of wings—again and again; and sometimes I was able to see the dark shapes passing overhead and vanishing almost before they appeared. The Jonathan Papers She pictured Unc’ Jefferson’s eyes rolling up in ridiculous alarm, his winnowing arm lashing his indignant mule in his flight for the doctor. The Valiants of Virginia Starry sea-blossoms grow stilly, by the winnowing of broad fins stirred only. The Unknown Sea The winnowings from all the grains will be proportionally large; although, in the case of barley and oats, had every pickle attained maturity, the crop would probably have exceeded the extraordinary one of 1815. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 So he had him clapt in a winnowing basket and there soundly trounced: even as I had been dealt with the day before, when I tried those magical arts and found them false. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim She had known once more the despairing search through the advertisement columns of the Daily Telegraph, the skilful winnowing of chaff from wheat, sudden and then baffled hopes. A Bed of Roses The dog ceased winnowing his ear with a hind foot and looked back at his master with much the same expression. The Valiants of Virginia The Professor, who, in his "winnowing progress," as Mrs. Trescott called it, had fallen behind, now joined us, followed by Miss Graves. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The question put by Jesus to the following disciples, “What seek ye?” was the first breath of the winnowing fan which the Baptist had warned them the Messiah would use. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I As from one man the “Bayéte” thundered forth from every throat; and the winnowing of shields and quivering rattle of spear-hafts was as a great gale sweeping through a forest. The Induna's Wife Then there was a winnowing of wings, and a huge bird arose. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance In another instant he saw a red light and a green light, then he heard the winnowing noise of the bird’s great wings, and she alighted at his feet, and said, “Here I am.” Mopsa the Fairy The "fan" was a sort of shovel with which the grain was tossed in the air for winnowing. The Bible Story There are also pictures of winnowing, measuring, and homing the grain. What We Saw in Egypt For an instant there was a slight confusion of winnowing and flapping wings, a dizzy dropping through the sky. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life These sieves are used for cleaning grain after winnowing. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products The shells and kernels are then separated in a winnowing machine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Our cavalry was exceedingly pleased by the change, the horses repeatedly winnowing to each other, as if to express their satisfaction. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The coffee is thoroughly dried, the parchment broken by a roller, and removed by winnowing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" How fleetly goes winnowing on the air even the weariest waving of Time's care-laden wings! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) There is a small export of linseed, but owing to the primitive methods of winnowing and cleaning it does not fetch the best price. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products Experience shows that in all operations, involving the separation of objects worthless and of value, such as weeding, sifting, and winnowing, the former is removed from the latter and discarded. Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. All through the afternoon of the fervent July day I could see the sun sifting and winnowing his gold for the sunset. Old Plymouth Trails Further rubbing and winnowing removes the silver skin, and the beans are left in the condition of ordinary unroasted coffee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" In the mighty winnowing we must go through, the wheat will be separated from the chaff. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital There are a few winnowing machines and it is hoped that they will come into more general use as soon as they can be imported. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Another legend regarding him tells how one day when the youths attached to the monastery where he dwelt were out winnowing corn one of the monks was bitten by an adder and fainted with fright. Legends & Romances of Brittany The shells of the beans separated by the winnowing process contain theobromine, and their infusion with water is sometimes used as a substitute for coffee, under the name “miserabile.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Almost the only other implement of agriculture these people have is the Khuripi, or weeding iron, and some fans for winnowing the corn. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha A common method of adulteration is to mix with the grain the joints of the straw which are cut during the process of threshing and separated when winnowing. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products Yet thy voracious eye Drinks not its beauty; but with bloody glare Watches the wild-fowl idly floating by, Or snow-white sea-gull winnowing the air: Oh, pitiless is thine unerring beak! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The Messiah was to purge the people of evil elements, winnowing the chaff from the wheat and burning it. The Social Principles of Jesus Near us is a winnowing chamber for separating particles of dust from the newly cut picadura. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba He worked on the farm with his father and his men, ploughing, harrowing, sowing, reaping, mowing, winnowing—in a word, sharing actively and contentedly in all the work that belongs to the farmer's life. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In a square flat place near the village a number of women and children were employed winnowing corn by pouring it from a height, so that the husks blew away. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island In his books Carlyle gives his friends, not the peevishness of an evening, but the best moods of all his life, winnowing his intellectual harvests. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character She flew; the light air winnowing with her wings New-sprung; a mournful bird she skimm'd along The water's surface. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Jud had hardly said this when there came a loud hoot, and the sound of winnowing wings reached them. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats The defense was that Mr. Baker's process was not a discovery; because, grinding coffee was as old as the world's knowledge, and winnowing the chaff was equally ancient. All About Coffee The Greeks believed that the cold winter winds swept down from the North, and the Northern races, in addition, added that they were produced by the winnowing of the wings of the great eagle Hræ-svelgr. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Grain, in the elaborate machinery of a steam flour mill, passes through a score of different stages, cleaning, winnowing, grinding, etc. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production A healthy opposition is the winnowing fan that separates the politician's chaff from the patriot's wheat, presenting the most desirable of the substantial element needed. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Heat beat and glowed upon his forehead, like the radiation from molten metal; there was a winnowing and fanning as of giant wings or leaping of furnace-fires. The Dop Doctor After drying, they are brought to the hulling and winnowing machines. All About Coffee This boy has hearkened Odin sing Unto the clang and winnowing Of raven's wings. Gloucester Moors and Other Poems The older women are winnowing grain and grinding at the metate. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts A second crowd of outsiders, huddled close to the gates, was also very zealous in the matter of shouting, and of winnowing the empty air. Captain Desmond, V.C. As the long, low mound comes into view, a dazzling white flash leaps from a fold of the misty grey hills beyond, and one of Meisje's great shells goes screaming and winnowing westwards. The Dop Doctor The beans were given a further drying in the sun, and then were submitted to a winnowing process, for which large fans were used. All About Coffee "Now I'll be a bear, and jump at you as you go by," said Poppy, when they were tired of playing steam-engine with the old winnowing machine. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Suddenly, with multifold splash, and a great winnowing of wings, a flight of cranes and egrets arose from the bank some little distance farther down. The Sign of the Spider With a winnowing fork I winnowed them 7 In the gates of the land. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 A winnowing basket, or pan, made of willow woven over wide sprints; elliptical in shape, with a frame of thick rods. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 The ears could hang for weeks after ripening, and could be picked off without meddling with the stalk; there was no need of threshing and winnowing. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest The fan used for winnowing the grain is, I think, now never used by those who attended without the thought asserting itself afresh that thus He will separate the wheat from the chaff. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Some of the people occasionally beat in their houses a winnowing instrument, made of bamboo splints, on the occasion of an eclipse. Moon Lore It is the winnowing of the grain from the chaff. Modern Spiritualism A hand-crank operated the winnowing mill for separating grain from chaff and beans from hulls. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 It continues the life of Ulysses; he now goes to that people who take an oar for winnowing fan, and there he makes the offering to Neptune, enjoined by Tiresias in Hades. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It embraced the following new improvements, the winnowing of numberless ideas and experiments that he had conceived and tested for some years previous: 1. James Watt A solitary marsh-hawk, far over by the rail fence, was winnowing slowly, slowly hither and thither, lazily hunting. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life A winnowing process—Swartboy's thick lips acting as a fan—was next gone through; and the legs and wings were thus got rid of. Popular Adventure Tales The winnowing basket was used to work off the chaff from the threshed grain. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 The winnowing follows, after the whole is reduced almost to snuff. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" It is the winnowing fan of death that makes for the development of animal life. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Once only he awoke, when his ears caught the beat of a hawk's wings winnowing low over his retreat. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The profound results of higher criticism, with its stern winnowings, have brought us face to face with problems unknown to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Sometimes the grain would be poured from another basket into a winnowing basket, with the wind doing the winnowing. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 Similarly, we may say that grain is selected from chaff by the wind in the process of winnowing corn. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The reapers ’mid the ruddy wheat, The thumping of the flail, The winnowing within the barn By whirling round a sail. Old Times at Otterbourne As he straightened up and glanced around he saw a large marsh-hawk winnowing low across the river. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life His chief concern was in winnowing the souls of men and women bare of the chaff of petty circumstances which covered them. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. A machine for winnowing grain after it had been threshed. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 Threshing and winnowing machines have taken its place. Home Life in Colonial Days The public sense is continually winnowing and sifting the literature of every period, and to books and their authors, every day is the day of judgment. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries He is winnowing the wind; he is washing not gold but water. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation There may possibly be truth in that opinion; "the winnowing wings of death" often bring about a searching change. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles How will it behave in the chill that falls from those winnowing wings? John Knox Then we passed the poor clay-built village of Deâneh, where the people were winnowing a large harvest of millet, and the Government tax-farmers with their soldiers, lent by the authorities, measuring the heaps. Byeways in Palestine Again and again he repeated his tremendous rushes, only to find his powerful arms winnowing the empty air, only to see his agile antagonist smiling at him in mockery from the centre of the ring. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance A bamboo at once sprang up on the spot, and from this the Basor made the first winnowing fan. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The primary schools formed a sort of winnowing ground. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria It was as needful for him to encounter such—in his winnowing processes—as it is for the harrow to encounter stones in preparing the cultivated field. The Iron Horse At the village all the population was cheerfully employed in threshing or winnowing the harvest, and their flocks crouched in the shade of the trees. Byeways in Palestine Attempts are indeed being made at this very hour to "start fresh" with a new aesthetic sense and only the winnowing process of time and the pressure of personal experience can refute such attempts. The Complex Vision A winnowing process—Swartboy’s thick lips acting as a fan—was next gone through; and the legs and wings were thus got rid of. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family "The fowls of heaven Tam'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them." Wild Nature Won By Kindness We are constantly winnowing them out, purifying the ore, as it were, so that we are gradually getting rid of all the dross, and leaving nothing but sterling metal on the line. The Iron Horse But I must confess that it has been difficult to eliminate personal admiration completely in the further winnowing which has resulted in this selection of sixty-three stories. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story If a winnowing basket or millstone be let fall and drop to the right hand it is a lucky omen, and similarly if a flower from Devi’s garland should fall to the right side. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala There was Hilary in the barn with his men, as busy as they could well be, winnowing oats. Round About a Great Estate I never, never can forget that era of my existence, when the destroying angel seemed winnowing the valley with his terrible wings,—when human life was blown away as chaff before a strong wind. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author They are winnowing almost everywhere today," explained Aunt Rose, "taking advantage of the good weather. With Those Who Wait |
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