| 单词 | Capitol |
| 例句 | And then the whole thing breaks down into a broadcast battle, as the Capitol tech masters try to fend off Beetee’s attack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sr. Mercado dropped in, and then Benny, and I hung around enough that little by little the story emerged: Sr. Rivera had gone to Capitol Oaks. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z One day, Peeta empties our breadbasket and points out how they have been careful to include types from the districts along with the refined bread of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "It's the Capitol. They didn't like our stunt with the berries," I blurt out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In my best English I said, “Capitol Oaks?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It’s part of a new propos series to show the rebels preparing for the Capitol invasion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And here in the Capitol they’re vomiting for the pleasure of filling their bellies again and again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He waits, but I feel certain every word we utter on a Capitol train is being recorded. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I hesitate a moment, thinking of another day in this woods, when Gale and I watched a hovercraft appear out of thin air and capture two escapees from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I changed my mind. I don’t want anything they made in the Capitol.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It isn’t enough, what I’ve done in the past, defying the Capitol in the Games, providing a rallying point. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the Capitol, the mockingjay is still a fun reminder of an especially exciting Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Since my opinion of the Capitol and its noble president is already so low, I can’t say Finnick’s allegations shock me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol has no end of creative ways to kill people. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Machines from the Capitol break ground for a new factory where we will make medicines. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol is introducing a special segment and something about it looks familiar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You did warn me, though. On the hovercraft. Only when you said they’d use Peeta against me, I thought you meant like bait. To lure me into the Capitol somehow,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "I can send one of the Capitol people to help you." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A horse-drawn hearse took Garfield's casket to the Capitol, where he had spent seventeen years as a congressman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But his smile is the same whether in mud or in the Capitol and when I see it, I take about three steps and fling myself into his arms. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Photographer William M. Smith was to take a historic photograph of the presidential inauguration in front of the recently completed Capitol dome. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Long ago, when the Games began, the Capitol had built a dozen fine houses in each district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s not just the Tigrises of the Capitol who hate Snow now, but a web of people who know what he did to their friends and families. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "Next time we eat, it will be in the Capitol," I answer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I am reminded of another girl, one who had seen all the evil the Capitol had to offer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol seal on a wing glows clearly through the flames. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Funny, in the arena, when I poured out those berries, I was only thinking of outsmarting the Gamemakers, not how my actions would reflect on the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there’s a cease-fire, you’re deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do. ” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ice layered the marble steps leading up to the Capitol, making the stairs treacherous. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “It’s just an emergency broadcast. Every Capitol television is automatically activated for it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s just too perfect an answer for the troubles that face the Capitol today. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And how can Peeta know anything except what the Capitol tells him? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe a year or two after you were taken, some Psi kids nearly succeeded in blowing up the Capitol.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Really, if there’s one thing I don’t have time for, it’s worrying about how the Quarter Quell will affect the mood in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of citizens would wait for hours to view Lincoln's open casket under the great dome inside the Capitol. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see his lips moving in reply, but I can't hear him over the roar of the crowd in the Capitol that they're playing live over the speakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But Effie has shown us some that are popular in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Haymitch grips my wrist as if anticipating my next move, but I am as speechless as the Capitol’s torturers have rendered Darius. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of guests stood around the packed rotunda in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The actual Games don't start until ten because so many of the Capitol residents rise late. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’ve seen cat whiskers on people in the Capitol before, but none so long. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I imagine the teary sighs emanating from the Capitol and pretend to brush away a tear of my own. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And as unlikely as it seems that I can achieve it in the face of the Capitol’s anger, it’s important that I be at the top of my game. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At the other end, the Capitol was under construction, with scaffolding bracing the inside of its famous dome. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The differences between the Capitol and 13 are thrown into sharp relief by the event. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s be just a little more judicious with her exposure. Especially now that the Capitol knows what she can do,” says Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It's mostly a lot of blather about what we owe the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So many, so clearly acting in defiance of the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The instructor breaks us into squads of eight and we attempt to carry out missions—gaining a position, destroying a target, searching a home—as if we were really fighting our way through the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That a Capitol hovercraft manned by rebels bombed the children to bring a speedy end to the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is the crucial moment where I either challenged the Capitol or went so crazy at the idea of losing Peeta that I can't be held responsible for my actions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was still called the Capitol Building, for it was once a state capital, back when there were still states—in those days before government became obsolete. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Yes. But you don’t go to the Capitol unless they invite you,” said Madge unhappily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “If we can get it in the next few hours, Beetee can air it leading up to the rescue, and maybe keep the Capitol’s attention elsewhere.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I hope he’s watching the Capitol broadcast now, so he can see that Peeta has cast him off as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Strategically placed almost midway between the annual Games, it is the Capitol’s way of keeping the horror fresh and immediate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One jobless morning I went to my old classmate, Griggs, who worked for a Capitol Street jeweler. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight, she’s sitting on her living room floor in a glowing circle of screens like some kind of Capitol Hill séance. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then has a funny anecdote about the perils of the Capitol showers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’ll stay in 2 until it falls, go to the Capitol and kill Snow, and then die for my trouble. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z After a religious service in the Capitol on Friday afternoon, the casket was taken back to the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But then I hesitate, because that’s information I got from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z First of all, every district is currently at war with the Capitol except 2, which has always had a favored relationship with our enemies despite its participation in the Hunger Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And now the Capitol has stolen that as well. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I think of the eyes glued to the television screens in the districts, seeing if I will run, as the Capitol wishes, or hold my ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The idea that Thirteen has somehow rebounded and the Capitol is ignoring it? That sounds like the kind of rumor desperate people cling to.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In his first interview, he tried to protect me from the Capitol and rebels alike, and not only have I failed to protect him, I’ve brought down more horrors upon him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “But because of what they’re putting him through, I don’t have any reservations anymore. About doing whatever it takes to destroy the Capitol. I’m finally free.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Would they have been happy, out in the wild, or would the dark, twisted sadness between them have grown up even without the Capitol’s help? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Peeta might as well be back in the Capitol, or in District 12, or on the moon right now, he'd be no harder to reach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared with now, when I am so rich and so famous and so hated by the authorities in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They seem to have far more effect on the displaced Capitol rebels like my crew and Fulvia—even Plutarch occasionally reacts in surprise, maybe wondering how a specific tidbit passed him by. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Tight on the Capitol seal on a wing, which melts back into the image of my face, shouting at the president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s not that the Capitol couldn’t have had the same weapon, it’s just that I’m sure the rebels did. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s just one more part of the lie the Capitol has concocted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “To show he’s going to do everything he can to defend you. That’s what everyone in the Capitol’s expecting, anyway. Didn’t he volunteer to go in with you?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And to entertain the people in the Capitol, of course. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The people of the Capitol are going nuts, showering us with flowers, shouting our names, our first names, which they have bothered to find on the program. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The roof is not lit at night, but as soon as my bare feel reach its tiled surface I see his silhouette, black against the lights that shine endlessly in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The person who the districts — most of which are now openly at war with the Capitol — can count on to blaze the path to victory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And by doing so made it clear I was, in fact, mocking the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not just against the other tributes, but the Capitol, too,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Who knows who I would be or what I would talk about if I’d been raised in the Capitol? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, having a Capitol pedigree is as useless here as it was in 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You’ll have plenty of real targets to hit. But don’t get blown up. I’ve got enough on my plate without having to replace you. Now get to the Capitol and put on a good show.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And surely, two people who have caused the Capitol so much trouble can think of a way to get Peeta home alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They do surgery in the Capitol, to make people appear younger and thinner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The green-and-white road signs kept teasing us along with mentions of Capitol Street so many miles ahead, and we strained our eyes for a glimpse of the gold-leafed dome, like Columbus looking for a continent. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z First, as I’ve believed, that the Capitol sent in that hovercraft, dropped the parachutes, and sacrificed its children’s lives, knowing the recently arrived rebels would go to their aid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I thought they all came from the Capitol.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Someone must have told the Capitol that the idea for the uprising had started there,” Twill tells me faintly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, because of what happened in the rebellion. With the jabberjays backfiring on the Capitol and all.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, the Capitol hates me so much, I’m as good as dead now. He still might have a chance. Please, Haymitch. Say you’ll help me.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Scarred, as mine were before the Capitol erased all marks from my skin, but strong and deft. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything he said was true about the Capitol’s expectations, my future with Peeta, even his last comment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the Capitol, they call it the Launch Room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In some ways, District 13 is even more controlling than the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the way, we pass a window and I see a gray, snowy dawn spreading across the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is what happens: A hovercraft marked with the Capitol’s seal materializes directly over the barricaded children. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There is much talk of the opening offensive, which will be to secure the train tunnels that feed up into the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That the Capitol has overlooked my interference with the whipping since no one is going to go to such trouble and expense for someone they plan on killing, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If it was quiet, and a mockingjay perched close at hand, I would have heard the jungle go silent and then the bird’s call that precedes the appearance of the Capitol’s aircraft. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Especially when every emotion I have has been taken and exploited by the Capitol or the rebels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Yes. Our goal is to take over the districts one by one, ending with District Two, thus cutting off the Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it’s weakened, we invade the Capitol itself,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It almost did a few times, but it always managed to pull through due to strict sharing of resources, strenuous discipline, and constant vigilance against any further attacks from the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Certainly it’s better than having the Capitol in pursuit of us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z During the rebellion, the Capitol bred a series of genetically altered animals as weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not their fault you abandoned them in the arena. Who knows what the Capitol’s doing to them?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Let it go!” says Beetee, throwing up his hands, relinquishing the broadcast back to the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They had come to his farm to arrest him and take him to the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the Capitol accent is so affected, almost anything sounds funny in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The first half hour or so focuses on the pre-arena events, the reaping, the chariot ride through the Capitol, our training scores, and our interviews. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I saw him approach Capitol Oaks and walk past the entrance, shouting Maribel’s name into the cold. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As expected, more pods are registering the closer we move toward the center of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Two days later, Arthur was given the oath in a short public ceremony at the Capitol by U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They all drove to the Capitol for the traditional outdoor inauguration ceremony. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, I’m not going to the Capitol? I have to go! I’m the Mockingjay!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everybody was on their way to the movies--the Paramount or the Astor or the Strand or the Capitol or one of those crazy places. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z In the dazzling white Capitol hospital, the doctors work their magic on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Look at you. Like you came right off the streets of the Capitol.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The audience in the Capitol will be getting bored, claiming that these Games are verging on dullness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The woods have always been our place of safety, our place beyond the reach of the Capitol, where we’re free to say what we feel, be who we are. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “So when did I become so special? When they carted me off to the Capitol?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Refugees from the now occupied blocks are streaming toward the Capitol’s center. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The reporters, the camera crews, even Effie Trinket, my old escort, will have made their way to District 12 from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. I’ll train. But I’m going to the stinking Capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself,” says Johanna. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z After securing us downstairs, she goes out into the Capitol to pick up any helpful information. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol’s terms is to be my last act of rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They're funny birds and something of a slap in the face to the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One hundred thousand mourners lined the route to the Capitol, where the body was put on view for the public to pay their last respects. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Before eyebrows are raised, objections are uttered, two and two are put together, and the solution is that I should be kept as far away from the Capitol as possible. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Those people you met, they were expendable. To Snow, anyway. If the Capitol wins, what will it do with a bunch of damaged slaves?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If that's all you'd heard it would just sound like the words of a scared tribute, not someone contemplating the unquestionable goodness of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “We were wrong not to tell him. Even back in the Capitol.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Peeta being tortured—drowned, burned, lacerated, shocked, maimed, beaten—as the Capitol tries to get information about the rebellion that he doesn’t know. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They’re still rebuilding the Capitol and the White House, only it’s not going so well since, you know, they defaulted on all of their debt,” Liam said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “And as the Mockingjay, your primary goal of unifying the districts against the Capitol has been achieved. Don’t worry—if it goes well, we’ll fly you in for the surrender.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol twinkles like a vast field of fireflies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Just a local troublemaker. Un alborotador. He’s always hanging around by the Shell station. The 7-Eleven, too. He lives in Capitol Oaks down the road.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I want to be doing something, finding out more about District 13 or helping in the cause to bring down the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Goddard and his junior scythes totally owned the Capitol steps when they came up,” said an apprentice Rowan remembered from last conclave—the one who knew his poisons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Such as, being largely ignored by the Capitol as long as we produce our coal quotas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to roll in and die for their entertainment? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Give a thank-you speech in return, but only the one the Capitol gave us, never any personal additions now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The scene in the Tennessee State Capitol as the clerk tallied the votes on the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves," he might say if there were no ears to hear but mine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Three months later, a six foot, two-hundred-fifty-pound army colonel named Leslie Groves was walking down the hallway of a congressional office building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t need to convince anybody in the Capitol of our love but hold to the slim hope that we can still reach some of those we failed to convince in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as the waves of shock and recrimination roll over the Capitol, the people there will be waiting, as I am now, to hear about the president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He’s my friend, and this is my way to defy the Capitol, to subvert its terrible Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I still think all of that will be forgotten once the gong sounds, but it’s something of a revelation that those in the Capitol feel anything at all about us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s unclear if Peeta means he’d finish himself off now, to spare us having to murder him, or only if the Capitol took him prisoner again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Or are his counterparts in the Capitol a little too fascinated to want to tune Finnick out? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Unlike 13, the Capitol is not in a position to reinvent itself and become self-sufficient. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I can almost hear the laughter from the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I suspect Haymitch initially, but then there's a more insidious fear that the Capitol may by monitoring and confining me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience is mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I can’t work all of this out now, so I just decide to carry out the first two orders: to not trust anyone and to move deeper into the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the districts they’re important enough to attend, whereas back in the Capitol they almost never score invitations to prestigious parties. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s music echoing through the streets, loudest when they reach the Capitol, where someone has climbed up the front steps and erected a set of loudspeakers blasting Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry Truman strode through the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., dressed in his usual gray suit and bow tie. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, what is this Quarter Quell but...what was it President Snow read from the card? “...a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Capitol seal is back with a final bit of music and then the sky goes dark except for the moon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Capitol, like 13 during the Dark Days, finds itself completely cut off from outside help as it holds the threat of nuclear attack over its enemies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Effie’s the only reason we got anywhere on time in the Capitol, so I try to accommodate her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And I owe it to the rebels who, emboldened by Cinna’s example, might be fighting to bring down the Capitol at this moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But if this was the case, why didn’t the Capitol fire on the enemy? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The next morning, on Capitol Hill, Senator Morse cornered several senators before the joint hearings of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The betting must be getting really hot in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The response to a mine accident was something outside the control of even the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then I was to go to the Capitol, kill Snow, and get taken out myself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And true to form, I got us to our seats below the rostrum at the Capitol long before the ceremony, so long before that we nearly froze. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize we must be in the tunnel that runs up through the mountains into the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But if I held them out to defy the Capitol, I am someone of worth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The television’s droning on, and I stop to watch shots of Peeta and me at the Capitol party last night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One look at his tailored suit and surgically perfected features and I know he’s from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Victors have a special status, and if they appeared to be supporting my defiance of the Capitol, it would’ve been dangerous politically. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And I know I have to get him back to the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They had some of their military resources situated on the outskirts of the Capitol itself—nuclear missiles, aircraft, troops — but a significant chunk of their power was now under an enemy’s control. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol demolished the visible remains of the district and cut off all access from the outside. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Were they evacuated to the Capitol because of her father’s position, or left to the flames? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Back home, we think they keep reusing the old footage because the Capitol can't show what’s really there now,” says Bonnie. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the Capitol’s air fleet was destroyed in 2 or during the invasion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I’d supposed he would be secured in the deepest dungeon that the Capitol had to offer, not cradled in the lap of luxury. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Vietnam veterans, some wearing their combat uniforms, protest outside the US Capitol, smashing toy guns, 1971 About a thousand veterans took part in the weeklong antiwar demonstration in Washington, DC. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Most important for the people of 13, it was the center of the Capitol’s nuclear weapons development program. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You’re going to District Thirteen based on that? A shot of a bird? You think you’re going to find some new city with people strolling around in it? And that’s just fine with the Capitol?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They were homing birds, exclusively male, that were released into regions where the Capitol's enemies were known to be hiding. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z District 13 doesn’t exist because the Capitol would never let it exist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z During our underground journey, we have left the evacuated zones far behind and surfaced in a busy section of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z While every other district has now wrested control from the Capitol, 2 remains in its pocket. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But the Capitol has not killed or even punished him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Get inside. Just in case the Capitol tries to retaliate with what’s left of its air force,” he instructs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They can’t seem to find a place for me in the Capitol either,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The very dish I told Caesar Flickerman was the most impressive thing the Capitol had to offer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My hatred of the Capitol has not lessened my hatred of my competitors in the least. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He vomited when he turned a corner and saw the construction site of the Capitol, emptying his guts from either a bad oyster or the hugeness of the thing stirring rebellion in his very being. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Capitol had another nuclear arsenal out west, but it couldn’t attack 13 without certain retaliation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But when the Capitol decrees that only one tribute can live and you have the audacity to challenge it, I guess that’s a rebellion in itself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As opposed to what I did out of anger at the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Capitol’s leaders thought that, without help, 13 would die off on its own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "Well, if I end up going to the Capitol, I want to look nice, don't I?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The screens are already up on the table, showing the regular Capitol feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, after the Nazis surrendered, Elizebeth wrote to Barbara about “a thrilling sight:—Lights on again in Washington. The Capitol. The Monument.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His ravings against the Capitol no longer pointless, no longer to be ignored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No doubt I'm miles beneath the Training Center or in some Capitol stronghold, and the possibility of my escape is nonexistent. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I told her to steer clear of any mention of Katniss or the Capitol,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is a man who spent his adult life at the bottom of a bottle, trying to anesthetize himself against the Capitol’s crimes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Realized there was no need for a diversion when the Capitol has provided so many. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A Capitol attendant rushes to help, but Haymitch waves her away good-naturedly as he staggers off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z That didn’t last long—there was too much pressure to act otherwise—but it gave us an excuse to be a little more reserved than we’d been in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her feet go forward and her heart ba-bamps the next day, too, as she walks down a red-carpeted corridor of the US Capitol. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Anthony became the face of the women’s vote on Capitol Hill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the Capitol. I want to be part of the rescue mission.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Each of us has a paper map of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Perhaps so anyone forced to come here on Capitol business would have somewhere decent to stay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was never aired, so the Capitol couldn’t use it when he was being hijacked. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but...I mean, for the Capitol, you’re pure,” he says, clearly trying to mollify me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Gale’s already so angry and frustrated with the Capitol that I. sometimes think he’s going to arrange his own uprising. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I told them about how amazing the Capitol building was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The sky brightens when the seal of the Capitol appears as if floating in space. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By then, Barack and I had said good-bye to George and Laura Bush, waving as they lifted off from the Capitol in a Marine helicopter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At the end of 1952, they bought a run-down house on Capitol Hill, chiefly because it was a short walk to the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So if her first move isn’t to turn us in to the Capitol, it will be to notify Plutarch, and by extension Coin, of our whereabouts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol seal is back with a final musical flourish. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z This is a private place, a sanctuary, already corrupted by the Capitol’s evil. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “So that our propos will air in the Capitol, too. He’s down working on it in Special Defense now. There’s live programming tonight. Snow’s making an appearance or something. I think it’s starting.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I haven’t told them how much the Capitol’s defenses mirror the weapons in the arena, but my going off to war is awful enough on its own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Capitol for the third time, I worked to contain my emotions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Capitol took away all of that, and I’m on the verge of losing Gale as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If the Capitol wanted to safeguard them, they’d be down in a bunker somewhere. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Popular destinations for Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Nixon told the driver to take him to the Capitol building, where he got out and led Sanchez to the House chamber. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There’s loud applause, but none of the other responses we got in the Capitol, the cheers and whoops and whistles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the stylish renderings I saw in the Capitol, this is definitely not a fashion statement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Too heartsick to cry, all I want is to curl up on the bed and sleep until we arrive in the Capitol tomorrow morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch -this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At around four in the morning, the rebels began carving three separate paths—simply referred to as the A, B, and C lines—to the Capitol’s heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z By noon, the streets near Capitol Hill were already filling with participants and spectators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Flaunted the moment with the berries in the Capitol's face? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I warn the Capitol to expect us soon. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There are no rules in the arena, but cannibalism doesn't play well with the Capitol audience, so they tried to head it off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He made almost no impression on me at all during our time in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So it’s simple, frugal by the Capitol’s standards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The night of my engagement, the night Peeta fell to his knees and proclaimed his undying love for me in front of the cameras in the Capitol, was the night the uprising began. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t I want to kill Peeta with that syringe to save him from the Capitol? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me a beverage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I suppose Cinna gave the same instructions the first day I arrived as a tribute in the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be provided for the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z All of the wedding gowns he designed for me went back to the Capitol, but there are some dresses I wore on the Victory Tour. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That the Capitol falls, lays down its arms, and gives up its prisoners before they hurt Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Suspected of disloyalty to the Union, federal forces arrested and jailed him for months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And, despite my disgust with the Capitol and their hideous fashions, I can't help thinking how attractive it looks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We finally know the name of the girl who we watched the Capitol abduct from the woods of 12, the fate of the Peacekeeper friend who tried to keep Gale alive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “So it’s you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “We were targeted from both sides. The Capitol killed the victors they suspected of being rebels. The rebels killed those thought to be allied with the Capitol.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This year it will be a public affair, and since the Capitol will be throwing it, everyone in the whole district will have full bellies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At issue was a bill introduced by Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado following a presidential message to Capitol Hill. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After I won, the Capitol repaired my ear, but I still find myself testing it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With my newfound knowledge of Haymitch’s and Finnick’s treatment, all I can think is: What did the Capitol do to her after she won? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It's technically against the rules to train tributes before they reach the Capitol but it happens every year. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Some scythes arrived at the Capitol Building on foot, as they had; others in publicars, some in private cars, and several in limousines. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One of my few pleasures in 13 is watching the handful of pampered Capitol “rebels” squirming as they try to fit in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And I no longer have to wonder what made him risk everything to help bring down the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If I can make it clear that I’m still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me...but not my spirit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a spectacular yellow and orange blaze behind the skyline of the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Other Lincoln haters threatened to assassinate him on the east front of the Capitol the moment he began to read his inaugural address. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Either I’ve been too sick, or he’s willing to give me space, or he knows it’s just too cruel with Peeta in the hands of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Since the rebels had to scale the mountains, they were easy targets for the Capitol's air forces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Career tributes are overly vicious, arrogant, better fed, but only because they're the Capitol's lapdogs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time the Capitol’s antiaircraft weapons begin to fire, it’s already too late. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He’s explaining something about the nature of what we will encounter in the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then I just lay curled up on the bed, stroking the silken sheets, watching the sun set over the artificial candy Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "Sorry!" she pipes in her silly Capitol accent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Apparently, in the Capitol, there were opportunities to vote for your favorites at each stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw all these things and more on the people in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As they cleared the crowd, a sudden gust came down the wide Capitol steps, catching Scythe Curie’s long silver hair and blowing it back like a bridal train, making her look almost mystical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If the rebels only shoot Plutarch’s pods, it will take the Capitol about two minutes to realize we have the holograph. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the seventy-five years since the Dark Days—when 13 was said to have been obliterated in the war between the Capitol and the districts— almost all new construction has been beneath the earth’s surface. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What has been proposed is that in lieu of eliminating the entire Capitol population, we have a final, symbolic Hunger Games, using the children directly related to those who held the most power.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “He lives in Capitol Oaks,” I said, and Officer Mora pulled the radio off the belt of his pants. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “The US Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the White House. Did you know that plans for a monument started before Washington was elected president?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z To make them realize that while we’re vulnerable to the Capitol’s cruelties, they are as well. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Who else will I fail to save from the Capitol’s vengeance? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Alex takes his feet off the pedals and glides past the massive, Italian Renaissance Revival façade of the Capitol, the building where his mom went to work every day when he was a kid. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She is just a malnourished, injured girl fleeing the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A pair of Peacekeepers runs by, barely glancing at the whimpering Capitol girl huddled in a doorway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol forces fell back and have regrouped farther into the city. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Only with the ear the Capitol reconstructed,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Our journey to the Capitol will take less than a day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The redheaded girl, I found out when I went to the Capitol, was mutilated and turned into a mute servant called an Avox. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a Senate office and an apartment in a shabby building on Capitol Hill, a little one-bedroom that was already cluttered with books and papers, his Hole away from home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I tell him my idea about the book, and a large box of parchment sheets arrives on the next train from the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The little padding I was able to put on by gorging myself during prep time in the Capitol is gone, plus several more pounds as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine actually saying it in real life—unless I was using a Capitol accent and making fun of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We addressed a joint session of Congress, a rare occasion in the Capitol, attended by members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the President’s Cabinet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Our bodies built the Capitol and the National Mall. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Capitol viewers will be glued to their sets so they don’t miss one wretched word. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's one of the high-speed Capitol models that average 250 miles per hour. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Usually we only watch when it’s mandatory, because the mixture of propaganda and displays of the Capitol’s power—including clips from seventy-four years of Hunger Games—is so odious. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm guessing it's been about two weeks in the arena, and there was that week of preparation in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Maybe her treatment of me was all an act for the Capitol? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That I let the Capitol kill the boy and mutilate her without lifting a finger. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The rebels want the Capitol, just as the Capitol wanted 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I decide to begin with the night Peeta and I were crowned victors of the Hunger Games, and Haymitch warned me of the Capitol’s fury. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t my costume awful? My stylist’s the biggest idiot in the Capitol. Our tributes have been trees for forty years under her. Wish I’d gotten Cinna. You look fantastic.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So I start moving into the Capitol, knowing we don’t have much time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They took us. From the Capitol,” she says hoarsely. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It’s too bad about this Quell thing. You could have made out like a bandit in the Capitol. Jewels, money, anything you wanted.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was considered very anti-climactic in the Capitol, all those quiet, bloodless deaths. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Landing of Columbus, by painter John Vanderlyn, is a mural in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, It is a typical depiction of the 1492 “discovery of America.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “What’s going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the Capitol?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When not lobbying in the Capitol in the 1870s, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were usually on the lecture circuit. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Tony Russo, only half jokingly, suggested they hire a helicopter and shower the papers on Capitol Hill. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Go right in,” says the Capitol man, who has followed me down the hallway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Plutarch Heavensbee has been, for several years, part of an undercover group aiming to overthrow the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere east of the Capitol building, Lewis Powell was not having as easy a time as Booth and Herold in fleeing the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Capitol building is real big, pretty on the outside but I never been in it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z For the next sixty minutes, the Capitol feed alternates between the standard afternoon newscast, Finnick, and attempts to black it all out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Days of hunting and gathering for this one meal and even then it would be a poor substitution for the Capitol version. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The seal of the Capitol shines above me and the anthem blares out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “We hold another Hunger Games using Capitol children,” says Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Let the Capitol and the districts run one another into the ground and then sauntered in to take power. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Cashmere starts the ball rolling with a speech about how she just can’t stop crying when she thinks of how much the people in the Capitol must be suffering because they will lose us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By midday, when he took his place in front of the Capitol building, the sun had come out and the streets were slushy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If Booth was captured, the army would have to protect him from Lincoln’s avengers—rampaging mobs of vigilantes who might storm the Old Capitol Prison—if they discovered Booth was jailed there. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in the Capitol accent, but in the rougher cadences of home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Yes. And as long as that kept rolling in, the Capitol could control its little empire. Right now, it can provide neither, at least at the standard the people are accustomed to,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is no herbal concoction that my mother grinds up out of woodland plants, it's high-tech medicine brewed up in the Capitol's labs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It reminds me that not everyone in the Capitol has full stomachs these days. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “In fact, I’m surprised they’ve kept it going so long. The Capitol will adjust by deactivating specific pods and then manually triggering them when their targets come in range.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on August 6 in the ornate President’s Room of the Capitol as Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and other civil rights leaders looked on. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the Capitol, there’s nothing to match the magnificence of this old building. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Is he addressing the audience or is he so drunk he might actually be taunting the Capitol? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The arrival of the Capitol attendant with the warm milk is what breaks us apart. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Between the front porch of the late Reverend Young’s and the concrete steps of the West Virginia State Capitol, something happened to Ob to make him long for living again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z By the other districts’ standards, the Capitol babied the inhabitants here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the buildings that surround the Circle, every window is packed with the most prestigious citizens of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The reaping is a good opportunity for the Capitol to keep tabs on the population as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No one notices me, though, because they’re all gathered at a television screen at the far end of the room that airs the Capitol broadcast around the clock. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But we have been so consumed with saving Peeta, so tortured by having him in the Capitol’s hands, that the elation at having him back blinded us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Our own hoverplanes were grounded after the Capitol’s antiaircraft missiles decimated the first few waves. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z So now the Capitol will act as if they've been in control the whole time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Both sides invited the legislators to receptions and dinners at the fashionable Hermitage, which was just down the street from the Tennessee State Capitol. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The jabberjays were muttations, genetically enhanced male birds created by the Capitol as weapons to spy on rebels in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I hate the Capitol, but I have no confidence that my being the Mockingjay will benefit those who are trying to bring it down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The shift in shade is no doubt an attempt to stay abreast of the capricious fashion trends of the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The sort of thing grooms wear to get married in, here in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They could remember and repeat long passages of human speech, so they were sent into rebel areas to capture our words and return them to the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think they know themselves what to ask. The whole situation is unprecedented. Even the idea of opposing the Capitol’s agenda is a source of confusion for the people here,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The plan became for Barack to make his announcement from the steps of the Old State Capitol, a historic landmark that would of course be more visually appealing than any convention center or arena. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At the Capitol Hilton hotel, a rock band turned up the volume on their amplifiers, making the walls and tables vibrate. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Through the branches I can see the seal of the Capitol, which appears to be floating in the sky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Or maybe singing, which I wouldn’t do for the Capitol in a million years. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z While we eat, we watch the latest Capitol news coverage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “On the fiftieth anniversary,” the president continues, “as a reminder that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen, every district was required to send twice as many tributes.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I suppose they look the same from the Capitol, but who would know? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was taken into custody shortly after Booth was killed and spent seven weeks in the Old Capitol Prison in were all given life sentences for their roles in the assassination conspiracy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The rubble isn’t smoking, the way the Capitol shows it on television, but there’s next to no life aboveground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This year, for the first time since Haymitch won, the final stop on the tour will be 12, and the Capitol will spring for the festivities. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Is he so near and dear to the Capitol that he’ll be excused his crimes? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Usually it kicks off in 12 and then goes in descending district order to 1, followed by the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In Capitol terms, I’m guessing this counts as a true tragedy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And when President Snow silences the audience and says, “What do you think about us throwing them a wedding right here in the Capitol?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I instinctively feel the Capitol might want these unpopular Games over as soon as possible. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We victors staged our own uprising, and maybe, just maybe, the Capitol won’t be able to contain this one. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Haymitch is right, they eat that stuff up in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Very well. Get your cousin out of here, then, girl. And if he comes to, remind him that the next time he poaches off the Capitol’s land, I’ll assemble that firing squad personally.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t simple. They had to build up a rebel base in the Capitol, get some sort of underground organized in the districts,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Stanton ordered troops to turn out into the streets, the guards to be doubled, military forts to be alert, guns manned, and special guards to be posted around the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The city is also lit by gas lamps atop the Capitol dome. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It's the Capitol I hate, for doing this to all of us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She’s an extreme example of surgical enhancement gone wrong, for surely not even in the Capitol could they find this face attractive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But I have no shortage of reasons to want to fight in the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I’ve played with a lot of the Capitol’s weapons in training, but none designed for military combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The rebels caught on and turned them against the Capitol by sending them home loaded with lies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I mean it. I don’t think the people in the Capitol are going to be all that happy about our going back in,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's the Capitol's way of reminding people that the Hunger Games never really go away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Capitol seal appears, underscored by the anthem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z While a storm had kept many spectators away from the last conclave, they gathered in force today on the street before the Fulcrum City Capitol Building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It’s no simple job getting me back to Beauty Base Zero, even with the elaborate arsenal of products, tools, and gadgets Plutarch had the foresight to bring from the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Of course, the previous victors didn't have the Capitol looking for a way to destroy them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The rebels let the Capitol broadcast run on uninterrupted. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then, of course, the rebels fed the Capitol endless lies, and the joke was on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That Peeta’s tongue would have far greater power against the Capitol than any physical strength the rest of us could claim? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In school, they tell us the Capitol was built in a place once called the Rockies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After the war, the Capitol destroyed all the nests surrounding their city, but the ones near the districts were left untouched. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Nut was established directly after the Dark Days, when the Capitol had lost 13 and was desperate for a new underground stronghold. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked like the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “The point is that two of us are coming home from the Capitol. One mentor and one victor,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It needs to look like the Capitol building. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A holographic image of a block of the Capitol projects into the air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I open the parachute and find a small loaf of bread It's not the fine white Capitol stuff. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We’ve just got back from visiting a couple of museums and getting a tour of the Capitol. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Is it for the benefit of those in the Capitol? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm glad though, because it supports the whole crazy-in-love thing that's my defense for defying the Capitol, plus it means we won't have as much time to linger over the deaths. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The one that survived despite the Capitol’s plans. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On January second, Year of the Capybara, the day before Winter Conclave, Scythe Curie took Citra on the long drive to the MidMerica Capitol Building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There's no way to take revenge on the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Closer to the Capitol, Alexander Gardner set up his camera to photograph the inauguration. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Less than a day ago, I was prepared to head into the wilderness with my loved ones in midwinter, with the very real possibility of the Capitol pursuing us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Agitated people swirl around us, speaking of rebels and hunger and me in their affected Capitol accents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "So, Katniss, the Capitol must be quite a change from District Twelve. What's impressed you most since you arrived here?" asks Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As I hike along, I feel certain I'm still holding the screen in the Capitol, so I'm careful to continue to hide my emotions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “No? Well, it’s about to be, my friend. The first call I make when I get home is to the Capitol,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Off of 1-64 and back on the turnpike, the signs for Capitol Street started cropping up again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Are there Capitol hoverplanes speeding in to blow us out of the sky? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The mountains form a natural barrier between the Capitol and the eastern districts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I remember all those years in the woods, listening to Gale rant against the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Booth crossed the Capitol grounds, racing under the shadow of the great dome. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I have failed to keep him safe in life, I must find him, kill him now before the Capitol gets to choose the agonizing means of his death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln had ordered work on building the Capitol dome to continue during the war as a sign that the Union would go on. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fleeing outlaws, electrified fences, an independent District 13, shortages in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My ongoing struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She has no shortage of admirers in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And even though the rules were set up by the Capitol, not the districts, certainly not Madge's family, it's hard not to resent those who don't have to sign up for tesserae. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol’s design, not mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “She’s still a girl and you made her look thirty-five. Feels wrong. Like something the Capitol would do.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That what will be seen as a flashy costume change in the Capitol is resonating in an entirely different way throughout the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He sent her to the Old Capitol Prison, where she would join the many other suspects and witnesses arrested after the president’s murder. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy coming to the apartment, me going to Capitol Oaks, finding the boy with Maribel that day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z After that, it won’t be long before the Capitol begins gearing up for the Quarter Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a knock at the door, and the Capitol man sticks his head in. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As we shake hands, he gives a small bow, a common gesture here in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As I gorge myself, I watch the sun rise over the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there’s a cease-fire, you’re deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I knew that Griggs, my friend who worked in the Capitol Street jewelry store, was stealing regularly and successfully. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She becomes the muttation form of herself, the wolflike creation of the Capitol that terrorized us the last night in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to get on the first flight to Washington, DC, and storm the Capitol. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Particularly the decadent dishes served in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Even my pin now. Mockingjays are all the rage in the Capitol, thanks to you. Are you sure you don’t want it back?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As I drift off, I try to imagine that world, somewhere in the future, with no Games, no Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1912, Paul applied to lead the association’s congressional committee, the group that lobbied legislators on Capitol Hill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Within seconds, a low-flying V-shaped formation of Capitol hover- planes appears above us, and the bombs begin to fall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I only ever tasted them once, in the Capitol, and I couldn’t get around the sliminess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I suspect they are intercutting this footage with the destruction of significant Capitol targets. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The citizens of the Capitol have been drooling over him ever since. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know. I will. I’ll convince everyone in the districts that I wasn’t defying the Capitol, that I was crazy with love,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a large suite with windows looking out across the Potomac River to the Washington Monument and the Capitol dome. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I hate her, too, with her knowing reproachful eyes that call me a coward, a monster, a puppet of the Capitol, both now and then. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “How? The Capitol has sole control of the broadcasts,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A roadway where delivery vehicles can drive with ease, without the congestion of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z About people in the Capitol not liking it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The A July 1863 photograph of the Capitol building under construction, southeast view. people of Washington, overcome by news of the war’s end, hope to glimpse their president on this historic night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We travel through the streets of the Capitol in a car with darkened windows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Paul insisted on using the same route as the president’s inaugural parade, down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Two people hunting, saying treasonous things against the Capitol, yes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m in the same clothes I left the Capitol in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the war: The Capitol fell the day the parachutes went off, President Coin leads Panem now, and troops have been sent out to put down the small remaining pockets of Capitol resistance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Surely the creators of the Quarter Quell never anticipated such love forming between the victors and the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But what good is yelling about the Capitol in the middle of the woods? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He ends up smashing his phone on the pavement outside the Capitol. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z This photograph was taken in the United States Capitol, where thirty-seven operators answered thousands of calls every day. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z This woman was the embodiment of Capitol shallowness. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My heart was aching for Cletus, for I knew there was little in life he really wanted this bad, this chance to see the West Virginia State Capitol. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Vern told us how limestone from Rockport, Maine, was sent to Washington, DC, to build an important building, which he later remembered to be the Capitol building. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A month ago, the Capitol’s firebombs obliterated the poor coal miners’ houses in the Seam, the shops in the town, even the Justice Building. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All year, the Capitol will show the winning district gifts of grain and oil and even delicacies like sugar while the rest of us battle starvation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s being treated only by strangers, natives of 13 — no one from home or the Capitol has been allowed to see him — to keep any dangerous memories from triggering. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A refusal to play the Hunger Games by the Capitol’s rules. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But as the picketing continued at the White House and was initiated in front of the congressional office building and at the US Capitol, more arrests were made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She is so altered from the woman I knew in the Capitol, stripped of the gaudy clothing, the heavy makeup, the dyes and jewelry and knick-knacks she adorned her hair with. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Of course, the people of 2 swallowed the Capitol’s propaganda more easily than the rest of us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to expect some emotional instability, after what they’ve been through. They were particularly ill prepared, coming from their life in the Capitol.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Poaching, trading on the black market, mocking the Capitol in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Capitol seal’s back up, accompanied by a flat audio tone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A holiday for the whole district with free food and entertainers brought in from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z District 1 makes luxury items for the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Capitol reinforced these and set about making the mountain their new military base. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Always taking my side, blaming his negative perceptions on the Capitol’s torture. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Plumbers were set to strike again on May 3, when Ellsberg was scheduled to appear at a Vietnam War protest at the Capitol Building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Music plays them out, and then there’s a woman reading a list of expected shortages in the Capitol—fresh fruit, solar batteries, soap. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A Vietnam veteran who opposes the war throws his medal over a fence that kept protesters away from the Capitol, 1971. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But the Capitol would still be in control of Panem as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With the Capitol growing farther away every second, I begin to think of home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Capitol rebels see this as a nonissue — of course, I can keep my pet—while those from 13 spell out what extreme difficulties this presents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Even if the rebel forces could somehow overthrow the Capitol, you can be sure President Snow’s last act would be to cut Peeta’s throat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finnick recites a poem he wrote to his one true love in the Capitol, and about a hundred people faint because they’re sure he means them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time we reach the Capitol, we are desperate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gale and the other people already chosen to go to the Capitol are in a different, accelerated phase of training. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the drizzly afternoon of May 3, about five hundred protesters gathered outside the Capitol. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No one had ever been gleaned on the Capitol steps before a conclave, but that didn’t mean that it couldn’t happen. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But if Plutarch thinks it’s just the Capitol line, why didn’t he tell me about it? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They would lure you into their Capitol ways and you’d be lost entirely.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z What will he think of this very public salute to the girl who defied the Capitol? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Does he think I am now just another product of the Capitol and therefore something untouchable? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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