| 单词 | adopt |
| 例句 | None of the other photographers looked like they were in the mood to adopt a dog today. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sue, who had adopted another of Nancy’s orphaned pets, a cat, wished she could give Babe a home, for she loved the old horse and knew how much Nancy had loved her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I know Pi isn’t being adopted—or given free to a good home. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This woman told her a story about adopting a child with extreme physical and emotional needs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Though nobody much liked it, it was Hwin's plan which had to be adopted in the end. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I felt an unpleasant mixture of fear and shame — fear that I would get some cosmic comeuppance and shame that I had abused the trust of my adopted family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hulls had adopted him when they thought they couldn’t have children of their own. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother and father also adopted this saying as a tool of survival, perhaps as a way of keeping darker thoughts at bay. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The Chicano roots she had rejected had refused to shrivel and die; the culture she had hoped to adopt had refused to compensate. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time the new rules were adopted, the law governing civil forfeiture was so heavily weighted in favor of the government that fully 80 percent of forfeitures went uncontested. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As biologists rushed to embrace Mendel’s laws and grapple with their consequences, Galton adopted a rather benign indifference to them. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But as the century went on it became less necessary to adopt such a disguise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In adopting the term ‘theory’ the scientists were thus freeing themselves from the philosophers’ preoccupation with truth in so far as it implied knowledge of causes and of what Aristotelian philosophers called substances, or forms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Indians who adopted it were setting aside millennia of tradition in favor of a new technology. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They did not adopt pigs, of which there were few or none on the islands, and which they would in any case have been unable to feed without agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pieces that Chandresh became bored with at one point or another and were adopted into this purgatory instead of being discarded entirely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From then on, when people came to adopt, Mrs. Parker would walk them through the paperwork and then she’d refer them to me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z On every other continent as well, certain native societies have proved very receptive, adopted foreign ways and technology selectively, and integrated them successfully into their own society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The most influential rhetorical handbook between the ages of Cicero and Shakespeare, however, Ad Herennium, gives us six parts, which is the scheme I propose to adopt. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Like indigenous peoples around the world, black South Africans adopted the religion of our colonizers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Jacob had an adopted son who had gone North to live. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Moss also relinquished rights to his adopted children but received no further punishment. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Grandma worked all day caring for the land she lived on and also for the orchards she’d adopted. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The legal rules adopted by the Supreme Court guarantee that those who find themselves locked up and permanently locked out due to the drug war are overwhelmingly black and brown. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s almost as if they’ve adopted me into their “family” ... a family that knows no color lines and only sees what lies deep within your heart. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know more of the history of Miss Havisham’s adopted child than Miss Havisham herself does, sir. I know her mother.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure one of them will adopt me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The Lab mix in kennel 8 has been at the shelter the longest, 18 days, but should be adopted between 16 and 20 days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z None of those uses of the wheel was adopted in the Americas, where wheels are attested only in Mexican ceramic toys. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If it turned out that such crops did not become adopted for cultural or other reasons, we would be left with a nagging doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only further threats, notably Shays’s Rebellion of 1786 and the unsolved burden of war debt, overcame the ex-colonies’ extreme reluctance to sacrifice autonomy and pushed them into adopting our current strong federal constitution in 1787. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The same may have been true on the Atlantic coast of Europe, where local hunter-gatherers apparently adopted Southwest Asian sheep and cereals over the course of many centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was this complex and ambiguous inheritance that the Royal Society adopted when it wrote the word into its Statutes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After Holly's picture appears in the paper and on the newsreels, I hope a childless lady adopts her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His show-stopping performances encouraged piano builders to adopt iron frames to replace wooden ones, because pianos simply broke under the hammering Liszt gave them on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A simple chalk mark drawn by the medical examiner on one’s clothes could have a person barred from entering his newly adopted country. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z An adopted extended family from the West Computing office stepped into the void left by the aunts and uncles and cousins in Farmville. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Esperanza’s parents were well-meaning, but occasionally clueless, certainly unprepared for the complications of adopting a brown girl and raising her in a white home. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He adopted a shrewd expression, which, on S.Q., looked rather as if he had severe indigestion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Both conditions forced him to adopt a more healthful diet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The way Romans saw it, they adopted the Greek stuff and perfected it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The chief danger of adopting a credible pose of irrationality is that to succeed in the pretense you have to be very good. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no way of knowing that there were foster parents and adopting parents who were kind and loving and generous and forgiving. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “They were both adopted, you know? Their parents paid a lot of money to get them.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z What a berdache is, basically, is someone who adopts a gender other than their biological one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “How about this? Only x number of animals are adopted each month from the local shelter.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One option—the one most frequently adopted—was to continue to use the terms of Latin origin: ‘natural philosophy’ and ‘natural philosopher’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Yes, you’ll be happy to know that a farmer in the next village wants to adopt her. He and his wife haven’t been able to have children." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Your petition to adopt this young fellow. Give it up. That’s my advice to you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning of this chapter, I mentioned the failure of some food-producing societies with complex political organization to develop or adopt writing before modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was saying he didn’t want to be adopted by the two people who loved him more than anything in the world, and... Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In consequence, he said, archaeologists in the Amazon have been forced to adopt other methods, from soil chemistry to network theory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Impressed by what they saw, the earls introduced cannons to the English army, which adopted them enthusiastically and already used them against French soldiers at the battle of Crecy six years later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I try to adopt the formal speech common to the Erudite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks later the attorneys decided that anyone who had been adopted or had returned to their biological parents should be excluded from the class. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Moss admitted they had received more than $265,000 in tax- free subsidies, plus Social Security checks for some of the children they had adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Finally, after one last doctor’s appointment full of heartrending phrases—low-motility sperm; inhospitable womb; conception likely impossible—they’d decided to adopt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the students decided they’d like to adopt the idea for their final project, due in December. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Though she had lived in America as an eternal exile, a visitor for forty years, certain bits of her adopted country had been seeping under the locked doors of her dis-approval. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I mean, not yet... he’s a stray. I’ve been chasing him for a while. I’m going to adopt him. I don’t want him to freeze to death out here!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The first Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars, was adopted on March 4, 1861. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I asked him if he was tempted to adopt the new technology. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Whenever he smiled I was sure he put tears in Mrs. Cambi’s eyes, which was why they adopted him every Friday night. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Easy enough as it was to adopt white American values, I still had a Japanese father to frighten my boyfriends and a Japanese face to thwart my social goals. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z For astronomical purposes the Greeks adopted a sexagesimal number system and even divided hours into 60 minutes, and minutes into 60 seconds. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When people used to see us alone, I’m sure they assumed I was adopted. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Meriwether Prep had adopted him as a community service project so all the students could feel good about themselves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They tease her about how Pa found her abandoned near our trashcan and adopted her out of pity. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She has adopted his surname but refuses, for propriety’s sake, to utter his first. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The first Mind’s Eye is introduced that can be used continuously, and it is quickly adopted. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Certain types of dogs take longer to get adopted. Pit bulls take 19 days to be adopted, while terriers take only 8.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One cannot just introduce good institutions to poor countries like Paraguay and Mali and expect those countries to adopt the institutions and achieve the per-capita GNPs of the United States and Switzerland. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Placed in foster care for a year and a half, until aunt and her partner adopted him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Since that day, he has adopted a veneer of unshakable courage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, more and more standards were being adopted. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We all had our reasons for not adopting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With time, the queries about our adopted—and decidedly eccentric— little boy had mercifully ceased, and, considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes, that was a considerable relief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The most important political document ever adopted by the ANC is the Freedom Charter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids giggled, and a tall boy with reddish- brown hair and glasses said, “Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Most had recently adopted agriculture or were soon to do so, but it was still a secondary source of food, a supplement to the wild products of the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the gate there was a bundle of switches tied together with a cord, the symbol adopted by local ruffians as a warning of punishment to follow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a problem if another 200 are waiting to be adopted.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In many places I’ve adopted the words interviewees used to describe their worlds and experiences. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If all the reforms mentioned above were actually adopted, a radical transformation in our society would have taken place. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After school, as Twig and I were biking back to her house, bundled up against the too-cold air, she said, “I think we should adopt him.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For the most part, scholars in recent years have been reluctant to adopt the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’, and many have explicitly rejected it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Racial impact statements that assess the racial and ethnic impact of criminal justice legislation must be adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And I believe it was then, looking on that view, that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The uncle was blood proud and had bequeathed Holmes his estate on condition he first adopt the uncle’s name in full. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A steer you’d have to pay for, but a boy you could adopt for free. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z But the dragon had adopted the strategy of running away, leaving its weapon hanging in the air behind it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Since I had never completed a full year at one school, this was good news—except it also meant that maybe the administration did not think anyone would adopt me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z To alleviate this, the Ptolemies legitimized their power by adopting the trappings of old-time pharaonic rule. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Other hunter-gatherers, in Palestine, coastal Peru, and Japan, became sedentary first and adopted food production much later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Americans dutifully adopted the new term, but many British users disliked aluminum, pointing out that it disrupted the –ium pattern established by sodium, calcium, and strontium, so they added a vowel and syllable. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But he was adopted by a missionary who taught him English, and then he worked for various English people in Calcutta before signing up for his indenture and traveling across the ocean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Further calculations supported this view, and it soon came to be adopted generally. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know we could find someone to adopt Pi. We will put him on our blog. I bet he has 30 phone calls on the 1st day.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The site doesn’t have any posts about animals waiting to be adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, the children whisper, they are considering adopting. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But if an adopted child is prone to lower test scores, a spanked child is not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z None of them had learned how to speak with animals, or had saved an island from the cold, or had adopted a gosling. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z With enthusiasm, most newly arrived migrants set out to become a respected part of their adopted city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But that didn’t happen, because everyone had adopted this dangerous pose and nobody talked because everyone was afraid of who the other guys were pretending to be. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes, like in Blackjack’s case, they kind of adopt me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And every night he'd ask Mama if we could adopt it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It was a simple matter to adopt the Greek gods because the Romans did not have definitely personified gods of their own. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was adopting the role that it plays for us, in the twenty-first century: it was becoming the soundtrack to the affairs of our hearts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Over time, many sports teams adopted a name, logo, or mascot that could stir fans by encouraging them to think of sports games as warlike events. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “As the Red force commander, I’m sitting there and I realize that Blue Team had said that they were going to adopt a strategy of preemption,” Van Riper says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Salim saw them and immediately adopted all of them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Because language is evolving rapidly, and because different people have different preferences, always adopt the language individuals use about themselves, even if it differs from what’s here. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The evidence will show that while preparations for guerrilla warfare were being made, no plan was ever adopted. It was hoped throughout that such a step could be avoided.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian’s grandfather referred to himself as a Black Jew and practiced his adopted religion in a crowded household of devout Baptists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z If I straightened myself out and sobered up, there’s a possibility that I could adopt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can make homemade dog treats and grow catnip. People who love animals will come to the sale. We’ll raise funds and maybe get people to adopt another pet.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They had tried to have a kid for years; then Tariq ended up putting his energy into adopting a blue-nose pit bull from the local shelter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z How else can one explain why the Aborigines of northeastern Australia failed to adopt bows and arrows, which they saw being used by Torres Straits islanders with whom they traded? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are important differences, to be sure, among mass incarceration, Jim Crow, and slavery—the three major racialized systems of control adopted in the United States to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The new terminology was adopted quietly, casually, carelessly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “They had a couple of other foster kids who they had adopted, and they had an older daughter and a, um, a baby, later.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t adopted the hippie lifestyle, she would have made a terrific Marine drill sergeant. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mommy has changed, changed from the time she adopted Christianity back in the 1940s. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when I was young and adopted the rules of the street, anyone who knew me knew it was a bad fit. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I needed to deal with my parents, especially if I wanted to adopt my dog. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z If we could identify the answers, then poor countries could concentrate on changing the things that keep them poor and on adopting the things that make other countries rich. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But if he was adopted, he might well have a different name now than the one his mother gave him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But they would not adopt him, he had decided. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were adopted for cultivation in those areas of their wild range outside the Fertile Crescent as soon as they arrived with the whole package of food production from the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The god s face looked liquid in the candlelight, like he couldn’t decide what shape to adopt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap thought his adopted name was funny, because they were certain he hated everyone and everything, except for all the women he claimed to date. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They are the absolute cutest, and if it was possible to adopt siblings, I would. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Taylor adored the Court of Honor and was struck by the oddly sober manner people adopted as they walked among its palaces. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Many, perhaps most, early states adopted slavery on a much larger scale than did chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll never change our minds about adopting you, but you can change yours. Let us know when you have made your decisions.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Here and there the method of vegetation management by selective spraying has been adopted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Longridge was glad for the dog’s sake that the Hunters would be returning in about three weeks, but he knew that he would miss his adopted family. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To try to answer these questions we adopt some “world picture.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His system, as expounded in his thirteen-volume opus The Almagest, had much influence both in Europe and in the Islamic world, and was later adopted as dogma by the Catholic Church. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z While he was carelul to avoid making a nuisance of his views, to adopt outside his realm an externally uncensoring manner, he enforced them within his family and among the employees at River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They adopt that way too, as long as the baby is healthy, everyone is happy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “We’re volunteering with some of my students to help clean up the highway adopted by the college,” she says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The fact that the Fourth Amendment was specifically adopted by the Founding Fathers to prevent arbitrary stops and searches was deemed unpersuasive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Rumors indicated that The Vigils had adopted the sale as a special crusade. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the invention of a reliable, universally adopted musical notation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He shared his food with me and sort of adopted me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He didn’t realize the pace at which mobile phones would be adopted, and the extent to which they’d be used in all walks of life, all the time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Their every casual opinion I came to adopt and to trumpet when I returned home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the years many aspects of his Chicago plan were adopted, among them the creation of the city’s lovely ribbon of lakefront parks and Michigan Avenue’s “Magnificent Mile.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not that I would have any objections to Hiroshi and Mayumi adopting me, if it weren't such a completely ridiculous thought. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Some colleges, worried about the trend, are adopting programs to enroll more lower-income students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In these and other areas where food production depended on the arrival of founder crops from elsewhere, did local hunter-gatherers themselves adopt those founder crops from neighboring farming peoples and thereby become farmers themselves? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Small dogs are adopted almost 2 times as fast as big dogs, at least in my sample. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Hoover adopted a similar model, with its classifications and numbered subdivisions, to organize the bureau’s Central Files and General Indices. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It’s a success story about a poodle mix that was adopted and lives with a family. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to their potential advantage of combining precision with simplicity, alphabets have now been adopted in most areas of the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We adopted Fred from the New York City Animal Control Center. They informed us that Fred had been abandoned in an alleyway. That he showed signs of neglect, maybe even abuse...” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Miss New Mexico adopted a fake-cheery voice and an artificially wide smile. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Korea and Japan adopted rice from China in the second millennium B.C., bronze metallurgy by the first millennium B.C., and writing in the first millennium A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On open school nights, the question most often asked by my schoolteachers was: “Is James adopted?” which always prompted an outraged response from Mommy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The orphaned son of a white trader and a Sioux woman, Palmer had been adopted as a child by an Osage family and had since married an Osage woman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Koyré had a vast influence in America, and his Bachelardian conception of an intellectual mutation was adopted by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe you’re adopted. You don’t really look like any of us now that I think about it.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Since there seems to be an absence of men in some of the kids’ families, many of them look up to him as an adopted father figure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately for you, but fortunately for him, he was adopted today. He’s going home tomorrow.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He was so sure of his own good breeding, he could laugh affectionately at the rich-quick vulgarities of the uncle who had adopted him and from whom he had inherited his fortune. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No trace has ever been found of the great dog; at which there is much mourning, for, with public opinion in its present state, he would, I believe, be adopted by the town. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then she looked at me and said, "And before you start wondering if I'm reversed albino or something, me and Madison are adopted. So no need to be weird about it, 'kay?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I had become indifferent to my old connections, an attitude I had adopted in part to justify my flight and somehow alleviate the pain of my separation from a world I loved and valued. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they would see what he was doing, that he had done something good by staying in his adopted city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Lucy, I know you can’t adopt Cutie Pi. I’ve seen you 2 together. If your family was able to take in a dog, he would have gone home with you weeks ago.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But if Dvorak’s teaching methods raised eyebrows among his adopted countrymen, his own American compositions were to prove even more controversial. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But Maya always noticed that the books they read about child rearing were about adopted kids, not biological ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Compared with the tens of millions of people in ancient China or Mesoamerica, that meant that Australia had far fewer potential inventors, and far fewer societies to experiment with adopting innovations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because I'm adopted, and you don't like to say it, but you value bloodlines. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mary Miller had said something about me being adopted, yet adoption had trapped Mandy in the Moss family, where she could be punished as much as they wanted without anyone checking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Only 27 hours after our post about Murphy goes up, he’s adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He adopts the “do nothing” method of therapy. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The gradual emancipation schemes adopted in the northern states never needed to face this question squarely, because the black population there remained relatively small. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Professors McGonagall and Moody kept them working until the very last second of their classes too, and Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He liked to talk like that, adopting a slight shift in his voice, as if he was a gangster in a movie and wearing a three-piece suit, not a windbreaker over a shirt and tie. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And that morning, Manit had told them that he had started the paperwork to adopt them both. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Gay added, “Ashley was in foster care for nine years, and she wouldn’t have been adopted if it wasn’t for her child advocate, Mary Miller.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As an adolescent, after his father’s death, Liszt and his mother moved to Paris, where he adopted French as his ‘first’ language. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She tried to focus on how much she was helping them, as if this were a charitable deed, purely altruistic: like volunteering at a soup kitchen, or adopting a dog from a shelter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But on May 24, 1955, the newspapers said the Little Rock school board had adopted a plan to limit integration to Central High School. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The strategy that Jefferson and Madison adopted was elegantly effective and thoroughly imperialistic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “We decided that no one should adopt him,” the woman went on, “but that all of us would feed him if he came to the door. He has a wandering spirit, though.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The guide notes that agency ratings and funding are tied to whether they are “adopting and implementing effective applicant screening,” a clear signal that agencies may be penalized for not cleaning house. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In classical texts, it was used to mark dropped letters, as in t’cius for “tertius”; and when English printers adopted it, this was still its only function. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The average wait time to be adopted is 12 days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His diction could be so contagious that even non-PIH-ers, especially when in his company, adopted the same phrases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But the urgency of the competition with the Soviets created pressure to adopt the quickest, surest way into space, even if it was a little crude, or sacrificed long-term spacefaring viability for short-term earthly victory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The gifts that had been donated to The Children’s Home were lavish and expensive, and we had been warned not to expect as much after we were adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even though my grandparents started the process of adopting Adria and me as soon as we got back, we still called them Grandma and Grandpa. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s not fair! What if someone wants to adopt him?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So rather than choosing between the rights of women and the rights of African Americans, the American Equal Rights Association adopted a memorial favoring a position of gender and racial unity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He didn’t think he could talk Felix out of adopting the mutt. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z "We will marry, and when we do, Hugo will adopt you. You will be his son." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Conscious of her mother watching her, Cecilia adopted an expression of amused curiosity as she unfolded the sheet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Thirty thousand local residents turned out on a blustery day in mid-March to fete the men they had adopted as hometown heroes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Among the very poor and the wealthy, brothers married their adopted sisters, like doves. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A number of deaths from parathion had occurred in Florida before this regulation was adopted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Here Mr. Curtain paused, his face adopting an expression of fond reverie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Formally race-neutral devices were adopted to achieve the goal of an all-white electorate without violating the terms of the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I knew that I had been adopted, although there had never been official proceedings to make the adoption legal. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps he and Mrs. Coulter would fall in love, and they would get married and adopt Lyra, and go and rescue Roger from the Gobblers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And nobody in the audience was going to adopt him because nobody had ever even seen him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I wished that he was not mixed up with these Orgota who had, as it were, adopted me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Over time, twenty-five states, plus the District of Columbia, adopted the chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When an Osage chief was asked why he didn’t adopt the white man’s ways, he replied, “I am perfectly content with my condition. The forests and rivers supply all the calls of nature in plenty.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She was adopted at birth—had never known her birth parents—and remembers the pain of being told by her adoptive parents that she was “illegitimate.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Overall, however, the United States was slow to adopt this type of system, so Elizebeth did Donovan a big favor by setting him up with one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then she’d been adopted by a couple who lived in a penthouse on New York’s Upper East Side. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Ishtar had gone to great lengths to protect her adopted daughter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I tell him about the Save the Manatee Club, and the sea cow named Tubby that our class adopted last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was adopted by Malebranche and other followers of Descartes, and Newton sometimes speaks as if every act of gravitational attraction is directly willed by God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The hybrid keening-singing- declaiming style Stravinsky adopted was like no sound ever before heard in a concert hall or theatre. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z All these considerations make it clear that we should not suppose that the decision to adopt farming was made in a vacuum, as if the people had previously had no means to feed themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When an economic or technological standard emerged and proved itself on the world stage, it was much more quickly adopted after the wall was out of the way. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z When Lander arrived—the most dignified and eloquent colored man any of them had seen—the discussions adopted a more local character. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “He is adopted by Christine and lives for a couple years after the end of the novel and dies peacefully in his hamster sleep.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "But I'm not like most adopted kids. Most don't know their folks. But I know my mom." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In all the major European languages the same metaphorical use of a word meaning ‘uncover’ was soon adopted to describe the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My father, however, adopted the pose of his favorite piece of sculpture, The Thinker, a miniature of which sat across the room on the telephone table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But at least they had adopted a fatalistic attitude that death, if it came, would be swift and painless. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm mesmerized by what she chooses to adopt from American culture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was even more afraid than Amanda, but to make her think this was all routine, he adopted the relaxed, pompous air he had seen doctors use. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you are adopted by a rich person?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the one who was born right after they adopted Maya.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z By tacit consent, they had adopted a plan of campaign. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It concluded by saying that the Mosses were in the process of adopting a ninth child. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think that would happen. All I thought was that a nice, loving family would want to adopt a baby like you.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Somewhere near Gary, Indiana, I adopted a swagger. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “If everyone got their own space, 18. Sometimes we make them double-bunk. We also have a special room for puppies. Puppies don’t stay with us long. They’re usually adopted pretty quickly.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z These are universal truths: to understand them is to adopt them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was puzzled as to why learned people didn’t adopt chemistry as a religion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It has always felt adopted to him, an accident of circumstance, a celebration not really meant to be. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z European Americans responded with patriotism for their adopted land. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel bad that you didn’t get adopted,” she admitted. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Lewis had two marriages that ended in divorce, and in 1918, in her mid-fifties, she was raising a ten-year-old adopted child. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Not fatigued by his radicalisation of both musical texture and technique, Corelli added another flourish to his work: a musical shorthand called figured bass, or thorough bass, inherited from Monteverdi and universally adopted after him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But none of them, may I say, has fully comprehended the reasons for the attitude France has adopted towards her neighbour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z European horses were eagerly adopted by Native Americans in both North and South America, within a generation of the escape of horses from European settlements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while I had us living in a foreign country like New York, where she could adopt me and we could both stay our natural color. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been “civilized” in that they now wore British clothes and had adopted British manners. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On his return they adopted a more shallow track in the woods that permitted them to barely see houses through the brush. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Records showed that they had tried to conceive children of their own for ten years, and had been waiting to adopt for another four. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why was the disk’s precocious technology not widely adopted in Crete or elsewhere in the ancient Mediterranean? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With the glances she was throwing at their adopted children, I would presume the reason was jealousy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m not upset I’m adopted. I love Mom and Dad and all of that, but sometimes, I just have questions that only strangers can answer.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It’s about getting Ziggy home safe. And I adopted him, John. You know that.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Aureliano scolded him like a child and he adopted a contrite air. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had become enamored of hunting and fishing and became so skilled that when his grandfather died he was adopted by the greatest of all living Eskimo hunters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides,” she added, “an adopted baby would be good for David. He wouldn’t feel so left out. You know how he is.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod said, “You saw the man who killed my family, didn’t you? On the day you adopted me.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z No one understood why, for no one knew his history, other than that he was a vagabond Kenyon had adopted years ago. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did ask something of Miss Havisham, however, sir. I asked her to give me some information relative to her adopted daughter, and she gave me all she possessed.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I mean can we adopt her? Her American mother isn’t able to keep her, and I’d hate to see her have to go into foster care.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In his last breaths, was he trying to tell me about the death of his adopted family—or admit to some tawdry, decades-long affair? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Naturally, I don’t subscribe to the obvious fallacy that every society promptly adopts every innovation that would be useful for it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For example, hunter-gatherers in parts of southeastern Europe had quickly adopted Southwest Asian cereal crops, pulse crops, and livestock simultaneously as a complete package by around 6000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “She was adopted by a family about twenty minutes away. We have their information. We agreed that whenever one of you wanted to contact the other, we would let them know.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Because you might want an easier dog. One that’s friendlier. She’s been here awhile. Shy dogs are harder to adopt out.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Me: let me know if Pi gets adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We adopted a strategy to deal with our own constituency in the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While many have kept their foreign flavor, others have adopted distinctly English pronunciations. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Retrieval Squad adopted the V goose formation with Root on point. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Despite his misgivings Olmsted left the completion of the exposition landscape in the hands of Ulrich and adopted a punishing schedule of work and travel that took him through sixteen states. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was along about this point Rosaleen started asking me what did I think I was doing—auditioning myself to get adopted by the calendar sisters? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When societies do adopt a new technology from the society that invented it, the diffusion may occur in many different contexts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some know a great deal about cars and will be offended by a salesman who adopts a patronizing tone. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The failure of our legal system to eradicate all of the tactics adopted during the Jim Crow era to suppress the black vote has major implications today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I read them the story about a kitten who decided to adopt a basket of mice. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to fill out an application, and then you and your parents have to come in for an interview before you can adopt her.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z By the time the adopted children became adults, they had veered sharply from the destiny that IQ alone might have predicted. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Although he likes me, he seems to be adopting the man. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z For someone who is supposed to be smart, I can’t figure out how to get Pi adopted, and I can’t figure out Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the New World’s sole writing systems, those of Mesoamerica, never spread to the complex Andean and eastern U.S. societies that might have adopted them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He brushed off his clothes and tried to adopt the rats’ casual banter. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He called the colonists Sons of Liberty, a name Patriots adopted for an underground anti-England society. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He adopted the slang of the illegal trade, increasing his English vocabulary fourfold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The gentleman in question went on gazing at me for a moment without changing the somewhat languid posture he had adopted in his armchair. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Thinking about the kinfolk health histories was the only time I found comfort in being adopted. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss used to punish Luke by dunking his head in the bathtub, and one of the adopted kids claimed Mrs. Moss held her head underwater for several minutes until she had trouble breathing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The city of Hampton changed its official seal to depict a crab holding a Mercury capsule in its claw, adopting the motto E Praeteritis Futura: Out of the past, the future. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Wesleys had adopted their only child, Cynthia. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I adopted a rather unorthodox work schedule: I would write most of the night and sleep during the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z However, one cannot adopt it on its own, independent of other ideas about the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the United States, public housing agencies have adopted exclusionary policies that deny eligibility to applicants even with the most minor criminal backgrounds. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For all we knew, he could have been a small Inuit woman living in Anchorage, Alaska, who had adopted this appearance and voice to make her students more receptive to her lessons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The women in attendance adopted an “Address to the Women of Ohio,” in which they outlined the rights of women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Instead, the replacement entailed English-speaking immigrants’ killing most Indians by war, murder, and introduced diseases, and the surviving Indians’ being pressured into adopting English, the new majority language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like how three brothers who are adopted by three different families—one Muslim, one Hindu, and one Christian—could discover each other as grown-ups and team up to save a woman who gets kidnapped. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z To that end, one must know the enemy’s purpose before adopting a strategy to undermine it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It preaches a contempt for the working class unexampled for centuries past, and it dresses its members in a uniform which was at one time peculiar to manual workers and was adopted for that reason. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In areas where there were only hunter-gatherers to begin with, those groups of hunter-gatherers who adopted food production outbred those who didn’t. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have enough to eat or a proper place to sleep yet, and you want to adopt this orphan?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Alternatively, hunters may have caught and ‘adopted’ a lamb, fattening it during the months of plenty and slaughtering it in the leaner season. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter now. You were right—a nice, loving family did adopt me, and that’s all that matters. So how’d you find us anyway?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Most white people believed African Americans lacked the proper motivation to work, prompting the provisional Southern legislatures to adopt the notorious black codes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Had they come here to adopt a child? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the sheet are averages and standard deviations for the 107 dogs most recently adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “So the goal is to lower that number, and we do that by focusing on the dogs that take a superlong time to get adopted,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Here we were—my adopted parents, my birth mother, my half sister, and a stranger my mother needed for support—courteously sitting across from one another. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z One way is that other societies see or learn of the invention, are receptive to it, and adopt it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By “adopt” I mean it was forced on us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “She said if we work hard”—I tried adopting Parvathi Teacher’s persuasive tone—“we can do anything when we grow up.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Some days I wake up wondering if I’m adopted. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were usually respected and sometimes even adopted as extended members of a family. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hate my freckles and don’t care if I am ever adopted.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She had been adopted by a missionary couple on the Ivory Coast. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Poppy translated, “They’re ready to adopt you. See? I told you. Get set for a long day.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This movement fueled the Common Core Standards Initiative, which produced the Common Core Standards that most states have adopted as of 2014. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Modern-day scholar-workers, indulging in clownish display, adopted ghetto accents and assumed costumes of the rural poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The form of the invention eventually adopted might have been somewhat different without the recognized inventor’s contribution. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His philosophy, speeches, and life transitions were now being adopted by a whole new generation of youngsters, internationally. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years earlier, Bouza had written a book in which he called abortion “arguably the only effective crime-prevention device adopted in this nation since the late 1960s.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Aware of the growing sense of alarm in Jules and the others, the mate reached out and took a few halting steps, adopting the bent shuffle he’d never thought he’d have to use again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding? I think that guy wants to adopt you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I want to get dogs adopted,” he says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Is she available? Will they let me adopt her?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I noticed then that everyone had adopted the hushed voices of the afternoon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then migrants were sent out into their newly adopted city, walking or riding the streetcar toward the address that was, as of this moment, home. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I lick my butter pecan scoops and say to Kay, “Remember when I asked you if you thought being adopted was a big deal?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Persians have adopted that method too, except most Persians use a large kettle and a smaller pot you can stack on top, like a double boiler. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Hazel had been adopted when she was a baby. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z According to my math model, he will take 24 to 28 days to be adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he were a changeling, a troubled child not so secretly adopted by the Icelanders, but with love and without foreboding. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the problem, it forced Holly to adopt a strategy she would rather not have resorted to. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Probably a year—maybe more, maybe less. Most of our children either go home to their families or axe adopted.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “And that’s my problem? Just because he comes from the same hippie-dippie flea circus where you grew up doesn’t mean we have to adopt him!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z And sure, Oscar was only an adopted stray mutt, but he was the only living thing that I could depend on. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He had been Sigurd’s warhorse, but Kin had adopted him after Sigurd was gone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Why wouldn’t I? He was the last one who worshipped the Olympian gods, before Constantine came along and adopted Christianity.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I was a little kid, I used to pretend I was a princess who had been adopted when my kingdom was overrun by bad guys. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Government linguists devised the modified Roman alphabet adopted in 1928 by Turkey for writing Turkish, as well as the modified Cyrillic alphabets designed for many tribal languages of Russia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “There must be dozens of them, plus Luke and me, as well as the adopted ones who are back in foster care.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I want my mom to get arrested or go away and one of the nice moms to adopt me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Very soon you will start to adopt an American accent, because you don’t want customer service people on the phone to keep asking you ‘What? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The North was overwhelmingly Republican and, while Republicans were ambivalent about equality for African Americans, they were far more inclined to adopt and implement racial justice reforms than their Democratic counterparts below the Mason-Dixon line. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z By 1966, the warders had adopted a laissez-faire attitude: we could talk as much as we wanted as long as we worked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1820 even Adams had stopped firing off his illumination rounds and had adopted the Jeffersonian posture of benign duplicity, preferring to risk hypocrisy rather than the friendship. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Maria quickly adopted the local Arawak-Dutch dialect, asking her native servants for information about both insects and plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Two or three. She herself knows nothing, but that she was left an orphan and I adopted her.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Though success in Cambridge conversation frequently came from saying something preposterous, hoping that someone would take you seriously, there was no need for Francis to adopt this gambit. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but my mom and dad aren’t my birth parents. They adopted me when I was a baby.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To say one body of evidence is superior to another is to adopt the viewpoint of one community and reject that of another. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You do want to adopt her, don’t you?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Innumerable such technologies were either not adopted at all or adopted only after prolonged resistance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After so many years of Mr. Zimmerman’s support, the adoption center would move back into town, where fewer people would get a chance to adopt pets that needed good homes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Second, when states and school districts adopt the standards, they are taking a stand for rigor, informed by a clear intent. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When they realized this, their faces all adopted looks of surprise, then of intense curiosity. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “We’re trying. All I know is that all of the Mosses’ adopted kids have the same guardian.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Jonathan had adopted both her and her brother out of foster care. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Did you talk to your parents about adopting a dog from the shelter?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Otto treated Lies, who had lost her family as well, as an adopted daughter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He used three adoption studies, two American and one British, each of them containing in-depth data about the adopted children, their adoptive parents, and their biological parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Why did any of them adopt food production at all? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought she’d be adopted by a white family and not feel so different. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was a basic power struggle and Dr. Greenfield adopted what he describes as a “paradoxical approach.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No one would lightly adopt such a name in contemporary Western society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “When I was twelve,” he said again, “this family adopted me. The Buchanans.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Society adopts the solution if it is compatible with the society’s values and other technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Similar methods were adopted all through the country with other leaders who bore watching. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It is not too much to say that geologists wouldn’t grasp the full implications of this thought for two hundred years, when finally they adopted plate tectonics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Eventually, most of the British medical community adopted his antiseptic advice, too. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At chapel the day following the heaviest snowfall, two hundred volunteers were solicited to spend the day shoveling them out, as part of the Emergency Usefulness policy adopted by the faculty that fall. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z To counter the sordid image created by Burns and the old school of venal detectives, Hoover adopted the approach of Progressive thinkers who advocated for ruthlessly efficient systems of management. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sacerdote found that parents who adopt children are typically smarter, better educated, and more highly paid than the baby’s biological parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The generation after Galileo had to acknowledge its dependence on Evidence-Indices and so, willy-nilly, it had to adopt the virtues of the judiciary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Indians adopted Mexican crops, and many of them discarded many of their local domesticates, piecemeal; squash was domesticated independently, corn arrived from Mexico around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But they were Japanese! Aunt Esther won't look at Japanese photographs, will she? And you said she was going to adopt another boy anyway.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z So I thought it would be best to let a nice family adopt you.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was hard to find words when you were adopted and your brother wasn’t, and it was pretty clear that you had been chosen because of things beyond your control. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The ones that do adopt new crops, livestock, or technology may thereby be enabled to nourish themselves better and to outbreed, displace, conquer, or kill off societies resisting innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His face had lately adopted an expression of playful contentiousness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “What happened to her? Why were you adopted?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Farmer suspected the root cause of this growing problem stemmed from decades back—long before Peru adopted the model WHO program in 1991—when drug-resistant strains were spawned by inadequately financed and unsupervised treatment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Certainly, all the guards we passed in the halls had adopted blank, tough expressions that betrayed no weakness or curiosity, no disgust or delight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In truth, she had long since transferred her devotion to her adopted Northern California and found Ernest’s interest in Harvard distressing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We’ve helped 1 dog find a home. And Murphy only got adopted so quick because my mom put links to the Pet Hut blog all over her social media.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Gradually Wagner adopted a virulently anti-Semitic attitude that polluted his views on almost everything. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Dogs are being adopted 11 percent faster in December than in any other month. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In June 2002, seven years after the death of Father Jack Roussin, the World Health Organization adopted new guidelines for treating MDR-TB, virtually the same as Partners in Health had successfully used in Peru. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z We insisted that Operation Mayibuye had not yet been formally adopted and was still under discussion at the time of the arrests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why wouldn’t you want them to adopt you?” she asked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They also had an adopted son, Matthew, who was about twelve; Luke; and a foster baby named Keisha. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t do that. Mommy will get in trouble if you do that. You don’t want to see Ma get in trouble, do you? It’s not her fault that you’re adopted, is it?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “This unassuming style promotes study, that’s why we adopt it,” returned Laurie, who certainly could not be accused of vanity, having voluntarily sacrificed a handsome curly crop to the demand for quarter-inch-long stubble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams, usually the more apocalyptic member of the team, in this instance adopted the more sanguine Jeffersonian posture. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At the same time, he was embarrassingly enthusiastic about all things Haiti, as if it were his adopted country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I collect each dog’s breed, age, color, weight, and gender, and the number of days it took to be adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “She had a condition similar to your daughter’s. She’s married now. She and her husband adopted two kids and they’re as happy as can be. She plays in the Cleveland Orchestra. Bassoon.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It is in order for Chauncey M. Depew to hand in his resignation as Chicago’s adopted son. Chicago wants no more of him.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Are you adopted?” she suddenly asked, which startled me, and I jumped into the air like a crazed cat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On this point modern astrologers seem to have adopted a more cautious position. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because he wasn’t adopted. Like, ever? He’s been living with this family about an hour away from here, but he’s been in a lot of different homes since before then.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I decide it’s best not to adopt some sort of superior attitude when I’m with these people. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He told her that he and his wife had adopted a black child and their neighbors looked at them as though they had chosen to become martyrs for a dubious cause. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We understand that you’re in the process of adopting a little girl. Are you aware her mother is fighting to regain custody?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We were told that he was placed with a foster family that was on track to adopt him,” her father told her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Ever since they adopted us, every time I talk about Maddy's hair, Uncle Tony says the same thing—just let it rock. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My answer remains the same: “I don’t really know. My mom was adopted.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At nineteen he had designed a hand grenade which had been adopted by the Ministry of Peace and which, at its first trial, had killed thirty-one Eurasian prisoners in one burst. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I had learned that sometimes when I was in trouble with Mom, the best thing to do was to adopt the complete-idiot strategy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After building the rocket that took his beloved adopted country to the moon, he died of colon cancer in 1977. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some historians argue it was nevertheless too traditionalist a society, too unwilling to adopt innovations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They went against everything he knew and believed about his adopted country. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Were they once free-living in the wild and then induced to adopt a less strenuous life on the farm? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to look like a great family, or the shelter would never let us adopt. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I think Jim adopted it as the name of his D and D character to impress her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It had taken his wife all of ten minutes to decide that they would adopt, and her enthusiasm for life then immediately returned. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Hear me, Pip! I adopted her, to be loved. I bred her and educated her, to be loved. I developed her into what she is, that she might be loved. Love her!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Hell, I would’ve adopted him even though I’m severely allergic to dogs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Gilbert adopted Mister Pugsly from an animal rescue group when he was seven years old. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Moss admitted whipping two of the children he adopted, but not any foster children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Why have we been slow to adopt this common-sense approach to the cancer problem? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He rousted about the empty drawers of his adopted desk for matches or a lighter, but he could find nothing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Girl, just cuz I’m adopted doesn’t mean I don’t know about the culture,” she joked. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had no inkling that his adopted city would, indeed, witness the unleashing of the new science of genetics, but in its most grisly form in history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z However, unlike a similar ordinance adopted in Boston, San Francisco’s policy applies only to public employment, not to private vendors that do business with the city or county of San Francisco. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Writing was never developed or even adopted by hunter-gatherer societies, because they lacked both the institutional uses of early writing and the social and agricultural mechanisms for generating the food surpluses required to feed scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z First, when Eurasia’s Major Five domestic mammals reached sub-Saharan Africa, they were adopted by the most diverse African peoples wherever conditions permitted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “My parents are divorcing, Joaquin’s parents want to adopt him, so you better have a good story. And don’t say, ‘I want to find my bio mom,’ or I’ll pinch you harder this time.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My grandparents wanted to adopt her, but of course, Shanon’s mom wanted to keep her daughter close. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I refused to become a princess but adopted the titles of Court Linguist and Cook’s Helper. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He wrote in the new name he wished to adopt, then signed the form with his old signature. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It is only, as we have seen, with Pascal that this peculiar, idiosyncratic culture began to become widely adopted and generally respected. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z White men comprised 78 percent of the arrests for this offense in 1990 when new mandatory minimums governing drunk driving were being adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His goal was to empower the wave of migrants rolling into town to become productive citizens of their adopted city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He loved Mark and Linda too much to let them adopt him, so if the decision was his to make, Joaquin would make it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z For instance, around 3000 B.C. the hunter-gatherers of southern Sweden adopted farming based on Southwest Asian crops, but abandoned it around 2700 B.C. and reverted to hunting-gathering for 400 years before resuming farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, when al-Khowarizmi was writing about the Hindu system of numbers, the West was still far from adopting zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The more viable option was transportation to the unsettled lands of the American West, along the lines of the Indian removal program adopted over forty years later. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m not adopted,” I say, too worn out to argue. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “They became my foster parents when I was ten, and they decided they wanted to adopt me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Francis Bacon invented the fact; from Bacon the fact entered the English language and was adopted by the Royal Society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In his own games Bobby began employing some of Lipnitsky’s suggestions and adopted a plan called the Lipnitsky Attack when playing against the Sicilian Defense. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Its east—west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He turned to her and said, “About time,” when the train finally creaked in, with the familiarity strangers adopt with each other after sharing in the disappointment of a public service. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “So if I say no, that I don’t want to be adopted, do I have to leave?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She had been to therapists, group sessions with other adopted kids, guided one-on-one discussions with her parents when Lauren was at friends’ houses. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was no way of knowing whose version would finally be adopted, but he felt a profound conviction that it would be his own. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Sandrouni said, “He asked me to adopt him, but I refused.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z For example, why did no traditional hunters-gatherers evolve or adopt writing? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Minnie was to refer to him in public as Henry Howard Holmes, an alias, he explained, that he had adopted for business reasons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But because they didn’t want to let the staff know what they were talking about, they had to adopt a strange, half-careless, indifferent manner, while listening with passionate curiosity. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But Cape York Aborigines did not adopt agriculture, in part because what they saw of it on Muralug Island was so watered-down. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And I never heard whether he became sick or was ever adopted. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z After we’d spent hours talking about politics over a traditional Bosnian meal, she wanted to take me shopping in Dublin and show off her adopted city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Those details of typewriter, clock, and calendar design have not affected the competitive success of the societies adopting them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’d already lost his family twice before. Once in Poland and then again here—his adopted family. So when you and Aunt Susie came along ...” “Once bombed, twice shy?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It seemed almost true, although he could think of exceptions—his parents adopting him, for example. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Washington said nothing whatsoever about slavery in his Farewell Address, sustaining the silence that the Congress had adopted as its official posture early in his presidency. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When she’d been Star of the Week in kindergarten, all the kids had asked questions about why she was adopted, where her “real mommy” was, if she had been given away because she was bad. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z According to my math, dogs under 6 months old are adopted within 3 days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She adopted him as a son who would share her solitude and relieve her from the involuntary laudanum that her mad beseeching had thrown into Remedios' coffee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If those first farmers could have foreseen the consequences of adopting food production, they might not have opted to do so. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A paste of Chinese herbs concocted by Mother had magically coaxed sore gums to adopt the twenty-eight intruders fashioned by the dentist. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “If our staff thinks the animal can be adopted, we will put him on the waiting list.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “That would take too long. I wanted my parents to adopt one from the same place that they adopted David. Then we’d all have someone we could love together.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “They had adopted a lot of children with disabilities, and had a total of sixteen kids.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It was his usage, then, not Koyré’s, that Butterfield adopted with some discomfort, believing that it would already be familiar to many of his listeners and readers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We adopted the religion of our colonizers, but most people held on to the old ancestral ways, too, just in case. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He feels better able to express himself in his adopted language. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They knew that if their ideas were adopted the consequences would be momentous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I want to adopt this boy, take him back to the States with me,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He said to Mama, “I adopted these three little girls, but I hardly ever get a chance to see my princesses.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they would adopt her, and give her an allowance like other American girls got, which Sandi would then pass on to her real family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The fact that an enterprise makes progress does not necessarily mean I should adopt it: athletes run faster every year, but that is no reason why I should take up athletics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Well, there happened to be a family reunion blog... and ... anyway, it said that they adopted a baby, Margaret, in 1929.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “My mom only adopted her because the Becketts have one.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It started with a bet one day when a couple adopted a beagle I just knew they would return. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Aboriginal Australians may have adopted and then abandoned bows and arrows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead he adopted an oily voice that was no better than his cackle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Lots of others had—even after they had been adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Perhaps if we explained our situation to her, she would agree to adopt us,” Klaus said hopefully, but when Violet looked at him she saw that he knew it was of no use. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Anything that would make me appear more like a Londoner and less like a green country woodcock, I was more than willing to adopt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “The doctor said we could adopt,” she murmured. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Miss Simon tried to win my confidence; she asked me if I would like to be adopted by her if my mother consented and I said no. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, it hadn’t seemed to matter that Maya was adopted and Lauren wasn’t. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The government finally agreed to accept a single, elected constitutional assembly, which would adopt a new constitution and serve as a transitional legislature for the new government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Estha, walking on the riverbank, couldn’t feel the wetness of the rain, or the suddenshudder of the cold puppy that had temporarily adopted him and squelched at his side. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So when, after several years, the Nielsens tell me that they want to adopt me, I readily agree. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As had happened before, former allies of African Americans—as much as conservatives—adopted a political strategy that required them to prove how “tough” they could be on “them,” the dark-skinned pariahs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Would we have to be adopted by some family we don’t even know? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t,” was Jo’s decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Congress’s rejection of funds to develop a supersonic transport in 1971, the world’s continued rejection of an efficiently designed typewriter keyboard, and Britain’s long reluctance to adopt electric lighting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He discovered that after Lewis’s disappearance Middleton had pretended to be her adopted son in order to cash several of her checks. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She told me he’d been at the shelter for ten months because everyone always wants to adopt puppies instead of older dogs. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The Ortizes had three teenage birth daughters and four adopted children, plus a constant stream of foster children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Slash-and-burn was a product of European axes—and European diseases, which so shrank Indian groups that they adopted this less laborious but also less productive method of agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As for the orphan, my grandfather adopted him into his own household, and told the other servants to tutor him, but to be kind to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z These are the dedicated moms who have adopted our class as their kids. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I hope they don’t want to adopt me! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In contrast, pottery wasn’t adopted in the Fertile Crescent until about a thousand years after the adoption of agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And so, out of gratitude, they more or less adopted him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe she was two years old and hadn’t been adopted yet.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Grace had always known that she was adopted. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It’s easier to keep up the irreverent, invincible manner we’ve all adopted when there are more of us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Since the Pet Hut is a no-kill shelter, all the animals are eventually adopted. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Among his closest friends was Conrad Weiser, an adopted Mohawk, and the Indians’ unofficial host at the talks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She opened it and read: “I wish to make a protest against the methods you are adopting in annoying the President,” the letter writer said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I probably should have given him a polite reply, but I was thinking about Luke and the other Children’s Home kids who might never be adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I had simply assumed that because we were best friends and our names were so similar, the same family would adopt both of us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Caesar left his estate to Octavian, his great-nephew whom he renamed as his adopted son. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nor did they adopt bows and arrows, remaining instead with their spears and spear-throwers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Again as if in a dance, the Recruiters adopted different poses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In addition, Native American armies had no animals to oppose to horses, whose value for assaults and fast transport gave Europeans an overwhelming advantage until some Native American societies themselves adopted them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Burr’s own letter, therefore, was a gross insult in its arrogant insistence “upon a basis so vague as that which you have adopted.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In bringing us back to Spring, and then adopting us, my grandma was doing what she’d seen her own parents do. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In any case, her mood seemed to change at that point, and our conversation rapidly lost the rather personal tone it had begun to adopt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Wheels were also adopted in Eurasian pottery making and in clocks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The unemployed asked for jobs; the childless, for help in finding a baby to adopt; the oppressed, for justice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, each society on a continent represents one more opportunity to invent and adopt a technology, because societies vary greatly in their innovativeness for many separate reasons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The motto which I adopted when I started from slavery was this—“Trust no man!” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “Lady Melisandre is a priestess of the red god. Queen Selyse has adopted her faith, along with many others, but more of His Grace’s followers still worship the Seven. Myself among them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He told the people that he was adopting the bum as his son, giving him the full powers and privileges of The Son of the Creator of the Universe throughout all eternity. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The ban on remote detonators was adopted—not because of bribes from the gun lobby, but because blowing people up was determined to be crude, cruel, and beneath the Scythedom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One had to be guided by the judgement of 'the true ladies and gentlemen', argued the Society, or else 'we may as well adopt the proprieties of Bolshevik Russia'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The simple expedient of always asking oneself: “Percentage of what?” is a good one to adopt. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He adopted the Southern editorial policy, “Love American motherhood and hate sin” and never mention Negroes except in a manner harmonious to the Southern Way of Life. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To occupy her mind she sang as she gathered caribou droppings and put them on her drag: Amaroq, wolf, my friend, You are my adopted father. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After many meetings in prison and outside, we had decided that we would work from underground, adopting a strategy along the lines of the M-Plan. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “So you were adopted, I presume?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And unbeknownst to the general public, the Supreme Court has actually authorized race discrimination in policing, rather than adopting legal rules banning it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Do you think it would have taken two years for someone to adopt me if I had arms?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He took my campaign very seriously, but he also made funny faces and asked if he could adopt me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And like McCandless, upon embarking on his terminal odyssey, Ruess adopted a new name or, rather, a series of new names. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had adopted Cheddar, and then he'd let the animal fend for himself in a parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Handel’s adopted countrymen and women knew a compliment when they saw it and returned it handsomely. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was married to a Japanese man, and they had adopted a little Japanese girl I sometimes played with. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His answer to every problem, every setback, was “I will work harder!”—which he had adopted as his personal motto. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop wondering about who my biological parents were, what tribe they were from, or why I was adopted in the first place. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘And I do not ask, for I have already been told that you are the kinsman and adopted heir of our friend Bilbo the renowned. Allow me to congratulate you on your recovery.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At most, some of them merely adopted Austronesian languages, possibly in order to communicate with the long-distance traders who linked societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Don't adopt that tone of voice with me! I told you to go at the shop!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The need to evade their enemies probably caused the Aché to adopt an exceptionally harsh attitude towards anyone who might become a liability to the band. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Clean, sated, in his mother’s adopted country, he is happy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But the perspective adopted by the historian need not be that of the present at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But now Mark and Linda wanted to adopt him, and Joaquin felt the skateboard wheels rumble under his feet as he took a hard right past the library. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And yes, Maya knew that she was adopted, not fostered, that she had been adopted out of the hospital, that her parents had chosen her, wanted her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Indeed, della Porta’s experiments led him to adopt the opposite view: that you can use a diamond to make, rather than unmake, a magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I shed the slave’s shuffle I’ve adopted and walk the way I used to, my head straight and my shoulders thrown back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In my view, then, it was rather defeatist from a vocational standpoint to adopt a stance like Mr Graham's. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Some were taken in by foster families or adopted. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Blake underwent additional training and was on his way to becoming a spy for his adopted home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, getting adopted and moving to America didn’t promise to be as much fun as I had thought it would be. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, the department allowed the Mosses to adopt eight of the children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Your website says that 95 percent of healthy dogs get adopted. What does that mean?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z After Galileo the distinction was adopted by Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I had come to The Children’s Home expecting to be gone in a few months, but a year passed without anyone adopting us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We were both adopted and met each other for the first time and, after doing some research, realized that you might be our brother. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Board of Education decision, the United States Supreme Court overruled the “separate but equal” laws once adopted in the 1896 Plessy v. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This argument involves denying that scientific claims are ever adopted because they fit the evidence better than the alternatives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead, guards adopt a siege mentality—a shutting up, a closing of ranks—that is law en-forcement at its stupidest. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once an inventor has discovered a use for a new technology, the next step is to persuade society to adopt it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When she had gone and we were alone, Bono adopted a tone of utmost seriousness, and said to me, “I withdraw all claim upon her, Prince O.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Other times I was a Negro orphan she found in a cornfield and adopted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “On average, the Hamlin County Animal Control has 1,000 dogs and cats waiting to be adopted, and the shelter can only hold 500.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At the ANC annual conference in Bloemfontein, the organization adopted the league’s Program of Action, which called for boycotts, strikes, stay-at-homes, passive resistance, protest demonstrations, and other forms of mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He grinned, then, seeing this had passed me by, adopted a sudden, solemn, jokeless tone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At least if you adopt a zero tolerance approach, when you next see a banner advertising “CD’s, DVD’s, Video’s, and Book’s”, you won’t just stay indoors getting depressed about it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “Okay, so maybe I’m a pocho. But the point I’m making here is that we can adopt other cultures.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Which one of you was adopted?” people would sometimes say to her and Lauren, and both girls would just blink at them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His “entourage,” as Alvarez labeled it with perhaps a hint of jealousy, adopted his every tic and peculiarity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "The work I do does not permit me to travel the streets amid a column of knights. So when I leave the castle, I adopt more suitable guises, and thus live to serve you longer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We cannot adopt out sick dogs. There are too many healthy animals that need homes. I’m sorry.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Elizebeth and her team took note and adopted the same terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “How would you feel if you and Luke were both adopted—but by different families who live near each other?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Finally, food production permits or requires people to adopt sedentary living, which is a prerequisite for accumulating substantial possessions, developing elaborate technology and crafts, and constructing public works. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Gosswald’s method has been adopted in Italy and other countries, where ant farms have been established to supply colonies for distribution in the forests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This means that scientists, although they may not be aware of it, are never obliged to adopt any particular theory: there are always alternatives that would work as well, indeed, for all we know, better. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z |
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