| 单词 | career |
| 例句 | After its path is further changed by gravitational encounters with Jupiter or Saturn, it tends to find itself, once every century or so, careering toward the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So he quit, and now he’s looking for a new career. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Robert Stevenson, one of the researchers who devoted much of his career to straightening out the HeLa contamination mess, laughed when he heard that argument. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Fischer’s assurances notwithstanding, his peripatetic alpine career was rough on his family. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The doctor who gave me that said he been working with our mother for his whole career and he never knew anything about where they came from. He said he was sorry.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Volpe was in his mid-twenties and just starting off in his career, but he wasn’t one of those hippie teachers who talked about the Vietnam War, whole grains, and yogurt. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “But I want to go to school and college and have a real career when I grow up.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The weights would be announced that winter, and given the results of the match race, the track racing secretary would obviously be inclined to assign Seabiscuit the biggest impost of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides dictating career opportunities, the system shaped geographic destiny, with the core class allowed to live in and around Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Throughout his writing career, he stayed abreast of new ideas and discoveries by corresponding with researchers and reading scientific papers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z With the assistance of two servants, Stanton devoted herself to raising her children and running the household while Henry began a career in antislavery politics. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t announce it to the press for a few more days, but the man had made the decision of his career. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wanted a more creative career instead, and he set out to develop the skills to become a playwright. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But at the beginning of my high school fencing career, I didn’t get to fence all that much, because only the varsity team actually got to compete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As far as I was concerned, I could now say that I had a “career” in fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Even a whiff of misconduct coming so soon after Teapot Dome could end his career. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In looking back over my career thus far, my chief satisfaction derives from what I achieved during those years, and I am today nothing but proud and grateful to have been given such a privilege. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z To some observers, the only sour note in Man o’ War's career was Riddle himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the track was somewhat soggy that day, Seabiscuit had been capable of ticking off miles in 1:36 throughout his career with Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not that I don’t believe Great-Grampy JonJon’s career was ruined by a missing Joe DiMaggio glove that he didn’t steal. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I always knew I wanted to have something in place that I could easily transition to once my fencing career ended. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He makes almost 150 paintings, some after his favorite artists, like Millet, just as he did at the beginning of his career. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Being an anthropologist was my second career choice after musician in a punk band, so I studied Selena and her friends as if they were a newly discovered culture. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But at level ten, that began to change, because most gymnasts at that level were intending to pursue an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had not started out on a clerical career, but he had been ordained deacon in 1690 and was later ordained as a priest. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jackson turns—he’s got one clear shot, but he has never made a three-pointer in his high school career! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Having a successful career and a comfortable salary were no longer my ultimate goals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the Liberal Party will go to hell,” Severo added, anticipating the damage to his political career that could be caused by having a bewitched child in the family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would make myself think about my future, my career, but nothing made any difference,” he later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The best career opportunity she was ever likely to get, and she’d tossed it in the gutter. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It could be that this penury was the catalyst for Bobby’s often-criticized “greediness” later in his career. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They had, almost all of them, yearned to be assigned a career involving transportation so that they could be trained to drive the equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The horse had spent most of his career in the claiming or cheap allowance ranks, and the most accomplished trainer in America had given up on him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was much in demand as a speaker at student forums in Eastern universities and had appeared at many by the end of his short career as a national figure. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Working with them, she later said, was “one of the pleasantest experiences of my career.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Well, he still needs to know. In case he has any inclination of patching things up with her. For the sake of Senator Whitworth’s career.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “But the Ministry never attracted me as a career. Again, something we have in common, I think.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z All were wealthy and at the peaks of their careers, but all also bore the scars of nineteenth-century life, their pasts full of wrecked rail cars, fevers, and the premature deaths of loved ones. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His career, indeed his entire life, was made by the American Revolution; and he, in turn, had made American independence his life’s project. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If Wolf failed to make the jump, it would be the end of his training and maybe even the end of his career. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the way Dorothy would have wanted to take the next step in her career, but Blanche’s tragedy pushed her up the ladder nonetheless. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Toward the beginning of his career as an orator, Cicero was advised to change his name. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This mother tends to be a woman who wanted to get some advanced education or develop traction in her career. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He loves to talk about my “career,” whatever that means. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z That snoopy old lady in our new neighborhood put an end to my baby-sitting career. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Earlier in his life, Bell chose to end his promising basketball career rather than have surgery on his knee. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z People in America don’t care about college degrees or careers from Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In a sixty-year career on the concert stage she tirelessly championed the music of her husband, of Brahms and of Chopin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The only memory that matters now is the one where his coach made him pack up his locker and suggested a new career route, like being a ringside commentator or becoming a coach himself. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “He”—Mr. McNamara swallowed hard, not sure if his teaching career was minutes away from amputation—“says he 'didn't see,' Headmaster.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She was friendly toward me and curious about my background and my career. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Which is swell, since I’m at the point in my career where I shouldn’t hire employees with peer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just one season in the big leagues before an injury ended my career.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He couldn’t care for the importance of career. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the kind of dad you invited to school for career day. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I figured the guy must have been a career guy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe that woman more than just my career. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His first significant contribution to science concerned the springiness, or compressibility, of air, and involved the most famous experiment of his illustrious career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When Theodore Hall graduated high school at the age of thirteen, he listed his three top career options: comedian, journalist, physicist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago he’d been a star pitcher in one of the black baseball leagues and the history of his career was nailed and pasted all over his shop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Helmholtz, he developed into a scientist with many interests, though he was known early in his career for ophthalmology and for establishing the first eye hospital in the Netherlands in 1858. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s a promising place to start a career in art dealing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the history of the program, only two players had gone on to extended careers in the pros. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the horse was dollar sound at this stage of his career, reporters given to hyperbole began regularly referring to him as a “cripple.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She says being at McClenton Middle School will help her figure out if she wants to make a career out of teaching. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z They have always been very high up on their horses, which is fine, although if you ask me they have shot their own career ladders in the foot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The second section addresses personal assessment in relation to your professional development and career goals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In a portrait of “Three Russian Women” for his book The Curtain Rises, published in 1944, he describes her incredible career as a fighter pilot at Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Her hand, held by his, twitched like a fish on a hook, and he recognized the astounded expression in her eyes from earlier incidents in his career. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet that, too, had been frustrating, causing her to fear that her career was somehow an indulgence, unnecessary. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My team lost, and just like that, my high school baseball career is over. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At the pinnacle of his career, that figure had jumped to 90 percent, plus eight million sets in cars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will decide my career, for if I have any genius, I shall find it out in Rome, and will do something to prove it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason’s entire career at Camp Jupiter had been built on careful choices. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For example, it is not a place where people generally wait to have children until they are in their late twenties or early thirties—until their careers have lifted off. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She soon realized that a career in medicine wasn’t for her, but she didn’t know what else to do with her life. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was soon after this trip that Lyell decided to abandon a career in law and devote himself to geology full-time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And that was even with starting his writing career. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Besides. Listen to me, career girl. If you ever get married again, don’t tell your husband anything. Do you hear me?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z All I have left of our father is my driver's license, my U.S. passport, and my acting career. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I want to make movies. Forever. As a career. I want to study film, in school.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Instead, it began to seem a place where one’s views on the fraught politics of national security and weapons development loomed over one’s career prospects. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “And” he continued, “I am going to prepare you for this career.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Even Vannevar Bush, who had spent his career surrounded by accomplished scientists, felt overcome by the “stimulating” and “refreshing” atmosphere in the lab when he paid a visit in February 1942. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “No, really. You’ll love it. When the play ended and everyone clapped and cheered for us, I felt like I could do anything. I even thought maybe I could have a career as an actress.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z First, his career would not be with the animals; second, he’d never again eat something that came out of a pig. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Though a few ATA women managed to make careers in aviation, British flying jobs went almost exclusively to men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Prosecutor actually referred to me as a ‘career criminal’ at the hearing.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The small personal satisfaction he felt came from his having passed one of the most grueling tests of his career by showing the courage “to ‘stand up in meeting’ and say ‘No’ to a steamroller. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I’m going to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was a senator’s wife, but beyond that, and more important, I had a career that mattered to me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “If it wasn’t for your pops, I wouldn’t have a career. It’s the least I could do. So what’s the plan now? You gotta take advantage of the moment.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I would add that to my list of careers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And if that career didn’t work out, I could use my fallback career as an astronaut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He writes on the board career hits = 150 and at-bats = 500. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Lovelace was a respected physician who had focused his career on aviation medicine after training at the Mayo Clinic. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z College students couldn’t find jobs, and thousands of people were being laid off from long-term careers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tuve could not have known it at that moment, but he had set his friend on the path to a career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “He’s the butt of humor now. He’d been at the end of his career even before”—here he paused—“the incident in Tennessee.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z How could a career CIA agent like Ames, a man who had never made more than $60,000 per year, live such a life of luxury? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z You know of his brilliant career, how already he was a moving orator; then his penniless graduation and his return after years to this country. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest were there to participate in the great melodrama of social climbing and career advancement. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It would be led by Lyman J. Briggs, a career government scientist then directing the National Bureau of Standards, which by default served as the government’s physics laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I hadn't allowed the idea to take concrete form in my mind, but for a moment I had almost allowed an old, southern backwardness which I had thought dead to wreck my career. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As a still-newish associate at Sidley, I understood that the next phase of my career was critical—that my accomplishments would determine whether I made partner or not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "But I'd like to take my chances, Mr. Emerson, sir . . . This is very important to me. My whole career depends upon it." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard and Woolf returned to the United States, where racing had been relegalized, and their careers began to diverge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During his long career as a code breaker, he had been privy to many secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The majority had careers that could only be considered ordinary, and a surprising number ended up with careers that even Terman considered failures. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I hope you don’t plan a career on the stage,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Marina had dreamed of a musical career since she was six years old. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I kept telling myself that all I had to do was point out that there was no place in Joey’s career, my organization or our driveway for the likes of him. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d had so many careful, sensible conversations at this point, with so many people, about how to extract myself from a career in which, by all outward measures, I was flourishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When a woman does the same, we like to call her a “career woman,” and if she happens to be someone’s partner in a relationship and also a mother, we say she “has it all.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Was I sabotaging my academic career over an abstract moral principle that mattered very little? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You make some bonds for life,” he told a television interviewer of his career as a high school football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She would let nothing—not even the state of Virginia’s segregation policy—stand in the way of her pursuit of the career that had rather unexpectedly presented itself to her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’d announced to everyone, including potential suitors, that my career was my priority. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Malcolm refused to see the impossibility of the white man conceding secession from the United States; at this stage in his career he contended it was the only solution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not invited her few friends from college; they were bent on careers, this wasn't their thing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I was born, disturbing the tranquility of Anthony’s remarkable career as a three-year-old wonder-jock, the video cameras were fully trained on his every sprint, gasp, dive, and volley. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Trina's father, Walter Garnett, was a former boxer whose failed career had turned him into a violent, abusive alcoholic well known to local police for throwing a punch with little provocation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s future career seemed likely to be meteoric, and the only question that remained was when he would become Minister of Magic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Since some of my friends had been in the class for their entire high school career; each week, they had something new to say about the class and about Ms. Gruwell. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew it was an honest mistake for people to equate my career as a member of Team USA with Olympic stature. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As the collar of the average Western worker made its journey from blue to white over the course of the last century, the value of the persuasive arts for career advancement has grown in proportion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When it seemed there was a chance of him surviving after all, his father began to teach him the rudiments of education, intending him to have a career in the church. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When she met Bobby, she took a maternal interest in him, and she became one of his few lifelong friends, ultimately playing an important part in his career. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were, after all, two of the most accomplished letter writers of the era, men who had fashioned over long careers at the writing desk distinctive prose styles that expressed their different personalities perfectly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Li'der, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My husband's career had allowed me to witness the machinations of politics and power up close. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Lincoln’s responsible bodyguard William Crook had a more esteemed career, working in the White House for more than fifty years—a time that spanned the administrations of Abraham Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The big ape’s career as a vendor was finished. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Having started my career as a wire service reporter with United Press International, I have enormous sympathy with wire service reporters and the pressures, both professional and financial, under which they toil. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I had begun to think that each of us was leading the life of a career criminal, in which the commission of acts was not by a single man but a series of men. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Public Allies was meant as a corrective to this, a means of widening the horizon for young people thinking about careers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She said someone with my athletic potential shouldn’t be tryin’ to make his college career too complicated. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He started talking about his high school football career and, of course, his regrets about college. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm glad you moved back to the city. It was tough to concentrate on your career with all that squabbling in Ridgeford." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But at that moment, Seward’s son Augustus, a career army officer, enters the room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z For when I look back over his career, I can see with hindsight that he must have striven throughout his years somehow to become that butler of his story. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The human career,” wrote the historian Ronald Wright, “divides in two: everything before the Neolithic Revolution and everything after it.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “This is a pivotal moment in your careers.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He had spent a great deal of time working with the Liberty Party, an antislavery political party, but he was never able to launch his own political career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z While he continued to operate his farm as such farms were operated in the neighborhood, he entered on a new career— that of the old soldier. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ames had arrived late and seemed nervous about meeting the first major Soviet defector of his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In her career as a Marine wife she had failed in her efforts to train her husband to call when he would be working late or not returning home at all. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried figuring out why the test saw that as my best career path. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The hosts of Morgul intent on their prey, taken at unawares in wild career, broke, scattering like sparks in a gale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In Hadem at large, in the bars and restaurants, on the street comers and stoops, there could be heard more blunt criticism of Malcolm X than ever before in his career. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Trainer Woody Stephens, who began his racing career as a bug boy in the late 1920s, always felt he got lucky in this respect. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamen was the most prominent victim of Lawrence’s increasing rigidity on security matters, for it cost him his job at the Rad Lab and almost his entire career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z More important: there were people who’d built their careers on the back of the high school basketball team. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their first shadow-travel experience together two days ago had been a total fiasco, possibly the most humiliating episode in Reyna’s long career. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z May we suggest this student pursue a career with nonliving things in place of a career in poultry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z All of the violinists were then asked the same question: over the course of your entire career, ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Whole books have been written about it and academics have built careers on it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Within two weeks of becoming commander-in-chief, Washington began his career as a spymaster. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the gods he was the shrewdest and most cunning; in fact he was the Master Thief, who started upon his career before he was a day old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was about to bulk especially large in Kamen’s career and establish a new milestone in the Rad Lab’s reputation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He continued his career as a British officer until the end of the war, when he sailed to England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He succeeded in imposing his authority over the career officers in a wide sector along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When I brought up some career possibilities, she told me that the only thing she wanted to do was help fight the Mormon cults that had kidnapped thousands of people in Utah. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was what eighth graders whose career goal was the state penitentiary did. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “My career needed a fresh impetus, and perhaps a European stamp would help.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He asked Zeitoun more about his heritage, about Syria, about his career, about his visits back home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There was, however, one group of students in Chicago who did see a dramatic change: those who entered a technical school or career academy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Although his career path had shifted to politics, Roosevelt never abandoned his passion for nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But after my time with Uncle Jack, I feel like it’s possible that what he said is true: Great-Grampy JonJon didn't commit the crime that ended his career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “One more week, Master,Underwood. And then, if you cannot prove your claims, it will be time for you to pursue another career. Something to suit your dramatic talents. Puppet theater, perhaps. Or tap dancing.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “He was a man who studied crime and planned his career. His brain might have given science valuable aid.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After a few years, Koch returned to the United States, but his film career had been damaged. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Barack had experienced marriage as ephemeral: His mother had married twice, divorced twice, and in each instance managed to move on with her life, career, and young children intact. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “This could well be the day I make the biggest deal of my career,” said Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And in my view, at the peak of his career, my father achieved his ambition. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, Pearson had to be more mindful of the concerns of black residents than at the beginning of his career—even if that mindfulness didn't translate into any substantive changes during his tenure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, Root would have blown his top at this point, but he knew that Cudgeon was grasping at straws, desperately trying to save his career. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And, by an unforeseeable paradox, it was my career in the church that turned out, precisely, to be my gimmick. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Poor tyrannical Rachel keeps trying to build a big-sister career upon a slim sixteen-month seniority, insisting that we respect her as our elder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the start of a remarkable career. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I can imagine the over-the-top reaction if I choose theater as a career. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I guess. I’ve been preparing for the Ring for a minute now. I mean, it’s hard to prepare for a battle, but a win could jump start my career, you know?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But the next day, after mastering some new skill in my workout with Aimee, I’d change my mind back to home-school and an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was a rough place to start a career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus with one sentence I can summarize my academic career. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized now that I was being offered something more than just a career as a player, acting out a variety of roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Throughout his long career in the United States and Europe, Welles worked in stage, radio, film, and television. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Churchill By the end of his career, the story of Churchill’s oratory—as set out in David Cannadine’s introduction to a collection of Churchill’s speeches1—can be told in statistics and lists. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Considering her failing health, many expected this to be the last major event of her career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After weeks of prayer, I decided to take a leave of absence from my career and join the fight overseas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At that moment in young Cassius’ career, he had captured the imagination and the support of the entire dark world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom likes to make fun of his career as a jarhead—his “extraction missions,” because technically he worked as a military dentist and never actually left his base. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He hoped that Haiti would provide him field opportunities to integrate the two disciplines and to make sure this was the career he really wanted. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “When the doctors, Father, and your career are all in Boston, why are we here?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Our decision to let Barack’s career proceed as it had—to give him the freedom to shape and pursue his dreams—led me to tamp down my own efforts at work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I admire the women in my profession who manage to sustain singing careers and raise families. Perhaps I should have been more daring.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z After a career of galloping to hounds, and a historic reputation as America's premier man on horseback, he was never able to hold his seat in the saddle with the same confidence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Against the odds and contrary to their expectation when they first walked through the doors at Langley, the women of West Computing had managed to turn their wartime service into lasting and meaningful careers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Over the next decade, he built a successful career and started his own company based in New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Roy’s mother kept track of the actress’s soaring career in the show business columns, where it was reported that she’d signed a deal to appear in the next Adam Sandler movie. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I warned you they were unsafe. But I share some of the blame. I’m sure you were inspired by Maddox and wanted to begin a career as a fairy broker.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It had been the most fabulous party of his career: at the height of it Timmy had fallen from a chandelier and sprained his ankle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we’d settled into the house, Mom threw herself into her art career. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In any case, I don’t think there are many career opportunities for people who squirt marshmallow on Finkles. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z You find your own career track, or don’t. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That brief conversation not only ended my law career but placed my speech problems in the center of my consciousness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It had always seemed unfathomable to her, choosing a career where all you did was put yourself out in front of hundreds or thousands of people and risked rejection in real time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In his brief career Dowell had learned what Red Pollard, George Woolf, and countless other riders had long since known. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, right when I begin to consider a career in busking or garbage collecting, two thick envelopes arrive in the mail: one from NYU and the other from DePaul University. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For the second time in her brief CIA career, Marti headed out into the Moscow night. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z People just weren’t interested in careers in domestic service anymore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart went out to poor Akaky, a humble clerk just as Ashoke’s father had been at the start of his career. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jerrie was ready for a career in aviation, but the problem was that nobody wanted to hire a woman pilot. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I had been to Nairobi, and I had seen women who had educations and their own careers. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z So did John, who was building a career for himself in film production. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To the unabashedly chauvinistic Time, the youthful Professor Lawrence’s career symbolized the emergence of American science as the lodestar of international research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Gauguin is further along in his career, although he started late, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When an injury ended her dance career, she turned to acting. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With my twelfth place finish, theoretically I could think about the Junior Olympics, too, but I knew that wasn’t something I should be focusing on so early in my career as a saberist. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He may have been an amiable little horse, but his career prospects looked dim. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s probably a drop-out, on the way to being a career criminal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Maya could feel herself careering down the hill, the wheels starting to come off the cart even as she continued to pick up speed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Throughout his career, if he felt like taking a day off, he’d just pack up and go, leaving his exasperated agent and jilted trainers hunting for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The only girl in the family who wants a career instead of babies. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Burr was there because Hamilton had been libeling him throughout their crisscrossing careers in public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Adding to his misery was his feeling of impotence; for perhaps the first time in his career, he was confronted with an engineering crisis he could not fix himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That white boy was the beginning and the end of my fight career. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My thespian career, which had lain dormant since I played John Wilkes Booth while at Fort Hare, had a modest revival on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than during his sojourns in England, Haydn’s long career was mosdy unaffected by what the public thought of his music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Little remains of the Heraion on the Aegean isle of Samos, one of the wonders of the ancient world, a great temple dedicated to Hera, who began her career as goddess of the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamen had struggled to remake his career, survived a suicide attempt, and finally succeeded in gaining a high-level faculty appointment at Washington University in St. Louis, thanks to Arthur Compton, its chancellor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Right after high school, she left Pike County, making her way through college and law school, spending time in France, Scotland, and Ireland, and beginning a high-powered legal career. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The sundry men and women who make careers out of scaling the world’s highest peaks constitute a small, ingrown club. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yep. And for the record, making it was one of the most depressing moments of my career.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It is something that some writers reach for their entire careers and never attain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Signing Washington Irving’s name to official documents was not much of a career, perhaps, but it was less monotonous than signing “Major Major Major.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Below are some materials to help you create a vision of your “professional” self that will serve you throughout your career and lifetime. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I know I have what it takes and I am going to do what it takes to make my next goal, a college degree and an NFL career! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Early in his career, Kirkley related, while patrolling on a walkway inside a prison, he was jumped by five hooded inmates, who took his wallet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They expected us to choose one of two prestigious career paths, doctor or lawyer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z While the women in Hampton Institute’s Engineering for Women courses were preparing for their new careers as computers, Mary Jackson managed the USO’s modest financial accounts and welcomed guests at the club’s front door. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Instead, she wrote articles and letters to the editor of various newspapers, collected signatures on women’s rights petitions, and began her career as a public speaker at events closer to home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The latter by this time had already had an eventful career: a Macedonian-leaning social conservative, he was already a prolific author when Cassander, the strongman in Pella, installed him as dictator of Athens. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z After spending the first year and a half of my legal career sleeping on Steve Bright's living room couch in Atlanta, it was time to find an apartment of my own. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Elizebeth, by contrast, had spent her career cracking a wide variety of messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To quiet my hunger, I embarked upon a career of stealing beer and soda bottles from shebeens, and frequently ended up in trouble. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he joined to his wickedness such strength of mind and body, that when he entered upon a military career, he rose through the ranks to become praetor of Syracuse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Van Riper lives just outside Williamsburg, in Virginia, in the kind of immaculate, orderly house that one would expect of a career military man. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even though the Olympics had been the pinnacle of my athletic career, it had only created a jumping-off point for the rest of my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "But what about your career?" she had cried. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Earlier in her career, she had been allowed to share some details of her Coast Guard work with him, but now that she was tracking spies, she had to keep quiet. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The most important thing in my career isn’t as important as my son,” Dad declares. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some artists reach a creative peak quite early in their careers and then “go dry,” while others, after a slow and unpromising start, may achieve astonishingly original work in middle age or even later. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting one’s name on a research report was a necessary first step in the career of an engineer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Darwin knew Charles was going to have his first book published, an account of his voyage on the Beagle, and it was clear that he had a promising scientific career. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Mr. Burnside, the retired business executive who never exactly came to terms with the end of his career. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was received warmly by the magistrate and prosecutor, and the case did not begin for quite a while, as they asked me numerous questions about my career and how I became a lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At most other universities, there wouldn’t be so many student soldiers, but at Drake, almost all of us are well on our way to career assignments in the Republic’s military. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Alongside my real life I have a career, which may not qualify as exactly real. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My bike-riding career had started and finished all in one go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One evening, I stop in at a college and career fair in the Truman cafeteria. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Owen would never again do important research, but the latter half of his career was devoted to one unexceptionable pursuit for which we can all be grateful. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I hadn’t attained that level of status in my career and at my age, I was already considered a has-been. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When I talked to Susan Hsu, now a director of medical genetics at the American Red Cross, she told me that working with McKusick on HeLa cells was a highlight of her career. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And while she liked the idea of becoming a doctor, she’d started to consider other careers—like teaching. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some jockeys took two hundred or more falls in their careers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At fifty years old and many years into her second career, she reinvented herself as a computer programmer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Until that moment, Officer David Delinko had been so busy worrying about solving the Mother Paula’s case and saving his own career that he hadn’t thought much about anything else. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court and would nearly destroy his career. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Coach never asked me to keep his secret—how anger derailed his career. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The confusion in my mind existed because I heard, read, and saw different definitions of both career and maleness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Kok had a noble agenda: He wanted Bobby to continue his career, and he wanted to be a privileged witness to his games, as did almost all chess players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I was thinking about that, though,” Henry says, “the chance being with me is going to keep ruining your career. Congress by thirty, wasn’t it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But having made this mark on medicine and laid down a marker for the scientific approach in general, Vesalius suddenly abandoned his academic career although still not 30 years old. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Less than a month ago, I was within days of an Ivy League degree and a career at my father’s side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His appointment to the Committee of Secret Correspondence led him into a new career in intelligence. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not the first person to have WTF’d her career choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z After the summer session, Katherine decided to leave WVU’s graduate program for a life as a full-time wife and mother, the call of domestic life winning out over career ambition. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Seaborg never lost his respect for the substance that would make his career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One day in early 2009, almost a year to the day since I’d committed myself to fencing, something happened that would completely change the trajectory of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z During an eight-year career playing for seven major league teams, he became known as one of the greatest base stealers the game had yet seen. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She looked around the room, toward the hall, and finally she said, “You have career. You are busy. You want to live like mess what I can say?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, I know college could be one of the greatest times of my life, but on the other, starting my professional baseball career early could help me reach my goals sooner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In third grade, Justin brought in a plane to school for career day and said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s trying to save them from starting their careers in the state penitentiary early. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A catfish that has had a career as a local leader smells one way, but as soon as he is displaced in an administrative reorganization, he smells differently, and everyone recognizes the loss of standing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about the career he had lost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m starting to think that this is something I might want to do for a career. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z We just want to get the hell out of this town somehow—together—and Erin’s basketball career might be our best shot. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don't expect you to have a career in the NBA,” his dad continued. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Do you remember those career surveys we had to fill out freshman year, the ones that were supposed to help us choose electives? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was a career woman and her name kept bobbing up in the newspapers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Her plan was to get us thinking about our careers in the future. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He banked into the homestretch, swung out to go around Today, and made the biggest mistake of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he was a college senior, he had become the national champion, an honor he would repeat twelve more times over the course of his career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mom: “Absolutely not, Isaiah! She’s eleven. She doesn’t have a ‘career.’ Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A new future stretched out before them, but Dorothy Vaughan and the others found themselves at the beginning of a career, with few role models to follow to its end. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Others were heartbroken; Seabiscuit could suck the joy out of any good racehorse’s career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They all mourned Rocky that way, by slipping, lapsing into the plans he had for college and for his football career. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This was the end of her career for sure, but suddenly that didn’t seem so important because her ribs were aching, and she had a blinder of a pressure headache coming on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But the people whose world Kenna was supposed to be changing, it seemed, couldn’t disagree more, and when the results of all of the consumer research came in, Kenna’s once promising career suddenly stalled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He’d been working with HeLa cells daily his whole career, he said, and now he couldn’t get the story of Henrietta and her family out of his mind. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “It ruined my career. I thought I was going to play football. I was good at football. It just changed my life.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the age of 20, Descartes now took stock of his life and decided that he was not interested in a career in the professions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As you learn to master the core material for your career, you might also be ready to find your moorings in terms of your professional self. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The intent is to reflect “the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The first artifact of his entire career, a career he’s managed to derail in a matter of months. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her father had insisted that she earn a teaching certificate as a backup plan for her pursuit of a career in the sciences. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Henry wasn’t around much, because he spent most of his time working and trying to launch a political career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was committed to having an equally stellar career outside of sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had often marvelled at that fact in his professional career. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Abigail had wagered her reputation, her job, and perhaps her overall career on a hunch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A potter’s son, this man lived a wicked life at every stage of his career. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Her promising singing career was all that interested her. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But my wrestling career was not meant to be. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The question occupied much of the second half of his career, but he never came anywhere near getting it right. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Concluding that economics, not politics, held the key to black success in America, Moore started a new career as a corporate gadfly, disrupting stockholders' meetings with pointed questions about racial policies and hiring practices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In a storied career oftwenty-three races, through the Triple Crown and virtually every fabled race in the East, no one had ever seen all War Admiral could give. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Though we’d argued over the drain of his political career on our family for years now, I did love and trust Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The most savvy Jefferson watcher of all time, at least over the full stretch of their respective careers, was James Madison. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Many of those whom he falsely accused had their careers permanently destroyed and their lives shattered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Her months abroad had little effect on her career at home. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z But Frank would not shed his political beliefs; nor was he as willing as Robert to suppress them in the name of career advancement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko understood that if he did the job well, his career at the Coconut Cove Public Safety Department would once again be on the fast track. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is my career,” he said, slamming the table as he stood up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Had he been given the chance, he believed that he could have had a career like the one he had had at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But these two definitions, career and maleness, were a lot clearer to me than the idea of race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z My career as a personal assistant hit rock bottom one summer morning when Valencia greeted me with a flyer she'd taken from the window of an exotic-bird shop located on the corner. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I was ready to continue my fencing career somewhere I didn’t have to deal with people like Sam Jones. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I never took you for a superstitious person. How does that fit into your career?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He never talked about his career dreams; he wasn't the type to look more than a few months in advance, and I can't picture an adult Bas. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I liked mv job, but I didn’t have a glittering career, and even if I had, let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things— their looks and their role as mothers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s a lawyer. And she says that she’s so lucky to have her career back that she has to work extra hard.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z To Szilard, his device was one of many ideas that might or might not work; to Ernest Lawrence, it was an idea upon which to build a career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We were just talking about how I’ve decimated my reputation and killed my own political career.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some wrote to further their careers; others, to score political points. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At a time when women were a rarity at the Navy, Driscoll’s career flourished. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dorothy, who knew the call of the open road so well, could certainly understand some of the appeal of Howard’s unusual and itinerant career, and she supported it as best she could. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At the beginning of her career as a professional musician, Abbie Conant was in Italy, playing trombone for the Royal Opera of Turin. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One of the most impressive features of Galileo’s entire career is that within 24 hours he had built a telescope better than anything else known at the time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But it’s a more sustainable career than endlessly chasing after sponsorships. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The dress is what I imagine a career woman wearing when she goes out for drinks after work. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I see. And how about school? Have you decided on a career?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He went on to have a celebrated career as a Soviet intelligence instructor and was sought after as an expert on Western espionage tactics. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It would mean he’d never hit the top, never hit that sweet spot in his career that inspired envy and respect from other men. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Nothing in either of my two careers as a black man in America had served to give me any idealistic tendencies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Born in Danville, Indiana, in 1915, Harvey's upbringing was a world away from the elite childhoods of most CIA officials, a fact he was conscious of throughout his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is the great oddity of his career. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He warred against it, but his tongue was a transient orator who, in moments of madness or in the dazzling half-nelson of a father’s arm, assumed a life and career of its own. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he hoped I’d consider the Air Force as a career. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But the second motel has no room for another few days, which means that, for purely financial reasons, my career at Wal-Mart is about to come to a sudden end anyway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered why his father couldn’t have chosen a decent career. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And then, on the twenty-ninth move, with the position equal, Fischer engaged in one of the most dangerous gambles of his career. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was as though even his nerves, seasoned by a long career of hazards and dangerous undertakings, had given out at last. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Most bands today don’t perform twelve hundred times in their entire careers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Not that Halley seemed to care much about the prospects for his career in astronomy at this time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Indeed, rather like Michael Jackson in our own time, Mozart’s childhood had been forfeited to make way for a career as a freakishly talented boy prodigy to be touted around an adult world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1936 he was twenty-six and in the twelfth year of a failing career as a jockey and part-time prizefighter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea that this is training for my future career. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The 122nd Air Group’s limited military career so far hadn’t done a thing to reduce that thirst for battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Well, no, that would be possible. And the humiliation—well, no doubt I could put up with that. But I have a career....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She believed that young people just starting out in their careers should not feel burdened by obligations, no matter how unselfish the offer of help might be. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He survived a rocky reinsman’s career, then hung it up to try his hand at training. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, before his career was cut short by cancer, Bickel would become perhaps the finest constitutional scholar of his generation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I just finished a draft essay about my career dream: a fair-trade company that invests in and designs eco-friendly clothes sewn and embroidered by Indian village women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a difference in approaches that would follow them throughout their careers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was not a good way to start a professional career, in debt. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It was Ernest’s destiny to begin his career at a moment when physics had hit a brick wall in its understanding of the atomic nucleus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He could figure out what people who went into this looking for careers as comic book artists actually did. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The duchess hoped to pursue a literary career. questionnaire. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If he wasn’t fit for a military career, what was he good for? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Many forest rangers go whole careers without seeing one. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He thought he would put a quick end to this part of their runaway career. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Since only men were encouraged to pursue careers in these subjects, the lists she was given had no women on them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At the same time, I did not want to throw away my career at Fort Hare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of a concert career for me appealed to his vision of himself as a poet and of me as more than a spunky tomboy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As she pursued her career, she was forced to challenge racial barriers simply to succeed as a singer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Before he was to be ordained, he was made an attractive offer of secular employment, which—perhaps because he felt himself indifferently suited to an ecclesiastical career—he found himself accepting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke of his love for his daughter, my commitment to the country, and my dangerous career as a politician. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though a misnomer, his nickname proved to be the one enduring thing about Pollard’s ring career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was career law enforcement, and if he thought I needed a security team, I really had a lot of thinking to do. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A baker, cooper, or rope maker usually started his career as an apprentice, which meant that the master who taught him had to be paid. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z For the first time in his career, Dell thought about his work when he went home that day. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I wanted to win so badly for her, for my parents, and for all of the people who had been following my fencing career and found hope in my success. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Beatrice’s mother was not an impatient woman, but she had eventually divorced Leon to pursue her own career as a cockatoo trainer at Parrot Jungle, a tourist attraction in Miami. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At times I find carrying on my blossoming business career rather painful, suffering as I do from these distractions at home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of this command superstructure that had accumulated over an entire career was not completely fleshed out but still had impact on the colonel’s persona as a commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And I looked forward to pursuing my career in medicine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “That’s good, Bull. But that tight-assed squid is going to have fun writing a conduct report on you that could end your career if I don’t figure out a way to stop it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that this “career” path leads almost inevitably to jail is often understood as an unfortunate fact of life, part of what it means to be poor and black in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The veterinarian said that if it was ruptured, the horse’s career was over. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. Kabul is a dangerous place, you know that, and you’d have me risk everything for...” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z What the upstate union rep had told me years earlier about an officer’s career amounting to “a life sentence in eight-hour shifts” seemed to be encapsulated in that big red-bound ledger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t know he used to be a ball player and a husband, and lost both his wife and career for absolutely no reason. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As far as everyone could see he was preparing for a career in the navy. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The kind of man who could make a career. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My friends began to drink and smoke, and embarked—at first avid, then groaning—on their sexual careers. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “I want him to have a career. Go to college.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The black men, like Thomas Byrdsong and Jim Williams and Larry Brown, certainly had to spar with racial prejudice, but they started their Langley careers with all the privileges of being a male engineer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Well!” she went on; “you have a promising career before you. Be good—deserve it—and abide by Mr. Jaggers’s instructions.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Finding a career as opposed to a job wouldn’t just come from perusing the contact pages of an alumni directory; it required deeper thought and effort. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He moved on to a harrowing career as ail exercise boy, then became a jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had begun his career as a night fighter and still practiced the skills of that subphylum of aviator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she asked how Jeffrey was doing, which I thought was amazing — here she was, with a limb all mangled and her piano career slammed into reverse gear, worrying about my brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. When I said I think it's a good career decision, I meant it.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In idle moments her thoughts turned to Dr. Claytor and the phantom career he had assiduously prepared her for. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Her career as a code breaker spanned more than three decades—and it all started because of Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had attempted several careers, as soldier, ranch hand, mechanic, thief, the last of which had earned him a sentence of three to five years in Kansas State Penitentiary. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One career option I rule out for her is diplomat. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Woolf hustled him deftly; having begun his career booting horses through walk-up match races in Indian country, he knew how to hit the gas on a horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You care about Dino-land! It’s the most important thing in your career! You invested all that time! All that money!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “When I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to abort. I wanted to finish college and start a career, and I thought a baby would derail my hard work.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Father said: “Why, doctor, I am no civil servant. Some of us follow careers and some of us get called out. My work is to bring salvation into the darkness.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For Woolf, the longest shadow on his life surfaced a few years into his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Another Arab visitor reported, even at a late date in Alexandria’s ancient career, that the city was all white and bright by night as well as by day. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The discovery of carbon-14 was the high water mark of Kamen s career in the Rad Lab; its publication was the beginning of his painful journey out of Lawrence’s good graces. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By this point, my fencing career on Team USA had become a mental game. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ishmael lost his arm on a shipboard operating table to a pharmacist’s mate who had done only four amputations in his career, all of them in the past few hours. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z What had started as one of the worst workdays Mary Jackson had ever had would end up being the turning point of her career. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “He believed it was ESP. He was serious. He thought he had ESP, and he felt that because of that ESP, he’d been protected throughout his career.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A number of African American performers, among them Roland Hayes, Alberta Hunter, and Josephine Baker, escaping racism in the United States, had enjoyed successful careers in England and France. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He would go on to rewrite that old red record book in dozens of single-game, single-season, and career categories, becoming the most dominant player of his, or any other, generation. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They made it clear they were willing to financially support my fencing career, which was a commitment in itself, because fencing was not cheap. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You are a terrible actress — I’d say that career path is out for you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Theaters were places where people with well-known names gave their performances. I began to feel that this was turning into a career.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Before I’d even enrolled in kindergarten, he began preparing me for a shining career in medicine—or, failing that, law as a poor consolation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His long-term career goal was to become a detective, and the Mother Paula case was a chance to show he had the right stuff. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton had nearly perfect pitch for Washington’s language, having begun his public career drafting letters and memoranda for Washington’s signature as a staff officer during the war. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out, then, that summer, that the moral barriers that I had supposed to exist between me and the dangers of a criminal career were so tenuous as to be nearly nonexistent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The pinnacle of my fencing career so far. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’ve done well in my career, but within a couple of blocks of my home are two Pulitzer Prize winners. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z At Garfield High the priority was calculus, where a student’s mastery could potentially lead to an academic scholarship and a career in computer science or engineering. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost before Min had finished speaking, he was flying down the road with the cart careering crazily before him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z By 1945, as the war ended, Harvey's spying career was just getting started. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z These two deprivations, he maintained, along with a third one— that of “a good model of a decision maker to look up to” when they were growing up—were behind most of their criminal careers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No one thinks a career in sports is a “real thing” unless it involves the NBA, NFL, or a big paycheck. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I do think about politics as a career, but I don’t entirely trust the system. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I was told “a great banking career” lay ahead of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The son of a career Air Force officer, Beck had spent his childhood shuttling from one military base to another before landing in Wichita Falls to attend college. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Although she later wrote some plays and a novel, her Hollywood career was over. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z His career extends from the industry’s modest origins to its cur- rent hamburger hegemony. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z As his career progressed, his music became more and more about aural effect and emotional manipulation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z People stopped to watch or scuttled out of his careering way. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yet socially—in my entire teaching career, I’ve never met a student who knows so little about ordinary everyday living. Have you worked with any other students from this Garland Farm?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Diana nodded, even though she knew her father’s career hung on getting the bill passed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I think having a blueprint makes life boring. Maybe I don’t want to get married or have kids or any of that. Maybe I just want a career and that’s all.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Did they hope that by eliminating our lisps, they might set us on a different path, or were they trying to prepare us for future stage and choral careers? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Had he let on that he was blind in one eye, his career would have been over. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, I Skyped with a producer named Kara, who went on about how she followed my career and wanted to know more about my life and story. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But George Blake's espionage career didn't come to an end on the day he was led in shackles to Wormwood Scrubs prison, outside London. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On the surface, the warmth of their friendship endured well into the 1940s, surviving the kinds of changes in personal lives and careers that can drive a rift between the closest of friends. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For some reason, the mark hadn't disappeared, but it had launched Daoud's career. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It would have something to do with the things I’d already seen in life so far and wondered about, but I couldn’t really put it together in a way that made a career path clear. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some of the attendees needed the qualification to advance in their careers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve been watching your career ever since the beginning, when you first hit it big. This is a huge honor.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Henry explained that he had started a career as a journalist, but after hearing Reverend Finney’s remarks, he was inspired to leave journalism and enroll at Lane Seminary in Ohio. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was still a household run by a single mother with only a high school equivalency degree, no career skills, no assets, and no immediate prospects for independence. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the place of his dreams, Mike Winchell had just had the worst performance of his Permian career, four for twenty-four passing for fifty-seven yards and one interception. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She began her sound effects career collaborating with her husband, Arthur Nichols, who invented the first sound machines for radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But my career as a lawyer and activist removed the scales from my eyes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have been assigned to a career counselor, and I’m meeting her next week,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding me? Thompson wishes he had a career like Laimbeer’s! Thompson has no grit. He crumples in a game like a paper napkin at a barbecue.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Even as my career took off, she’d refused any help I offered. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As Fischer’s losses and draws mounted, it became clear that he was having the most disastrous tournament of his adult career, perhaps even worse than his Buenos Aires debacle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The liberal politician Charles Masterman warned that “he can convince himself of almost every truth if it is once allowed thus to start on its wild career through his rhetorical machinery. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Once Burr extended his demands to cover their entire public careers, and then also refused to recognize the traditional distinction between personal and political criticism, Hamilton was truly trapped. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And her fathers career—one she had been told was necessary to make the world better—would be sunk along with it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “There’s a high school we can send you where you can study biology and chemistry which will prepare you for a career in nursing.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My career is why I’m here, on this futon, under this duvet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, expectations for Woolf’s career in the saddle preceded him into the world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know exactly where I would land career wise, but with all things in my life, I knew taking things one step at a time was the way to go. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’ve been a vice president at a hospital and the director of a nonprofit that helps young people build meaningful careers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I recounted in detail the numerous times the government had used the law to hamper my life, career, and political work, through bannings, restrictions, and trials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hush-hush 1940s, such a public display of mental illness would have spelled the end of Blanche’s career at Langley, even if she had been able to recover from the episode. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Grandma goes, “Mm-hmm. That’s why it’s been flickering forever. Trey, you found a smart girl here. She got a high GPA. Studying marketing and even pursuing a music career on the side.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For a few seconds at the most critical moment of their careers, Pollard and Seabiscuit faltered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted a music career, and so I wanted to learn about the organ and xylophone and become a fully prepared musician. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was a battle-hardened bureaucratic fighter whose career in federal service had been launched with his appointment to the New Deal’s Tennessee Valley Authority. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Before she left I had started a new assignment, nothing itself terribly significant but I will say now it was the sort of thing that can clinch a person’s career. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m reminded of a news story, early in my editing career in Iowa, about a Pioneer Days celebration, complete with covered wagons and costumed “settlers.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But it seemed to me that both of these concepts, career and maleness, were only subdivisions of the larger idea of race. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “She was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan, and she’s the reason I decided to pursue a career in astronomy,” Ayana said, fiddling with her braids. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Eleven: My performing career effectively ended the day my drug dealer moved to Georgia to enter a treatment center. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z That’s because most of us have much stronger mental associations between maleness and career-oriented concepts than we do between femaleness and ideas related to careers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Up until Mrs. Henry came along, I’d believed beauty college would be the upper limit of my career. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But as their careers and their politics began to pull them apart, something even more fundamental seemed to come between them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The New York Times had even run a two-page article on my high school sports career and future prospects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But Marian, determined to build a career, wasn’t interested in discussing marriage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Three years after embarking on this lucrative career path, he married the fourteen-year-old daughter of one of his bosses. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They were light on what you’d now call “career skills” and heavy on ‘ ‘personal development. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was retired at that point, after a long and distinguished career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Like Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson knew that the rest of her career would be defined by her ability to use the electronic computers to transcend human limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She would now begin life at the new agency as she had started her career at the NACA: as just one of the girls. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It sounds worth it to me, if it will help your career,” Ritu auntie said into the silence. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z While Lyla has her own career ambitions, she’s not the jackal that Chase is, scavenging a future from the bones of the present. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Unlike a regular career where a person earned money, I had to spend money to support my fencing pursuits. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Barack, I knew, wrestled with what he wanted to do with his life, which direction his career would take. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They had planned to have a family, but with the continuing demands of Marian’s career, they put that off, too. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I wanted the best of both worlds—the thrill and the drama of high school with all my friends and a top-tier gymnastics career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They began posing for posterity, writing letters to us as much as to one another, especially toward the end of their respective careers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Fixing me and the Cotswold are her new careers. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I had been vaguely following his career, out of my own interest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been preparing for a traditional legal career until he came down to work with us one summer and became fascinated by the issues that death penalty cases presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Choosing between a career in Education and a UN job wasn’t easy, she said—but the thing to remember was that the very fact that she had a choice was a great privilege. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, then you want to be an actress,” in a tone that said this was only a slight improvement over my first career choice. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If anything went wrong, if Blackie escaped or hurt a soul, White’s career would be over. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Reilly had begun his medical career at the medical center at Dartmouth College, a beautiful, prosperous state-of-the-art hospital nestled in the breezy, rolling hills of New Hampshire. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z So the CPS school-choice program did help prepare a small segment of otherwise struggling students for solid careers by giving them practical skills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I wish I could have had an opportunity to play pro. Not a ten or thirteen-year-old career, but maybe one or two years . . . and maybe get a different job.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Rani and Viji Ma'am are taking a walk together. As for finding your grandparents, that's the greatest success story of my career." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He was publicly accused of inexcusable failure in the most important race of his career, but he could not defend himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In my Harlem community, career was defined as having a “good” job versus what my dad called “bull” work. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “It may have cost Jerrod what we consider a state championship team,” she said in the soft afternoon light of the practice field, “but it may have cost Gary a career.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The filmmaker Georges Melies began his career as a magician and, he owned a theater of magic in Paris. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Something about that phrase—“peak of their careers”—struck his imagination. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma wants me to have a career, but there are only two possibilities on her list. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Spurred on by the energy of fright it careered off like a runaway juggernaut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He goes on to say that it wasn’t a career in law enforcement that killed him but two packs of cigarettes a day. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Militsa was a career military officer like Marina, an Air Force Academy graduate who’d already taken part in several Moscow air shows and even had some training as an attack pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Robert Todd Lincoln went on to a stellar career as an attorney and then public official. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He had begun his activist career as a follower of Du Bois, fighting to integrate interstate buses, and had ended up toiling in the fields of black enterprise, Booker T. Washington’s domain. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He speaks fluent French and says that’s how he’s able to succeed in his career. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because German actors, actresses, producers, and directors were now all beholden to him for their careers, they began to flock around Goebbels, fawning over him and soliciting his favor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He said I would learn something new . . . and now I can’t wait to begin my new career, and turn my life in a different direction! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They assume I am one of them, which feels like the very summit of my high school career. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The female mathematicians’ job security wasn’t immediately threatened by the machines, but Dorothy Vaughan perceived that mastering the machine would be the key to long-term career stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The skill is called a giant, and it is crucial to a gymnastics career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe something like, “Your career? I end it. Your G status as authentic as them gems in your pendant.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Isn’t she a beauty?” says the master-at-arms—that grizzled, muscular career seaman, covered in leering skeletal tattoos. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He told me that if I ever said a word about what happened, not only would I never have a career in politics, but he would ruin my life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We don’t know much about his life or career, and there’s speculation, but no evidence, that he learned directly from Corax. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Yet it is my firm conviction that at the peak of his career at Loughborough House, my father was indeed the embodiment of 'dignity'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But that is only the latest in what has been an extraordinary string of experiences and careers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Chances are, that house—and the Joe DiMaggio glove that caught and killed my great-grandfather’s baseball career—is long gone. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Playing in the tournament was another milestone in my career as a tennis player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a clear career path associated with African-American studies majors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z At that time, a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African, the highest that a black man could aspire to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in my gymnastics career, I was facing an agonizing decision—high school with my friends, or homeschool at the gym? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Kapasi knew that his wife had little regard for his career as an interpreter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Coach Korfanty had had an illustrious fencing career in his native Poland before immigrating to the United States and starting a career in coaching in Portland, Oregon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Volpe had joined Truman’s faculty at age twenty-one, and the night Cameron Mackintosh was to arrive was three decades into his career. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When I thought of the major careers, I thought of whites, not blacks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard’s whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The two spies then went over procedures for future meetings in London and for setting into motion Blake's new career as a Soviet "mole" inside MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The silver-haired lady beamed, then started to tell us how the artist whose work we were looking at was related to her, and all about the artist’s career thus far. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His career was ruined after he was hit in the face by a pitch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But while in the past she’d been a civilian working on the edges of the military, now she made a positive decision to follow a military career herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I’m worried I might ruin your wrestling career.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After performing that hazardous job for a few years and setting some aviation records, her career options began to open up. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I'm not positive that the word "anything" included an acting career, but by high school, I was convinced that being in movies was my destiny. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My primary focus this fall will be to get the Freedom Writers thinking about their future—where they want to go to school and what kind of career they want to pursue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was the first time in his ten-year career that he had been beaten in a photo finish of a stakes race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had many opportunities to sing in public, and as she gained confidence, she began to dream of a career as a singer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z After all, it wasn’t like she had many career options without a high school diploma. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A couple of articles talk about Darren and his superstar high school career—his college possibilities. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But I didn’t have the time or the energy to look for a new coach in the midst of the greatest moment of my athletic career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Early in her career at Langley, Dorothy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned to the Langley beat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He has proved the point that a man can, after all, stand up for justice and constitutional law and still not sacrifice his political career. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Here we have two very brilliant young students, each of whom runs into a problem that imperils his college career. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Morris said she was worried about her career, and I asked what career, and he said, ‘Her career as an au pair.’” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Any chance he’d had at advancing his career in the Pentagon was gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was no other way, and no matter how much I suffered I would pay my debt as quickly as possible and return to building my career . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All the other kids talked about qualifying for the Junior Olympics like it was the pinnacle of their fencing career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The story does not say which of the two methods was used in his case, but there was not much to choose between them and in one way or the other Procrustes’ career ended. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it good for us, or for her father and his career?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At Permian the priority was football, which beyond the powerful memories and the wonderful joy it created year after year for the town of Odessa, rarely led to scholarships or careers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Though disappointed, neither he nor the other influential men in her life—Dr. Claytor and Dr. Davis—would ever have asked her to deny love or sacrifice a family for the promise of a career. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z PIH works closely with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and through their collaborative initiatives, a new generation of doctors and health specialists have chosen careers centered on infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But both those careers had to do with dead animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But by and large, I believe these generalizations to be accurate, and indeed, such 'idealistic' motivations as I have described have played a large part in my own career. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But it asks for things that make me cringe like height, weight, hair color, eye color, career ambition, and talent. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He thinks she’s wrong about him, mostly—he doesn’t necessarily believe he has to choose between politics and this thing with Henry yet, or that he’s moving too fast in his career. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Where is the man who dispatched armed soldiers to keep nine children out of school, who bet his life and his career that he could halt integration? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of the career guys drank heavily. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia Darragh’s career as a secret agent is not easy to track. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She became a law clerk, a teacher, and the superintendent of schools in Mason City, Iowa, before devoting her career to suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A bus careered past and sprayed us with a fountain of rust-brown puddle water, drenching us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I meant the Sunshine Buddies, but now that I think about it, why not the whole thing? I already have a career plan, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Doing these things would get you fired, Testo said; and one in ten of us would receive a notice of discipline from his office sometime during his career. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps nostalgic for the agency that had boosted her mathematical career, she transferred to Goddard in 1959, the only one of the centers that had been created organically out of NASA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His business in shambles, he decided he had nothing to lose by following his dream of a full-time writing career. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Gay men have commandeered the business of creating theater for so long that being gay could actually be considered a career move.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “This job is what pays for my education. And in a few years, after I finish college, I’ll have a career.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had many projects under way, chief among them Biltmore, but he felt himself nearing the end of his career. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was a really good soccer player and wanted to try to make a career of it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z On April 26, the horse completed his 24,265th mile of career rail travel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Since 1988 he’d been working hard to make a go of it as a freelance photographer, and he hoped reaching the summit of Everest would give his career a needed boost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The other principal player in the emergence of tectonics theory, Harry Hess, was also at Princeton at the time, and would spend the rest of his career there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Dennis Hoagland and I first met, outside the career services office of my alma mater, I thought it would be a brief affair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence had built his career by overreaching and then making good on his promises. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Glancing back, he saw all the carnage, death and misery he had caused in his career. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If research production was a measure of career viability—and it was— theoretical aerodynamics might have been the best place in the world to be a female researcher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Expertise in a subfield was the key to a successful career as an engineer, and expertise was becoming a necessity for the mathematicians and computers as well. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I triple-locked the front door from the inside and left the keys on the countertop while Daoud continued to explain his career plan, for the thousandth time. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Lee’s counterpart on the Union side, Ulysses S. Grant, had an admirable career after the war ended. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Like hell it is. Who called who? And who came two hours late? You’re gonna stick around till I’m sick of you. The hell with your lousy career.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her stewardship of the section had supported the careers of women like Katherine Goble, who would ultimately receive her country’s highest civilian honor for her contributions to the space program. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Are they getting back together? and respecting her career. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On January 19, he began his career at Florida’s Hialeah Race Track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next night, the town of Columbia gathered in the darkness to see Seabiscuit off on what would be the final cross-country journey of a career that spanned 50,000 railroad miles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny would be allowed to go to the racetrack to pursue his career, but only on the condition that he be escorted by a trusted family friend. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can see it all now. At the summit of his success—that’s the same as the peak of his career, isn’t it?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sincere or not, would Welles’s performance save his radio program...and his career? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z All I can think about is Edith Graham, leaving her home and her family to pursue a career in acting. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His mother was livid at what had happened, but the player pleaded with her not to push it because he feared it might interfere with his career at Permian and be held against him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Affirmative. The navigator has never made a mistake in his career.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A career software engineer, mornings were never her forte. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His career and, in fact, his life, have followed no grand plan. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Craig was profoundly happy now, having finally made a swerve, leaving his career in investment banking and pivoting back to his first love—basketball. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Though there are similarities in their idioms, particularly when it came to sacred music, they chose quite different career paths, which inevitably transformed their styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Fortunately, unless you take up geology as a career, you are unlikely ever to hear any of them again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At some point in his naval career he realized that he had information about the American submarine fleet, and the secret codes it used to communicate, which he could trade for cash. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the United States, the Soviet government expected women to work outside of the home, and by the 1950s, many Soviet women were pursuing scientific and technical careers. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Lawes had started his career as a guard at Clinton prison and then returned to his hometown of Elmira, where he rose to the post of chief guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It occurs to me that maybe the Doctorita makes them feel bad about their lives as homemakers, mournful they don’t have their own careers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years into Pauline Hawthorne’s career, her photographs had been selling for tens of thousands—quite a lot for a photographer of that time, let alone a woman. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Injuries aside, in Aimee’s experience the only girls who continued past level eight were those who wanted to pursue an elite career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had a few friends at the beginning of his engineering career, but the more successful he became, the more fearful he grew of someone discovering his true identity and exposing him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Of course for some Everesters myriad other, less virtuous, motives came into play, as well: minor celebrity, career advancement, ego massage, ordinary bragging rights, filthy lucre. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s come to Paris not only to be with his brother but also to sharpen his skills and further his career. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He’s living in an apartment until the house is done. Something about the demands of his career being too much to balance with a family.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She organized an on-site seminar for career counselors at Hampton Institute so that they might better steer their students into job opportunities at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As a child I wrote, but I never considered writing as a job or career. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Most of us were deep into our thirties and working in all sorts of careers, from banking and government to nonprofits. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A friend of Ernest’s since their days as graduate students together, he left Yale to join the Rad Lab, where he would play out his long career as Lawrence’s right-hand man. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z These men and women were college educated and had careers as lawyers, doctors, journalists, businesspeople, and politicians. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But I had promised my father I’d look into serious work first, a career, and I drove to the campus to see what was being offered. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Others, like Wilson, absorbed what knowledge and experience they needed from the Rad Lab and launched successful careers elsewhere. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At Geneva, there were no residual hard feelings; Lawrence and Veksler shared a friendly dinner at the city’s finest French restaurant, comparing notes on the technologies that had made their careers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And for the first time in his professional career, he was not just motivated. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He told Charles it was “a wild scheme,” one that would be disreputable to his future career as a clergyman. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1619, Ferdinand II had become Emperor after Matthias died, and this was the same fervently Catholic Ferdinand who had caused Kepler so much grief in Styria earlier in his career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Her freedom, her independence, her period of learning—about herself, about the world, about her career. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “My exciting new career, towing numskull tourists off the bonefish flats.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But even as we practiced and fought and won cases, we always knew that no matter how well we pursued our careers as attorneys, we could never become a prosecutor, a magistrate, a judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Another try at a career on the God path. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Look, aeroplanes!” said Michael, as they stopped before a window in which toy aeroplanes were careering through the air on wires. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “But your career hasn’t been without controversy. There have been allegations of abuse toward workers.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dedicated to her career, she had put off marriage until she was well into her forties. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z As her talents developed, so did family resistance to her taking up music as a career. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Walking the streets, he was spotted by a sportswriter he knew from his previous career. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was on track to be the next Venus or Billie Jean or Steffi, except something derailed her career for good: She got pregnant with yours truly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z At any rate, I gather that she wants you to have something to Fall Back On if for some reason the acting career doesn’t work out. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, that’s right. After you blew your basketball career, you became a scum- sucking lawyer.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A few days into my career at Wal-Mart, I return home to the Clearview to find the door to my room open and the motel owner waiting outside. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was willing to follow you around the world, wherever you wanted to go, wherever your career took you. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Pollard’s career had continued slipping there, as it had everywhere else. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Orpheus Fisher wanted to marry Marian, but she was too busy with her singing career to consider a serious romantic involvement. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He had no money, no home, no career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Eleanor Holm story, as at least some of the journalists had calculated, made headlines for days back in the United States, and in the long run it did wonders for her career. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After a few years in Boston, he wanted to start his career over in a new town. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Red Army closed down its women’s units, and women were discouraged from continuing or pursuing careers in the military. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The two composers, both born in 1813, had pursued parallel but quite separate careers in opera. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This wasn’t just about record-buying preferences, either: being a composer in the twentieth century meant making career- defining choices that simply were not relevant to earlier generations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to win some medals if I’m going to make bird colonel. This could make or break my career.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Since when did Ritu auntie think in terms of benefiting a woman’s career? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The male teachers and students still call the shots and get the serious attention and the fellowships that further their careers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Either he really didn’t know what he was saying, or he had a career waiting in Hollywood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The new lab had inherited this tenet from its parent, Ernest Lawrence, who had experienced not a few such mishaps during his career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had a good life in California, pretty Victorian home with a peaked roof, a good marriage, a promising writing career, in-laws who loved me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The cerebral melee ended in a draw, and later both players would include the game in their respective books, citing it as one of the most important in their careers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She even chose a career devoted to helping people. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I had been working toward a medical career for my entire life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But for all that, it is still satisfying to be able to point to instances in one's career that highlight very clearly how wrong such people are. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I was. It was more a passing hobby in middle school and high school. But I’m not going to have time for all that. I have a real career to focus on, you know?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Marvin Stepson had the judicious air of someone who had spent his whole career serving the law. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then he made a stylistic leap that dramatically transformed his career and the course of music history with it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I have been told that many distinguished Negroes whose careers have brought them South encounter similar difficulties. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before today, if I told people I wanted to be a filmmaker, they thought I was insane and would suggest a career that was more “realistic” for a poor Latino kid like me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This was turning out to be one of the hardest things he’d ever done in his career as a veterinarian. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With that, Lamphere's FBI career would veer off in a new and unpredictable direction. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He laughed at the irony: having run from a career in the ministry, he was now completely devoted to what was, at heart, a technique for spiritual redemption and renewal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He was the guy who fell on Mr. Ray and ended his career all those years ago. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Violet and I are considering a career in law, so we are fascinated by these books.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The file would be closed forever, because now my new career in track, which was really my soon-to-be career in basketball, was at stake. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then, once Donald died, she decided to become a painter, and had a pretty good career the last thirty years of her life, as an artist. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Early in his career, for example, Paul Ekman filmed forty psychiatric patients, including a woman named Mary, a forty-two-year-old housewife. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z For the next two hundred years his prolific body of music would stay silent, his career forgotten. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This wasn’t how he had planned to end his career. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As my high school career was coming to an end, I was still being avidly recruited by college programs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Burr’s facile shift in his allegiance, the first in what would be several similarly agile switches during his career, captured Hamilton’s attention and produced his first recorded anti-Burr remarks, questioning Burr’s lack of political principle. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I won’t have any competition. My career could really take off here.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z To that end, the center has a staff that includes psychologists, career counselors, and teachers of everything from world history to driver’s education. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When our entire fortune was lost to the surging waters of the Bistrifa—a shipload of fabric and ready-made clothes gone in an instant—he returned to his former career. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She attended the school career fair, where students wore awkward suits and serious expressions, and tried to look like adults worthy of real jobs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The game, which turned out to be the longest of Bobby’s career, ended as an interesting draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "A single zit could destroy my career, Sik. I only have one shot to get noticed." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We filled out cards with all kinds of information about our first and second choice of careers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Knocked around for a while, tended bar, took the long route through college, got started late on a career. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was proud of Johnny’s aspiration to make a career of sport. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been a suitable career for her, considering her penchant for intrigue, politics, and travel. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her career is over now because of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The promise of a smooth career, which my first calm introduction to Thornfield Hall seemed to pledge, was not belied on a longer acquaintance with the place and its inmates. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It led Einstein to what he called the greatest mistake of his career. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Oleg Gordievsky's career as a double agent had landed him right in the middle of one of the most dangerous standoffs of the Cold War—and into scalding-hot water with the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “A real low point in both of their careers,” he said, laughing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I think they could both embark on serious acting careers just based on this behavior. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I mean it when I say to him: "Quang-ha, you may very well have a future career in management." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My great-uncle Terry, Robbie’s husband, had abandoned a career as a plumber for the same reason, instead becoming a Pullman porter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I honor his courage, his career, his achievement, his sense of duty, his love of flight, and his love of the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His career had been noteworthy only in its appalling rigor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And Dad’s now probably saying, “Please, Nicole. It’s for Isabella’s piano career.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Early in his career Owen used his influence at the Zoological Society to blackball a young man named Robert Grant whose only crime was to have shown promise as a fellow anatomist. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z With two young boys to feed, and two more soon to follow, Fannie May must have been alarmed by her husband’s career choice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The more time I spent in the company of Miss Val’s team, the more I wanted to finish out my gymnastics career as part of UCLA’s program. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And for Luba’s voice, in fact her career as a whole. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She opted to earn a degree in education and pursue teaching, the most stable career for a black woman with a college degree. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Supreme got one and was so blown away that he begged Dad to let him manage his career. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Schmid himself voiced his sincere concern regarding the danger to Fischer’s career if he walked out of the match: “What will happen to Bobby? What city would ever host a match for him?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Busy as she was with her nursing career, she also worried about whether she could truly give us the care we needed, especially after the disruption we’d experienced with Shanon. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If you go and tell your boss that you’ve found Marburg virus and you are wrong, your career goes down the tubes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not everyone knows what their plans are down to the location of their future college at this point in their high school careers. And some people don’t go to college right away.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I swear to God, I could make a career out of this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Her father had built a career on it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Breashears, who had worked around many helicopters during the course of a long and distinguished film career, immediately found a landing pad bordered by two gaping crevasses at 19,860 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “No offense, Dadi, but I think I know everything about what a career in films entails. I don’t need to watch some documentary made for laypeople. Okay?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I can say for a fact that you’ve saved one or two people from certain death in your career. And if I stay here all day I can probably even come up with their names.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Performing Arts, the write-up said, was an academic, as opposed to a vocational, public school that trained students wishing to pursue a career in theater, music, and dance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Or maybe you didn’t feel as compelled to have a career or follow your passions in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I began my career of taking prizes at school. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you could start a whole new career as a deranged Muppet. Okay. Not funny. Sorry.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She obviously thinks that mv short-lived career as a nanny came to an end because of her or because of her child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Pascal’s theory was extremely successful, but his mathematical career was not to last. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Neutron stars would not be detected until 1967 and hard evidence of black holes not found until the twenty-first century, underscoring Oppenheimer’s achievement and the tragedy of his curiously unfulfilled career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Eager for some kind of human interest angle, Meryl quizzed her about her career high points, her Quaker ancestors, and her Riverbank years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My definition of a black man was, except for the rare instance, a man without an outstanding career, and a man who had to define his maleness by how muscular he was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was no longer attracted by a career in the civil service, or being an interpreter in the Native Affairs Department. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Prison workers should be retrained for jobs and careers that do not involve caging human beings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For some attendees, whose career goals didn’t involve combat, it was a way to get a taste of what the combat experience feels like. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I said practically. Everyone—especially my parents—thought I was going to be great, and now I might not make the middle school team. My basketball career is over before it started.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, we were talking about Henry’s secret literary career.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I concerned myself with career changes and the adjustment period of living with a boyfriend for the first time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Until now, I’d hung around with good people who cared about important enough things but who were focused primarily on building their careers and providing for their families. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was me who’d alter everything, putting my passions and career dreams on hold, to fulfill this piece of our dream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One of the most surprising and perhaps dismaying revelations was that Chicago’s chief of police, in his prior legal career, had represented Holmes in a dozen routine commercial lawsuits. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Though I lost, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness, relief, and pride that I was able to push through one of the most mentally and physically challenging days of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When I described as best I could what we had said about our careers, he smiled indulgently. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Across the foaming water, to and fro, the boat careered like a ball of tumbleweed blown on the autumn plains, but intact still. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “That he isn’t cut out for a military career,” said the instructor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Physically, the Southern general resembled the owner of a dry-goods store more than a career warrior. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She then added that she was “preparing to write a chronicle” of her career thus far. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Furthermore, it must be remembered that my father was a butler of an earlier generation who began his career at a time when such attributes were not considered proper, let alone desirable in a butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z No one knew that better than Levi’s technical consultant, who managed to sneak in the occasional sponsored moment about the wonders of a career in the sciences in the midst of the building fun. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For all the time I've held on to the hope of a singing career, nothing in me wants to utter a note. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Erasmus was; he was no fool, but he had neither a wife nor a career. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A study of Hogwarts prefects and their later careers,” Ron read aloud off the back cover. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As far as they were concerned, going to high school meant I’d no longer be pursuing an elite career—in my dad’s words, I’d be giving up “all this gymnastics business”—but I didn’t agree. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Would this man save his career at the expense of all of them? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She tilted the round thing backwards and forwards, and in the sunlight the disc and its letters went careering madly inside the box. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “In just six weeks, you can get your bachelor’s degree in the exciting and vibrant career of the future—farming!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The rest of Nichols’ weekend was a fog of anger and sadness: what right did Dr. King have to upend her career plans? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For the first time in his career Burnham found himself facing public attack. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I imagine that back in college or whatever, he did not imagine that gavel use would be part of his teaching career. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “I’m writing a feature about promising teen athletes whose careers were cut short. I’d like to talk to you about your son.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She herself is a veteran relo, having moved three times in the past ten years to help keep her husband’s career on track. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But all that lay far in the future when Harvey started out on his medical career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She has the education to get a good career. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "Her parents are in London for one year due to my daughter's stage career, and they've sublet their Manhattan apartment. So Anu will be coming to stay with me." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My mom and dad failed to point out that writing wasn't exactly the most stable career, either. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But Oppenheimer knew that it wasn’t just his reputation and career on the line at Los Alamos—it was the outcome of the biggest war in human history. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Alvarez had spent nearly his entire professional career in Lawrence’s thrall, following his orders without question. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was the one who lit his cigarettes and listened as he denounced the careers of so-called pretty boys such as Glen Campbell and Bobby Goldsboro. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Someday I would have to make a living, so I needed some kind of career. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And in any case, as she well knew, an American concert singer who did not study and perform successfully abroad couldn’t hope to have a distinguished career at home. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Applicant 1: “It should be based on accounts, then, where I can grow, I can grow in my career.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Then I could sober up before my career was permanently fixed on a reckless course. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now that I have recalled this episode, another event from around that time in my father's career comes to mind which demonstrates perhaps even more impressively this special quality he came to possess. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She had a lot to lose: she was a good student with dreams of college and a career. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I’d tried hard to make peace with the idea that an elite gymnastics career would require certain sacrifices. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They are at once satisfied and intrigued by his background, by his years at Yale and Columbia, his career as an architect, his Mediterranean looks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And in the course of his distinguished career he’d formulated a number of unorthodox, very strongly held opinions about how the mountain should be ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I went to work in coveralls for twenty-one years,” he says as we sit in his office on the morning after the college and career night. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Over the course of his career, Schoenfeld has videotaped countless students as they worked on math problems. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He’d traveled around the Midwest on a summer rec-league team that featured an incubating superstar named Isaiah Thomas, who would later go on to a Hall of Fame career in the NBA. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She’d be retiring at the end of the season, which meant the five of us would be the last team she mentored in her legendary career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Reflecting on her career, Gail tells me ruefully that she swore, years ago, never to work for a corporation again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifty thousand jump shots ago he had ended his career as an Atlanta high school junior. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was beginning her career in the 1920s, black artists in every field were excluded from the mainstream of American life. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z So without him, there’s no way my student government career ever could have reached the summit I hit today. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie was 60 years old and had spent most of his career collecting taxes, not shouldering a musket. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Though no evidence or charges were ever brought against him, the accusation cut short Koch’s Hollywood career. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I had feelings for the guy, but they were latent, buried deep beneath my resolve to keep my life and career tidy and forward focused—free from any drama. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was frightened for every minute of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have had a real career in front of her. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry smiled grimly to himself at the thought of what Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia would say if he tried to discuss his career in wizardry with them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “My art career is going to flourish in Phoenix. I can just feel it.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We aimed to take home gold, and we thought “the Final Five” would sound better if we had already won the biggest medal of our careers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I kneel in the pew and think of Quasimodo locked in the coal hole under the stairs and I wonder, Should I give him the shilling anyway for his career at the BBC? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He does not tell her that he has only one dream, and it is just as improbable as a career in garden piracy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A number of them soon found that attending to his erotic desires, despite his dwarfish stature and misshapen physique, went a long way toward enhancing their career prospects. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When I entered a civilian writing career in New York City, I collected, around Harlem, a good deal of provocative material and then proposed an article about the cult to the Reader’s Digest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, the traditional family career track is military, so that’s about it, isn’t it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If finding fugitives doesn’t work out for me as a career, I might get into guardianship of billionaire children. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Richard Armstrong of Yale proposed an early-burst theory in the 1960s, then spent the rest of his career fighting those who did not agree with him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He steadily moved through his coursework, earning decent grades for the first time in his high school career. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine another term with this woman, and as long as I stayed on the honors English track I would be stuck being the spokesperson for the rest of my high school career. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Using skills gleaned from her mother, Johanna was able to launch her own artistic career in Amsterdam. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The TV guide said it’s ‘essential viewing for anyone interested in a career in films.’” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She seemed to have forgotten all about motion study, her career, and the household back East. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It is safer, you conclude, to choose self-effacement at this critical moment in your career. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I don’t remember my fallback career, but I got the lumberjack, too. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Your mother’s career is taking off, and she’s letting Brent’s people manage it now. Things have been changing for a while, and there’ve been some...developments. Anyway, I spoke to her, told her what I thought.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Our thoughts of a career and occupation were as yet of too unpractical a character to furnish any scheme of life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He had enjoyed his military career, what there was of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On April 23, 1889, Buck Duke took the single most important action in his dynamic career. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But she was already on a career path that would soon turn her into one of her Motherland’s most important and adored aviators of all time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It had happened before, and it had cost a territorial governor his head a hundred years ago, and it had cost another governor his political career only twenty years ago. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nation was in his last year, Form Four—he wanted to finish up and then focus on a soccer career instead of trying for university. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We’ve already told you that a lot of people have put their lives and careers on the line for you. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It said with the extra resources they planned to increase the rehabilitation side of the program, including more one-on-one therapy sessions and educational and career counseling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I never should’ve picked this stupid career. I don’t know what I was thinking.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Without warning, the CIA fired Howard, ending his career just as it was getting started. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But my parents didn't have hard-and-fast rules about our career aspirations. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They decided it would be a good career for them and reenlisted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a handsome, sophisticated medical doctor with curly dark hair and round Fiorucci spectacles, a brilliant, ambitious man, charming and persuasive, with a quick, flaring temper, who had done extraordinary things in his career. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Progress for the group meant a step back for its leader; Dorothy’s career as a manager came to an end on the last day of the West Area Computing office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It had become disturbingly clear that in the supercharged political atmosphere of the time, scientists could be placed on trial for their personal views, with their careers and reputations hanging in the balance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Beneath that facade, however, this brave spy took the next step toward one of the most difficult assignments of his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And so, unlikely as it all seems, that is how Miss Penelope Lumley’s career as a governess began. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Most important, she now had a sponsor, a mentor willing to make her career and prospects for advancement his responsibility. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Earlier in his career, he had served as a judge on the New York State Court of Appeals and as the state’s lieutenant governor from 1851 to 1858. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Egos, competing agendas, career goals, and inertia may get in the way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Barack had lost his mother at the very genesis of his political career, two months after announcing his run for state senate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It was no more exhausting careering after Jasper on the rocks than it was careering after driftwood on the beach,” I answered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The future of the network, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, and Welles’s career rested on how he handled himself. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Though only three years old, he had already run forty-three races, far more than most horses contest in their entire careers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He mourned the fact that he could not be a permanent soldier because of his wooden leg, but he could not imagine any career for his sons except the army. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The explanation was simple; the consequences for Kamen’s career rather more complex. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They might be thrown out of school, their careers ended before they began. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in his career, War Admiral hesitated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d had to learn to work together to accomplish their goals, something that had served Katherine and the rest of the women well in their careers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It didn’t happen overnight, but by using these techniques I slowly learned how to manage my anxiety so that it wouldn’t derail my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He sensed that the old man was probably proud of him from the very beginning of his chess career, but never told him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z George Blake's career as the KGB's most successful deep-penetration agent was wrapped in such carefully orchestrated deceptions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Though Roosevelt went home to New York and eventually returned to a career in politics, he still kept some ties to the West. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She had spent the better part of the past eight years in Europe, and during that time her career in the United States had languished. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A few things have fallen into place—things that I hope are more divine intervention than some ancient family curse leading me into a trap that’s gonna end my batball career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Sides stealing, worse thing you’n do for your career as a maid is have a smart mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z To keep Meryl happy, Elizebeth also gave him “the bare facts of my life and career” to be used as a sop for reporters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And if she was that messed up from the changes in her body and in her career, she had other choices. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know exactly what happened to it. That Jacob Carlyle blew his knee out trying to steal third base during a game a few weeks later. Ended his career.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Anderson’s personal approach to her life and career was disarmingly modest and practical. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I should almost be done with school and thinking about a career, or maybe even university. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z How could she have the time to think about my academic career? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in 1583, however, any prospect of a career in medicine vanished. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “One gets swept up in a career,” she said later, “and one has time for little else.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z |
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