| 单词 | conditions |
| 例句 | Artefacts made of more perishable materials—such as wood, bamboo or leather—survive only under unique conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Amazingly, Chicago’s acting chief of police continued to insist that he was “very well pleased with conditions.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Prison conditions have a way of tempering polemics, and making individuals see more what unites them than what divides them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the achievement of the Party to have produced a system of thought in which both conditions can exist simultaneously. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At that time many infants died—as many as one in four or five, depending on social class and living conditions. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d been too young back then to truly appreciate the severity of things like terms and conditions, and only after Baba had died had the terrible reality shown its true face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The conditions under which I had to work were what baffled them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, based on a finite number of preprogrammed conditions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I could not see myself living the rest of my life under such conditions—to me life meant love, understanding, compassion. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z What would it be like inside under these conditions? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Changing school boundaries was thorny under any conditions, but any effort to achieve a more balanced composition would inevitably be heightened by the politics of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His body had adjusted somewhat to the heat and harsh conditions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The physical conditions were overlaid with military regimentation far beyond anything imposed at the Rad Lab, even after its absorption into the bomb project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It is difficult to see how such chaotic initial conditions could have given rise to a universe that is so smooth and regular on a large scale as ours is today. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Many changes of plants under domestication resulted from such changes in conditions and hence in the favored types of individuals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The radio said that traffic conditions were impossible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Too often the quality of court-appointed counsel is poor because the miserable working conditions and low pay discourage good attorneys from participating in the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Fannie heard seamstresses in Chicago and New York City had banded together and demanded higher pay and safer working conditions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Thus, competition between societies at one level of complexity tends to lead to societies on the next level of complexity if conditions permit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only three such conditions are known to be viable; one of them, of course, is mongolism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Boston police had hoped that by going out on strike they would gain the public’s sympathy and would force the city to give in to their demands for better wages and working conditions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But a decade later, the rapidly growing prison population inevitably led to a deterioration in the conditions of confinement. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They get more food and better living conditions. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Calculus allowed Newton to combine all these equations into one grand set of laws—laws that applied in all cases, under all conditions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He found conditions at Bush Hill “limited, crude and insufficient.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Icy conditions and speed may have caused the crash. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The prisoners who had arrived at Hunt during the first days after the storm had lived through conditions beyond comprehension. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Now, however, it was getting dark and conditions were turning grim. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Compare the professionalese on the left with the concrete equivalents on the right: Participants were tested under conditions of good to excellent acoustic isolation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z You need a tool to help you see it, but that third dimension is there, too tiny to see under normal conditions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The morning of March 3, 1913, dawned to ideal conditions—cloudless skies, a light breeze, and temperatures expected to reach the mid-fifties. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z No matter how harsh their living conditions, no matter how hungry they were, the young women of Raskova’s regiments were living life to the fullest. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Scores of others have perished in far less taxing conditions on Washington. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Mill employees labored at dangerous jobs under miserable conditions—and for poverty wages—breathing in cotton dust until their lungs were brown with the stuff and they suffocated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Back in the Black Belt, living conditions were fast becoming desperate. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The paper also found interesting evidence that people who identify as Internet addicts also tend to have personality traits, or psychological conditions consistent with substance abuse and “pathological gambling.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Those who managed to survive the unbearable living conditions would later be sent to concentration camps and killing centers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A study at the University of Michigan compared people’s ability to learn and remember information under two different conditions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Thus the growing process of intellectualization and rationalization does not imply a growing understanding of the conditions under which we live. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Popular impressions to the contrary, relatively few victims of hypothermia die in extreme conditions, stumbling through blizzards or fighting the bite of arctic winds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “There is no hope of justice so long as these conditions are permitted to remain,” the investigator concluded. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Drag him out to the edge of the hammock which was far enough off to satisfy sanitary conditions in the town. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z "It is an old saying: see the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are necessary for their existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He described the conditions there as “so severe that I could not even think of the possibility” of flight. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He has denied to me since that it was hysterics, and insisted that it was only his sense of humour asserting itself under very terrible conditions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z However, that is not surprising, because modern highland staple crops are plant species that do not leave archaeologically visible residues except under exceptional conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Rags and fleas—Tattered clothing and poor health conditions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When my father was reunited with his parents, it was in claustrophobic conditions amid a multigenerational clot of extended family, all crammed into just a few bedrooms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z What were conditions like at the time of the Big Bang? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Black newspapers and their readers wasted no time in making the link between America’s inadequacy in space and the dreadful conditions facing many black students in the South. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “But I have three minor conditions,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Silvers don’t bat an eye at any of it, complaining about the “wretched conditions.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z “They think they’re your daughters, in case you forgot. All they want is to respect you. They said you have to improve conditions at Levy Pants if you want to see them again.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want his mom driving around in such dangerous conditions; the rain was so heavy that she wouldn’t be able to see the road very well. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This abstinence does not result from unique environmental conditions such as a severe lack of food or want of potential mates. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I know the conditions under which you were born, for I was there. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Enrique is struggling financially Fed up with the cramped conditions in his mother’s apartment and their constant fights, yearning for some scrap of privacy, he has moved out and rented a bedroom in a trailer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Both conditions had been described in medical literature long before the cause was known. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When the conflict ended, they expected company owners to reward them with better pay, shorter working hours, and safer conditions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z As a result human biology has evolved as an adaptive mechanism to conditions that have largely ceased to exist. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, his arms are around me and I can feel him shaking, both of us are, like we’re in sub-arctic conditions. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Some life-forms on earth can survive a long time under the harshest conditions: animal eggs hatch after many years and plant seeds sprout after centuries. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The conditions in which they are kept are often so bad that many of these animals die. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The Bering land bridge, during its millennia of intermittent existence, would have been up to a thousand miles wide, covered by open tundra, and easily traversable by people adapted to cold conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were living in such wretched conditions that he wrote an article about the deplorable situation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “The prerequisite conditions did not exist,” he shrugged and muttered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The results depend on the initial conditions, particularly on the distribution of gas and dust density with distance from the center of the cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the Special’s conditions would appeal to both owners, as both horses had won at Pimlico at the race’s lXe-mile distance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Under certain conditions our exhalations freezing instantly made a tiny cracking noise, like distant firecrackers, and a shower of crystals: each breath a snowstorm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The tragedy is that this movement to end slavery did nothing to improve conditions in Louisiana. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Before examining her, he flipped through her chart—a quick sketch of her life, and a litany of untreated conditions: Sixth or seventh grade education; housewife and mother of five. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Built into a circular room, and controlled by a computer, the arm could be made to turn at whatever speed was necessary to imitate the loads we would experience under various flight conditions. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo’s law of fall describes in mathematical terms what happens when bodies fall under ideal conditions; but it does not explain anything. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m a shrimp worker. I’m forced to shell shrimp for 18 hours a day for pennies in awful conditions. Here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And I talked about the conditions that I had seen in that lab during my lectures all around America. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s designed to stay afloat under the most adverse conditions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He certainly does not know the conditions under which I was born and had to live for eighteen years. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, their only images have been produced under carefully controlled laboratory conditions that tell us more about the experimenter than they do about art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the doctor said “family conditions” Mom bit down on her lower lip and uncrossed her legs, pulled down on her skirt, and crossed them the other way. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was interested in the pictures of the bare landscape, wondering what the Martian weather conditions were like and if life might ever have existed there. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z All his experience in the Antarctic had proven to him that going to sleep under those conditions could be his last act. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In fact, although I couldn’t attest any of it to three decimal places, I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Vivian began by saying he had been shocked by conditions in the “Magic City.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There may be a large number of models of the universe with different initial conditions that all obey the laws. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We immediately drew up a petition protesting the unfit conditions and demanding our immediate release on the grounds that our detention was illegal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So desperate were conditions in the besieged city that, in the winter of 1941-2, police had to form a special unit to combat gangs involved in cannibalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The executive committee and its subordinate structures would have to be severely streamlined to adapt to illegal conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One way to make a living under these conditions is to reproduce before you are fried and hope that convection will carry some of your offspring to the higher and cooler layers of the atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Here again, we are coming up against one of the conditions of possibility of the new science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was no longer possible to view conditions even in distant Europe as irrelevant to the work going on in Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As Howard had foreseen, he loved the conditions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning he scanned the newspaper, reporting the weather conditions in Istanbul. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Working conditions did not substantially improve, but the company agreed to re-hire union workers and raise wages. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “These are flesh-eating horses, see? They like these conditions.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z These advantages included the right to vote, better housing conditions, far better schools, and access to different types of employment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They each do better under those conditions, and a farmer who would mix white and black chickens would be the dumbest man in the world.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lowell’s observations were made under extremely difficult seeing conditions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But John quickly cooled on the concept, partially out of doubt that his experimental conditions fairly replicated the effects on tumors in the human body. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Through a plastic-wrapped note hidden in our food drums, we learned in July of 1966 that the men in the general section had embarked on a hunger strike to protest poor conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While conditions varied from plantation to plantation, the majority of slaves lived a twilight existence in which no area of human relations or personal dignity was sacred. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That would allow the coaches to get a final and accurate readout on their time under racing conditions before the confrontation with Cal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Quite apart from poverty, the variety of social oppressions that most concerned Americans involved unchangeable conditions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pictures of people’s living conditions or of some bodily harm that they suffered because they got jumped just for being brown in this country. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “We only make two conditions,” he went on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Nothing could grow under such conditions, and without corn, wheat, and hay livestock could not survive. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Alarmed at the deteriorating conditions, he called in the six-thousand-member Fourth Regiment of the Illinois Militia to bring things back under control. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Of course the German forces had to deal with the exact same conditions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Tired of poor living and working conditions, they wanted a simple but drastic solution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They interpreted their slapdash working conditions, created by chronic underfunding by the AEC, as an ominous sign that the agency’s commitment to Livermore remained conditional. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z There were those who said that it was just a horrible accident, an inevitable by-product of the fact that police officers sometimes have to make life-or-death decisions in conditions of uncertainty. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Still, the strikers held out for two years, while a national boycott of Marx & Haas Clothing pressured the company to sign a contract with the union for improved pay and working conditions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z From its original point of entrance the Japanese beetle has spread rather widely throughout many of the states east of the Mississippi, where conditions of temperature and rainfall are suitable for it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z However, educational conditions did not improve as the century progressed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z North of Kaan, half a dozen small cities improved agricultural conditions by lifting up entire fields and carving out rain-retaining terraces on dry hillsides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It does not seem a very good rate, but then conditions were a bit adverse. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Under primitive agricultural conditions the farmer had few insect problems. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At first glance, the conditions that govern sequences of tenses seem daunting. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No way were we doing chores under these conditions. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But Hamilton thought the conditions for economic development needed to be created, then enduringly overseen. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We have seen that large or dense populations arise only under conditions of food production, or at least under exceptionally productive conditions for hunting-gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If I could have had perfect test conditions—a room with decent ventilation, and a glass of unsweetened green iced tea—I would have cut off another two minutes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Maybe a rat like Ripred could, but he was extraordinary under any conditions. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By June more than half the United States was in the grip of severe heat and extreme drought conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the entire period of their inshore life, the welfare of the shrimp populations and of the industry they support depends upon favorable conditions in the estuaries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The common denominator in all these conditions—whether in the lungs, the muscles, or the bones—is overwhelming pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to see that change....I think more than anything else I was afraid of change itself rather than of any kind of conditions that change might ultimately bring about.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I enumerated our grievances about the food, our living conditions, and the work detail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No people means no one left to create prosperous conditions,” Eric continues. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For the duration of the State of Emergency we stayed at Pretoria Local, where the conditions were as bad as those at Newlands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In September 1919, members of the Boston Police Department had many reasons to be unhappy with their working conditions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Charged with picketing for better hours and working conditions at a cotton mill in Newnan, Georgia, sixteen women and one hundred and twelve men were imprisoned. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “January, thank you for escorting Amari. Do me a favor and check the conditions.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The country is lovely, and most interesting; if only we were under different conditions, how delightful it would be to see it all. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Poems of the period were either descriptions of objects, plants, weather conditions, geographical features or emotional states, or they followed a narrative. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For if Congress has a power to regulate the conditions of the inhabitants of states, within the states, it will be but another exercise of that power to declare that all shall be free. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Named after a woman who promoted the education of prisoners and championed humane conditions of confinement, Tutwiler has become an overcrowded, dangerous nightmare for the women trapped there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Normally the big cats were not given food one day a week, to simulate conditions in the wild. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “We aren’t bargaining here. I’m just informing you as to the conditions of the loan.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The wages and working conditions of the farmworkers in an organic field aren’t much different from those on non- organic factory farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "There we were put up in derelict army huts," he recalled, "but our living conditions were reasonable." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They were demanding better food and improved living conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Dalton, do you think that the terrible conditions under which the Thomas family lived in one of your houses may in some way be related to the death of your daughter?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson hustled the boys out onto the water twice that day to give them as much exposure as he could to the challenging conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If they didn’t get fair wages and safe working conditions, they could strike. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “However, before you accept, there are a few conditions to which you must agree.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The mills kept going as long as there was cane to grind—the season varied between four and ten months, depending on the local growing conditions. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “About three hundred years ago, some Rusty figured a way to engineer the species to adapt to wider conditions. She messed with the genes to make them propagate more easily.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Liberals, by contrast, insisted that social reforms such as the War on Poverty and civil rights legislation would get at the “root causes” of criminal behavior and stressed the social conditions that predictably generate crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But we differed markedly about the principal subject at hand: prison conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet the truth is, we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great, though most of us cannot claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z My mom told Marcus that I could go under a few conditions: I had to be home by midnight. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Thanks to the appearance of fiction, even people with the same genetic make-up who lived under similar ecological conditions were able to create very different imagined realities, which manifested themselves in different norms and values. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However, his misgivings proved correct, because his father was callous and cruel to the workers, forcing them to labor under harsh conditions from morning to night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The planes would radio the reports to Tibbets, who, based on weather conditions and visibility, would choose from the list of targets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Since farming created the conditions for swift demographic growth, farmers could usually overcome foragers by sheer weight of numbers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The horrible conditions of confinement and their constantly being told that they would die in prison no matter how well they behaved meant that most of our clients had long lists of disciplinaries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have been able to survive much longer under these conditions, Alex thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Rather, it is that the no boundary condition causes disorder to increase and the conditions to be suitable for intelligent life only in the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with the bad pay, the foot soldiers faced terrible job conditions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It seemed increasingly unsafe to keep going up in these conditions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy thought that comets bring wars, hot weather and “disturbed conditions.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Families who remained behind to farm endured famine-like conditions and malnutrition. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They made little money and the working conditions were poor, even dangerous. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Infants, children, older adults, and people with health conditions are more easily affected by Carbon Monoxide and their symptoms are more severe. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Childhood friendships were rarely renewed under such conditions. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When his inspiring dissertation was finished, he gave the men the colors of the day still one more time, stressed the angle of approach and reviewed the weather conditions again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We never resolved this issue, but we did make some progress when we submitted a joint letter to the commanding officer setting out our complaints about prison conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In harsh conditions where infant mortality is great, a race survival value may be indicated. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z To farmers, manioc has a wonderful advantage: it can grow practically anywhere, in any conditions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What were the “boundary conditions” at the beginning of time? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Roast rabbit is marvelous under any conditions, but when you’re cold and hungry it is superb. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When conditions were ideal, there would be just enough time for Dad to settle himself and smile pleasantly, before the camera clicked off the exposure. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an actual place—a “madhouse” where the insane were imprisoned in unthinkable conditions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Conversely, it also befell the stubborn, conservative Greenland Norse farmers, replaced by Eskimo hunter-gatherers whose subsistence methods and technology were far superior to those of the Norse under Greenland conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And the conditions only worsened as I moved down the peak. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I started challenging conditions of confinement at Tutwiler in the mid-1980s as a young attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Though terrible conditions for sugar workers still exist in places such as the Dominican In many parts of the world, sugar is now harvested by machines, its long history fading into the mists. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it’s to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The whole problem of pesticide poisoning is enormously complicated by the fact that a human being, unlike a laboratory animal living under rigidly controlled conditions, is never exposed to one chemical alone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Cal leapt out into the lead, but the conditions made for tough rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Descartes was willing to envision a universe where God set up the initial conditions and then left the machine to assemble and run itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The new prisoners were appalled by what they considered the barbaric conditions of the island, and said they could not understand how we could live in such a way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amino acids have been assembled under primitive Earth conditions into molecules resembling proteins. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We were getting scores of letters from prisoners who continued to complain about horrible conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I responded that it was always unacceptable to live in degrading conditions and that political prisoners throughout history had considered it part of their duty to fight to improve prison conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "That isn't the problem, my boy. You just aren't prepared for work under our industrial conditions. Later, perhaps, but not now. And remember, you'll be adequately compensated for your experience." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bad as conditions were on July 19, they became even worse the next night. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Under natural conditions, a typical chimpanzee troop consists of about twenty to fifty individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a checkup in every city, which was one of three conditions my mom put in place before letting me go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Returning to the streets under these conditions guarantees our capture or death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The party had insisted that the appropriate conditions had not yet arrived, and waited because they were simply following the textbook definitions of Lenin and Stalin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a dangerous job with long flights and hazardous conditions. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that I could wed one of them even under the best of conditions. People might snicker that she was the best I could do.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Like so many workers in so many different crafts and industries throughout the country, the nation’s steel workers had expected that their wages and working conditions would improve once the Great War was over. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I was literally overwhelmed when, in reading the works of Russian revolutionists, I came across descriptions of the “holiday energies of the masses,” “the locomotives of history,” “the conditions prerequisite for revolution,” and so Forth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He withstood horrible seasickness, weathered harsh conditions, witnessed a battle in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, and experienced an earthquake in Valdivia, Chile. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about if I mean it, and I agree to let you drive Saturday?” he countered my conditions. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Private industries throughout the country made millions of dollars with free convict labor, while thousands of African Americans died in horrific work conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I then detailed the poor conditions on the island, reiterating once more that we were political prisoners, not criminals, and expected to be treated as such. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Since we know that outliers always have help along the way, can we sort through the ecology of Joe Flom and identify the conditions that helped create him? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z With a one-hour program to write, rehearse, and perform every seven days, Welles and Houseman were under—in Houseman’s words—“conditions of soul- and health-destroying pressure.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The bitter riots were sparked by King’s assassination, but the fuels that kept them burning were the preexisting conditions: illegal but strictly enforced racial segregation, economic contraction, and an unresponsive political system. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His most troubling conditions were a strangely recurrent viral pneumonia, chronic sinusitis, and the ulcerative colitis that had laid him low the weekend before his scheduled testimony against Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the kaleidoscope of shifting conditions, what dose of a carcinogen can be “safe” except a zero dose? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were so many creatures, of such strange and wondrous shapes; although the conditions they were kept in distressed him, Julius could never have enough of seeing them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The synthesized voice of the cab’s computer told me the drive would take an estimated thirty-two minutes with the current traffic conditions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And usually she managed to get involved in various efforts to improve the living conditions of the people of the area. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Under ordinary conditions I can barely pull that anchor with both hands in a calm. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, conditions are treacherous, especially along the shoreline of coastal Connecticut.... Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I proposed that this be done in two stages, the first being a discussion to create the proper conditions for negotiations, the second being the actual negotiations themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I told the men what Willemse said, and noted that by compromising a bit now, we would be making our conditions better in the long run. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How long will someone have to wait in line at a supermarket under different conditions? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On Friday, the policemen voted to return to work under the same conditions that existed before their walkout. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It would be only natural to suppose that this order should apply not only to the laws, but also to the conditions at the boundary of space-time that specify the initial state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z South Africa’s Mediterranean climate would have been ideal for them, but the 2,000 miles of tropical conditions between Ethiopia and South Africa posed an insuperable barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every shelter has a register in which visitors make diarylike entries on the weather, the trail conditions, or their state of mind, if any, and note any unusual occurrences. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But conditions in the two prisons into which the women were placed were deplorable. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They would have to row almost flawlessly in long races and short, under all kinds of conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the men hauling victims to Bush Hill reported the appalling conditions there, the Free African Society sent nurses. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I didn’t think I would witness those kinds of living conditions, either. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And, compared with our own struggle, they are striving under conditions far more difficult. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z One of the conditions of their release was that they were never allowed to return to the United States. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps the harshest conditions of all were faced by the millions of Jewish people who lived in Eastern Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He was even planning to visit the factory when his valve was better to see how he could improve conditions there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Have we no more gravity among us than to be so chafed by the taunt of a pajock? Sit down, Corin, or shalt leave the table. I ask your Highness again, to hear our conditions." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Lowell and Schiaparelli and others, doing visual observations under difficult seeing conditions, were misled—in part perhaps because of a predisposition to believe in life on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fixers were designed to replicate under strictly regulated conditions, but the damaged Fixer replicates uncontrollably, at an exponential rate, using whatever materials are at hand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When Gates saw the desperate conditions in James Town he decided to abandon the settlement and take the remaining survivors back to England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There are six self-contained learning communities in our wing of the building—children with various conditions, from preschoolers to kids who ought to be in high school by now. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z So when windy conditions resumed shortly after California arrived in Seattle, Ebright wasted no time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Du Bois described as “the public and psychological wage” paid to white workers, who depended on their status and privileges as whites to compensate for low pay and harsh working conditions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Staphylococci live all over us, and seem to have adapted to conditions in our skin that are uncongenial to most other bacteria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But even before the little brown speck, there must have been the conditions, the setting that would allow it to exist in the first place. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just informing you as to the conditions of the loan.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Transmission was dependent on spark-gap generators that operated at low power, produced copious interference, and failed utterly in damp conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Under these deteriorating conditions the child—early on—had developed into one ornery hellion. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z West Virginia miners lived in nearly feudal conditions—their homes, schools, churches, stores, and even their politicians owned by the mine bosses. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He complained about the conditions of his confinement until a random thought caused him to abruptly switch topics. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whites did so because of external conditions such as family conflict. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He concluded, correctly, that he would probably be swept to his death if he attempted to cross the Teklanika at that place, in those conditions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather was fair and in the midseventies—perfect conditions for a walk. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And now the conditions at many schools had gotten so terrible that every kid with half a brain was being encouraged to stay at home and attend school online. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She reassured herself by recalling some advice from a CIA colleague who had worked for many years under the harsh conditions in Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis had forced us into impossibly crowded conditions designed to bring out the worst in people. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Sheep raised for wool, pet dogs and cats, war horses and race horses often enjoyed comfortable conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When local conditions deteriorated, Aborigines simply moved to an area where conditions were temporarily better. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By executive order President Truman desegregated the military in 1948, raising expectations among black Americans that conditions would improve even more. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It would not be difficult to create conditions similar to those in Reichenstein and Cordoba by long continued use of arsenical insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In May 1944, Hitler ordered that all Jews in Hungary be deported to the camps, crowding them so much that conditions became even more intolerable. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Several hours later, coming home from bowling in the early hours of the morning, before returning to the hotel, Bobby sneaked into the playing hall to check out the conditions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Xuma became heated, accusing us of blackmail and laying down conditions on which we would vote for him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had found the boy in squalid conditions, wasting away in an orphanage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z However, when the scene is reenacted many times under comparable lighting conditions by a court investigating the case, the victim correctly identifies the race of the assailant only about 80 percent of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsanitary conditions would threaten the health of anyone still in the area. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z All that remained was to visit the target building under operating conditions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In 1896, an indentured worker in British Guiana who called himself Bechu began publishing a series of letters to the local newspaper, revealing the conditions on the sugar plantations—or “estates,” as they were called. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Camp conditions were so terrible that prisoners were given one cup of soup a day, and this was really only flavored water. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z After Fabyan agreed to all the conditions, they returned to Riverbank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The war games required them to make decisive, rapid-fire decisions under conditions of high pressure and with limited information, which is, of course, what they did all day at work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Rate times time equals distance is not a universal law; it doesn’t apply under all conditions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The amount of food available, conditions of weather and climate, the presence of competing or predatory species, all are critically important. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Though the rules are perfectly logical, the conditions are hard to keep track of. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It’s just that some environments provide more starting materials, and more favorable conditions for utilizing inventions, than do other environments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It looked as though the conditions for the match would be perfect. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She moved her lips, spelling out the conditions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Sugar casing, see? Milk chocolate inside. Good for any conditions, even if it melts.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Such a test usually involves controlled conditions, and often requires special equipment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “In your mind, Mr. Jurgensen, did the deed read free and clear? That is, were there any encumbrances or conditions? Easements? Liens? That sort of thing?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, both heaven and hell were conditions in which people lived right here on this planet Earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z White took over as the warden of the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, where he led an undercover operation to catch officials who, in exchange for bribes, were granting prisoners nicer living conditions and early releases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But she wouldn’t abide Mingo’s conditions, that they stop providing shelter to those in need. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She must be dealt with on her own level, and thus I thought of her as I surveyed the sub-standard conditions in the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Both conditions forced him to adopt a more healthful diet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She praised Hitler and his Nazi regime, to his surprise, and spoke persuasively about the improved living conditions and happiness of the German people. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z More powerful than my fear of the dreadful conditions to which I might be subjected in prison is my hatred for the dreadful conditions to which my people are subjected outside prison throughout this country.... Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Reg asked as the news began to report on traffic conditions, a welcome respite. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At peak times, given the right wind conditions, Cahokia must have been audible for miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I have been dwelling on latitude, readily assessed by a glance at a map, because it is a major determinant of climate, growing conditions, and ease of spread of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Such an agreement, called a plea in abeyance, would allow for his record to be wiped clean, should he meet all the conditions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he hurried them off to the field before anyone else had finished, so they could get an idea of the conditions. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z However, no municipal works projects—such as putting in a sewer system to eliminate the polluted “sinks”—were initiated to change the wretched conditions. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But since then conditions in the city had devolved. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Have we had to struggle so hard for our right to happiness that we have all but destroyed the conditions under which we and others can still be happy? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As far as Jefferson’s description of Virginia’s allegedly egalitarian conditions were concerned, “No Romance would be more amusing.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Adams had gotten himself caught in the cross fire created by the new conditions and the partisan imperatives they generated. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He comes of a people who have lived under queer conditions of life, conditions thrust outside the normal circle of our civilization. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We will, of course, agree to an alliance... under a certain set of conditions,” Evelyn says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Around 13,000 years ago, as glaciers melted rapidly all over the world, conditions in Japan changed spectacularly for the better, as far as humans were concerned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With this complete record of prespraying conditions, it was possible to measure the damage done by the spraying with an accuracy that has seldom been matched elsewhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was not uncommon for inmates to be seriously injured, losing fingers or limbs, after working long hours in brutal and dangerous conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Pérez had expected everybody to leave at that point, but 80 percent stayed behind, as living conditions at the sanitorium were better than in other parts of Cuba. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Composers adapted quickly to the new conditions, new paymasters and new tastes of the second half of the eighteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed to agree to certain conditions and meet certain demands if he expected to have her full cooperation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I try to move on to completing the dosage table for diabetes in my spreadsheet of the most prevalent chronic conditions, sorting through varying ages and weights and medications. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z First, when Eurasia’s Major Five domestic mammals reached sub-Saharan Africa, they were adopted by the most diverse African peoples wherever conditions permitted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z How I got that record had as much to do with the weather conditions as it did with my talent as a quarterback, but I didn’t care. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Against these carcinogens which his own activities had created man had no protection, for even as his biological heritage has evolved slowly, so it adapts slowly to new conditions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After all, crime didn’t just slowly ebb in New York as conditions gradually improved. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All they knew for certain was that the deteriorating conditions had brought out the worst in Julio. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It is well known that Neuengamme is a concentration camp near Hamburg, notorious for its subhuman conditions, where brutal guards force prisoners to do hard labor with inadequate food and live in squalid cells. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Under the conditions prevailing it provides mere paper security and promotes a completely unjustified impression that safe limits have been established and are being adhered to. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "The conditions there were so bad, and they had so many sick and everything, that my friend and I decided we wouldn't work there," Haupt said. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z What we see as “a quiet room” an experimenter sees as “testing conditions,” because that’s what she was thinking about when she chose the room. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When Teller said that Fermi would need tens of thousands of dollars to build a preliminary reactor to test conditions for a chain reaction, Adamson responded scornfully. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It is not so much a question of constructing an imitation of conditions in the wild as of getting to the essence of these conditions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In poverty, as in certain propositions in physics, starting conditions are everything. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And for this accident to happen in this special way, there have to be 3 conditions. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The enslaved people on Saint Domingue were not merely fighting against the terrible conditions on the island. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z How good people’s decisions are under the fast-moving, high-stress conditions of rapid cognition is a function of training and rules and rehearsal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Traveling the country for two years, Fannie saw workers everywhere had the same troubles: long hours, low pay, and dangerous conditions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The death of forty-two people at the end of the Attica standoff exposed the danger of prison abuse and inhumane conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unable to communicate with them, the boys could not find out about conditions in the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet in the very grave he would hate him; his father would but have changed conditions, he would be John’s father still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Can it be any wonder to anybody that such conditions make a man an outlaw of society? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The president wanted an honest, firsthand report on how serious conditions actually were in South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But I did hear the lispings, the whispers, the mutters which some day, under one stimulus or another, will surely grow into open revolt unless the conditions which produce Bigger Thomases are changed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Openly, Bobby disparaged how he’d performed, but the Soviet chess establishment was dazzled by how he managed to place so high under such arduous conditions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They demanded improved safety and working conditions and compensation for anyone injured on the job. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Under these conditions the estrogens build up to abnormally high levels. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The women’s delicate conditions didn’t excuse them from domestic duties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then a drought year brought conditions especially favorable to the beetle and the mortality of elms went up 1000 per cent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He knew the conditions had begun to take a very real toll on his psyche. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I told him I was a writer, touring the Deep South to study living conditions, civil rights, etc., but I did not tell him I would do this as a Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In Chicago the editors of The Inland Architect tried to be reassuring: “Existing conditions are only an accident. Capital is only hidden. Enterprise is only frightened, not beaten.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As conditions at the hospital improved, so did its reputation as a place of healing. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When I started to detail the problems with our cells, he interjected that the conditions in backward American prisons were far worse than Robben Island, which was a paradise by comparison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were stories in the press about the inhuman conditions on the island, about how we were being assaulted and tortured. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He added that Congress remained free to impose federal oversight on states where voting rights were at risk, but must do so on the basis of current conditions. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As I recall, for example, Karpov in 1975 was the one who refused to play me under my conditions, which were basically the same conditions that we are going to play now. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To which conditions was Francis Galton referring, when he spoke of those other species as “destined to perpetual wildness”? The answer follows from the Anna Karenina principle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior, which in April still lay buried under the winter snowpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Any cell—man, animal, fish, fowl, or insect—given the chance and under the right conditions, brought into contact with any other cell, however foreign, will fuse with it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My recommendation, Dorothy, is to give it another try. I can talk to the Grotes and impress upon them the need to improve conditions.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She's talking and I realize that she is giving him an explanation of why her family doesn't have the right kind of living conditions for me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He said he wasn’t surprised that something tragic could result from the rough conditions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If there was anyone alive who could give you a truthful account of conditions in the early part of the century, it could only be a prole. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Nodding, the witness answered, “I told them under normal conditions I would probably be averse to it. But with the magnitude of this crime I could probably vote in favor.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “The conditions in the garment industry were every bit as bad,” Soyer goes on. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Fog, cloud cover, blizzard conditions, rain, and foul weather of every description often hid the sun and stars from Worsley’s sight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I lived in Atlanta, Georgia, but I had been admitted to the Alabama bar a year earlier after working on some cases in Alabama concerning jail and prison conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When Europeans arrived on this continent, they often seemed unaware that many conditions that were useful to them were the result of Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of the land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z In normal conditions, they wouldn’t have worked the horse, but Seabiscuit couldn’t afford to miss another workout before meeting War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The conference ended with the passing of a multitude of resolutions dealing with China, India, Germany, Japan, and conditions afflicting various parts of the earth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, under physiological conditions, there would always be positively charged ions like sodium or magnesium lying nearby to neutralize the negatively charged phosphate groups. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Must have been a moment of perfect weather conditions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Without regard to creed, color, birthplace, occupation, or social conditions. My aim is to do equal and exact justice among them all.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The committee also recommended more adequate controls to ensure that chemicals were adequately tested under field as well as laboratory conditions before being put on the market. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “If Lawrence needs more money and is unable to get it from the government under the conditions which will give him complete freedom of action, I would be in favor of our stepping in.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Badenhorst’s tenure, we hoped, would simply be a dip on the graph of the steady improvement of our conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How, I wondered, could anyone not get sick in those conditions? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Before arriving in New Orleans, Gonzales and his fellow officers had heard a lot about the conditions in the city, and they were tense. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Under wild conditions those are members of their own species, but captive young herd animals also see humans nearby and imprint on humans as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It came up with all kinds of conditions that Germany didn’t want to let it have. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There can be bonds of real affection, she said, blinking at us ingratiatingly, under such conditions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to reemerge out of the complete stillness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z During this time, the family will be housed in a detention center, unable to work and with limited access to education, health care and decent living conditions. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite these daunting conditions, the scale of the operation quickly grew into an enormous enterprise. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the Rebellion. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He spoke on an emotional level—talking about our current living conditions and the things that needed to change. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I also wished to send a message to the government that while I rejected its offer because of the conditions attached to it, I nevertheless thought negotiation, not war, was the path to a solution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ME: Everyone has conditions if you look at it that way. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Naturally we become timid about making our insights known, in such inhos-pitable conditions. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If the conditions change, different types of individuals may now survive or reproduce better and become “naturally selected,” with the result that the population undergoes evolutionary change. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We slept in goat- hair tents that protected us from the harsh conditions in the vast wasteland. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We were determined not to let conditions deteriorate entirely under Badenhorst. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "And when it comes to making perfume, you have to work in sterile conditions so you don't contaminate the product." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It reflected class differences in working conditions, stress, diet, neighborhood, family structure, and a host of other social and economic factors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Besides the living conditions being really bad, health tended to be a big problem. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There is no evidence that enslaved people had good living conditions; in fact, the opposite was true, according to the historical record. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z There are, however, other primitive forms of life that can flourish under such conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The conditions of his discharge were technically honorable, but unofficially they were: Cowardice, Guilt, and Disgrace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, two conditions. The first is that you return to Ch’ulp’o quickly and safely.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Then I decided to ask him about conditions uptown and leave . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Balance can be achieved in two different kinds of conditions,” said Mr. Powell. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Under present conditions six years would not be long enough. In any case we have no uranium.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched her out of the corner of my eye and realized that, despite the deadly driving conditions, I hadn’t been stressed at all. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z No matter how cold it gets, no matter how extreme the conditions, they must be prepared to hunker down in the woods until the coast is clear. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Under better conditions, on a day with fewer horrors and more rest, someone would surely know what to say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sentiment: Expresses the living conditions of Confederate soldiers and the public, as the war was lost. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “We do not operate well when the important facts, the essential conditions, which limit and determine our choices are unknown,” Oppenheimer declared. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Balkans provided ideal growing conditions for most Mesopotamian crops and livestock, and received those domesticates as a package within 2,000 years of its assembly in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z White tried to improve conditions in the prison. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On our second day in Pretoria, we sent a deputation to complain about the conditions to the prison’s commanding officer, Colonel Snyman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed scaffolding and worked outdoors in extreme conditions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The political conditions confronting the presidency in 1798 were tailor-made to call forth his excessive version of virtue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His alibi—that he was with another woman—checked out, and it became clear that the forger who had implicated Brown had fabricated his story hoping to bargain with prosecutors for better prison conditions. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even in good conditions it was not easy for him, a one-armed man, to steady his camera in the way he would like. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The ones that are strongest, best adapted to the conditions of the area and most able to get the food, survive. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And my people have learned through the ages to live close together, to keep clean and fed under intolerable conditions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Irrigation agriculture and fish farming provide ideal living conditions for the snails carrying schistosomiasis and for flukes that burrow through our skin as we wade through the feces-laden water. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The protocol among gill-netters in such conditions was to lay on one’s foghorn at one-minute intervals and to keep a sharp ear turned toward the fog on the chance of receiving a reply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Secondly, modern forager societies have survived mainly in areas with difficult climatic conditions and inhospitable terrain, ill-suited for agriculture. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Epidemics, Zenilman’s map demonstrates, are strongly influenced by their situation — by the circumstances and conditions and particulars of the environments in which they operate. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis announced there would be a transport from the ghetto to the countryside and encouraged us to volunteer to leave the overcrowded, unsanitary conditions for the fresh air and open spaces. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The more Chinese came, the more they began to want better wages and conditions. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Shy about her talent, and a perfectionist about conditions, Janine never did. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There are plenty of parents in the world with mental health conditions who don’t treat their children badly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The book is Lolita word for word, and I'm allowed to write it because, under the conditions of the fantasy, Vladimir Nabokov never existed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If the rise of farming was thus a bonanza for our microbes, the rise of cities was a greater one, as still more densely packed human populations festered under even worse sanitation conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On one station the broadcaster was talking about conditions in Europe, but Alex knew that could wait. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Fuller based his work on the principle he had learned at Case Western, the belief that if conditions were to improve for poor people, they themselves would have to implement the necessary changes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She was trying, perhaps, to imitate the conditions of Julius in his prison cell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Consider the conditions in which, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, we live. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Thirst, on the other hand, was one of the permanent conditions of life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Experiments show that under the most common cosmic conditions the molecular basis of life is readily made, the building blocks of molecules able to make copies of themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At age twenty-six, Virchow wrote passionately that terrible social conditions in an impoverished part of Germany called Upper Silesia were the cause of a malaria and dysentery epidemic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z So would any simpering, eyelash- batting female in her court, given the proper setup, the minimal conditions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The additional prison conditions litigation meant a lot of long-distance driving and extremely long hours. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The doctor grants all the conditions but one: Vincent cannot leave whenever he wants because he needs to be watched over carefully. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Normally she would not have attempted the climb under such blowy conditions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The simmering resentment against the planter class created conditions that were ripe for revolt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We already know the laws that govern the behavior of matter under all but the most extreme conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z However, those tropical African crops could never be transmitted across South Africa’s Fish River, beyond which they were stopped by Mediterranean conditions to which they were not adapted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this comparison was made with regard to the conditions, where hospitals were not open or working, where clean water and other basic services weren’t available. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the best of conditions, the hill would have been a difficult, demanding ride. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Not all of Fischer’s demands concerned the playing conditions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was harder than he had imagined to find the special tree but eventually they came to a valley where the conditions seemed right for the growth of such a tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z About how snow conditions are perfect because they prefer to be able to walk on hard-crusted snow, but this most recent dusting over that icy stuff will let him pick up its tracks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z They especially feared unconditional surrender, which would allow foreign soldiers to take over their country with no conditions. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean that filling their houses up with lots of relatives is part of their culture. They believe in living under very crowded conditions.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few seconds these conditions imposed restraint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Although she was a former softball player who had wrestled the controls in airplanes in the worst weather conditions, she could not pull her body weight up to the chin-up bar. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z My opponent, a white South African who grew up near Port Elizabeth, was used to playing under windy conditions and he won the match in straight sets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the harsh conditions, some husbands refused to allow their wives to go to jail, and paid the fines instead. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Norwegian whalers were the only source of information about current conditions in the Antarctic, and the news they had for Shackleton was bad. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It was better in such conditions to fish Elliot Head, since the head lay far from the shipping lane and well to the lee side of Elliot Island, out of the big water breezes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Under this lies a fact never mentioned aloud, but tacitly understood and acted upon: namely, that the conditions of life in all three superstates are very much the same. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Chaos theory says that even a small change in initial conditions can lead to wildly unpredictable results. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The excessively hot and cramped conditions, coupled with the fact that some of the toughest schools in the military take place at Fort Benning, have earned the base the nickname “the land that God forgot.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Getting used to hard conditions is good for revolutionaries. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With its distinguished reputation, this was where other hospitals in the country sent their most difficult cases, including people dealing with cancer, serious burns, psychiatric conditions, and infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There are states which tell you what you may expect to find in the way of road conditions ahead, while others let you find out for yourself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going to do the job in space suits, under conditions of Level 4 biocontainment. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, Jefferson suggested that Adams’s description of aristocratic power was appropriate for Europe, where feudal privileges, family titles, and more limited economic opportunities created conditions that sustained class distinctions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z New Departure advocates argued that women who met those conditions were citizens, so they should have all the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I experience so many different health conditions— rapid heart rate, elevated blood pressure, dry mouth, pulmonary shock, muscle spasm—that it is impossible for me to even chronicle the degree of body breakdown. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I wanted a three-quarter-ton pick-up truck, capable of going anywhere under possibly rigorous conditions, and on this truck I wanted a little house built like the cabin of a small boat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine what people would say if it were known that Hanoi has met all these conditions and then Nixon’s conniving with them kept us from getting it?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The fact that uranium deposits occurred naturally around the world without disintegrating themselves suggested that extraordinary conditions had to be present. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes, to get people used to combat conditions, they’d have unexpected drills in the middle of the night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was only a receiver, so they could not send news of their predicament, and even under the best conditions the radio was barely capable of picking up the monthly signal from the Falkland Islands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They believed he’d invariably blame tournament conditions or the behavior of the other players for a loss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Here was a book that contained the collected knowledge of the past while giving evidence of present social conditions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He did his best, but the conditions were unsanitary. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z No record survives of Tisquantum’s first journey across the Atlantic, but arithmetic gives some hint of the conditions in Hunt’s ship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The accounts taught subsequent explorers what conditions to expect, and helped them prepare themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For over a month, six days a week, ten hours a day, that’s what he’d been doing—lowering boats full of men into various sea conditions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Try to get a boyfriend under those conditions: believe you me, your chances are dull and void. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wow,” I said, but my voice cracked like a kid who suddenly realized he was alone inside the bedroom of the girl he loved, which made sense, considering the oppressive reality of my surrounding conditions. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Because of certain genetic and hormonal conditions, it was sometimes very difficult to determine the sex of a newborn baby. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And there was considerable pain while the wound healed under the unusually septic conditions in the hospitals of that day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly I have my feelings about conditions that affect my people,” she told an interviewer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He paid particularly close attention to reports about border-crossing conditions, the routes defectors were taking to travel from China to South Korea, and the lives they led after getting there. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But he refused to go to the hall to inspect the new conditions and decide whether they’d been sufficiently improved. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of them came from Europe, to escape intolerable conditions in their homeland. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z If you wait for textbook conditions, they will never occur. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have lacked the energy to sustain itself under normal conditions, however, the fission bomb provides it with all the energy it requires to grow and become self-sustaining. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Their working conditions look like those at your average insurance company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z After negotiations for better pay and working conditions broke down, the Marx & Haas Clothing Company locked out one thousand workers, including United Garment Workers of America Ladies’ Local 67, of which Fannie Sellins was president. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z As conditions worsened, allies from neighboring kingdoms left to join Octavian’s side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A nearby reporter was yelling into her microphone: “Officials are describing this as a structural failure, Dan, though no one seems to know if it is related to the storm conditions.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Think of the colon as a traffic cop that alerts you about road conditions up ahead. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Abundant surface liquid water earlier in Martian history suggests that conditions for life were once more favorable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the disagreeable conditions, I’m glad to have time with my sister. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And changing those conditions required many, many sacrifices like Fannie’s over a long time—more than a century. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z It would be better if we had no courts of law, than that justice should be administered under such conditions! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Any serious politician will realize that under present day conditions in the country, to seek for cheap martyrdom by handing myself to the police is naive and criminal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sobukwe believed that to fight poor conditions would be to acknowledge the state’s right to have him in prison in the first place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the first time he gave evidence of being truly ignorant of the real conditions under which we lived. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about mental conditions: feeble-mindedness, insanity, psychopathic personality, epilepsy, narcotic drug addiction, chronic alcoholism?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When the adult butterfly is fully formed within the pupa, and the outside conditions are just right, the walls become transparent, revealing a glimpse of wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What are the conditions? You said you’d tell me when we got here.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As a result, more than 90 percent of white South Africans go through a lifetime without seeing firsthand the inhuman conditions under which blacks have to survive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Are the Dalals the only ones who can improve the conditions of this building?” asked another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Because of tidal conditions, the race would not go off until after 8:00 p.m., just after sundown. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I know the conditions under which you were born, for I was there. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The temperature was well below zero, but there was almost no wind: excellent conditions for a summit climb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His instructions were to make a report on conditions and then head back to the junction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The number of people who lived in the home at any given time fluctuated between five and nine, which made for tight living conditions. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The campaign to improve conditions in prison was part of the apartheid struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When a commission was convened in 1897 to investigate the conditions on the estates, Bechu—the Indian the planters hated—came before the judges to share his evidence. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He fieldstripped the carbine—it was full of sand—and cleaned it as carefully as he could under the conditions, sitting against the base of the seawall with his steel helmet unstrapped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Adapted almost perfectly to the special conditions of the receding Ice Age, it could not survive beyond then. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z By the same token, the potency of a 2,000-mile north—south shift as a barrier also varies with local conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then one was fully equipped to hold on under any conditions. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Once she had satisfied these conditions, though, he was willing to let her watch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew that in Warsaw the Jews had already been forcibly relocated into a small area of the city, where they now lived in desperately overcrowded conditions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But the conditions of transportation were such that, for some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless and dance on nothing until the dancing was done. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “You okay with the other two conditions?” he asked, trailing her to the kitchen. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Clinic, which he founded in 1968, had become the foremost facility in the world for the study and treatment of conditions of ambiguous gender. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Unless Tibbets heard otherwise, his orders were to drop the bomb as soon as weather conditions permitted. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When asked what I did, I told them I was a writer, touring the South to make a study of conditions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sobukwe responded that prison conditions would not change until the country changed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These conditions may easily be duplicated as a result of heavy applications of arsenical insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I know all about those conditions, only this time they’re outside of me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But the privilege of studying came with a host of conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If Grandma’s too big to move under the current conditions, does that mean all people are?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So Lord Asriel had found conditions on Svalbard no better and no worse than hundreds of other exiles had done. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The conditions usually responsible for these losses in Oklahoma were those made familiar by repetition over the years: the application of insecticides to crops, a heavy rain, and poison washed into the ponds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Under her guidance, we learned which lotions to start off with, and what worked best for various weather conditions and times of day. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z These so-called comorbidities—meaning the conditions co-occur with Internet addiction—include “attention-deficit hyperactivity, mood, anxiety and personality disorders.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They didn't realize that airborne viruses and bacteria led to pneumonia, measles, and smallpox among soldiers living in crowded conditions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The point of a wind tunnel, of course, was to simulate as closely as possible the conditions that prevailed in free flight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Under the right conditions this energy is able to push objects around; in the early universe it might have pushed objects apart. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Disease-carrying insects become important where human beings are crowded together, especially under conditions where sanitation is poor, as in time of natural disaster or war or in situations of extreme poverty and deprivation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A tilled, fertilized, watered, weeded garden provides growing conditions very different from those on a dry, unfertilized hillside. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One such possibility is what are called chaotic boundary conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Epidemics are sensitive to the conditions and circumstances of the times and places in which they occur. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a relentless cross-examination by Maisels, Murray admitted that the charter was in fact a humanitarian document that might well represent the natural reaction and aspirations of nonwhites to the harsh conditions in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Under such conditions of diplomatic peace, all animals are content and we can relax and have a look at each other. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were southerners; for them, there was no need to adjust to living conditions that they had known all their lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "His Highness would not be your son if he did not inherit your conditions. It would grieve your Majesty more if he had to be reproved for the opposite fault." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Consent was easier to prove than under normal conditions—the defendant had only one arm. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She warns that conditions are worsening and a Level 3 alert has been called. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He stared away into the distance and seemed to be weighing Loki’s words and conditions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They accepted everything that the camp administration wanted them to do, no matter how bad conditions were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Back in the Cavendish Lab in Cambridge he built an artificial cloud chamber–a simple device in which he could cool and moisten the air, creating a reasonable model of a cloud in laboratory conditions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She traveled from city to city, telling people about the low wages and unhealthy working conditions at Marx & Haas, and asking them to support the striking garment workers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He dressed quickly, wrote a note for his sisters saying he was going out to see how conditions were, then walked down the twelve flights of stairs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I certainly hope it isn’t snowing up north. My system simply will not function under those conditions. And please watch out for Greyhound Scenicruisers along the way. They’ll demolish a toy like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Working together in those hopeless conditions somehow lessened the despair. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Every morning, when we were visited by the warders, he would complain to them about something — the food, the conditions, the heat or the cold. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Under such conditions all the laws of science, and therefore all ability to predict the future, would break down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s focused on a show about children’s working conditions in Bangladesh. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Welfare reform itself is a factor weighing against any close investigation of the conditions of the poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Underground, on the subways, conditions could only be described as chaotic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “When house-elves have decent wages and working conditions!” she hissed back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the warm enclosed waters of farm ponds, conditions are very likely to be lethal for fish when insecticides are applied in the vicinity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Most blacks did not have the resources to get away to more sanitary conditions. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The rapidly growing tissues of a child would also afford conditions most suitable for the development of malignant cells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When Harris, jotting down conditions of the game that would have to be written into the contract, heard that, she blanched a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, she tells me people are looking into the conditions at our jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In the view of these black elites, a “poverty complex” plagued the black poor, one that made them politically apathetic and content with broken-down, overcrowded, and dirty living conditions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After that visit, Kennedy returned to the White House determined to change conditions in the Mississippi Delta and other impoverished parts of the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “In North Korea, paranoia was a rational response to real conditions and it helped these people survive,” said Kim Hee-kyung, a clinical psychologist who spoke to me in her office at Hanawon. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z After communicating with Ian for several years, Baigre wrote the court and told the judge who sentenced Ian of her conviction that his sentence was too harsh and that his conditions of confinement were inhumane. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For the next six nights, under various meteorological conditions, my grandparents trysted in the lifeboat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had a few conditions up the sleeve of his robe that the parties hadn’t bargained for. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the isolation of the desert, in close working conditions at a bare-bones facility with ramshackle dormitories, the Muroc computers stepped easily into the role of junior engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They describe the conditions on the ship, the lack of plumbing, how some of the passengers died during the 12,000 mile voyage and were wrapped in plastic and cast into the ocean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Others said that we should approach this issue not from the point of view of principles but of tactics, and that we should employ the method demanded by the conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, at the international level, the fundamental conditions essential for resolving the central problem of the Adams presidency did not exist. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Herbert Richardson was a Vietnam War veteran whose nightmarish experiences in brutal conditions left him traumatized and scarred. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I reaffirmed that if I was released into the same conditions under which I had been arrested I would go back to doing precisely those things for which I had been imprisoned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Darwin’s phrase “natural selection” refers to certain individuals of a species surviving better, and / or reproducing more successfully, than competing individuals of the same species under natural conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The frigid winters and the dry desert like conditions of the tundra prevent metals, papers, garbage, and refuse from deteriorating as it does in warmer zones. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ken understood that no level of preparation could eliminate the risk of an operation under such extreme conditions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There a friend and colleague of mine, Jim Hartle, worked out with me what conditions the universe must satisfy if space-time had no boundary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I am surprised at the conditions that the government wants to impose on me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He let it be known that he was willing to have his tenants back—under certain conditions, of course—but none of them returned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks later, when Mikayla’s mom gave me my very own seed, Mom and I planted it together, very carefully, in perfect conditions, so it would bloom just for us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Herd animals do well when penned in crowded conditions, because they are accustomed to living in densely packed groups in the wild. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the Beta-Minus geography room John learnt that “a savage reservation is a place which, owing to unfavourable climatic or geological conditions, or poverty of natural resources, has not been worth the expense of civilizing.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet our ability to exercise free will and transcend the most extraordinary obstacles does not make the conditions of our life irrelevant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I was slowly beginning to comprehend the meaning of my environment; a sense of direction was beginning to emerge from the conditions of my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Under “normal” conditions, they argue, state institutions are able to normalize the organization and enforcement of the prevailing racial order, and the system functions relatively automatically. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That she never sing in public had been one of the general’s conditions when they had married. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Darwin’s words in The Origin of Species were: Man does not actually produce variability; he only unintentionally exposes organic beings to new conditions of life, and then Nature acts on the organisation, and causes variability. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But for a range of plausible initial conditions, planetary systems—about ten planets, terrestrials close to the star, Jovians on the exterior—recognizably like ours are generated. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ME: No. Frank Socrates doesn’t have conditions, because he’s dead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Neither of these conditions was present during Adams’s term as president. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It turns out that conditions are even worse for the chickens in egg farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Because those were the only conditions under which he could get access to a story he very much desired.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Farmer method: first you cure the family of TB, then you change the conditions that made them vulnerable to the disease. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Along with selling cartoons, shebeen owners sold illegal concoctions brewed in the backyards, often under unsanitary conditions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the Union members vote and say we accept fully the conditions offered, then I’ll say it was a victory.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Further, the prison was so isolated that there was no oversight whatsoever, no civilians who came to check on conditions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Certain conditions propel a stream of dry air from the mountains to the shoreline. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z After protracted negotiations with the prison authorities, we were permitted to have consultations under very strict conditions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If she’d looked at a map, counted her money, researched average cab fares and highways and traffic conditions, those kids would have made it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There were no conditions, no vices, no lies, no deceit, no manipulation. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Most dissidents now are executed, or held under conditions that make them wish for execution. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the conditions for Dusty Muleman dropping the criminal charges was that Dad stop ranting to the press. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z If the no boundary proposal is correct, he had no freedom at all to choose initial conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the long international layoff, and playing every game under grueling conditions, he likely considered his second-place showing somewhat acceptable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mastery of the Reynolds number, and using that knowledge to build wind tunnels that successfully simulated real-world conditions, was the key to the NACAs success. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The protests of the workers this time were based on the lack of sanitary facilities in their living quarters, the nonexistence of medical services, and terrible working conditions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In addition to being paranoid, confused, and intermittently tech-nophobic, defectors tend to suffer from preventable diseases and conditions that are all but nonexistent in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, they would probably find the raw uncontrolled conditions on earth too primitive for their taste. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s incredible that these young pilots coped with such extreme conditions and survived. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She lets out a sigh that means life is hardly worth living under such conditions. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Because of the dry conditions, there was very little milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained that as political prisoners we saw protest to alter prison conditions as an extension of the antiapartheid struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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