| 单词 | contract |
| 例句 | Sometimes, after the contract work was finished, he was asked to remain on the job to install his motion study methods within the factory itself. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I averted my eyes, even as I felt the room contract around me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z John and I came up with a contract stipulating that once the computers arrived the 35 students with the highest grade point average would win a computer when they graduated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Regardless of how you feel about the rules, with this breach of contract, the challenge is terminated immediately.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Was it time to finally sign her contract with the king? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I think there’s a guarantee in the contract,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Other women’s rights legislation followed: Wyoming women were soon given the right to sue and be sued, to serve on juries, and to enter contracts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Those who contracted MDR were left to die—as humanely as possible, because the foundation provided money for hospice care—but why, Farmer wondered, couldn’t some money be allocated to MDR? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Trueba proceeded to explain to him the various clauses of the marriage contract, which did a great deal to assuage the Frenchman’s fears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, for all the hardships and prejudice, most Indians decided to stay in the colonies even after their contracts ended. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “They had no right to withdraw the enrollment contract,” Dad explained calmly, like a lawyer. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Daddy received his teaching contract for the next year on June 18. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Marriage contracts can be broken. What advantage is there in wedding the king to the daughter of a dead traitor?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His contract for printing the Paradise Pickles labels gave him an income that he badly needed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We had awkward, backward names like Farinango, which our grandparents signed with an X on contracts they couldn’t read. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom made it seem like this move was no big deal because we’d be back when her new job contract expired. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Photographs of streets and houses, folded copies of blueprints, letters, deeds, contracts, and more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Renting a tuxedo seemed to me an excellent way to contract some hideous disease from its previous tenant, and I did not aspire to become the world’s only virgin with pubic lice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z SAD is an extremely contagious disease that causes total memory loss in those who contract it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Newton, and others, should have realized that a static universe would soon start to contract under the influence of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had indeed contracted the illness of insomnia. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Now she was a Muslim married to a Syrian American, managing a sprawling painting and contracting business. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Somewhere in that unwritten contract, there must be a clause that clearly stated that neither was to attend a dance without the other, especially with a date. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It expressed fear that she, the daughter, would also contract the disease. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He also pressed for the University of California to renew its government contract to manage Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Those lucky enough to get contracts waved goodbye from the decks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandresh considers this for a moment, but then he nods and walks over to the desk to read through the contract. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is an institutional fact because contracts depend on the interpretation of dates. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He swallowed compulsively, feeling the scar tissue around his own throat contract. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She was trying to nurse him along, to get the wary creature to sign her contract and marry one of her girls. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a current contract on file placing you at Hall High School. You need to honor that contract.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The American Petroleum Institute canceled a research contract with him, as did the United States Public Health Service, a supposedly neutral government institution. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He is furious at Captain Smith, who keeps reminding the gentlemen that they have signed seven-year contracts with the Virginia Company, and they can’t quit this voyage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On June 1, six months after Fermi’s achievement, Seaborg met with executives of DuPont, which had been cajoled by Groves into contracting to build a pilot plutonium separation plant at Oak Ridge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The current holders had the obligations of contracts on their side, and such obligations must be observed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The man was credible enough—his company held the contract for inspecting all the steel used in the fair’s structures—but the thing he proposed to build just did not seem feasible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sisi made it well; she pounded the yam energetically, adding drops of water into the mortar, her cheeks contracting with the thump-thump-thump of the pestle. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The anonymous seller claimed to be a former IOI contract programmer and one of the lead architects of its company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The Minors have declined their contract, on our advice. It may be years before this mission resumes.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The union men, in turn, signed a contract to work until the end of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Most likely Father Jack had contracted MDR from someone in the slums. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I’m fine, child. I can wait until we get to the farm. I seem to have contracted a summer grippe.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can contract him and the government will pay well for his help.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I would see clumsy, work-hardened, calloused hands scrawling and scratching signatures on the contract, agreeing to highway- robbery interest rates in the fine print that never was read. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked suspiciously at the contract, and said, “I had better show this thing to my lawyer,” and put the contract in his inside coat pocket. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell them I work for the government doing energy contracts,” he said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She envisions the muscled walls of her stomach shrinking, contracting, slickly clean from the absence of food and the gallons of springwater she drinks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Having completely abandoned his domestic obligations, he spent entire nights in the courtyard watching the course of the stars and he almost contracted sunstroke from trying to establish an exact method to ascertain noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Withdrawing the contract, he signed it, and thrust it to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If he did contract it, he would know soon enough. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And are you liars? Were you lying when you signed your contracts with the Virginia Company?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It’s their pulse, the way they contract swiftly, then release. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He’d already contracted some day laborers to get to work repairing it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And somewhere in there a nice man named Seymour Lawrence gave me a three-book contract, and I said, “O.K., the first of the three will be my famous book about Dresden.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice I made myself so sick in anticipation of it that my mother kept me home because she thought I had contracted the flu. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thus intelligent life could not exist in the contracting phase of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Cannery Row which produces a tougher breed than the rest of the town was late in contracting it, but finally it got them too. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The placing of your name in the goblet constitutes a binding, magical contract. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This additional heat also increases the pressure of the gas until it is sufficient to balance the gravitational attraction, and the gas stops contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And though nonlawyers might assume that the language of contracts, such as the party of the first part, must serve some legal purpose, most of it is superfluous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He promised them that they would not be inconvenienced for more than a day or two, that the Americans would soon be shipped to Dresden as contract labor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The woven tunnel contracted around her and held her fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z These roughhewn logs were filled with sap, and as they dried out, the wood contracting and expanding with changes in temperature, the roofs sagged, the walls buckled. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if I had contracted a disfiguring disease that was slowly but surely reshaping my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My stomach contracted with uneasiness, certain there would be a fight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, bits of the body of the clock expand and contract, like pieces of a puzzle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even though I was using a fake name, I wondered if the contract might still be legally binding. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If his lordship wishes these particular contracts to be discontinued, then there is little more to be said.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But he made her live up to her contract. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say we put the ostrich on a thirty-month contract,” the salesman said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Though the assassin was his Champion, he had yet to send her contract. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His company had been contracted shortly after the storm to come in and begin the cleanup. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I had heard the Golden Company was under contract with one of the Free Cities.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But in the end, he said he would give Lyddie a contract for one year. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Many of their newborn children will also contract aids and die of the virus in childhood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson himself worked on contracts, primarily in the cotton trade. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Doctors thought it had, but then they noticed blood pulsing from a wound where his index finger had contracted and cut deep into his thumb—a sign that his heart was still pumping. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was neither a “contract with abolition” nor a “covenant with death,” but rather a prudent exercise in ambiguity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He produced a contract and sent it off to Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ATK built rockets under a contract from NASA, which in 1999 awarded Keith the Silver Snoopy Award, a prestigious honor reserved for people who show great dedication in bringing safety to flight missions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My stomach contracts at the thought of what I must do next. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Plus, Anastasia just signed a new contract to decorate the home of the mayor of Indian Hills. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The pupil of the left eye is severely contracted, and the pupil of the right eye is widely dilated. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Burnham claimed the agreement was a victory for the exposition, but in fact the fair’s concessions were a breakthrough for organized labor, and the resulting contracts became models for other unions to emulate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As I said, I thought at first that the no boundary condition did indeed imply that disorder would decrease in the contracting phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not actually responsible for her, you know. I mean, it’s not as if we signed a contract to look after her.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mama said they had to disconnect it today or pay for the whole next month plus a contract renewal fee.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was true; his father had just hired two apprentices and contracted work out to smaller smiths. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dad said it was because they’d lost some big contract with the military. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The next afternoon she arrived home carrying her contract. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Which she’d hopefully start receiving as soon as she signed her contract...whenever that would be. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And, just five days in, Laila had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which Tariq’s father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on Tariq’s absence or presence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But by pouring more mercury into the long arm of the tube, the pressure could be increased, forcing the air in the short arm to contract. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Heat them up by the same amount and they expand by the same amount; cool them down together and they contract in unison. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Atticus was so proud of him. Atticus says he doesn’t know the meaning of the word contract yet, but he’s doing fine with taxation.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I have a contract with my studio to fulfill, Warcross or no. The others told me to come up here and get you. They’re starting a round of games downstairs, if you want to join.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You might make an application to a South African library for a book on contract law. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me, Van Eck. Will you do penance? Ghezen frowns on broken contracts.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All we had to do was wait for Andrew to grow up, and it was going to be over, and now it was like she’d re-upped on the contract. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was glad that the ten-week contract was almost up, and that the next week, when his birds were to appear in New York, was the last. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyebrows contracted into a sharp arrow above his long nose. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In those final moments, as the eye of the vortex contracts toward me on all sides, the parrot’s words come back to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I had contracted dragon pox shortly before arriving at school, and while I was no longer contagious, my pockmarked visage and greenish hue did not encourage many to approach me. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had taken the job as an interpreter after his first son, at the age of seven, contracted typhoid — that was how he had first made the acquaintance of the doctor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At best, they do good by providing expensive services impossible to contract for on an individual basis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I contracted my face into a smile and nodded. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z According to the contract they’d signed, the Ryans were free to call off the agreement after six months if no pregnancy resulted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had he contracted an illness on the voyage? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The older Vaughan siblings were adjusting to the changes that had expanded their lives in some ways and contracted them in others. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They make your parents sign a contract giving the government full custody over you. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I watch the muscles in his back expand and contract until I fall asleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We got the contract, we got the contract, we got the contract, we got the contract,” my father sang. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Not a fortune, as we could have if you’d let us give them a contract, but, say, twenty-five thousand dollars.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “He says he begs to differ with you but he feels he has already fulfilled his contract obligations,” Buddy whimpered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A clause in my contract states that before the big fight I must submit to a Barbara Walters interview, so I do. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Besides that, our potatoes have contracted such strange diseases that one out of every two buckets of pommes de terre winds up in the garbage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In 1952 the “white artists only” clause was removed from Constitution Hall contracts. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They were married a short time later, first signing their Islamic marriage contract in a traditional nikah ceremony, and then later they celebrated with a more formal occasion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This new phase included doing secretarial work for my dad’s contracting company. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z And farmers wished they hadn’t contracted their beans for a lousy two cents a pound above the going price six months ago. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As we all know from experience, there are some illnesses, such as flu and the common cold, to which our resistance is only temporary; we can eventually contract the illness again. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But his right palm contracts—not into a fist, into a grip like he’s holding a sword. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Only later did I realize that the true cause of this malady was hard, merciless shivering, my muscles contracting as mechanically as if by electric impulse, all night long, every night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But Mom had already dug out a contract and was reading into the phone, “1225 Kensington Gardens Drive, Lake Windsor Downs. What? Where is it? It’s in Tangerine! It’s just outside of Tangerine!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the call-and-response of democracy, I realized, a contract forged person by person. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After that, we stayed in London while Baba traveled to Singapore, Malaysia, Cameroon, and the Philippines on short-term engineering contracts. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Welles and Houseman, their lawyer had added a clause to their CBS contract ensuring that they and the Mercury would not be liable for their show’s content. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She watched the blue sky of Mars as if it might at any moment grip in on itself, contract, and expel a shining miracle down upon the sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Allens. I heard their company had filed for bankruptcy. They lost out on a lot of contracts. One of their businesses had been bought out.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Lord Godalming’s brows contracted, and he stood up and walked about the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “All that remains now is the signing of the contract,” the mullah said. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, not really. I mean, it was only a sixteen-point deficit. Also, since when are prep school games in our contracts? I need to talk to my agent about this.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But the engineers also spent time designing strategic rockets under defense contracts, something perhaps less politically correct to advertise: Trident missiles, ICBMs, Minutemen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Uncle Clark, who was a contracting carpenter, was at his drawing table, drafting models of houses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, having bagged the contract for the Synthetic Cooking Vinegar labels, he deftly banished Chacko from the fighting ranks of the Overthrowers to the treacherous ranks of the To Be Overthrown. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If an indentured worker chose to stay past his or her contract and settle, the worker was slapped with an annual tax, which was a heavy burden for Indians, who barely survived on their wages. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Then the muscle cannot contract, nor can the impulse race along the nerve pathways. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Michelangelo di Bologna’s great red eyebrows contracted over his strawberry of a nose. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The aggressive enforcement of these criminal offenses opened up an enormous market for convict leasing, in which prisoners were contracted out as laborers to the highest private bidder. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The contract provided that all monies accruing to Malcolm X “shall be made payable by the agent to ‘Muhammad’s Mosque No. 2,’ ” but Malcolm X felt this was insufficient. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he felt all of the muscles of his body contract violently, caught in a spasm of reflex action, and at the same time he felt his groin laved with warm water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a ripple of muttering at this: Neville’s brows contracted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Harry could only assume that it was down in Hokey’s contract that she must lie through her teeth when asked this question, because Hepzibah Smith looked a long way from lovely in his opinion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But if he had had a fleet of makeup men waiting in the wings, an agent, a contract, a percentage of the profits—what then would he be? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Ted’s husband, Rory, is a graphic artist, and he wrote out my parents’ Jewish marriage contract in calligraphy, decorated with colorful flowers, vines, and stars. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As he breathed, his nostrils expanded and contracted and his nose glistened, cold and wet in the warm, sunshiny September afternoon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there were laws on the books, not debates about abolition; there were contracts signed by both parties, not just the rule of guns and torture. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I. Don’t. Know. Like 1 told Barrone. I wish I knew. She offered to get the DA to halve my sentence if I could ID the contract issuer. Why are you winking at me?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Third, he refused to sign any contracts, making it impossible for most corporations or individuals to proceed with any kind of legally binding arrangement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In New York, where he had been lobbying Riddle in person, Vanderbilt had the proposal with Riddle’s demands typed up as a formal contract and sent to Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of us have come back to make money in Nigeria, to start businesses, to seek government contracts and contacts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As a precaution, each saboteur had to sign a contract and pledge that he would do his best for the Fatherland. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Because you called me a blind mole, and then you acted like a jerk about your father winning the Baker Sporting Emporium contract.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Every ting looks good with the contract, says she. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To become a Sixer, you had to sign a contract stipulating, among other things, that if you found Halliday’s egg, the prize would become the sole property of your employer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The most amazing part is that Ms. G and Mr. Tu created a contract stating that whoever has the highest grade point average from now until graduation will win a computer for college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Without saying a word he handed them, along with the little gold fish, to the wise Catalonian and the latter examined them, his eyelids contracting like two clams. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Earlier, in July 1891, the exposition had granted a contract for the work to the Hygeia Mineral Springs Company, headed by an entrepreneur named J. E. McElroy, but the company had accomplished little. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The tree trunks expand and contract as if they are breathing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If Hoodhood and Associates get the junior high school contract—and we intend to—then Kowalski and Associates may very well be no more.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z No, she would sell the painting and contracting business and hold on to the rentals. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Each contract contained a tight deadline for completion, with a financial penalty for every day beyond. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So will you be spreading your legs for that elephant in exchange for Daddy’s contract?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So if disorder were to decrease in the contracting phase of the universe, one might also expect it to decrease inside a black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Rohmer grew as pale as the paper of his unsigned contract. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I exhale and the walls contract like a pinpricked balloon, crushing me as it deflates. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Indentured servants who ran away were considered to have broken a contract, but they were not considered property. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Our contract specifically stated there would be dog tricks.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Two days after that, they actually signed a contract to purchase it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was clear that the file, the new contract, occupied her mind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The man in charge was Igbo, and Madu said he was keen to give the contract to a fellow Igbo. So I was lucky. And he’s asking only for a five percent cut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z While mortality rates for yellow fever varied widely, it was not unusual for it to kill 50 percent of those who contracted it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When I, her only son, was sixteen I contracted pleural pneumonia, in that day a killing disease. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So they were overwhelmingly solo practitioners, handling wills and divorces and contracts and minor disputes, and in the Depression the work of the solo practitioner all but disappeared. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “If Melba were to withdraw from that school, we could talk about renewing your contract this year at quite a handsome salary increase,” he said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This can happen unconsciously, or it can be deliberate, as when a conductor asks for an interval to be "expanded" or "contracted." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Only the wealthiest of humans could compete, once they had a contract for vuvv tech, once they could invest in vuvv firms. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was because the tendons had begun to shrivel and contract. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As she passed the car she felt the warmth of its radiator, as intimate as body heat, and heard the click of contracting metal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Conor’s stomach contracted to a ball of fire, like a little sun burning him up from the inside, but before he could react, Lily did. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “It is about things that impact some of the deepest, most ingrained aspects of society right down to the nature of the social contract,” added Rothkopf. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The massive wheels tore deep trenches into the hard soil, the engine screamed, and my world contracted to noise and the stark, blinding headlight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Marshall investigated a possible injunction to stop publication of the work since according to Bobby, Darrach had allegedly violated his contract: Supposedly, he’d agreed to write only articles about Bobby, not a book. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After six months of military occupation in Coalwood, Mr. Carter was forced to sign a contract with the union and, soon afterward, sold Coalwood in disgust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no way Jimmy would be able to start the school year that fall, so the principal offered Jimmy’s yearlong contract to Katherine instead. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Eventually, that expansion will cease, and gravity will cause the universe to contract. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Amalgamation, centralized conflict resolution, decision making, economic redistribution, and kleptocratic religion don’t just develop automatically through a Rousseauesque social contract. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a contract that she might actually pay off in a year or two if she was smart with her money. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tateh would sign a contract with a synagogue and after a year the synagogue wouldn’t renew it, so we’d pack up and move to the next town. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the muscles in Tobias’s back expanding and contracting with each labored breath, and I don’t hear our footsteps; I hear only my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised she would send something here since I have all the book contracts sent to a box at the post office, just in case. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One side of her face contracts, an uncoordinated wink, aimed at the camera. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no intention of ever honoring the contract he agreed to during the Circle Justice meetings. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “You have had the land,” Sivaji said, “for which you have contracted to pay: so much money, so much rice. These are just dues, I must have them. Would you have me return empty-handed?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Or were the rafters and posts drying out and contracting against the masonry? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I can feel his breaths against my palm, his body expanding and contracting, and I know he’s strong, steady, unstoppable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She rubbed the hilt, her fingers contracting on the cool surface. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This would mean that the contracting phase would be like the time reverse of the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper had a feeling that Mr. Greenbaum would probably turn up by the end of the week, to see about renewing the contract. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z When threatened, the Lobalug contracts its venom sac, blasting the attacker with poison. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he saw who stood there, his skull seemed to contract, squeezing his brain in shock. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This was the contract killer Mrs. Jones had told him about. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In that era virtually all jockeys were signed to stable contracts, which were clear and simple. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope hardly thought this necessary, but Lady Constance assured her that signed, binding contracts were the custom in these parts, a charming formality which she would not dream of omitting. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We had to sit so close to other people there wasn’t room to breathe, if you even wanted to, being in the position to contract every kind of a germ there was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got the contract, we got the contract, not on your sweet life, we got the contract.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Anthony had to sign all the loan documents; Stanton was not allowed to sign contracts because she was a married woman. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The little brunette contracts her brows when she is thinking; but when she talks they are still. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They agreed to a five-year contract, during which they were to be paid a daily wage, and were given promise of a return passage back to India. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “It means to render something null and void, usually a contract. The second D is for Decrepitate. Which is the act of throwing someone into a fire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But you lose the sucker again I’m going to put out a serious contract on your life.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Luma held up a stack of papers—contracts she expected her players to sign—and passed a sheet to each boy. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Devèze had not only seen and treated yellow fever while living in the West Indies, he had contracted it twice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z 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 The phantom’s infinite emptiness expanded and contracted in long, rattly heaves. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The crystal was expanding and contracting, like the icy entrance. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The American colonies passed laws barring people convicted of crimes from a wide variety of jobs and benefits, automatically dissolving their marriages and denying them the right to enter contracts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Until. My father took me everywhere until I contracted terrible seasickness, until I vomited at a royal wedding, until I tried to hump the ambassador’s leg.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I hear you’ve contracted a serious case of the friendship flu.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “What I said. There’s a big contract for it. It must be just the thing for asteroid mining. You have a master robot with six sub-robots under it.—Like your fingers.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Cofield accused Deborah, Speed, and the museum foundation of breach of contract for entering into an agreement that required him to have access to Henrietta’s medical records, then denying him access. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z This meant that they chose to enter contracts to work for no direct pay in exchange for passage across the Atlantic. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I know that when it comes time to eat the porridge I will have trouble: my stomach will contract, my hands will get cold, it will be difficult to swallow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The contracting phase will be unsuitable because it has no strong thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before Kubat was to leave for Belgrade to try to collect the down payment, Bobby amazed everyone: He signed the contract without complaint. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The universe would reach a maximum size at the equator and would contract with increasing imaginary time to a single point at the South Pole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Automatically Rick searched for his pen; he held the goat-payment contract on his knee and prepared to write. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “My father stopped dragging his feet about drawing up your contract. You’re to sign it in his council chamber tomorrow.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I understand now that even a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it's a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately—even alone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had indeed contracted the eye disease favus on the Giulia. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Aristotle names five of them: laws, witnesses, contracts, tortures, and oaths. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Burnham had advertised the first contract on May 14, this for the Mines Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He felt the hand on his chest contract; her nails pierced him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This would lead to all sorts of science-fiction-like possibilities for people who survived from the expanding to the contracting phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a discomfort in his very bones, as if they contracted so that they might struggle out of the mercenary peel of flesh and walk abroad. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Maybe about eight months ago when I contracted B. cepacia and they ripped my name off the transplant list. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She began to wonder if any humans had ever managed to disentangle themselves from a fairy contract. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the wedding registry of Alton, New Hampshire, they remained married, their contract a legal if desiccated thing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My lungs expand and contract rapidly as I remember Pa lifting me off the truck when we first arrived. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pestered him for months, and finally, through the press liaison, I was invited to attend the union’s initial bargaining sessions for its new contract with the state. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bagels had begun as a casual gesture: a boss treating his employees whenever they won a research contract. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The guidance counselor dreamed up the contract after our cozy get-together in the principal’s office. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z You know, have a seven-figure contract in my hands and be like, “Look what I got!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Had Violet signed the marriage contract with her right hand, the law would have made her a miserable contessa, but because she signed it with her left, she remained, to her relief, a miserable orphan. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He became an assiduous collector of government contracts large and small, starting with the production of radioisotopes at a standard fee of $25 per hour of cyclotron time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This takes no more than five years from the day you contract the disease. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With this new contract, he was a sure bet for the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1968. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “They’re not going to renew my teaching contract for next year. I don’t have a job,” she told us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is how they treat their signed seven-year contracts with the Virginia Company.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The adjoining racetrack had been torn down, and now more than five hundred companies contracted by the Nazi state were at work preparing the site for the Olympic Games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The house is almost like a living creature that keeps expanding and contracting and remaking itself. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Six clerks of the Treasury Department also contracted the disease, leaving just one, Joshua Dawson, at his post. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z This difference in the forces would stretch our astronaut out like spaghetti or tear him apart before the star had contracted to the critical radius at which the event horizon formed! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Spit came from die corners of his mouth and his legs contracted up, up into die seat, and his eyes rolled back in his head until there was only white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z We got home from California to learn that the publisher had canceled his contract, sending word through his literary agent that Barack was now on the hook to pay back his $40,000 advance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Everything is in private, we deal like family, among ourselves, without chits or contracts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He swallowed manfully, and as the man behind the counter gave him an alarmed look — not here, please, not here — Ralph made his way into the street, his stomach contracting, relaxing, contracting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I say no to him, she sell the land to me, and I don’t see his name any place on the contract.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The child who had first contracted the poIdied in the night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad had a contract to build a milking barn in Oneida County, about twenty miles from Buck’s Peak, so Shawn puttered around the yard, adjusting schematics and measuring I-beams. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When Warner Brothers offered him a contract to work on patriotic war films, he took it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As it contracts, the atoms of the gas collide with each other more and more frequently and at greater and greater speeds—the gas heats up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She contracted her hand into a fist as she pulled it away from him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Snuffy had contracted to make the Smokeys for a buck and a half apiece, and Buddy sold them for three dollars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She held out her hand; reflexively he got out the contract which he had signed, passed it to her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They massed in great murmurations—swelling and contracting and swelling again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My stomach contracted like someone had punched me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On five different occasions, her superiors told her they were taking away her contract because she had allowed me to participate in the integration of Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When there’s a baby in the house, time stretches and contracts, abiding by none of the regular rules. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And yet when he did fail, they were almost as disappointed as the driving instructor, who had contracted to provide as many lessons as were needed to pass. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry Strickland had always been a genial man, better at hammering out contracts than at hammering on foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When a star runs out of fuel, it starts to cool off and so to contract. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I really like that expression because in general, I think people don't give this contracting muscle credit for how much work it does. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Spassky agreed to everything in the contract, and said from his home outside of Paris: “Fischer pulls me out of oblivion. It is a miracle and I am grateful.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Our Father tries to make them understand the batiza is no fetish but a contract with Jesus Christ. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the Huangs think it was their idea to get rid of me, that they would be the ones to say the marriage contract was not valid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If they left it out for a few minutes it would cool off and contract again. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, even then, they “do not earn” the amount specified in their contracts. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Recognizing that the architects’ delays had put everything behind schedule, he inserted into the construction contracts clauses that made him a “czar,” as the Chicago Tribune put it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Actually, it was half the school board, and you weren’t really fired, but your contract wasn’t renewed for next year.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall send her my contract whenever I get around to it. Until then, you’d do well to keep your mouth shut about it, boy.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The bird’s clawed feet contracted then released, the softest scratching noise ever, a stick-drawing scraping across cold concrete. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After this, Peale took over the doctoring chores himself even though he too eventually contracted a mild case of yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Cyclopes! I tell you, Stheno, when I destroy Neptune and take over the oceans, we will renegotiate the Cyclopes’ labor contract. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Those who stood the best chance of contracting TB, which was usually spread by the infected person coughing or sneezing, lived in crowded peasant huts, urban slums, shantytowns, prisons, or homeless shelters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I squealed, as my throat contracted in fear. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t they know we have a contract to compete for? And they’re going to let a little snow get in the way? They must not want to work for me much longer,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z You can appeal, as above, to the written or universal law in support or against a given contract. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Because the marriage had been contracted according to Osage custom, there was no need for a legal divorce, and they simply went their own ways. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Esteban was at the wheel, his heart contracted, as they searched for Father Antonio’s old church in the poor quarters of the city where he hadn’t been in years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet all these gases have very basic properties in common: heat them up and they expand; cool them down and they contract. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If a stable had no horses in a race, its contract jockeys were allowed to freelance for other barns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I bought his contract and I sponsor him.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Baaz Mtombé’s Night Zoo was rumored to hold over a hundred exotic species within its confines; in her eleven years of contracted service to it, Koffi had never bothered to count. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath at her words, my lungs effortlessly expanding and contracting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In an expanding universe in which the density of matter varied slightly from place to place, gravity would have caused the denser regions to slow down their expansion and start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After realizing that the hospital system could be better about hiring minority- and women-owned businesses for its contracted work, I helped set up the Office of Business Diversity as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Someone needs to explain what is happening. What rules? What contract? I don’t like the sound of any of this.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Some contracts also included a promise that they would be given some property or other goods when their term ended. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was, in reality, the result of multiple and rare diseases contracted on his innumerable trips around the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t signed a contract, and I wasn’t fencing on any scholarship, so I was free to go, just like Josh had before me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Each day caused the world to simultaneously expand and contract; the more Luna knew, the more she became frustrated by what she did not yet know. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Even so Reed was able once again to push aside his doubts and his own strongly held opinions about how humans contracted the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Why did they disappear in all habitats, not only in habitats that contracted but also in ones that greatly expanded at the end of the last Ice Age? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, I thought I might have a little chance when Dad got home that evening and let out the great news: Hoodhood and Associates had won the Baker Sporting Emporium contract! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z With contracts, as with laws: “A contract is a private and particular law, and contracts do not make the law binding, but the laws do make legal contracts so.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Comrade Nomzamo and myself contracted our marriage at a critical time in the struggle for liberation in our country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rob, with his natural grace and ability, was already talking of college scholarships and NBA contracts. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He promised Ridgeway a generous bounty, going so far as to present a contract in a pretentious ceremony. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bubonic plague is a valid medieval fate; I do believe, though, that contracting the plague in this dreadful century would be only ludicrous. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of poring over tomes about contract law, I was now absorbed by novels. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So ... no wedding for Prince Frog. Is that why you’ve come hopping back to me? Have my three brave Domish lads decided to honor their contracts?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yet such was the contract, else the land would not have been rented to you.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gray oily hair clings to her skull and her chest contracts and expands in shallow breaths beneath her black clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad had one brother, but he was older and drifted away from the family when he found work overseas doing private contracting for the military. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “No ting like that. The contract was good. Every ting look right with it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “He said you contracted him and the Dime Lions to go after Yul-Bayur for the Merchant Council as well.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She signed the paper where the clerk pointed, tried to listen carefully to all his warnings about what the contract demanded, and stuffed the broadside that he handed her into her apron pocket. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When a man makes his fortune in oil or government contracts, in chemicals or wholesale groceries, his first act is to buy a ranch, the largest he can afford, and to run some cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “He does not lack for gall, this Frog. Must I remind him? My dear prince, the last contract we signed you used to wipe your pretty pink bottom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z James claims that if I knock it out of the park, a big contract is as good as mine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I scrolled to the bottom of the contract without bothering to read it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He looked at Bud, then reached over, picked up the pen, and signed both copies of the trademark papers and three copies of the contract. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed up at Riddle’s New York hotel room, contract in hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina placed one hand on Kaz’s pale chest, focusing on his heart and forcing it to contract. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes the effort was grudging or minimal, but the vacant reaches in the human tale slowly contracted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She flicked her ears and said, “Don’t remember no contract.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It surged a little, seeming to expand and contract, but it was solid. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Some thirty universities were performing nuclear physics research on navy contracts, which in some cases accounted for 90 percent of their research budgets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z However, this “hydraulic theory” of state formation is subject to the same objections leveled against social contract theories in general. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He achieved such astonishing speed records that he was promoted to superintendent, and then went into the contracting business for himself, building bridges, canals, industrial towns, and factories. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “One broken contract is stain enough upon the honor of the company.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It means I signed a contract with the government that said I would never talk about my work with anyone, including my family,” he said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “No, if I lose it I’m going to put out a serious contract out on me and then I’m going to hire myself to bump me off,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Because of her politics, her husband lost his job at Lockheed, a company with government contracts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As these contracted, and the atoms within them collided with one another, the temperature of the gas would increase, until eventually it became hot enough to start nuclear fusion reactions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still breathing hard, his abdomen expanding and contracting. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Their assignment was to guard one hundred American prisoners of war, who would work as contract labor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As I said, he’d studied law in America, and he advised her not to sign the contract. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “We have made a contract. It cannot be broken.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then, if that pitcher had a good day, he might get a contract offer with a hundred-dollar bonus. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked almost pretty with her smoothing powder and red lipstick and relaxed demeanor, not as knotted up as she had been lately, chasing a contract with Shell-BP. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Among much else, Einstein’s general theory of relativity suggested that the universe must be either expanding or contracting. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Arguments can make contracts sound, “if they are one’s own, binding and authoritative, if of one’s adversary, the reverse.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “B. cepacia? That is rough. How long ago did you contract it?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He had landed another contract with the Germans, this time to bomb his own outfit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her pupils contracted to points of black in two pools of silver. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This is the direction of time in which the universe is expanding rather than contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Of those women who were infected with AIDS, many had contracted the disease in Port-au-Prince. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It is an interesting reflection on the general climate of thought before the twentieth century that no one had suggested that the universe was expanding or contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He exposed one of the tricks the planters used to get around the terms of the indenture contract. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Levy said with his distinctive Baltimore drawl: a trace of a southern twang with words contracted and vowels swallowed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Electric Auto-Lite finally gave in and signed the first contract with what would become the United Auto Workers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z His daughter Annie—the eldest, and his favorite—contracted an infection and died, leaving Darwin numb with grief. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The war ended in November 1918, and soon after, the mine operators nixed their end of the contract, in which they had recognized the United Mine Workers Union. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I cup them, running my thumbs over them and feeling her nipples contract under the cotton of her dress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Hall is closed to the students, but I signed a contract, so I have to go.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I’m only contracting with the Vigilance Committee now and then. Got my own crew, really. We buccaneers.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The only people allowed inside his hotel room were his lawyers, who needed wills created, and his literary agent, who needed his next contract signed before Howie could kick it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But we didn’t say what kind. Check your contract.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He even had a studio contract with Paramount. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It expanded and contracted like it was breathing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “My contract expires in June,” he announced to all concerned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think Nehemia is on her way here to tell you about the contract. She’ll be mad at me for telling you first; apologize for me, will you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If only Kainene could go with him; if only she didn’t have to stay to sign the new contract. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He winks at me, and I feel the muscles around my eye contracting as he does, though I didn’t tell them to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Worse, if they dared rebel or protest, their contract could be transferred to another estate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The circle was contracting because it wanted to touch the knights—not now, not for half an hour or so, not until the examination was over, perhaps never. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have come to sign your contract,” the king said, and his voice made her bones splinter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “He broke his contract with the Circle, and he violated our trust. Is there anything more this Circle can reasonably do?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Under the circumstances, she fulfilled only one fourth of her contract, but Tina and Dr. Z gave her one week—half her due. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You had less chance of contracting a difficulty at Faye’s than with your Sunday School teacher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By hiring an army of contract egg hunters, IOI was perverting the entire spirit of the contest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jack Dunlevy told Armpit he got the contract to landscape the performing arts center. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The Gran gestured for the Spares to come forward, and as they stood there lined up, she made a giant X over their heads, magic to seal the contract until the impossible task began. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The galaxies then start to move toward each other and the universe contracts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A couple of big deals. No contract. And favors. Favors are important or the story’s not right.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Neylan agreed to extend the contract only after Lawrence pledged not to spend any time on direct management of the Los Alamos lab, though he would have “free run” to consult on its research program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You contract that and you can kiss the possibility of new lungs good-bye,” she adds, eyeing me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Just like war. War swims along, sees food, contracts. A moment later—Earth is gone.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your contract here with us will not be renewed. The job in Oklahoma is your only option,” he said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While still hospitalized, he was summarily fired by his contract trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dad is suing them for breach of contract,” she said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “The cutoff was not done properly according to our contract,” Mr. Dubonnet said reasonably. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He says it was given to him by his father, who passed away two years ago after contracting cancer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The Executive Order prohibits U.S. persons from performing any contract in support of a commercial project in Yugoslavia, as well as from exporting services to Yugoslavia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Keeping books, counting coin, writing contracts and letters.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then they began, as he knew they invariably would, to criticize the government—money stolen, contracts uncompleted, infrastructure left to rot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She leaned over and looked closely into them—their blackness now contracted, slowly, to pinpoints, and a pair of astonishingly vivid blue eyes looked up instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They would then contract slightly, and as they heated up further, would start to convert helium into heavier elements like carbon or oxygen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As the air in the tube cooled and contracted, it sucked water up. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mercenary fighters were nonmembers hired on short-term contracts to help the gang fight turf wars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Because what is the point of contracting a life-changing skin condition if your sister isn’t at least going to be a little nicer to you? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Stoically, Le Gentil packed up his instruments and set off for the nearest port, but en route he contracted dysentery and was laid up for nearly a year. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He worked on energy contracts for the government, which sounds as mysterious as it was. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When riding for their contract stables, bug boys received nothing from the purses their horses won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And then, even though they’d done a terrible job the first time, Pickett Engineering won the new contract—apparently by bribing state officials. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The movie Malcolm X, which was originally contracted as X: The Movie, shows him learning how to read the dictionary as if he didn’t already know how. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ohmae’s company even has contracts with more than seventy thousand housewives, some of them specialists in medical or legal terminologies, to do data-entry work at home. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He told Farmer he felt ashamed for having contracted the virus. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Everyone was there, except Willie, who was looking for work in Milwaukee, and Nicholas, who was in the public library reading up on contracts and music royalties to get a record deal. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They massed in great murmurations, expanding and contracting and curving this way and that. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The throbbing head, the swollen eyes, the tight, contracted throat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it got stuck because of the way the wood expanded and contracted. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It might seem a bit academic to worry about what will happen when the universe collapses again, as it will not start to contract for at least another ten thousand million years. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With virtually every academic lab in the country working under government contracts, Kamen could not find a research job anywhere. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In order to sign the contract, she would have to defy her new husband and get rid of his baby. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They did so, legal analysts said, because they had foolishly signed contracts in which they agreed to be bound by North Korean law. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He usually picked up garbage in Houston, but after the hurricane, his supervisor said they had taken a contract in New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For example, in 1837 the Mandan Indian tribe, with one of the most elaborate cultures in our Great Plains, contracted smallpox from a steamboat traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She drives the kids to school and picks them up, and in between she manages the affairs of the painting and contracting company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Followed by dozens of masons and carpenters, as if she had contracted her husband’s hallucinating fever, Úrsula fixed the position of light and heat and distributed space without the least sense of its limitations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They formed a union and fought for proper contracts, health benefits, and protections against arbitrary firing, and along with that came a push for fairness in hiring. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “It says here I must not contract matrimony. After all, when a man is twelve...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I started receiving replies within the hour, with contracts attached. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Besides, he didn’t have a choice, there was a pile of contracts on his desk that had to be ready for Monday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Thusly, I have decided that these new costs will be retroactively added to the current outstanding balance on your indenture contract.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Vasiljevic’s strategy of appeasement was to give him whatever he wanted, even though the item might not have been mentioned in the contract. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wondered, too, how her parents had promised Chief Okonji an affair with her in exchange for the contract. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He survived, but only after contracting pneumonia, spending weeks in a nearby hospital, and missing a full year of school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z People in the contracting phase would live their lives backward: they would die before they were born and get younger as the universe contracted. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But what would happen if and when the universe stopped expanding and began to contract? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart contracted with fear as I considered that Claudius had discovered my hiding place and now would toy with me, as a cat does a mouse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Laughing Man, far from dead, was busy contracting his stomach muscles in a secret manner. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In the other walls an X-ray of the same woman revealed the contracting journey of the refreshing beverage on its way to her delightful stomach! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “The company will prepare your contract and send it to your lawyer for approval. Then we—they will fly you here to Columbus to sign the paperwork and close the deal.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had also begun negotiating a contract with Eastman Kodak for large-scale industrial production of these nonradioactive substances. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “At this point I’m not about to settle for a verbal contract,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The red glows, contracting, then growing bigger than before. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Robertson chuckled and reached out, “Let’s see the contract. I’ll sign it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Joey told me nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was, that things expand and contract—like breathing, but you could never fill your lungs up with the same air twice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Flavius’s foot catches on a metal grate over a circular opening in the floor, and my stomach contracts when I think of why a room would need a drain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Try to conduct yourselves in a matter befitting a Miss Preston's girl. After all, a contract with a good family is the difference between a future and, well...” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Unlike their darker brethren, they could pay off their contracts with their salaries and start a new chapter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From what I could gather, the company had bribed a bunch of state officials in exchange for contracts to build a better sewer overflow system in Indianapolis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Back East, Malcolm X carefully read and then signed the publication contract, and he withdrew from his wallet a piece of paper filled with his sprawling longhand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In March, with just half a year remaining until the dedication, he invoked the “czar” clause of his construction contracts. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Another pulse of blood released itself and I contracted my stomach muscles in alarm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Per Haskell didn’t buy you. He paid off your indenture. That means you owe him money. A lot of it. But it’s a real contract. Here,” he said, removing Heleen’s document from his coat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It wasn’t bad up there really, hut as usual Tateh’s contract didn’t get renewed and we had to leave. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The first record of this unusual arrangement was when Virgil Butler had been contracted as servant, bodyguard, and cook to Lord Hugo de Fole for one of the first great Norman crusades. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “And pay in gold upon the signing of our contract, yes?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But what could the former slaves dor1 Every Indian who accepted the paltry wages specified in the indenture contract lowered the price an African could charge for his labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In March of that year, the phrase “King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, the gods who love their father” appeared on two separate contracts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Our meals improved markedly, and when his contract was fulfilled he signed another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was put on a standard regimen of four first-line antibiotics, similar to what WHO recommended for anyone who contracted TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The agent for the book sent to my hotel a contract dealing with foreign publication rights which needed Malcolm X’s and my signature. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Will the universe eventually stop expanding and start contracting, or will it expand forever? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These would convert the hydrogen into more helium, and the heat given off would raise the pressure, and so stop the clouds from contracting any further. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He whipped out a ballpoint pen, scribbled rapidly on the back of the contract. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At the time of the sun flares, Alec had been a contract worker for the defense department. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z ‘Try me next, dwarf. When I was younger, the Second Sons took contract with Volantis. I learned the game there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If it was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Working on a navy contract quietly and virtually single-handedly at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lawrence’s former graduate student Philip Abelson had perfected a way of enriching uranium by thermal diffusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “He signed our contract on behalf of his city. Just so.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It would have been a violation of the contract.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Most, though, were contract farmers or sharecroppers who worked in fields owned by hakujin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Poppet blows on the ink to dry it before she returns the contract to the briefcase. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Item one: He worried about his contract that was up for renewal. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Dr. Hamid,” my mom says, shaking her hand eagerly, like she just managed to sign a contract for her most burdensome client. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Indians’ contracts called for seven hours’ work for about twenty-four cents a day. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Because most Europeans contracted the disease in childhood, the great majority of European adults, the conquistadors among them, were immune. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Penelope had seen it twice before: on the employment contract she had signed upon her arrival at the house, and also on the note Lady Constance had given her with her salary. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As the star contracts, the gravitational field at its surface gets stronger and the light cones get bent inward more. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It did not occur to them to run away once they were in America, for they were honorable people and they had signed the contract.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m afraid they weren’t at home. They had to go to an important meeting in Beijing. Very hush-hush. Something to do with defense contracts. I’m sure the message will be relayed to them.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d contracted polio a few years back—the only person in town who had, as far as Stella knew. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I could not accept the contract: that every child born human upon this earth comes with a guarantee of perfect health and old age clutched in its small fist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was contracting her features in what she thought was a majestic frown, and the squirrel dæmon ran up her arm and stood on her shoulder in triumph. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In October Dad won a contract to build industrial granaries in Malad City, the dusty farm town on the other side of Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He stood behind the cash register, and his face contracted and hardened as he tried to recall the things that had happened during the night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Women could not enter into contracts or sign legal documents. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Unless I wanted to sign a five-year indenturement contract with some corporation, and that was about as appealing to me as rolling around in broken glass in my birthday suit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Like salmon swimming upstream, or the universe expanding...or contracting...or whatever it does, I guess. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z While it was true that everyone in the Coast Guard had to accept Navy control, her own contract was actually with the Treasury Department, which was only loaning her to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Thus, in a muscle cell, energy to contract is gained when a terminal phosphate group is transferred to the contracting muscle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When a man falls upon his knees and grieves, doth not his musculature contract and his ligaments distend? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry’s eyes darted downward, and what he saw made his stomach contract. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In law, a covenant is a contract or other agreement between people or groups, in which they agree to do or not do a particular thing. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z And while it is true that many families are descended from contract colonists not unlike the present-day braceros, all hold to the dream of the longhorn steer and the unfenced horizon. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When she returned backstage she walked right up to the judges and told them she would not be able to sign the contract. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z On the backstretch, his old contract trainer, Russ McGirr, saw the young man whom he had once purchased as a bug boy for a bridle, a saddle, and a few sacks of oats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z However, in American tournaments, where hotel ballrooms are rented and contracted for a specified period and players have made arrangements for flights home, it’s necessary to apply a tie-breaking system to determine the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The entire ship creaks in painful complaint, and the perspiring boards of the hull stretch and contract, straining against the miserable black tar that holds them together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her heart pounded, and she almost threw up—her stomach contracted and turned over, and she felt a gag reflex in her throat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those were the exact words of the contract. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z "Brave? To enter into a contract with someone you hardly know? It's certain failure." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And maybe an endorsement contract might require me to show up at a certain number of sponsored events or to tape a certain number of TV commercials to air during the Olympics and afterward. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My iron shroud contracted round me; persuasion advanced with slow sure step. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As the space around me diminishes, the piles of “treasure” are ripped away, becoming debris spinning in the contracting circle of water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Some contracts are writ in ink, and some in blood. I say no more.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A man like this, a contract killer, would do the same to him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “How about a ten-week contract at five thousand dollars a week?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z How is it that he contracted measles the same year 1 began consciously to hate him? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z However, a colleague of mine, Don Page, of Penn State University, pointed out that the no boundary condition did not require the contracting phase necessarily to be the time reverse of the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We had an excellent breakfast, and when any one declined anything on table, Wemmick said, “Provided by contract, you know; don’t be afraid of it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Later, I would draw up contracts for some of the firm’s African clients. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He became team captain as a junior and at the end of that year he was offered a minor-league contract, which he didn’t accept because he got a baseball scholarship to Stanford. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Everyone’s coven had to be sealed by a magical contract, to contain the magic and the witches in their own circles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She gestured to the file on the table and added, “I’ve just got the contract to supply army boots for the battalion in Kaduna.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For the first time, the consequence of her choice was devastatingly clear: fulfilling her contract with Sidhean meant that she would never see Kaisa again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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