| 单词 | county |
| 例句 | “Let me tell you something else. You have outscored every team in the history of this county, and you are going to outscore this team today. OK, Victor. Lead them out.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about Scrappy snoring away in the county jail and Mama staring up at the ceiling of her dark bedroom. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She picked up her driver’s license from the county courthouse and, on her way home, got a job flipping burgers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They were “Scotch-Irish”—that is, from the lowlands of Scotland, the northern counties of England, and Ulster in Northern Ireland. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Legislators had aligned counties to maintain white majorities for judicial circuits that included a majority-black county. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had quite a collection of these picture calendars, and we got through most of the counties this way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond that, the jailhouse, but a larger jailhouse now, painted brown, with an office for the county clerk. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The second stranger, the sheriff of Westing county, herded them back to the game room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z When two union sympathizers were shot on the steps of the county courthouse, five thousand union miners armed themselves to face the corporate gunmen and soldiers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Below her, on rough benches, sat not only most of the trash in Maycomb County, but the county’s most respectable men. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But in a survey from March 2002 to March 2003, the Census Bureau said that about three million people moved to another county, state, or country because employers had transferred or recruited them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The league also called for the integration of the county’s schools. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars without his perceiving me.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It contains a county map of Texas with complex voter demographic breakdowns, matched up with the populations of children of undocumented immigrants, unregistered voters who are legal residents, voting patterns over the last twenty years. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Countries would have to become counties—but counties which could keep their own culture and local laws. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In Canada there were black men who were county officials and members of school boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital was a high-priority location, so it got the first water deliveries, and county jail, being a government facility, never had its water shut off like all the municipal water districts had. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The proximity of the two enterprises stemmed from the fact that both welfare and the jail were administered by the county. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Sam took a circuitous route through the woods to the county road. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And forty years ago Fairfield was farm country with a county cemetery too tiny for anybody to care whether its dead were white or black. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Only later Wing went to divinity school, thanks to China Mary, and Luke went to the county jail for selling stolen car stereos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Burton, if you’ll sign the papers with the county clerk, we’ll move on to the rest of the Widow Cane’s property.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Had the Watermelon Feed been held inside the county jail, or on a sinking ship, or on the side of a craggy mountain, they would still have flocked to attend. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The others threw in whatever they could chance upon, but it seemed as if Sam and Lige and Walter could hear and see more about that mule than the whole county put together. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Scott Wyatt, the former county attorney in Cache County, the man who hired Terryl, says she “deserves most of the credit” for the law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Nielsen’s is the first place in the county to carry upright electric vacuum cleaners, blenders, freeze-dried coffee. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His fans included some high-ranking city and county officials who called to thank C.P. for saying publicly what they felt but could not say. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew he was going to be a very influential man in the county. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Couples were flocking to city halls and county courthouses to exercise what was now a constitutional right. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The county fair was a welcome time for all. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It is true that the state imposes a license fee, but that fee does not come to the counties or the towns except for road maintenance and extension. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The county jails where Walter had been housed before his transfer were awful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nassau County, Long Island, is the most densely settled county in New York apart from New York City itself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You boys are sweet, courageous champions of your county. The lazy, undriven residents don’t deserve you. Which is perfect, because they won’t have you much longer.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And when the witness admitted that this was true, Smith triumphantly continued by asking, “What kind of immunity did the county attorney offer you for coming up here today and testifying?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We have the feeling of being confined—shut in; it is something like outgrowing a small town in a small county. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in September I drove Miss Love and Grandpa to the county fair over in Jefferson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was elected, the rest were county employees whose job status was not reliant on elections. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I had vaguely heard of the stuff being dug around the county, but had never actually seen any of it before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She hung up with him and placed a call to the county clerk’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The library is to the left, the Delaware county courthouse and sheriffs office are to the right. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Although rural counties contain only 20 percent of the U.S. population, 60 percent of new prison construction occurs there. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even Shadbush Crossing—the county seat—is almost a hundred miles away. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Men from all over the county came to Matt Creighton’s aid that spring. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Do you think there’s candy corn at the county home?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Caesar and Cora were as good as murderers in the eyes of the county. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A couple of weeks later, my father met with the other major landholders at the Moose Lodge and declared the cotton harvest date, by far the most important event in our entire county. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Falconers raise them for falcon food. “And down by the county road is a huge rhododendron thicket. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We were shocked by the racial division of the city and surrounding county, where most of the black kids attended understaffed and underfunded city schools while whites attended sparkling clean suburban schools with fantastic facilities. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The main county lockup was miles away in Key West. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As I left town, I watched the sun set and darkness descend across the county landscape as it had for centuries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Mom said, “In this county they can. Trust me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The county sheriff’s office was a lot smaller than the police station they’d taken me to after I drove Mr. Rodrigo to the hospital in the school bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Like many officials, the county prosecutor owed his election at least in part to Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They wrote a letter to the judge saying that my father was a raving lunatic and they were scared to be in the same county with him, which was ridiculous. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We have come to the edge of my meadow, where a trail leads to the bottom of the mountain and the county road where he must have parked his car. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were more services available in the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice facilities than in the county’s Juvenile Hall, she argued, and the sooner Richard was sentenced, the sooner he could take advantage of them. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Others wept while they shouted; there was hardly a home in the county that had not felt the fiery lash of the war’s tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z My soul began to swoop as it had all those years ago at the county fair when I’d had my first ride in Barnie Buchanan’s biplane. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Far from instilling resentment, Martin told her, the patrollers’ diligence was a point of pride from county to county. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In a measured tone, he announces martial law in the counties surrounding Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I try to think about what other kind of work I can do that would pay me more, but except for delivering the county paper on Friday afternoons, nothing else comes to mind. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There weren’t what Valentine called “dignitaries” among them tonight—in fancy clothes, with Yankee accents—although some guests from the county had come down the road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As a result, when Jackson County, Wisconsin, quadrupled its drug arrests between 1999 and 2000, the county’s federal subsidy quadrupled too. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The car moved deeper into the Georgia countryside, prayer breaking out of the windows in wavering harmonics spilling into the ditches and moccasin strung creeks of the pine counties outside of Atlanta. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you know the place on his property where that clump of cedars sticks out—you know, right on the county road?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At one point, the county prosecutor paused and asked, “Positive?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z While the county paper carried details of Guy Wortman’s humiliation, the city papers carried a war story that had its own overtones of the ridiculous. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His county medical association gave her a burial allowance of $250. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Just one-third of white youths were sentenced to adult or juvenile state correctional facilities in 2012, while two-thirds were given probation or sentenced to serve time in county jails. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He added, “And if that doesn’t work, we can sue the county.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We started working with poor children and families in Black Belt counties across the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The newspapers said the strike at Coalwood was just one of many across the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Right after her shift, she heads to her meeting at the county tax office. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z In 1865, while white legislators gathered in Raleigh to revise the state constitution, 117 black delegates representing half of all the state’s counties met across town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z His informers updated him about relevant items on the agendas of various city and county boards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t do this halfway. Either go to college, learn something, and change your life, or stay here and be miserable. Don’t move to the next county over to be miserable. You’ll waste your time.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Only about a quarter of felony defendants in large urban counties were charged with a violent offense in 2006. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z How Papa hadn’t hauled back like Cassius Clay and socked the policeman’s jaw into the next county. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Power’s out all over the county,” said the sheriff My father sent me to bed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We followed Styx through the woods till we hit the county road. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And it sent federal examiners to counties in the South and elsewhere “where past experience” had shown that federal action was needed to register all eligible voters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It's the most boring county, so no one ever knows where it is. Blackburn's up north, isn't it?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You’re the only kids in this county who are shooting off rockets, so it has to be you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They rise up on the elevated track, snaking their way northeast to the farthest end of the county. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The one that had left the county appraiser’s wife in a tizzy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And in Naples, Florida, a county commissioner had been arrested for taking a $5,000 bribe from the developer of a putt-putt golf course. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter's house was just a few miles from the county line. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Later, the county clerk looked at the computer in front of her as she talked to Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The county sheriff from over at Homer watched Miss Love a while and then went in and put down on a Pierce. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her husband was serving time in the county jail across the street for being drunk or some petty crime like that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how far they’d get before the police caught up with them—it could be the county line, it could be three states away—as long as it wasn’t leaving them here. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I’m in charge of helping students prepare for the county science fair,” Miss Riley said to us over the noise of the throng. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It took place in a small conference room on the top floor of the county attorney’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They’re planning to visit the county baseball museum and the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in Jasper. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The next time they stopped, he told them that he had to go find the county road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Both city and county police had been crisscrossing their jurisdictions, looking for any sign of Wes and Tony. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The duty of performing an execution, which hadn’t occurred in the county for a decade, fell to the sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The tester from the education department thought it was good enough to enter in the county science fair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z More and more stories of Shiloh came through to the county as Illinois boys who had been wounded in the battle began pouring into Cairo, Illinois, during the months of May and June. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After the curse befell me, I was sent to the county home. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brewer went to the county clerk’s office and got copies of the recall petitions. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why the county commissioners want Dad onstage with them at the meeting tonight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of additional lynchings had taken place in neighboring counties—and the true power of those lynchings far exceeded their number. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Philips and Cloony was a tiny shop, but it had the reputation of being the best men’s store in the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z To the end of the county might be a far journey, and out of the county would be a far, far journey, but I’ll go, the boy thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They married the children of Colonel Maycomb’s troops, were fruitful, and established what the county called the Eight Families. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The article goes on to point out that Maya herself has scored more goals than most of the teams in the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1923, after the Smith bombing, the Osage tribe began to urge the federal government to send investigators who, unlike the sheriff or Davis, had no ties to the county or to state officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I remember sitting on the stairs in the dark listening to my father’s father—my Poppy—talk to Dad in our living room about “bloody Mingo,” a county just up the road from us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know they’ve got a good regulator. Come on, Pa. Half the county heats with the raw gas. Who’s going to complain?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Eric’s father was the clerk of the county court and often passed on news of particularly juicy trials to Eric, whose popularity increased in proportion. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My mother and father made themselves understood at the county hospital clinic and at government offices. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After months in the county jail, away from death row, Myers again realized he didn't want to implicate himself in a murder he had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The town was built around a square in the manner of midwestem county seats, with the jail dominating the center. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace went into the sheriff’s office in the old county jail about ten minutes after nine. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the school grounds and in the woods and in backyards and in every corner of the county, pumpjacks continue their slow rhythm, humping at the earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The size of the disbursements was linked to the number of city or county drug arrests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s typical South. Has it never struck you as being singular that nearly everybody in the county is either kin or almost kin to everybody else?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Has an ailing man who commands the respect of those in this county who recognize integrity—has this man suffered enough to satisfy your patriotic zeal? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What my son means to say is that we’re keen on improving the level of education at New London Colored School. Sure want to be a credit to the county.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It seems like a good idea until I’m standing at the bus stop in front of school as a blizzard rips through the county. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The kids in Welch were considered “fast” by the rest of us in the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you can say goodbye to it, Mr. Macon. Grace will go to dinner all over the county telling people about the watch you gave her.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went to a county fair one time where they had a baking contest. They gave big blue ribbons for first prize. Did they ever have a fair like that in Manifest?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Members of the coroner’s inquest, along with the county prosecutor, continued investigating Anna’s death, and shortly after Anna’s burial Mollie went to give evidence at a hearing in Fairfax. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was located in a single-story building near the county courthouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “The county turned it off after she died.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z According to one study, during a twelve-year period, the number of people returning from prison back home to “core counties”—those counties that contain the inner city of a metropolitan area—tripled. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The motions are almost never granted, but every now and then an appellate court finds that the atmosphere in a county had been so prejudicial that the trial should have been moved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He drove to the county seat and was married to her by a justice of the peace. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The letter said that “state and county officials are planning to attend,” and that “they are currently working out an emergency relocation plan that will be presented at this meeting.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She landed on the cupola of the county courthouse. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, and I’m the sheriff of the county!” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Slaves caught off the plantation need passes, unless they wanted a licking and a visit to the county jail. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I would park the car several blocks away from school, behind the county fairgrounds, and walk to class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Jesus, Jude. How many diseases can you think you have in one night? And all those freaking obituaries you read—like from every county in California.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This woman lived in the next county over from him and Grandma Nell, and Daddy didn’t even know about Minerva until he was in high school. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I loved the tidy geometry of those fields, the pops of color that turned out to be barns, the flat county highways that ran straight to the horizon. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Interesting" was Walter's euphemism for odd people, and having worked for hundreds of people throughout the county over the years, he'd encountered no shortage of “interesting" people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Longtime residents have not forgotten 1978s infamous Night of a Thousand Flames, when KKK groups from all over the West gathered in the county and ringed the foothills around Chokecherry with burning crosses... Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The county runs its business out of the east-facing half of the building; the city uses the western half, which houses the mayor and city council members as well as the city clerk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The Edgars were attacked inside the county line, and the—” I catch myself before letting the Spencers’ name slip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z So defendants like Walter McMillian, even in counties that were 40 or 50 percent black, frequently found themselves staring at all-white juries, especially in death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z North of the county, it started as an offshoot from the Meherrin River. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “The county discontinued bookmobile service in the eighties, and I told my husband, ‘Now, that’s a shame. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “By order of county director Frank L. Houston, each farmer’s share is to be one hundred dollars.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Hale had remained close with the county prosecutor and conferred with him and other officials about Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Salinas was the county seat, and it was a fast-growing town. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But I would really advise you to make your purchase in that neighbourhood, and take Pemberley for a kind of model. There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He drove south from King City over the county road, through the gathering forces of spring, and the meadowlarks flew ahead, bubbling melody from the fence wires. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Almost every day the paper had something about the case, and even if you didn’t read the paper, anywhere you went in the county, you’d hear people talking about it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Cole wanted to punch Garvey’s teeth into the next county, but instead he forced a smile. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Monroe County is a "dry county" where no alcoholic beverages can be sold; for the convenience of its thirsty citizens, several package stores marked the boundary with Conecuh County. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He owned the worst land in the county. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn't a rest stop around, so he pulled off on a county road, onto the gravel that passed as a shoulder. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z All the students and teachers in the entire county—even the parents who were on school mailing lists—got this email. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘In the South and here in this very county. And it must be either all or nothing. Either yes or no.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Some 85 percent of the blacks who lived in Ector County and attended high school went there, and so did 44 percent of the county’s Hispanics. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You dispersed the Laughing Locusts before they devoured the county crops!” he said. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From there on Harkness, he could see the county end to end. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’ll take you. I gotta go right back to work, though. There’s emergencies all over the county on account of the freeze. I don’t know when I can pick y’all up.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Plans to open private schools exclusively for white students have been submitted to the county, and it’s believed many will open their doors next year. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The county medical examiner was called in, and within thirty minutes he declared that until the influenza ran its course, the entire town of Manifest would be under official quarantine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I was trailing some officers of the county sheriff as they made their rounds. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When Arthur Devlin himself stepped off the first passenger car with Lester Burton and the county medical examiner in tow, they knew the quarantine was over. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And if she was talking about, say, Oxfordshire, she’d place on the easel a large calendar with photos of the county. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lou, the county’s going to sell your land if we don’t pay them more money.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Evangelists from all the surrounding counties, from as far south as Florida and as far north as Chicago, came together in one place to break the bread of life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” he said after a moment, “the Manderley ball was generally an annual affair. Everyone in the county came. A lot of people from London too. Quite a big show.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They were still the only farm in the whole county—in all England!—owned and operated by animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The fairground was a pasture along a dusty road this side of the county seat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “They’re going to Lake Arrowhead,” he says, “But they won’t get there. There are two mountain ranges and two counties between here and there.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Our leaders at Kakuma told the UN that we should be divided into groups according to our clans and the counties we were from in Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Miss Emily herself who taught us about the different counties of England. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain had told me to stay off the county roads, but that I’d be okay so long as I stuck to Garland property. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “They tried to burn half the county down,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some in the crowd jeered as if it were a contest at the county fair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody in the county thinks I’m crazy anyway,” he said sourly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson met us at the county courthouse. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was enshrined in the county library, where the 235-page history that had been written about Permian football was more detailed than any of the histories about the town itself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war young men from tenant farms all over the county flocked to Maycomb and erected matchbox wooden houses and started families. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The new county sheriff dropped even a pretense of investigating the crimes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you skulking on the county roads in the dead of night, Miss McKeene. Do you know they call you the Angel of the Crossroads, the people you save?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Auntie Gemma says, “If you add the amount to what you’ve already saved, you should have enough for the county. We held an emergency family meeting and everyone gave what they could.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z And with the money from that, we’d pay our rent for the next month and hire another team of horses and fly at some county fair near here, and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in order that he might safely testify at the trial, he had been removed from the prison and lodged in a small jail in an adjacent county. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice sounds as if it’s underwater or coming from the next county. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With all the county’s water mains on emergency shutdown, and endless glitches in the computers trying to redirect what water is left, he’s been transporting water manually to high-priority facilities. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In one instance, a group of Klansmen stabbed to death a prominent state senator inside his county courthouse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Finals of schoolboy sports, dog racing, strange little competitions in the remoter counties, all these are grist to our hungry mill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But a county commissioner called him right after the broadcast and talked to him for over an hour. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Every county in the Deep South had a Willoughby, each so like the other that they constituted a category called He, the Great Big Man, the Little Man, allowing for minor territorial differences. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The trooper had come to see one of the seven county attorneys, a guy named Tony C. Baird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As sheriff, Emmett was in charge of the county jail, in Austin, and he moved with his children into a house adjoining the building. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even thought of Dad and me driving to Middlebourne and going to the county courthouse to report a man who’s mean to his dogs, thinking maybe they wouldn’t let Judd have Shiloh back again. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the county home, they only serve you bologna sandwiches. Bologna is not good for people with swampy lungs.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “The last thing this county needed was Traft Martin on that so-called Dawson County Council of Defense.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Many people in the county turned out for Roan’s funeral. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It had been put together by Tony C. Baird, one of the county prosecutors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He only served ten months in the county jail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z His most ambitious project was the creation of Soul City, a wholly new community carved out of one of the poorest counties in rural North Carolina. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My cousin Carl had this old ambulance that the county still uses for a backup, and when he had the early shift, he would swing by and give us a ride to school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Dad spotted the county commissioner who backed him for Charley Burns’s job. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like how when that soldier pointed his gun at me, a part of me wanted him to blast my brain into the next county. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “There are eleven counties under the watch in Pennsylvania and just over the border in New York, too.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “At the high schools. The county executive hasn’t taken a strong enough stance against it, in my opinion. And my opinion counts. At least today.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He invested in land wisely and soon was not growing more alfalfa than any other man in the county. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She had walked to another county once, hoping to trade some fabric she had sewn into filters for straining liquid in exchange for corn we could eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By noon we were nearly out of the county. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t even an inch, but in this part of Oregon a slight dusting brings everything to a standstill as the one snowplow in the county gets busy clearing the roads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or we help the county build a bigger animal prison,” Levi says, and Windy glares at him. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Look sister, we know the facts: you spent the first twenty-one years of your life in the lynching country, in a county whose population is two-thirds agricultural Negro. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This is proof that life is totally surreal here in our little Pennsylvania Dutch county. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Old Rit and Ben were now living forty miles to the north of Bucktown, in another county, but on a farm that belonged to Dr. Thompson. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only when they stopped moving—at a lonely stoplight close to the county line—that the adrenaline of leaving school with Lily released its grip on Toby’s brain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Life in the county was deceptively green and quiet—but he soon discovered that the hood came in different shapes and sizes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In 1960, the Hispanic population of the county had been about 6 percent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I should be putting on my uniform, stretching, getting ready to play in the county semifinals. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z P.M. returned to Otto directing Clock Watchers and county residents to gather the necessary items. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The crowd started forming at four o’clock, the hour that the county attorney had given as the probable arrival time of Hickock and Smith. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighbor was too terrified to press charges and fled the county. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She was liberal with passes, allowing Caesar and his family to range across the county as they pleased. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away, preferably into the next county or even further than that. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Lately, things hadn’t been too good in the county for the colored. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One state police car and one county car were parked outside the small headquarters building. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, now, that didn’t sound nearly as bad as county jail. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. We can’t just take any dog, ma’am. We are not the county animal control. This is a private, nonprofit shelter.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Turner entered the office, holding a map of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m going to go find her,” said Louisiana, “because I desperately need to win the contest and earn the money and stay out of the county home.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z If you looked straight ahead, you saw the courthouse, the jailhouse, the county clerk’s office, and the road to Norfolk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just made five dollars off the county superintendent,” he said, nearly grinning. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The presence of the county jail supplies the first quality, while the so- called Sheriff’s Residence, a pleasant apartment separated from the jail proper by steel doors and a short corridor, accounts for the second. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Adam,” he said finally, “we got to have a talk. The whole county’s doing plenty of talking.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Judge Byrd was knowed as the smartest man in the county. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He drifted into a Wyoming county fair, where he found a job working for an obscure firm that supplied decrepit horses to rodeos for use in relay races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff's job was not an easy one, and that county which, out of the grab bag of popular elections, pulled a good sheriff was lucky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So Gloria sends me to Karen at another number, another voluntary agency, where I am told I am in the wrong county. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The head patroller in the county was the fiercest specimen Ridgeway had ever laid eyes on. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A few cars were there, probably night-duty police or county jail guards, and except for those, the lot was empty, quiet, and dark. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t think it would do any harm if I quietly let it be known down in Kerrith and in the county that a London doctor has supplied us with a motive,” said Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The meetings with city and county officials, the back-channel support from polite Durham society, the swelling membership roles, the new Klavern hall—any one of these taken individually was a significant feather in C.P.’s hood. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Another batch of film, shown to us by an assistant district attorney from an upstate county, hit even closer to home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was common knowledge she hadn’t left a will, so the county owned the property now. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The first witness called by the prosecutor that day was the county sheriff, Art Moran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The county sheriff was an employee of the State of Alabama, the county claimed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was nearly eleven o’clock when he drove into Newton, the weatherbeaten old county seat lying on the cliffs above the Embarrass River. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got Ethel floated over the county line, it was all in the day’s work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then a county judge issued a five-day restraining order forbidding the governor from certifying the result. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The evidence wasn’t clear in part because the mother was telling the daughter to let the thing drop, according to the county attorney at the time, Scott Wyatt. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z E. D. Nixon strode right into the county courthouse, saying, “Are you looking for me? Well here I am.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z After the widow lost her baby, evidence of the fraud was brought before a county judge, only to be ignored. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Our people have been watching him run around the county, stirring up things. He’s planning an attack soon. When he arrives, I want to be sure you’re not confused about your loyalty.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Supper, sir? Cold beef and the best bread in the county? A jug of ale or some Rhenish wine?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been several days since Miss Sadie had left me hanging with her last story, about Jinx and Ned at the county fair, and that day I had the afternoon off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z This was to distinguish her from our mother’s mother, who we called Grandma-over-in-town because she lived fifteen miles south, in the only town in the county, which had a single stoplight and a grocery store. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She could see the county laid out across the hills. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Sabine’s just a half mile the other way on the county road.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ridgeway apologized once again and took his leave and soon his gang crashed to the county road toward their next mission. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “They’re coming from all over the county, looks like,” Billy said in wonder. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Anything dumber than a blowfish, it’s a county board of education.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell the sheriff to run her over the county line.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z South of the county, it dropped off into a waterfall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had planned it all perfectly, for his wife was asleep and would never know that he had lied to her as she lay on her sickbed in the poor ward of the county hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No man he knew drove a carriage like that; no horse in the county had its mane cut and combed that way. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But Wes also came to understand that the county life was not exceptionally different from what he had known before. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Every woman in the county—in the country—probably spent the same sleepless night I did on September 11. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z How they managed to reduce sentences in the Pittman case, which was outside their jurisdiction in another county, was another anomaly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Yet within days Davis was spotted consorting with some of the county’s notorious criminals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After the game John Wilkins, a former Permian coach who was now the athletic director for the county school system, came into the Permian locker room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody listened carefully, for he knew and the whole county knew that Billy Buck was a fine hand with horses. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z What county was that monkey house located in? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some officials were, he said, from the county. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Just about the time of the April hearing, the county attorney, George Daines, reached out to Bunderson to talk about the possibility of a plea bargain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Now there began a period, a phase, during which the town and the county watched him with more puzzlement yet. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the seven others, Don Linton, the chief deputy county attorney, held relative primacy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Granny’s Uncle Lige Toy, who used to have a restaurant business feeding county prisoners, was in charge of Grandpa’s cotton warehouse, one of the biggest in north Georgia, and also the store’s cotton seed business. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A few wanted other professions, such as one boy who wanted to become a county agent; another, a veterinarian; and one girl wanted to be a nurse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly every business proposition in the county came sooner or later to Will Hamilton’s attention. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Play-by-Play The Red Rockets, defending county champions, are in the house tonight. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Why, I guess there ain't a colored man in the county who ever got to take so much of the white folkses' time as I did. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped that he might be returned to the county jail after his thirty-day stint at the hospital, but instead he was returned to death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even from a distance, Stella thought their church was the prettiest in the county. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Daddy says the whole county will likely show up for Dismay’s Life Service. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Microfiltration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet radiation, and abracadabra—they turned the county’s last day of raw sewage into nearly fifty thousand gallons of drinkable water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The school buses were lined up in the side parking lot of the school, waiting to be filled with kids who lived too far out in the county to walk home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officers generally have no personal resources to pay damages to victims of misconduct, so the city, county, or agency that employs them is typically the target of any civil action that seeks compensation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had been in the county jail for several days on burglary charges when McMillian was arrested. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Scott was the new local agent for the Utah State Bureau of Investigation, assigned to the northernmost counties. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On Election Day, the attorney carried every single precinct in that part of the county. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “But I won a blue ribbon at the county fair for this strudel!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I know. That’s got nothing to do with it. King City hasn’t got a single county officer—you see?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Bologna is what they eat in the county home, and the county home is the place of no return.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The county seat newspaper didn’t want to run an obituary on anybody called Shotgun, but nobody knew any other name for him. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The county folk loved reading about their local legends. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I guessed they hadn’t seen a high-school boy dressed so fine since my brother had left the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The county had placed her in our house for a few days until they could decide what to do, or, more precisely, until the family was reunited. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time the county had voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was in 1948, when it went for Harry Truman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It saved the county the expense of burial; no one looked too closely. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The cameramen, pursuing the prisoners and the police into the courthouse and up three flights of stairs, photographed the door of the county jail slamming shut. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Courtney Rutherford Hopkins would probably sue county welfare if she knew what kind of place they’d forced her daughter to come to. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Like there are 1,000 animals put down in our county every month.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She called the county police, then quickly gathered up a basket of food for Miss Volker. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “If I don’t get some paying work done, my ma will tan my hide tonight. I’m supposed to be one county over digging ditches right now.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Not as Mom zipped us along the county road. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Neither had the others the county hired, one after another, too many now to remember all their names. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The article didn’t waste any space describing the records of the lesser teams in the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a lonely outpost, Sing Sing now occupies fifty-five acres of prime real estate in suburban Westchester, one of the priciest counties in the United States. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another county heard from,” complained the first doctor sarcastically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes they talked about picking cotton in east Texas and about running whiskey into the cottonfields of dry counties. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the county seat and that had to count for something too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen,” he said, finally, “there’s not a man in this county that knows more about colts than Billy. You leave it to him.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It named the top three scorers in the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Home was the Mount, a large, square brick house in Shrewsbury, a quiet market town in the county of Shropshire about 150 miles northwest of London. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 7, several days after the death of his daughter, Ernest Burkhart was being escorted from the courtroom back to the county jail. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The county executive of Baltimore County helped lead a telethon that raised money for the widow of Sergeant Prothero and his children. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And, thanks to an unfortunate headline in the latest printing of the county’s newspaper, Otto was not going to take it lying down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It seemed that a crowd of young toughs from the south of the county had broken uninvited into the dance, waving whiskey bottles and shouting drunken insults at the guests. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They would remain in hiding and let the manhunters sweep through the county before they moved on. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving traces of her sloven unhousebroken self all over the county. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He no longer lived there, but he had a little operation there—he would bring drugs into the county because he could sell them for a higher premium than in the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Garrick Bailey, a leading anthropologist on Osage culture, said to me, “If Hale had told what he knew, a high percentage of the county’s leading citizens would have been in prison.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was a man known as Hig Phillips down in the southern part of the county, and the story came out that he had hired a substitute to go to war for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the best in the county and he picked me and Victory to teach and hunt with. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I walk all the way to Friendly and ask at the grocery, where the county paper is dropped, if they’ll put in my name as a carrier. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She was constantly checking on her hives, driving her old flatbed truck from one end of the county to the other. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street from the school stretched acres of cotton fields, the raw material for Monroe’s mill and the source of income for many county residents. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They were headed for the county courthouse, where they would demand their right to register as voters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, the black center had lightened, familiar images of county landmarks brightening into view. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His business interests now dominated the county, and he had become a powerful local advocate for law and order—for the protection of what he called “God-fearing souls.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And another white man that was picking up a full-growned elephant and holding it over his head like he was ’bout to toss it into the next county! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z One night there were presents for everyone because Faye’s was the best house, the cleanest, and nicest in the whole county—and who was responsible for that? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When a serious felony case went to trial in a county like Monroe County, which was 40 percent black, it was not uncommon for prosecutors to exclude all African Americans from jury service. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When blacks insisted it was a "neutral site,” Butler responded peevishly, "There’s got to be a site somewhere in this county more neutral than that.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no one to kiss you good night in the county home. At least that’s what I hear. Do you want to read aloud from the Florence Nightingale book now?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Justice Department official warned that there were more fugitives hiding out in the Osage Hills than “perhaps any other county in the state or any state in the Union.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Boys, I’m so glad that you two are still able to move. Thank the Lord,” Grandma said, “I think the county acting up somehow. Though it ain’t never done something like this before.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Up at the lumberyard they’d be knocking together Shotgun Cheatham’s coffin and sending the bill to the county, and Grandma had to tell them to bring that coffin to her house, with Shotgun in it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If Grandma knew who won what at the county fair, she showed no sign. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When they turned off the county road she said, “Somehow I remember it differently.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Otto said, “Thank you for your concern, Mr. Flux. Indeed, we could do a lot more good for the county if we had more time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Pointing, she said, “You wouldn’t go to Seth Clemson for the money he owed us. But you’d take his cattle and turn every farmer in the county against us. This makes us ranchers, Gabriel. Ranchers!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z A little chill runs through me as I realize that Kyro’s almost certainly the one behind the announcement, and that he’s probably also e-mailed it to every contact he has in the county. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In some counties the percentage was much higher—in San Diego County, for example, three out of every four young people were charged as adults by the end of that first year. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She told everybody that Sula had pushed him, and talked so strongly about it she was forced to abide by the advice of her friends and take him to the county hospital. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because city council members are elected by the citizens of the county, members would take these opinions into consideration before voting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Zach is taking care of the hives on the east side of the county. So you and I’ve got the west side.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if I was headed off to eat bologna—meat of the county home, food of despair. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She dashed into the county courthouse building and found Leon Longbridge working at his desk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Fully eight months later, I was in a boatyard farther south in California, getting my bottom paint renewed, and there was a state or county peace officer in the same boatyard. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some people never left the counties where they were born, he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In Durham, where blacks comprised roughly one-third the population, the county provided $155,000 for the education of its white children and only $21,000 for blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We have connections to most of them, not just from Queens and the other boroughs but from Nassau and Westchester and Bergen counties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They had lifted the trapdoor in the roof of the jail, allowing the half-dozen delinquent citizens of the county to climb outside so their voices might add to the clamor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Chris says with a good load of that gravel on the low place, we wouldn’t have a bit of trouble. The county keeps the roads clear for the school bus.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She also makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb pie that won a blue ribbon at the county fair a few years back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “If the editor of the county paper ain’t agin freedom of speech, could I jest put one more question to this young ’un?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The county had sent me an assortment of drugs including a little penicillin, so I was able to give the child a shot. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after I was born, everyone in the county pretty much suspected Momma had birthed me, the height of scandal in a place like Haller County, Kentucky. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I’m the only one in this whole county who knows where this spot is. It’s the most romantic place in Ravenel County.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The story went on to state that Mrs. O’Leary had been angered at being removed from the county relief rolls and had sworn to get revenge. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He was unique in the history of the county: no machines opposed Atticus Finch, no machines supported him, and no one ran against him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She showed us the quilt she was piecing for the county fair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Among residents of the county, there were whispers that she’d locked herself away lest she go mad or that her mind was already unraveling under the strain. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So I took him to the county hospital in San Jose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll have to call the county health department,” the general said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As they raced across the county road and onto the wheel tracks that led to their own home draw the water struck them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If the county wants to sell...I know! The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county, and city prisons and jails. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Occasionally he had women from the county to dine, and Alice was always sure to make the most sumptuous, seductive supper at her means. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The south county late bus doesn’t leave for another fifteen minutes, and then it’s another hour until Abby gets home. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The charge: misdemeanor battery with a hate-crime enhancement, which carried a maximum penalty of a year and a half in county jail. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Inside the house Onofre had a large library of both Spanish and English detective novels, an upright piano, and the best reception on his mammoth color TV set of anyone in the county. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Myers then confessed that he had made up the story because the true killer was none other than the elected sheriff of a nearby county. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Well, let them get every quarter and dime in the county; it was no skin off my back. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa ended up staying home too, and we both helped to spread the word about the meeting that Mama and others had set up with county officials. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Their friend and fellow teacher, Dwayne Smith, lived on farmland on the county line. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After graduating from BYU law school, he worked in several county attorney’s offices in the state, spent a year as the Logan city prosecutor, and in 1997, he joined the Cache County office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The county had been promising Lark Creek a lunchroom for twenty years, but there never seemed to be enough money. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Sheriff Tate had also paid Hooks money to travel back and forth out of the county around the time of the trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In 1988, there was a Hispanic city councilman in Odessa, a Hispanic county com-missioner, and a Hispanic member of the school board. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two easts—east to the next county, through the forest, and East, the other side of the wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Barely an inch of snow means that all the schools in the county are closed, including my high school and the middle school where Dad works, so it’s an unexpected day off for him, too. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The next weekend, the largest crowd that had ever come to Cape Coalwood showed up, nearly three hundred milling people, even a few from the Welch side of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had called to the witness box the county sheriff and the county coroner, the murdered man’s mother and the bent-over Swede from whom the murdered man had planned to buy his father’s old farm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z From Jamison’s side of the conversation, Cora gathered that the recruit had been making the rounds of the county, learning the protocols of his squad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We found court records revealing that the D.A. and the sheriff, who are county officials, had somehow gotten city charges and fines against Hooks dismissed, even though they had no authority in city courts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was an invisible legend in the county: the big, mean, rich Mr. Lyndon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z These sorts of modest protections and alarms have been adequate for settlements in the county these last few years. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was like being in a house of mirrors at the county fair. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He was the son of the richest man in the county. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When the prayers end and the doors open the Bells hit center stage and the curtain opens up on the afternoon pick-up game in the gym at the county recreation center. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Parents and students across the county were in chaos, games had been postponed, and their reputation was on the line. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Cousin Turk. He delivers fertilizer to folks all over the county.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My husband, the late county appraiser, would be rolling over in his grave at this exercise in depravity. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He also often spent up to twelve hours a day in his third-floor office constantly telephoning various parts of the town, county, state, and nation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dad had won it for her at the county fair the year before the divorce. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Her reclusiveness proved no barrier to the county's continued efforts to market her literary classic—or to market itself by using the book's celebrity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was smart and beautiful, with eyes that could captivate a room, and sweet potato pies that were the best in the county. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We can arrange regular visitations for you and them at the county offices,” the worker replied. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z By midmorning, Fletcher said, every spare hand in the county and from all around enlisted in the search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Hattie, I can get it for next to nothing. At the end of the month, when the county takes it back.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Blacks for several counties around were urged not to shop in Durham that Christmas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In contrast to the more traditional surrounding architecture, such as the county attorney’s office across the street, the three-story courthouse sports steel trim around a checkerboard of clear glass windows that stretch the buildings height. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yes; but we must not rest our claims on that distinction. Many counties, I believe, are called the garden of England, as well as Surry.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That the water came from the county and not the famous village was a subtlety upon which Burnham and McElroy did not dwell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Why, you’ll be driving all over the county first thing you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the little county seat, the bunting was spread out by the yard, flags flew from almost every house, a long unused cannon boomed from the cliffs above the river. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The county road was flat enough that we could see any traffic coming from a mile off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z At my mother’s suggestion, I wrote the county supervisor who had graded my high school exams, and he was happy to recommend me for a scholarship at the University of Maryland. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z During that time, African-Americans throughout the whole county were treated as second-class citizens. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I think folks in the county jail have to stay for a long time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “In no other county did I find the school houses upon the whole in such an inferior condition as I find them in this county for the colored school children,” he reported. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I guess so. I guess there wasn’t a young buck in the county didn’t get the marrying fever.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Hells Angel would have taken it and knocked his head into the next county. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ben planned to take over this practice and await his turn to be county prosecutor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The trailer was such a disaster that sweeping and mopping seemed like a waste of energy; it should have been towed straight to the county dump. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The course I run is straight down the mountain to the county road, where I leave the cool shelter of the woods and trot over the hot asphalt to town. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If I were like every other kid in the county, I could have focused on new shoes and school supplies. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z When I was little, Saturday nights were reserved for us to journey over to the county seat of Welch, seven miles and a mountain away from Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, the county prosecutor decided to look again for the bullet that had eluded investigators during Anna’s autopsy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They would’ve killed Rusty as well if Jackson and I hadn’t managed to sneak him out of the county. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The subject of slavery was introduced because some of the counties, alarmed by the Nat Turner insurrection, had petitioned for the gradual emancipation of the slaves or for abolition of slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In August, Bunderson wrote Reggie for the first time with specifics of a possible plea, or, rather, of the offer from the county. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z According to some, the backwoods stills of the old men on the Stone plantation produced the best corn whiskey in the county. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The town of Churdan in the center of the county is like a ghost town. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His name was Mr. Lyndon, and he was the richest man in the county and one of the richest men in Georgia. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Friday afternoon, and from right here I could see three miles of land that hadn't even been broken, and every able bodied man in the county in town at that show. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “So long as you aren’t going to farm your land, why don’t you rent it and move to the county seat—near our good public schools?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know exactly how it works. My parents drowned! I am an orphan! There is nothing to eat at the county home except for bologna sandwiches! And that is one way the world works.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Each was named for a major body of water that touched the counties within its boundary. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s even an annual Muslim Day at Six Flags amusement parks around the county. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Back in the county, he walked away from Dundee Village, trying to kill time on a lazy Saturday afternoon. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At one we stopped for lunch at one of those inevitable old-fashioned hotels in the main street of a county town. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Sentence of death was carried out this morning at nine o’clock. The governor, the prison doctor, and the sheriff of the county were present.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “He’d give the coat off his back for any of his own people, I know that. I wish there was more like him in the county.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z By mid-September, round bales of golden straw dot the yellow fields on my walk to the county road, arranged in geometric formations and stacked in pyramids and scattered in haphazard clumps. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z While many small towns around Atlanta have been absorbed into the city or big county governments, Clarkston has retained its independence. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One old man from the country said that the mute had come from somewhere near his home and that the mute’s father had the finest tobacco crop in all the county. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There were seven lawyers who worked for the county, not including Daines. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The county jail was a windowless, antiquated structure that had served as an armory in the decade before the Civil War. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By war’s end, the Coalwood mine was a lucrative little operation, envied across the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the exchange, one white officer was killed, and the county’s white deputy sheriff was wounded. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In fact, at this very minute, while I’m stuck here in Colby, North Carolina, surrounded by hillbilly kids, ole Scrappy is back in Raleigh in the county jail again because of his fondness for fighting. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “As you know, this is county fair week,” Mrs. Weidenbach said, “the annual opportunity for oar small community to make its mark.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Nasser and his son followed my parents to the county clerk's office, but once they got there, my dad realized he'd left his wallet at the restaurant. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We looked out from behind a big tree and saw that a big wind or even two or three big wolves huffing and puffing real hard could blow Hooperville into the next county. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Sending this boy to a local doctor would cost the county $60. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And the names of junctions, counties, crossings, bridges, stations, tunnels, mountains, rivers, creeks, landings, parks, and lookout points. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning August sent Zach and me six miles out in the county to bring in the last of the supers to be harvested. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And many more things unique to—or drawn to—the strange county in which they lived. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Not too long afterward, eighth grade had an assembly in the gym to talk about the upcoming orientation day we were going to have over at the county high school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He got frustrated when the days turned into weeks at the county jail. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She wanted to be home when Richie and I finished school every afternoon, and she wound up getting a job as an elementary school teacher in Central Bucks School District in the neighboring county. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Police warn every bootlegger in the county, and he still gets it somehow.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Military police were organizing the parking, lining up the rows, like stewards at a county show. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We need scientific answers, which is why I have called in the county police. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He then set up headquarters in the county’s courthouse, where he mobilized his army of recruits. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Lou, I’m doing everything I can to keep your land. I always have. I’m scheduling a meeting with the county to see what we can do. We’ll take it from there.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The county prosecutor asked Bryan about the day that he said he’d given Anna a ride to her house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The arguments against it were good, the strongest being that Mr. Clutter’s aversion to cash was a county legend; he had no safe and never carried large sums of money. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m guessing we had more money than other families in the county. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At seventeen she took county board examinations, which covered all the arts and sciences, and at eighteen she was teaching school at Peach Tree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Another county heard from. Are we going to operate or aren’t we?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Weeks before the Tap-Out, Camille led a protest at the county government offices in Santa Ana, backed by a record number of participants—all members of her college’s student body. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He had been exiled in the county jail for seventy-seven days—the last part of September, all of October and all of November, the first week of December in jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The mica mine was only a few miles away—even if Martin had the grit to run with Cora, they would not make it to the next county without an examination. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Baltimore City residents increasingly bled into it, exchanging the city for the county’s spacious neighborhoods, quality schools, and higher per capita income. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There was a place near the county line called Wye Mills. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It was true that the sheriff represented armed force in the county, but in a community seething with individuals a harsh or stupid sheriff did not last long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On Thursday, April 20, Thomas Jones witnessed the cavalry riding out of town on the news that the assassins had been spotted in another county. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We spread the county map on the ground and lay a grass blade from our stream location across the page at 80 degrees. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the six deaths that occurred in wrecks the year before in the county, one was attributable to a teen driver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was too near the north—which was Mordred’s county— too far away from the securities of civilization. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Traditionally and nostalgically it is Old South Democrat, but this does not prevent its voting conservative Republican in national elections while electing liberals to city and county posts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of the lawyers sported new suits; the new shoes of the big-footed county attorney creaked and squealed with every step. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone visiting the sheriff’s office, three underfurnished, overcrowded rooms on the third floor of the county courthouse, could detect an odd, almost sinister atmosphere. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in a poor rural county in Alabama after another trip to pull records in a death penalty case when I was invited to speak at a small African American church. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The ultimate decision on how to proceed fell to Daines, the county attorney, though in practice this process was more democratic than tyrannical. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The local rounds, with teams from elementary schools all around the city and county, are held downtown at a hotel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Which is how my grandfather and my father and my sisters and I all came to be bom there, the first black family in the whole county. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This county measured up in the first two Liberty Loan drives,” answered Mr. Saboe. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I walked down Front Street and cut through the back parking lot of the county courthouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “My meeting at the county office is scheduled now. I’ll be talking to them the day before Barrio Fiesta. I wish it was sooner,” she says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But I wanted to see Aroostook County, the big northern county of Maine. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he looks for an answer himself by taking out the map of Schoharie county, which we’re in, and the map of Albany county, which we’re coming to, and spreading them contiguously. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re lucky to have a sister that is one of the best cooks in the county—don’t ever think you’re not.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not allowed to get in a car with somebody I don’t know, but Dad being the mail carrier for this part of the county, I know most everybody who goes by. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an athlete and a decent student, things people in this county wanted their kids to be. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “If the picture, or the camera, froze the county, what if messing with one of them did stuff to the county, too? What if we tore the picture, and that ripped the county in half?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Wherever Willoughby went, there followed axiomatically a coterie of passive, mostly negative characters known as the Courthouse Crowd, specimens Willoughby had put into the various county and municipal offices to do as they were told. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Slaves done ris,” was whispered in the cabin and at the master’s gate: slaves in another county had fired the masters’ houses and fields and dashed their children to death against the stones. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Walter had told me I would know I was close when I passed a cluster of liquor stores on the county line between Conecuh and Monroe counties. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The hamebells of a wood team sounded from way over the hill on the county road. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I entered the contest, and with more than four hundred other students participating, I won first place—out of my city, county, and state. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Tom Tate was elected the new county sheriff days after the murder took place, and folks started to question whether he was up to the job. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He used to work for the county road department and for kicks he had painted big orange and white circles with reflective paint all over War Chief’s hair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Men of all varieties and reputations ... it seemed that the only man in the county not present was Uncle Jack. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “A one in a billion—no trillion—anomaly, born from the oddness that saturates your county.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From the well-known names of these towns I learn in what county I have lighted; a north-midland shire, dusk with moorland, ridged with mountain: this I see. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And there are so many others who have come, like Pastor Stevens, Rabbi Weiss, local officials, my principal, and a bunch of teachers from my school and the others in the county. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Besides, she still thought the accident had happened in the adjoining county, Box Elder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’ll not try my case in the newspapers, but in the courts of this county.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You could search high and low for a black city councilman in 1988, or a black county commissioner, or a black school board member in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He explains that he views Truman as distinctly different from the wealthier high schools in the county. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z From where I stood, it looked like a world of flattering attention, and what’s more, a chance to cross the county line. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the past decade persistent reports of bird losses, especially among pheasants, ducks, and blackbirds, have come from the rice-growing counties. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Trotter must have just cashed her check from county welfare. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Our biggest concern was Myers, mostly because we knew he would feel incredible pressure once he was brought back to the county courthouse, and he'd broken under pressure before. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But hiding on the staircase, Luke suddenly felt like the radio was as loud as an entire orchestra, like the smell of baking bread could fill three counties. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know, Horace, our part of the county has been pretty much left out. Did you ever think of running for office?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It always seemed exciting to me when I met somebody from exotic places like Keystone or Iaeger, mining towns on the other side of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite their father’s hideous accident, my father’s two brothers were also miners; Clarence worked in the Caretta mine across the mountain from Coalwood, and Emmett in mines around the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Olive was preparing to take county examinations after a stretch in the secondary school in Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Over her nurse’s scrubs, Mrs. Montgomery is wearing a sweatshirt with the incumbent county executive's name on it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Every patrol car in the county raced to the beach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s only the biggest chicken farm in the county with flocks of fifty thousand birds at a time. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Each arrest, in theory, would net a given city or county about $153 in state and federal funding. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her first boundary was the geography of her family, second her town, Salinas, and finally there was a dotted line, not clearly defined, which was the county line. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z However, unlike a similar ordinance adopted in Boston, San Francisco’s policy applies only to public employment, not to private vendors that do business with the city or county of San Francisco. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Behind him were two county troopers standing in front of the doorway and they had their thumbs hooked into their pants pockets. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Papa said those planes wouldn’t amount to much, but within a few years we saw them at the county fair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1987, all forty elected district attorneys in Alabama were white, even though there are sixteen majority-black counties in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unluckily, he fell in within the county borders. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Cars converged on Holcomb from half the counties in the state, and from Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But Bill knew that Grammer, whom the Osage Chief called the “county’s most notorious character,” possessed secrets and controlled an unseen world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I think you had to go tempting whatever it is about this county that keeps us so fricking busy. You got your wish. We froze time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You’re not sorry. I knew somebody like you once—hung him twelve years ago in front of the county jail. We used to do that here.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nine train bands we have ready in Hartford county. Nigh unto a thousand men. Let him look into a row of muskets and he’ll change his tune!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Devonian is of course from the English county of Devon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Word had spread, and people had driven in from all over the county to witness the showdown. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to dump the blame on the county and deal the cards. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since funding for schools came from counties and local communities, blacks and Indians, who had been economically disadvantaged, could not offer the quality of education to their children that whites could. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sixteen,” replied Wilkins, the athletic director for the county. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had been in the same work gang with his father for four months last summer on the Walker county road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before the war, his father’s kindness was well known throughout the county. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “My parents are thinking about moving out of the county.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Directly, the cart was back on the quiet county road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the judge suggested that it be moved to a neighboring county so that witnesses wouldn't have far to travel, Chestnut remained hopeful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Long before Sunday came, the news spread all over the county. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The War Eagles have set out on a bloody rampage through the county. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The region’s counties remained some of the poorest in America. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “My husbands job. He’s the new Deputy Director of Civil Engineering for the county.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I dream I’m at the county fair with Zack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Hence, though a small-time operation, like everything else Ruby tackled, the Body Shop and Pipe Queen was the best operation of its kind in the county. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody in the whole county went to that Fair, and everybody took the very best of everything he had made or raised that year. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It looks like she and her sister are at a county fair. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It moved in me like one of those floods that devastate counties, tearing everything down, tearing children from their parents and lovers from each other, and making everything an unrecognizable waste. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The sun was getting low by the time he reached the ruins of what had been the county’s first schoolhouse, a landmark known as the eight-mile point north of Newton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Welch students came from families with fathers who were doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen, and bankers, and their high school was the newest, best-equipped school in the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He is survived by his wife, Dr. Crystal Stanley-Bell, and his twin sons, Joshua and Jordan, who recently won their first county championship. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z There was a policy at the county medical center consigning all black patients to the basement, which meant that women giving birth were sometimes put next to patients with infectious diseases. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff in one Arizona county found himself in the same situation as his counterparts across the nation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A few minutes later when the nameless man stood beside his desk in the front office of the old red county jail behind the courthouse, Sheriff Quinn stuck the will out in front of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He and his deputy, Abel Martinson, had taken the county launch into White Sand Bay on the morning of September 16. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Naturally, the ambulance got a police escort to the county hospital. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Plans were already under way for a second wind farm in the county. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s on the other side of the county. There aren’t enough Muslim kids out here to carpool or hire a bus. I guess my parents got tired of driving me every morning.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Adam continued to the boys, “Mr. Bacon is a county supervisor.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t exactly say which one. I thumb over to Welch every Saturday to the county library. I tend to pick out random shelves and just read every book on it until I’m done.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Gloria is more easygoing about letting Maria Isabel go out at night to an occasional dance or party, or to the annual county fair. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He predicted the date of the end of the world, and the whole county moved bleating in on him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I won the city, county, and state spelling competitions organized for black students, Mr. Wesley publicly expressed a special pride in me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “As my husband, the late Eugene Larkin, was the county appraiser, I have access to his maps relating to public and private land use in this county. The land just purchased by Mr. Burton...” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d had some difficult encounters with officers getting into prisons from time to time, mostly in small county jails or places where I’d never been before, but this was highly unusual. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z More people are killed by lightning in Tangerine County per year than in any other county in America.’ Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear her repeating again and again: “I don’t know what county we’re in.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The initiative won majority support in every county in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Alice followed him to the county road and called “Kidnapper!” to the driver of a car that came along. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another county heard from,” scoffed one of the doctors indignantly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Usually he can see insults as big as a speck when they’re hiding under a rock in the next county over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The item offered a few biographical details, among them the fact that Emeline once had been employed as a stenographer in the county recorder’s office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Everything looked familiar, which was disconcerting until I realized I had seen all this stuff before in different family portraits scattered throughout the whole county, the same props used over and over again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Hardly any-body could tell you the name of a city councilman, or a county commissioner, or the head of the public works department, or the planning department, or the fire department. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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