| 单词 | director |
| 例句 | Any hour now the director or his people will show up and explain everything. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Frank Schneider, director of financial aid at the University of Santa Clara, notified me that my National Defense Student Loan application for one thousand dollars had been approved. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, I started to write a few things down, but it just seemed so stupid to continue,” Andrea Roney, the drama director at North Penn High School, outside Philadelphia, says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you would like to see the skeletons?” tries the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Words came slowly, “You are the next director.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z You might as well start going to the Confraternity again to keep The Posse away and, worse, the director, Father Gorey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then I remembered that before taking me to the director’s office, he had talked to me about Maman. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z But if they didn’t know much about the Black Chamber, they knew Herbert Yardley, its founder and director, all too well. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He forged a close relationship with J. Edgar Hoover, hectoring the FBI director to institute ever more intensive surveillance of Oppenheimer’s movements and telephone calls. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Howard remained on its board of directors for the rest of his life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The director’s eyes dart back and forth between the battle with the bat hybrids overhead and the fight going on in the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When she used to see the directors of the camps she had lived in, they had seemed powerful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nothing gets inside the borders unless the director, Mr. D, wants it to. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The director of my institute saw it and he called Rick. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome back, everybody!” said Mr. Lemoncello, addressing the contestants and the crowd from the second-floor balcony, where he was seated in a canvas director’s chair. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A few of the other directors nod in agreement. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He’s the director of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, one of the first places in the world to treat technology addiction as a medical disorder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A year later he became director of WHO’s HIV/AIDS department, focusing on initiatives to help poor countries scale up their treatment, prevention, and care programs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The director of the school musical had set up a meeting to discuss the responsibilities of the house manager. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A small man in black flannel comes down the staircase apologizing in German; he says he is the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They knew important people, the Richardsons: the mayor, the director of the Cleveland Clinic, the owner of the Indians. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes kids could negotiate their punishment: The discipline director would say, “I’ll give you ten whacks,” and the kids would lobby for five whacks on a hand, five on the rear. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Oak Ridge directors agreed to redesign the factory with this new information in mind. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We started quiet, but soon exploded, as the kindly funeral director pretended not to listen and our mother just stared at us implacably, through the fog of her own pain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s true. Two directors have ignored the flowers, and on both nights, the show could not finish.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The caretaker talked the whole time and then I saw the director. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “NYU wants the deposit in a few weeks. There’s no way they’ll let me go. But I have to go. So many amazing directors have gone there. I mean, James Franco teaches there.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His name was Paul Lurz, and he was the hospital’s director of performance and improvement, but he also happened to be a social worker who’d majored in history, which was his passion. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He agreed, but suggested that before I made final plans I discuss it with Mrs. Adelle Jackson, Sepia's editorial director. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, my lips are sealed,” said the director. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” replied the library’s director of holographic imagery, who was also on the conference call. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A couple of days later, Tom Testo, the director of the Department’s Bureau of Labor Relations, warned us against abusing these powers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director reaches for the handset, says “Sylvie” into it, listens awhile, then sets it down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By comparison, she noted, the salary of Gary Gaines, who served as both football coach and athletic director for Permian but did not teach any classes, was $48,000. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not a beef cruncher or a bearded lady from a Greek circus, as had been said, but the director of a school of voice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The director stood up and looked out the window of his office. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Even Barry McCaffrey, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, once remarked, if your child bought drugs, “it was from a student of their own race generally.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Crosby knew he could talk the board of directors into footing a big purse for the event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the exposition directors or officers had any illusions, however. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Amelia is the director and lead vocal talent, Serenity is the screenwriter and side vocals, and I’m the animator. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Technically, I have no assistant director and no boom operator. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Nice words from the director of Mars operations wouldn't bring him back. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She is so out there that it takes me a while to realize how versed she is in theater, how effective a teacher and director she is, and how deeply Volpe relies on her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, the school’s athletic director entered with news: The coach was boycotting the meeting, “holding the line,” they were told. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Second from the left is Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Frank’s letting me interview him tomorrow, but Carver Jamison just bailed. He was my assistant director!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She had been his legal adviser; she would inherit his stock and serve as a director of the company until the day she, too, would be elected chairman of the board. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing their cranky old camp director immortalized in stone, wearing a diaper and spewing water from his mouth, made her feel a little better. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Helping him was Sir Lawrence Bragg, the director of the Cavendish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But Uncle Cent and the other Goupil directors feel he would benefit from more time working at the branch in The Hague, learning still more about the business. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For this, he chose to blame Donald Cooksey, who, as the longtime associate director of the Rad Lab, served as the official keeper of the Lawrence flame. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As soon as I find it, I read the cast list and the director. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z "Copy that. All stations: Flight director shift change." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z While the TV crew finished setting up, the director walked over to have a hushed conversation with Jenny. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When I talked to Susan Hsu, now a director of medical genetics at the American Red Cross, she told me that working with McKusick on HeLa cells was a highlight of her career. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The directors look at one another with nervous glances. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Gerber was director of operations in the Soviet Union and Europe, the man in charge of all the Agency's spies in those areas. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z J. T. paid the board of directors nearly 20 percent of his revenues for the right to sell crack in a designated twelve-square-block area. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Walt was appointed test director and section head for the Surveyor 1 mission, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z William Withers, the orchestra director, immediately stops the show’s music and instructs the band to play “Hail to the Chief.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he uttered the words every flight director hopes never to say: "GC, Flight. Lock the doors." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One park director recounted “some very serious clashes between the black and white children.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The crowd yelled and argued with the director, surging toward the stage. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z On Monday afternoon, not long after arriving—exhausted—in Washington, Marti Peterson was due for a debriefing with Admiral Stansfield Turner, the director of Central Intelligence. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The directors thought this was too much to ask, given their struggle to boost the rate of paid admission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A new director had been appointed and this was his gesture of apology for all the difficulties that had led up to the riot, a promise of better treatment and better times to come. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They were led by Alice Wilder, director of research for the show, a lively dark-haired woman who had just finished her doctorate in education at Columbia University. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Uttered by another laboratory director, these words might sound like lip service, but the record shows that Lawrence vigorously sought opportunities even for his best people. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In separate statements, the Retrenchment Committee urged the directors to make the committee permanent and invest it with the power to approve or deny every expenditure at the exposition, no matter how small. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The two Frenchmen asked Lynds what quality was the most important for a prison director. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter Shipman, one of the club’s directors, walked over to the newcomers as they hesitated in the doorway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z An empty green bottle flew through the air and shattered at the base of the stage where the director stood. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “That was the director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption inviting us to Busch Gardens for an event later today. She also said we could bring other adoptive families with us.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z About two o’clock, after lunch, the director came in to the discing room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When the director of the next play got divorced, it confirmed Dad’s suspicions. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As director, his job was to signal the actors when it was time for them to read their lines. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The directors sent his proposal out for translation, reviewed it, then graciously turned it down. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On August 24 the executive committee named Burnham director of works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, the school director opened an official-looking letter and saw that it was signed by Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And, my God, Calvin the assistant director is scribbling something on his notepad at the table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He wore a frown behind his cigar, as though the stunning lighting effects had been “created” by a stage director whose taste he considered more or less suspect. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z As it turned out, he was a director of a boarding school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There is no way the director would knowingly give a tradesman a one- hundred-and-thirty-three-carat diamond and let him walk out of Paris with it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “How would you like another job?” asked the lab director. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z However, even the most munificent of tips lose their effect when a director of the company is on board and issues his orders. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When they looked at him doubtfully, he mentioned the army general who was Efik, the director who was Ijaw, the minority soldiers who were fighting so brilliantly for the cause. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z J. T., the college-educated leader of his franchise, reported to a central leadership of about twenty men that was called, without irony, the board of directors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Levin, a friend who was the director of the Saratov Aviation Factory where the Yaks were made, just across the Volga from Engels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The directors and their federal overseers, the National Commission, approved the plan with uncharacteristic speed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Virtually all of the directors of the foundation were Jewish. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z However, with my mother acting as director, the inherent tragedy would soon become melodrama. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I suppose I’d better say hello to all you brats. Well, hello. Our activities director, Chiron, says the next capture the flag is Friday. Cabin five presendy holds the laurels.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director sweeps his left: hand through his hair and releases a blizzard of dandruff. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The assistant director resumes looking at his manuscript, though it is clear to von Rumpel that he is no longer reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That year, and for the following few years, the representative was a Mr. Serin, a former director of prisons in his native Sweden who had emigrated to Rhodesia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The music director faced the singers, frozen with his arms still raised. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They obliged, bringing in a new subway director by the name of David Gunn to oversee a multibillion-dollar rebuilding of the subway system. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon afterward, he resigned from the pancake company and took a job as a cruise director in Miami. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not a director’s play. I can only stage it so much. It’s an actor’s play. It’s up to you to elevate it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Von Rumpel swallows the last of his tea and sets the cup very carefully on the edge of the assistant directors desk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A single slow clap pattered offstage; the drama club director, overwhelmed with feels, applauded. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The robot brought his eyes sharply down upon the aged director, “Yes, Dr. Lanning.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Open that the Americans entreated him to become permanent director. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A funeral director who had been recommended by the lawyer. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’m actually a highly sought after director on this circuit. I specialize in goat sacrifices and masterful film school angles of aunties with muffin tops.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Later that day, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announced to the public that German U-boats had landed eight highly skilled Nazi saboteurs on America's shores. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Lemoncello whipped off the baseball cap and put the director’s beret back on. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There’s a director in charge, telling everyone what to do. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Other high school directors, many of them good friends, keep stopping him to lavish praise on the show. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I think you should go and see Ezeka. Ask him to help move you somewhere else. Even if it isn’t his directorate, he must have some influence with the other directors.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The director didn’t understand the question, so the judge told him, “It’s a formality.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Ever since Mom had gotten promoted in June from part-time education associate to director of education, she was hardly ever home. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She went to the kitchen to find Rohin, but he was now in the living room, at the dining table, kneeling on one of the director’s chairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Hoover would rapidly reshape the bureau into a monolithic force—one that, during his nearly five-decade reign as director, he would deploy not only to combat crime but also to commit egregious abuses of power. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We remained standing for a brief minute before the choir director and the principal signaled to us, rather desperately I thought, to take our seats. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a word that came in handy on the days when you hated white people like Mr. Best—the Tule Lake director—or Mr. Taylor, both of whom sometimes seemed like demons who smiled. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Everyone was fond of the director, Dimitri, who never allowed his position of authority to make him arrogant. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is best, the director said, that no man knows whether he carries the real diamond or a reproduction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Rex Rollins the casting director does a curtsy, something wildly girly, and that makes the bearded boys hoot so hard that I think one of their beards is going to pop off, like, literally. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “The museum has written to wardens and prison directors all over Germany.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Gardner "Gus" Hathaway had only recently become director of counterintelligence, having taken over the post once occupied by the notoriously paranoid James Jesus Angleton. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Not the image I want my parents to associate with me being a director. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The director climbed out of her tall canvas chair and came over to see what the holdup was. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I had paid the orphanage director a sum of money and withdrawn the boy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Shadow had figured out within the first few minutes of meeting Mr. Ibis that his expected part in any conversation with the funeral director was to say as little as possible. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A posse of officials—I recognized the museum’s director—and a single photographer made up a farewell party. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I carefully unwrapped the cloth from around the notebook, relieved to discover that it was not too wet, and held it out to the director with shaking hands. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mitch Henderson, the flight director for Ares 3, swiveled back and forth in his chair, a wireless earpiece in his ear. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Illusionism is something that people have enjoyed for centuries,” Diana Wheeler, the director of community development, said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The other camps were provided with coal, but Jerome’s director, Mr. Taylor, wouldn’t stand for that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When FBI director J. Edgar Hoover—who did not tolerate recklessness in his bureau—heard what had happened, he fired Harvey on the spot. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A few of the directors wanted me locked away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A footman opened the carriage door and, when the queen appeared in it, Master Ellemire, head of the Scholars’ Guild and director of the Great Library, took her hand and helped her down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “My name is Beth Reese. I’m the director of treatment services,” she said to the caseworker, then nodded to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z One thing I’ve learned after being a middle-school director for twenty years: there are almost always more than two sides to every story. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z When else in her memory has her father been called to the director’s office for a two-hour meeting? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But like the funeral director and the car salesman and the life- insurance company, the real-estate agent has also seen her advantage eroded by the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But now the director had her full attention. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In August 1891 Eiffel himself telegraphed the directors to ask if he might submit a proposal for a tower. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She needed to perform at a level that would satisfy her director’s high expectations—and her own. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The ten directors and screenwriters were thrown in prison for contempt of Congress. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He, Skid, and Aaron had pitched in and gotten me a director’s chair with my name on it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I answer their questions and tell them, “The thing I like most about this program is that the mentors and program director really listen.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’m the director. Kareem and Maya are the subjects in the movie. Go with it.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He smiled and introduced himself as the director of the study abroad program. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I’ve been a vice president at a hospital and the director of a nonprofit that helps young people build meaningful careers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It is heavy enough that it requires both the assistant director and the mineralogist to lift: it out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The directors pressured the railroads to lower fares. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And just like that, Adam Douglas, an assistant football coach at Wallace High, became the Perkins High School athletic director. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On October 25, 1890, the site for the fair still unchosen, worrisome news arrived from Europe, the first hint of forces gathering that could do infinitely more damage to the fair than the directors’ stalemate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Where is Mr. Glass? Where is your director?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “It will be cooler on the train, Marie. The director has arranged tickets for us.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The AEC charter established that in the case of a disagreement with the director of one of the atomic labs, the commission could remove the director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “My dad said I should film on my own because that’s what auteur directors’ do, but I don’t really want to. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z As one of Hoover’s aides said of the director, “If he didn’t like you, he destroyed you.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “To out-Eiffel Eiffel” had become a battle cry among the directors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “If we prove ourselves useful to the German war effort, they will take fewer of us away. They will keep us here, and keep us alive!” the director said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I could answer him, the director turned me over to a woman he called Auntie Fatmata, a village woman who worked and lived at the orphanage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Teller’s obsessive personality created a managerial dilemma for Norris Bradbury, the able Berkeley-trained physicist who had succeeded Oppenheimer as Los Alamos director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My face must change, because Rex Rollins says, “The assistant director, Anthony.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Zeus appointed him director of Camp Half-Blood to dry out for a hundred years—a punishment for chasing some off-limits wood nymph. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They “even went so far as to say that they fear Russia may be ahead of us in the competition,” scribbled the committee’s hawkish executive director, William Borden, who was on hand to take notes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One of the nation’s leading astronomers, Campbell had been director of the university’s Lick Observatory for twenty-three years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The NSA’s newest director was eager to offer their collection a home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The gross features of the fair envisioned in the plan concealed a billion smaller obstacles that the public and most of the exposition’s own directors had no idea existed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After all, she was just the head of the English department, a job that in the scheme of natural selection at Permian ranked well behind football coach and band director, among others. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the camp director and several of the counselors went looking for the hearing aid in the morning while we all went swimming in the lake, but they couldn’t find it anywhere. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z M. Bouc was a Belgian, a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits, and his acquaintance with the former star of the Belgian Police Force dated back many years. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Derring, along with the lab’s health officer, James Tingle, and Rufus House, assistant to Langley director Henry Reid, hustled over to the building, where several West Computers were anxiously waiting in the lobby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At the AEC, they met first with Commissioner Lewis Strauss and research director Kenneth Pitzer, a Berkeley physicist who had taken a temporary leave for government service. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The director didn’t think Fred could understand what she was saying. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The skin around the assistant directors eyes stretches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I have been telling everyone that your people know the director personally.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A national group called the People-to-People Committee was attempting to raise funds for the team, and the executive director asked Bobby if he’d give a simultaneous exhibition to publicize the team’s plight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You and the director can work out the blocking and stunts. We’ll shoot the train-hopping scene on Saturday. I have a feeling America is going to love our new Duke even more than I do.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z That was how it felt the first time the director spoke to me, like he was speaking from another dimension. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “But that is because he is a director of the line, not because he has a masterful character.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Every employee from custodians to the director must carry his or her keys at all times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Once, the local director of la migra threatened to lock up the priest for several years on smuggling charges if he didn’t bar migrants from entering his church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Kamara, the director of the center, gave a few remarks, and then boys started telling Bra Spider and monster stories and performing tribal dances. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So if you are wondering how to play slurs on your guitar or staccato on your clarinet, ask your music teacher or director. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was, after all, medical director of Zanmi Lasante, and thus had the authority to make changes to the official policy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The funeral director’s wife played some songs on the organ and then Angela sang her heart out; there were real tears running down her face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The FTP employed nearly fifteen thousand writers, actors, directors, designers, and stage technicians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She set up a meeting for me with the activities director at her senior citizen complex. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The director took in the disorder of the room and his eyebrows furrowed together. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They took turns reciting Homeric genealogies, full of falsifications and borrowings from real life, and sometimes they fought over this or that favorite real uncle or aunt, and had to bargain like casting directors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We stood in front of our seats, as assigned, and on a signal from the choir director, we sat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I just add,” Calvin says, the clean-shaven assistant director at the end of the table, “that you should feel really good about that. That was really nice, Anthony.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z C.P. didn’t know that before Helms took over as news director at WRAL, he had served for years as editor of the house organ of the state’s financial community, The Tarheel Banker. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “The director did a brilliant job of crafting the arc of the play,” she wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She took him by the shirt collar to the school director’s office, where he got a scolding he didn’t think he deserved. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I almost laughed into the phone when I heard the director of Men's House address me with profound respect. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was introduced to the director of the school, I raised my leg straight up into the air and held it there. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “The director has given me the address of someone who will help us.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "What? No no no. I'm the director. I'm the writer, producer, director, assistant-costume designer, and casting director." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Maybe Monsieur Giannot would tell humorous stories about his friend the director, and in the morning the birds would sing and a fresh newspaper would announce the end of the invasion, reasonable concessions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z To the surprise of many of the department’s critics, Stone selected J. Edgar Hoover, the twenty-nine-year-old deputy director of the bureau, to serve as acting director while he searched for a permanent replacement. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The director is understanding—it’s Hamlet and Xavier is playing Laertes, so there are plenty of scenes that can be run without him there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Are we ready to shoot?” asked the director. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A freeze-out just meant that the staff closed and locked the doors to the building and nobody could come in or go out until the director said so. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In 1946, Wilkins was appointed assistant director of the new Biophysics Unit at King’s College in London. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Dear Mrs. Vaughan: Our records indicate that you recently completed 20 years of Federal Government service,” wrote Langley’s director, Floyd Thompson, in the summer of 1963. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Rather more cautious, Alvarez confided to his diary: “I am going on almost full-time as director of a nonexistent laboratory on an unauthorized program.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Calvin the assistant director says, but maybe not. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s office occupies a dusty third-floor corner that overlooks the gardens: walnut-paneled, overheated, decorated with pinned butterflies and beetles in alternating frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the school year, Mott left the faculty to move to a farm in Maryland with her husband to raise chickens, and Volpe applied to be assistant drama director. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She told a later director of the NSA that it was a “search-and-seizure act,” a violation of their rights under the Constitution. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Yes, we just heard yesterday that he’s the new director. And how like him to write something like this.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “No one with whom I talked showed any great enthusiasm about Oppenheimer as a possible director of the project,” Groves lamented. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he was the center director, or boss, here, he didn’t have no big office or nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He did not get on well with the agency’s new deputy director, either. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He’s the director of the Office of Child Protection for Wallingford. They got an office at the priory.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I knew the director of Dracula, Tod Browning, was talented, because people have been talking about his work for decades now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “An idea, moron,” Lana answered, holding her cigarette before her lips and speaking through it as if it were a director’s megaphone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gym, Bull paid the director of the pep club band five dollars to play the Marine Corps hymn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reach the end, the assistant director laces his fingers across his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I described the director coming in, blurting out his announcement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director seems resigned to an impasse and pulls a thick perfect-bound stack of paper from a drawer and begins to read. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s telephone rings, and he reaches to pick it up, but von Rumpel holds up a hand, and the phone rings ten or eleven times and then falls quiet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Frank Millet, director of functions, meanwhile stepped up his own efforts to promote the fair and arranged an increasingly exotic series of events. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Watts Hill, Jr., chairman of Home Security Life Insurance, and a member of one of Durham’s leading families, defended the head of Operation Breakthrough in a letter to OEO director Sargent Shriver. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “The level of material comfort in this country is numbing,” said Paul Bellew, executive director for market and industry analysis at General Motors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “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 Calvin the assistant director says, standing to greet me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “But whatever. I’m the director, but I guess I don’t get to have an opinion. What should our story be about, then?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If there are large numbers of people having the blood test, the medical director would be wise to take part of each sample, pool it, and test this pooled sample first. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like becoming a director is making me someone even silk feathered hats like Victoria respect. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mindy felt a pang of envy as she watched the director of media relations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He speaks like he’s the entertainment director on a cruise ship, not the warden of a prison camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z For Burnham and the exposition directors, this wave of financial damage was troubling. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then I remembered that it was Tuesday, the day my mother taught an English class at the Y.M.C.A. where my father was the director. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. D, the camp director, and Chiron were playing a quiet game of cards in the parlor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I thought I was all about being a film critic, but I'm great at putting out fires and getting my director anything she needs to do her job. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Hediger was for many years a zoo director, first of the Basel Zoo and then of the Zurich Zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Francesca worked as a creative director in advertising for a time and eventually became a grade school teacher. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I turned a little in his direction and was looking at him when the director started talking to me about him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It pleased him to see America’s civil engineers at last expressing passion for the fair, although in fact the directors had promised nothing to Eiffel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not her coaches or directors or counsellors or the inventors of size 0 and 00. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “You are so lucky to have a director who has this vision, who has taken you on this journey. This is a journey that will be with you the rest of your lives.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, what do I want? You thought, perhaps, that the immortal, all-powerful director of camp would not notice you leaving without permission?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then she rambled across the street and peered back at me through her palm-sized director’s viewfinder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A close parallel exists between the two, for most of the business leaders are connected with the schools of higher learning, either as teachers or directors. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Back to the athletic director, Adam Douglas. Is there any way he could be James Parker?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I could have called any of twenty-five thousand high school drama directors,” he would recall. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Wait a minute,” Lana screamed in the best tradition of the director in a musical movie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Text of cable sent from the FBI’s New York office to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If the young woman said yes, she realized, she would have some explaining to do to the Hatchery director, who was at this very moment expecting his posters back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I think it was him; in any case, the director’s name was the same. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned its attention on Hollywood, where it ordered famous actors, actresses, screenwriters, producers, and directors to testify and to declare under oath whether they were or had ever been members of the Communist Party. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Well, your father’s on the board of directors and Henry’s one of the staunchest members.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to tell me that you are only a small pikin, yet you can read and write Arabic?” the director asked, startled. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Because German actors, actresses, producers, and directors were now all beholden to him for their careers, they began to flock around Goebbels, fawning over him and soliciting his favor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I go to the director, who is sitting behind his desk wearing the inevitable wire-rimmed glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The employees came together for extracurricular activities based at the laboratory: in 1954, Henry Reid appointed Chubby Peddrew to serve as one of the directors of Langley’s inaugural United Fund Drive. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A few months later, Houghton took Thomas Hoving, the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, down to the Getty’s conservation studio to see the statue as well. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He was looking to hire an executive director for community affairs, a job that seemed almost custom-made for me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Weaver, the director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Natural Sciences Division, had mapped out an ambitious funding program focusing on experimental biology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Consequently, there was a sweeping investigation taking place of her activities, past and present, spearheaded by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s even bigger than the one I showed you last time. It contains just about every movie ever released. Actors, directors, cinematographers, sound tracks, musical scores, the lot.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z No rescue arrives from the museum, no limousine from the director grinds up the lane. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Most don't even have an instrument, but the director has several salvaged pieces. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She may not be a director like the other adults, but they all move aside for her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Afterward the choir director said, “Honey, I think you should talk.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Rather than squabbling over sites, he lectured, the different factions needed to recognize that for the exposition to succeed, everyone had to work together, no matter which location the directors selected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She was the clear choice of Soviet leader Khrushchev and of Kamanin, the director of cosmonaut training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Behind it, the director and myself and, bringing up the rear, the nurse and Monsieur Perez. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z All the directors of the Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute, in Moscow, were swept up in the arrest along with them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was only our camp director because Zeus had sent him here as a punishment for chasing some off-limits wood nymph. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Additionally, the lab would be recognized as a division of the university, independent of the Physics Department, with Lawrence as director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She handed me a fax from the director of the Dave Thomas Foundation, who had arranged for me to attend a White House event. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "The man bending over her is her director." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I began to wonder: Who, besides my dissertation director and a few faculty members, would ever read what I wrote? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to bring his birth certificate in to the League director to prove he was only twelve. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When the FBI concluded their interviews, they sent a memorandum to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover stating the results of their investigation. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I stood at the shoulder of the technical director, or TD. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The corporation’s directors were empowered to fatten its portfolio with other promising inventions and use them the same way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As a director, Volpe conveys his love of this world to his students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He was also an important official at the C.D.C., the director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On October 16, 1945, Oppenheimer officially resigned as director of Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the service’s conclusion, Roy Wilkins, the conservative executive director of the national NAACP, came to the pulpit and delivered a restrained endorsement of the Durham student protests. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The way the festival is set up, each school performing a full-length play is to be critiqued afterward by drama directors from other Pennsylvania high schools. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The director from the school doing this Pippin number is a friend of Volpe’s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Now there isn’t much to take away,” the programs director admitted candidly during his brief presentation after lunch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director picks up the bag and unties its throat and upends a wrapped bundle into his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. My dad’s going to be their middle school music teacher and choir director.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Mom had never met Mr. Tushman before, because he was the middle-school director and I was still in the lower school, but she couldn’t stop raving about how nice he’d been on the phone. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z After York’s departure for the Pentagon, Lawrence had agreed to name Teller as lab director for a single year, with the proviso that Mills would then take over permanently. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The FBI was unable to tie Fuller to any crimes and NCF director George Esser, Jr., backed his man, adding a warning to all those who would attempt to kill the messenger of urban grievances. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Adding to the insult, the Tokyo lab’s director, Yukio Nishina, already had received permission from occupation officials to restart his cyclotron for biological and medical research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Anything but that. My father was a director of an Insane Retreat, and first and last, having been professionally employed and behind the scenes in several, my dread of such places is intense.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That’s when the taller one says, “The Bureau is on lockdown tonight. The director wants you available for questioning first thing tomorrow.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A few blocks away, A. L. Jackson, executive director of the local Wabash Street YMCA, was pushing in the same direction. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And that last little dig about being the director—as if Betsy were reminding her how important she was, as if to say I’m more important than you now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, August 12, just four days after he and Codman arrived in Chicago, Olmsted filed a report with the exposition directors, who then to his chagrin made the report public. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ellen Wright Clayton, a physician and lawyer who is director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University, says there needs to be a “very public conversation” about all of this. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In every TV Guide and Parade ad, he had his art director put a little gold box in the corner of the order coupon. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and glared into the director’s mauve eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Bobby, Bisguier, and about twenty other players and spectators stood around the tournament director’s desk as he applied the tie-breaking system to determine the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I am Chroma the Great,” he continued, gesturing broadly with his hands, “conductor of color, maestro of pigment, and director of the entire spectrum.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The directors of the Exposition Company did decide to seek a direct appropriation from Congress, but their request triggered a congressional investigation of the fair’s expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The director stares intently, and I watch him, anxious to learn what this might mean. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Next to it was the funeral director, a little man in a ridiculous getup, and an awkward, embarrassed-looking old man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Shortly before he left for Chicago, he cabled Rice, “If the board of directors have decided not to run until Wednesday you may carry out their wishes.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The hotel was a five-minute walk from the White House and the favorite lunch spot of J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z One of their neighbors was the director of the U.S. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Starting the year after Lawrence met him, his renown as a theorist would land him appointments first at the University of Chicago and then at Yale University’s Sloane Physics Laboratory as director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Finally, a handsome, white-haired doctor came in and said he was the director of the hospital. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The director of the event happened to live near me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Major Clark, as director of the most important Philadelphia spy network, gave many of his agents the cover of farmer or merchant. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments, the curtains opened again and the main feature, The Million, by a director named Rene Clair, began. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t leave my director hanging like that.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was hesitant and told De Young he saw no value in making the journey until the exposition’s directors had a better idea of the kinds of attractions they wanted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In November 1890 Holmes learned along with the rest of Chicago that the directors of the World’s Columbian Exposition had at last reached a decision as to where to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He hears about sneaking out of the palace and joyriding around the countryside, learning to sail, being propped up in director’s chairs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I told her I wanted to be a TV director. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Volpe finds him especially rewarding, the kind of student who gives constant feedback—affirmation that as a teacher or director, he is getting through. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The tournament director continued to make calculations, finally looking up and declaring that Bisguier had won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In tiny print below the letter, newspaper editors, under pressure from the FBI, the police, and a committee of museum directors, explained that they would not publish any more of the mysterious advertisements. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Forgive us, folks,” he said in his funeral director’s voice, speaking above the wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z History ain’t one of my favorite subjects, but I ain’t ever learned any history about colored folks being physicians and directors. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The director placed his hand on my shoulder and said, “You will call me Papa Andrew now, because in this place I’ll be your papa. Do you understand?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The Minerwa factory, says Herr Braun, our director, sweating in his suit while standing on a crate, is a system of rules and regulations, where we, the workers, will be valued. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He’s supposed to go to play practice at noon, but as soon as he leaves his house, he calls his director and tells him he has a bad flu bug—hopefully the twenty-four-hour kind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was wearing a floppy beret and an ascot like movie directors sometimes do—in cartoons. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I felt like a director for the first time ever today. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Another lab director might have been inclined to fend off poachers from rival universities; Lawrence welcomed them, or at least refused to stand in their way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I guess you’ll find out soon enough,” he says, acknowledging the band director giving the signal for the band to fade out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The man told McWhorter that he had arrived from Germany two days ago and was going to see Mr. Hoover, the director of the FBI, in person in Washington, DC. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z My financial aid package at Princeton required me to get a work-study job, and I ended up with a good one, getting hired as an assistant to the director of the TWC. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By now, Norman Mackworth was the first director of the applied psychology unit at Cambridge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And yet Harry Gold was about to become a major player in what FBI director J. Edgar Hoover would call “the crime of the century.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The man who discovered that fact was Walter Nelson-Rees, a chromosome expert who was director of cell culture at the Naval laboratory. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Snuffy shrugged and, in Spanish, suggested the regional director place one of his fingers somewhere and then afterward suck on it like on a popsicle stick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes two keys to open it, and the assistant director seems inexperienced with the lock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As Debbie and Karl stood at the nurses’ station talking with the burn unit’s director, a call came from the lobby. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the director of the school does not have any system in the method of teaching here, I am very much afraid. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Within a month the white woman director had been transferred. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, after a lot of searching he got a job at an assisted-living center, where he was the activities director. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Anne Leigh, the art director, laid out visually sumptuous pages. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I want you all to listen up! Because our very fearless and very talented director is about to make a speech!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’d been hired to be the executive director for the brand-new Chicago chapter of an organization called Public Allies, which itself was basically brand-new. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Teddy glared across his immaculate mahogany desk at his director of media relations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The committee sent subpoenas to dozens of well-known actors, directors, screenwriters, and other professionals suspected of being affiliated with communism. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Larry Johnson, the center’s director, was more than happy to show me around. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And so she drew the items as best as she could — the sofa, the director’s chairs, the television, the telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I accompanied him to meetings with prospective directors and writers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The theater in town was putting on a play, Annie, and my teacher said that if the director heard me sing, he would give me the lead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There’s a photo of Dad shaking hands with Craig Salt when Dad got made regional sales director for Greenland. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That its director had to battle alone, tooth and nail, on behalf of 35 million black Americans. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z TJ always asked Mrs. Bronson, the choir director, to let him sing solos even though his voice was all over the place. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Guo Ming, director of the China National Space Administration, examined the daunting pile of paperwork at his desk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why on earth would a library need a director of holographic imagery?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "Shimmy's getting violent," reported the ascent flight director. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Barbara put this trick to good use at summer camp, when she wrote her letters in cipher so that the camp director couldn’t read them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He took his rucksack with him,” says Marie-Laure, “when the director asked him to return.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could be a playwright and a director. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was the director of an elementary school in Jableh, and also spoke English. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The middle-school director had called us at home to ask if I could be a welcome buddy to some new kid in school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The next day the Oak Ridge directors gathered to hear his findings, but right before the meeting an army colonel warned Feynman not to discuss any secret information about how the atomic bomb might work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z High school directors cannot, of course, search far and wide for talent. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I remember when I applied for a job at El Encanto, the director wanted me to be a model, to walk up and down the aisles in gowns and hats draped with chiffon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The director said there would be three decoys. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At noon the locksmith is summoned to the director’s office. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Some of the private foundations’ publicity-shy directors quailed at becoming named as partners with a New Deal program detested by their corporate patrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Daddy spoke in his best funeral director voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ernest disclosed that he had received a visit from Arthur P. M. Fleming, research director of the British industrial giant Metropolitan-Vickers, and persuaded him to put up the money for a Liverpool cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sweet, kind Anna went to the director and pleaded with him to stop the teasing. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The caretaker came across the courtyard and told me that the director was asking for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Yes, and he'd spoken of the director instead of the head doctor; could they be one and the same? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director says, “I have other matters to attend to, Sergeant Major.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was easy, with the director taking pains to keep it informal and to encourage me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff made no move to arrest the director of works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One day I told Shannon I didn’t know why I was alive, and she got so worried about me, she reported me to the residency director. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I talked to the director and all his staff. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The priest, his acolytes, the director and I all went outside. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z While Uncle Amit was first posted in Mumbai, Aunt Tara was "discovered" by a Bollywood director. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Selective spraying was developed by Dr. Frank Egler during a period of years at the American Museum of Natural History as director of a Committee for Brush Control Recommendations for Rights-of-Way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The walls are made of dark paneling, and of course there are portraits of our former heads of school and the current board of directors, complete with Dr. Santos on the end. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A number of exposition directors held General Electric stock and urged William Baker, president of the fair since Lyman Gage’s April retirement, to accept the bid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I know. I was surprised too. But I think I’ve earned street cred with her because of this whole director shtick.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Since this is both a mission and a shoot, I’m about to ask who’s in charge, my commander or my director, when Cressida calls, “Action!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The director is calling us to take our seats in the hall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The CIA man who introduced himself as Mr. Hathaway—"thin faced and graying," according to Wolf—announced that he was a personal representative of CIA director William Webster. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z What passed for the director’s office was four bare, cracked walls, a mat on the floor, a table, and two folding chairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had to go anyway to attend a meeting of the directors of the American Institute of Architects and planned afterward to take a train to Atlanta to inspect one of the firm’s buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Very few high school directors could be more versed in theater, more knowing about what the finished product should look like. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A week later, I sat across the table from Paul White, the assistant director of admissions at Johns Hopkins. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The director of the movie, Byron, didn’t like the way the scene was going and made the carp redo it over and over again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned to help get the organization off the ground, find a director, and then return to Atlanta. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, notes that what is most remarkable about the moratorium campaign in retrospect is the context of imprisonment at the time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When I got back to school after winter break, Mr. Tushman, the middle school director, congratulated me on having started a coat drive. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Tyson looked at me with fear in his one big eye, but I knew I couldn’t disobey a direct order from the camp directors. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning, she had come to take Nelson out for the weekend, and the director hadn’t allowed her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Buffalo Bill’s Wild West may indeed have been an “incongruity,” as the directors had declared in rejecting his request for a concession within Jackson Park, but the citizens of Chicago had fallen in love. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Caroline appoints me official art director of the paper chain, which means I’m going to have to do most of it and supervise the rest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The famous director wanted to meet the class that I had dubbed “as colorful as a box of Crayola crayons” and their “rookie teacher who was causing waves.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your friend called us first thing this morning,” explained the deputy assistant director, Mr. Struchen. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Song was the executive director of Liberty in North Korea, the human rights group that had helped bring him to the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Applying to be the assistant drama director was a classic rookie teacher’s mistake. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d taken out a rhino once on illegal safari with the board of directors for a fair trade company in Tanzania. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This is the boarding school I attended while living there from 2005 to 2006.1 wanted to go back and thank the director of this school for giving me an opportunity to learn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Especially with his look”—by which he means that casting directors do not have a big field of young, athletic-looking black males to choose from. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z One of EJI's best lawyers was now serving as our deputy director. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We’ll shoot the warehouse scenes tomorrow,” the director announced when the crew finally wrapped for the day. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He and his wife and the director posed for the camera, then the Marshalls came away, accompanied by the suited young men with the umbrellas. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then he looks directly at the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The judge had him clarify whether she used to reproach me for having put her in the home, and the director again said yes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Lister—he’s the Pipeworks director—was in the bathroom practicing his singing. He won’t miss the key today. And tomorrow, everyone will be off work.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A short while later, a Harvard University chemistry student named Donald Hornig was doing research in an explosives lab when the lab director walked in. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve slept in my famous female filmmakers T-shirt every night this week to get into the mind-set of a butt-kicking female director. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For some years he lived with a little female called Susie, but then the zoo director sold her to another zoo and Jojo was left alone. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The man who let us in introduced himself as Zaman, the director of the orphanage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The director applauded what PIH was doing, but the foundation had already committed $13 million to pilot projects throughout Russia, where TB was deemed to be a more serious problem than in Lima. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The assistant director and the mineralogist exchange a glance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The director stopped at the door of a small building. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Prison, said the department’s assistant director of mental health services at the Academy, was “a hard place to be crazy.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People who were there at the time said that you could feel fear in the hallways, and the director looked like a visibly shaken man. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in the audience, I encountered the museum director Kathryn Red Corn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The residency director began checking on me three times a day, and said I needed to see a counselor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z What is the expected number of tests the director will have to perform if he pools the blood samples? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lima a few days later, Jaime Bayona heard a rumor that someone in the audience had called the director of Peru’s TB program and told him, “Paul Farmer says you’re killing patients.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Burnham saw to his delight that Olmsted had given the directors somewhat more than they perhaps had wished to receive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When questioned about the smoke and the smell, the director of the Hadamar killing center explained to the townspeople that his men were burning old shoes and other articles that contained petroleum. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I was fairly sure this was all part of being a director. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My adviser told me that she knew the assistant director of admissions at Johns Hopkins, whom she wanted me to meet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Mr. Tushman is the director of the middle school,” Mom explained. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Instead, the director of the Human Relations Commission sat back in his chair and nodded. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a fact, because when conductors and music directors and maestros held auditions, the men always seemed to sound better than the women. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Atticus and Hank were pulling something, they were there merely to keep an eye on things—Aunty said Atticus was on the board of directors. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “As director of the junior choir, I’m listening to all the new students this week to assess their talent.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Exposition President Baker immediately cabled Eiffel that the directors would be delighted to see whatever he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s brother-in-law was the director of the Newsome Park Community Center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If you did the math on what the drama director got paid and figured in all the hours required, it probably did not amount to any more than two bucks an hour. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The old director hesitated, then rubbed the bridge of his nose, “I suppose not. For you two anyway.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “It might be hard to explain that to the director of admissions at Harvard,” the Colonel responded. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z People come to the clinic in groups of fifty, and the director wonders whether, instead of testing them individually, he should pool the fifty samples and test them all together. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Duke. This leap wasn’t in the script. Fred just jumped on a train for no reason. ‘The real Duke would never do anything that dangerous,’ the director said.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Jews were the greatest artists, the greatest poets, composers, stage directors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was the first woman to join the board of directors at her firm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I have to run downstairs—there’s a report I’ve been expecting and I’ve had to nudge it along every step of the way. One of the delightful parts of being the director.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was twelve years her senior and glamorous in the way only an equestrian director can be. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her father had, finally, found a job, as the deputy director of human resources in one of the new banks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Wayne Grody, director of the Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, was once a fierce opponent of consent for tissue research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He turned to his director of Mars operations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Golden, still getting maximum usage from his beloved Grade Sorter, raved about the design to one of his former classmates, the director of a big city think tank in Richmond, Virginia. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “We would be honored to show you the collections, Sergeant Major,” breathes the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I wanted to strangle Mr. D. It wasn’t fair Zeus had sent him here to dry out as camp director for a hundred years. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As a photographer positioned everyone for the best angle, the foundation’s director pushed me forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The answer was, ‘Oh, in that case, the director removes the commission.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The director himself explains that they are searching as hard as they can for her father, that they will continue to help with her housing, her education. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They’re singers and actors and writers and dancers and directors and poets. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And even though I’m related to the director, I don’t sing well enough to make the Fairview choir. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The director was telling me that the hearse was waiting out in the road and at the same time I could hear the priest beginning his prayers. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z When they were at camp, they had to do all kinds of odd jobs for Mr. D, the director, but their most important work was out in the real world. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I am the equestrian director and superintendent of animals,” replies August, drawing himself up to full height. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I was liking the camp director less and less. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The zoo director himself made Aunt Petunia a cup of strong, sweet tea while he apologized over and over again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You are a director of the company, M. Bouc,” he said, “What do you say?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In Pawhuska, I stopped at the Osage Nation Museum, where I had arranged to meet with its longtime director, Kathryn Red Corn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Especially when it came from the director of Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By five, the director had everything she needed. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The director, Emma Azalia Hackley, wanted to make sure that Marian would not be lost in the crowd, so she had her stand on a chair whenever she sang a solo. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Farmer asked the Project Bread director for a few thousand dollars. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She wanted to be his assistant director of Truman Drama. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “They go to a better place!” the director said, ducking a rock. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “The Germans need good, healthy workers here in the ghetto,” the director said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In Amsterdam, he’ll stay with another of his father’s brothers, Jan, the director of the naval dockyard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reynolds, the drama coach who was director of the play, said, "Ginger will be Annie's Sandy, and Arnold will be Ginger's understudy." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My boss is the proud founder and director of the cab company I drive for: Vacant Taxis. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I go straight to Herr Braun, who tells me to go and talk to the director and leave him alone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Conferences dragged, producers got inspirations that had to carefully get shot down, directors needed their egos soothed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He checks and rechecks the address the director has given him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The camp director responded that he would make a place for him if he could pay $900, which Wayne pieced together from his mother and his earnings at a restaurant job. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I am trying to save lives!” the director roared. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We begin filming tomorrow—my first real movie and chance to be a director! From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nurses from the prison’s emergency room came by, as well a; the prison’s “recreation director” and a bevy of sweet older ladies from town. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He barely made a dent in the director’s chair. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Almost the last thing I remember was standing with Daisy and watching the moving picture director and his Star. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “This is M. Bouc, a director of the Compagnie des Wagons Lits. This gentleman is the doctor who examined the body.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When the athletic director from Stanford, Jack Rice, invited them to dinner at the posh Adlon hotel, they jumped at the chance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I also absorbed the complete filmographies of each of his favorite directors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And he’s been director of the plant for almost thirty years.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I wake up early the next morning and wait for Dylan near the elevators in the lobby of the director apartments. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He created the new post of director of functions and assigned Frank Millet to the job, giving him wide latitude to do what he could to boost attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Like how much healthy chaos you caused by becoming the first female Saudi director, Haifaa. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He said, ‘Sir, I’ve been given guidance by the program director to give completely different directions.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The Soviets had no way of knowing that Oppenheimer had just been named the scientific director of the American atomic bomb project, but they knew he was a top American physicist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The director said it was perfect, that all I needed now was to finish my costumes before the dress rehearsal on Saturday. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was his own director—relieving himself when he wanted to, stopping for cold beer when he was thirsty, and even in a seventy-five-dollar car the sense of power was strong. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then we will be fine, ma cherie. The director has already filed a dispensation to keep me out of the reserves. I’m not going anywhere.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Later that year he was registered as a ‘Master Painter’ in the Guild of Saint Luke...became a director of the same guild several times...had eleven children. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Kainene went often to the Directorate at Ahiara to get a water tanker, but each time she came back with a vague promise from the director. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He became the school’s drama director by default. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The news directors must have sensed that their viewers liked Kwang’s youthful face, his grinning eyes, the tiny, new wrinkles. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence Robertson was still president of the corporation; Alfred Lanning had become director of research. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z So there were indeed some drug dealers who could afford to live large—or, in the case of the gang’s board of directors, extremely large. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was the director of Tanzania National Park. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “We do not pay for children. The fact that we will feed them, care for them, educate them, and find them good homes is payment enough to most parents,” the director said. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote letters so persuasive that the directors of his divinity school looked favorably on readmitting him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Harold Puthoff, the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austin, Texas, believes that a quantum sail would simply alter the properties of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He remembers hearing about Truman’s drama director as far back as seventh grade, when he started performing in middle school shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He asked her to draw things in the living room: the sofa, the director's chairs, the television, the telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She started at Truman right after college, but it took her seven years to get the position of Volpe’s assistant director. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In 1935, a Norfolk Journal and Guide article covering the annual event dubbed her “the festivals most enthusiastic and hardest working director.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But sometimes I have different versions of the dream, like when you can see two versions of a film, the ordinary one and the director’s cut, like Blade Runner. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The eminent director of the lab, Charles Davenport, recently had started a Eugenics Record Office there. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’m really looking forward to my meeting tomorrow with the activities director at Mrs. Gilbert’s seniors’ apartment complex. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The director signaled for everyone to settle down. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He was hopeful, then, when Mr. Rutger, the orphanage director, informed him late that evening that Miss Perumal’s mother was considerably improved. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I wiped away the sweat covering my face, and I had barely become aware of where I was and what I was doing when I heard the director of the home being called. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z There was no assigned seating, and today Claire, balancing her tray of prepared food, had made her way to an empty chair at this table where the director was already sitting with several technicians. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At that very moment, my papa’s pen fell from under my dress and landed at the director’s feet. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m wondering if he should really be so eager to work at a school where the angry parents of the a cappella kids hounded the old music director into an early retirement. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z After six years running his local gang, J. T. was promoted to the board of directors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Luckily, the director—who had never had anything to do with chimps before—listened. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z "Roger that, Houston" was the reply from the launch control director in Florida. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s wrap for lunch and regroup,” the director announced. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But in the mind of the FBI’s domineering director, J. Edgar Hoover, they were rivals. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In late November 1954, CIA director Allen Dulles emerged from a meeting with President Eisenhower with orders to develop a top secret aircraft. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The letter was from Mr. Paul Rosendahl, director of guidance and chairman of scholarships at Santa Maria High School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her mom wasn’t an actress or a director or a costume designer. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z "My oversight brings up an important point, friends," says the director. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Middle-school directors have a way of knowing about a lot of stuff.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The assistant director says, “This is absurd, Sergeant Major.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Eugene Connelley, the assistant FBI director, declared it was the "most impressive" sabotage equipment he had ever seen. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Just the thought of the camp director, Mr. D, made me angry. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she got the position of director of special events for the first black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And what if, the locksmith considers, the telegram was not sent from the director at all? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was the director, the maestro, I called the shots. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Lawrence spent the intervening weekend at Oak Ridge, attending a conference of AEC laboratory directors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Overhead, complicated lights line the ceiling, ready to obey the stage director. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the same year, while remaining on the PIH board of directors, he joined WHO as an adviser to the director-general. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There were three pictures: one of the record crowd standing in line; one of the statue itself; and one of the director of the museum with an assistant. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, that’s enough!” said the director, tossing up her arms in defeat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He does not tell me he will call an ambulance or a funeral director, but instead asks me what I want for breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Doubtless it was, at least against his policy. Aside from being the orphanage director, Mr. Rutger is headmaster of your academy, is he not? I believe he gets paid per student.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then the director invited us into a small room where he gave my uncle some papers to sign. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather didn’t stop director Howard Hawks from getting the cameras rolling on Battle Cry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was so proud of his movie choice because the director was Muslim. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I’m one of the daytime directors on the floor.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Dear Lou,” it said, “Congratulations on your appointment as drama director.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Hoover's FBI men stealthily scoured the nation for Soviet spies; the FBI director was not eager to risk tipping off his suspects by exposing Bentley as a defector. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The director was holding up her hands, framing the shots she’d like to see. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "I was able to get a look at every blade of grass in the Soviet Union," CIA director Allen Dulles said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The school had a director of discipline, and he would watch the front gate to see who showed up late. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I suspect every great director has had to deal with that at some point. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The camera technicians and director prepared us, got cables out of sight, strapped mikes on our necks, shouted instructions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Around this time, Marie-Laure’s father is summoned upstairs to the director’s office. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But the caretaker told me I had to see the director first. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Reshevsky paced up and down, a few spectators waited patiently, and when the little red flag fell precisely at noon, the tournament director declared the game a forfeit. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Herb York had learned this in 1954, soon after Lawrence bestowed on him the formal title of Livermore director. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As for the director, he described Rutherford as “a large, rather florid man, with thinning fair hair and a large moustache, who reminded me forcibly of the keeper of the general store and post office.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For more than two weeks, the director’s telegram has echoed in his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “The friend of the director is in London?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was talk now among the directors of seeking a $10 million appropriation from Congress, but the only immediate solution was to reduce expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So the director started asking about MDR in a different way. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The next day there was a luncheon for honors graduates, and I was seated with the college dean and the director of the honors program. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Old Man, it turns out, is Tyrone Guthrie the director, from England and so famous I can’t pretend not to have heard of him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In terms of the application process, the admissions director and I both felt it within our right to hold the interview off-site at August’s home for reasons that are obvious. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z As for Lola, she didn’t wish to dirty her cashmere by lying on the floor, and instead slumped in a chair, and the director could hardly object to that. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The next morning I drove to work, typed my retirement letter, and presented it to my director. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He told me in an almost snide way that in any case the director and the staff of the home would be called as witnesses and that “things could get very nasty” for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z There was a lodge director, a kindly man who had a room within the building, and who mediated the infrequent disputes among the boys. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He brought me to the director, who beat me with a switch for leaving the orphanage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “My friends,” the director said, “I must reach out my arms and beg: Mothers and fathers, give me your children!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z At any moment, Rex Rollins the casting director could call, so I’m clutching my dying Nokia in one hand and, no doubt about it, that lucky rabbit foot in the other. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The NSA’s new director was in favor of the new policy, taking the hard line that “All official cryptanalysis is a type of activity that should be protected no matter how old it has become.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z FBI director J. Edgar Hoover assigned seventy-two FBI agents to investigate the suspects Elizabeth had identified. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When the director’s wife slips on ice in the Place des Vosges and breaks her wrist in two places, the museum’s gossip machine explodes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It appears I shall have to reinstate Chiron as activities director. I suppose I do miss the old horse’s pinochle games.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The director is not worrying, he says, and neither are the department heads, so neither should young girls who have lessons to learn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Many of Groves’s intelligence officers still didn’t trust the Los Alamos director. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After being appointed director, in 1921, Burns had bent laws and hired crooked agents, including a confidence man who peddled protection and pardons to members of the underworld. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z J. T. once showed his ledgers to the board of directors to prove, as if proof were needed, the extent of his business acumen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “She liked the idea! She wants to meet with the library director on Monday to go over details, but in the meantime, you’ve got some work to do!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z There’s an other of Jack and his dad—Jack’s holding one of those black-and-white clapper boards that movie directors use when they shout “Take one!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Shortly after leaving the ACLU, I joined the board of directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Jerome was a bad camp, because the director was really tough and made some inmates cut down trees for the whole camp for heat in the winter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The story of Oppenheimer’s appointment to be scientific director of the Manhattan Project twenty years later is perhaps an even better example of this difference. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A small family business can survive and flourish without a board of directors, a CEO or an accounting department. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sixteen,” replied Wilkins, the athletic director for the county. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z New scientists were arriving all the time, and when the director saw someone he didn’t know, he’d stride up to the newcomer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks, T. I knew my director would have my back.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “People are not so interested,” Kim Sang-hun, the director of the Database Center, told the Christian Science Monitor after his organization published the book. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I started seeing a campus counselor, because the residency director had said it was necessary. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In October 1985, the DEA sent Robert Stutman to serve as director of its New York City office and charged him with the responsibility of shoring up public support for the administration’s new war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Immediately the directors had ordered a rough plan of the fair, to be delivered to them within twenty-four hours. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Shut up, Percy Jackson. Your camp director is not here. He was recalled to Olympus. This is common knowledge.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z An old colleague, Caspar Commelin, director of Amsterdam’s Botanical Garden, agreed to identify many of the tropical plants and provide their Latin names. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t come in here in two weeks asking for a transfer” to an engineering group, the human resources director said to Katherine Goble on her first day of work, a comment she didn’t appreciate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Heads of factories; directors of industries and agricultural combines who hate to be what they call ‘the Machine’s office-boy’ belong to it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I am writing this as a newly minted director who’s shown her work to an audience of...I don’t know, a thousand people? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That fall, while Louie was on his way to becoming an airman, an urgent letter landed on the desk of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, it has been a long road, and I think one of the wisest things I ever did was when I selected the director of Los Alamos.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Secretaries or botanists, and once the director’s assistant, bring her back to the key pound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He attended productions at other local high schools and made friends and mentors of their drama directors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Creditors love the term the ‘democratization of credit,’ ” said Travis B. Plunkett, the legislative director of the Consumer Federation of America, a consumer lobbying group. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z From a drawer inside the assistant director’s desk, she produces another key on a chain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The directors insisted on many gates, and the railroads refused to channel their exposition traffic through a single depot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, I’m going to get in touch with the board of directors at the Welberg Foundation and ask for permission to do some independent work on the project. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “If I haven’t made this clear enough, there will be no magicians in my department as long as I am director.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then she became executive director of the Chicago Council of Lawyers, a progressive legal group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To have the director of Mars operations visiting SatCon was unusual. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the kids is sent to find Mark Zortman, director of the theater program at York High School and a well-regarded practitioner in all aspects of technical theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When Hoover met with White, his grip on power remained tenuous, and he was suddenly confronting the one thing that he’d done everything to avoid since becoming director: a scandal. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That stupid guy had been paroled briefly to serve as director at Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And part of being the producer is taking care of my director.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Three springy steps down from the risers — girls in pastel dresses screaming, the music director lunging — a leap from the stage, out the side door and into the starry, sweet, onion-grass-smelling night. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Its executive director, Joe Puma, was initially wary, but we ended up having two long conversations. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z York might be young and untested, but as Ernest’s designated director, his managerial authority would be, at least in formal terms, indisputable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Hoover became the bureau’s acting director, he created the Identification Division, a central repository for the fingerprints of arrested criminals from around the country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “No, you’re not. I don’t actually know what the heck you are, but anyone who sits at the same table as the equestrian director is not a working man. That much I know.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “But here I am the director of Oakley Street,” said Lord Nugent. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The information, oddly, originates from the regional director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His nominal goal was to end backbiting about the bomb program from Roosevelt’s director of war mobilization, James F. Byrnes, a former senator and Supreme Court justice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z |
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