| 单词 | district |
| 例句 | While Chapman had suggested that Myers must have been pressured to recant, the district attorney presented no actual evidence to support that claim, which made the judge's ruling hard to understand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It was obviously a ploy to distract me and keep me from doing anything else inflammatory in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He plays up the baker's son thing, comparing the tributes to the breads from their districts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For the Bedford-Stuyvesant gathering, Janice had already confirmed her plans with church representatives as well as the local Democratic district chairman, who would be on hand to “host” the gathering. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They do not look in the historic district, where the chairman of Ashoke’s department lives, in an eighteenth-century mansion to which he and Ashima and Gogol are invited once a year for Boxing Day tea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The letter from the district magistrate’s office is at my place setting, opened. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts’ defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if they assumed I was from a wealthy white district because of the way I spoke. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “When was the conservancy district supposed to come up for a hearing?” the governor asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a district Salvaging, for women only. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Weaving through rush-hour traffic on Turtle's bike, Theo trailed the bus to a seamy downtown district across the railroad tracks where Crow and Otis got off. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Better for our district, for my mother and Prim. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z On Post Street, where our house was, the hill skidded slowly down to Fillmore, the market heart of our district. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, there’s one wonderful thing she did when I arrived back in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, it should give a boost to the rebels in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Jia Hong-yu, our district’s most famous Red Guard leader, had returned from Beijing and would give her report at a neighborhood meeting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m only interested in how it affects your dynamic with Peeta, thereby affecting the mood in the districts,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were plenty of wrestlers who hit the district tournament only to discover they were soft as cotton. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She recognizes the bird, too, some wild thing they call a groosling in her district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Uncle pointed out the building of the district from which my family came and to which I could go for help. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z These perks act as multipliers, a doubling or tripling down on an already overflowing basket of advantages: the parents’ good genes, the family’s wealth and status, the leafy neighborhood within the excellent school district. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It is true that there were no grand mansions there, and that it was very close to an industrial district. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Earlier in the year, a landmark $11 billion lawsuit that would determine how local school districts were funded by the state had played to an empty courtroom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And now Coin, with her fistful of precious nukes and her well-oiled machine of a district, finding it’s even harder to groom a Mockingjay than to catch one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I turn to Boggs and ask, “Is it like this in every district?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One day, Peeta empties our breadbasket and points out how they have been careful to include types from the districts along with the refined bread of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Board of Education, sixteen years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, and ten years after a federal suit had been filed against the school district, Odessa’s schools weren’t remotely close to being integrated. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I go to the district commandant to report myself. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In 144 school districts in eleven Southern and border states, desegregation happened in a peaceful manner, with no need for the federal government to intervene. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Kirby said his involvement in the case had nothing to do with race, or wanting to get Carter or the Dallas school district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised that I was looking forward to the long walk from Sequoia Middle School over to the district offices where I had my second meeting with Mr. Dell Duke. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The next morning I took an early subway into the Wall Street district, selecting an address that carried me almost to the end of the island. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It had enabled them to have seven children and buy a house in the Sunset district with very little money. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z From the far end of the Long Bridge, it was only a short walk through the teeming waterfront districts of the west bank, down torchlit streets crowded with sailors, slaves, and drunken merrymakers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Let the Capitol and the districts run one another into the ground and then sauntered in to take power. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But that seemed unlikely; Harlem was one of our strongest districts, and just a month ago when I was shifted Ras would have been laughed off the street had he tried to attack us. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, as the highest official of our district before the Cultural Revolution, he was often taken as a companion target to struggle meetings against his junior officers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The district where the bread originated indicated the day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I have sent similar versions of this letter to the mayor, the school district superintendent, the chair of the school board, and the editor of the Lambert Trader. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Barry had a friend who worked as a bellhop at a hotel in the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The cities back East had been built in the railway era, with central business districts linked to outlying suburbs by commuter train and trolley. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z When he didn't I waved to Barrelhouse and left for the district. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s show a little district pride for a change, Miss Everdeen. Hm?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Lou Gehrig is in the seventh school district, otherwise known as the South Bronx, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “It’s the source of a deadly miasma, a foul stench, indeed. There are noxious fumes all around the district. Mark my words, it will be a killer yet.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How can I help the districts when every time I make a move, it results in suffering and loss of life? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Men from all over the district brought him tools to mend and to improve. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because I still have the ashes of my own district on my shoes, but for the first time, I give the people of 13 something I have withheld from them: credit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This was in the Marsabit district, just south of the border with Ethiopia. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z We may have been the smallest, poorest district in Panem, but we know how to dance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But every district has managed to scrape up at least one female and one male victor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The three-judge panel issued a ruling lifting the stay on a district judge’s injunction to not enforce the ban on same-sex marriages. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy is in the school district’s mini tractor, plowing the parking lot to admit an endless stream of cars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z After setding on the best school districts, he said, “we looked within price points.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A skilled debater, he advocated for the interests of farmers and businessmen in his district. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Simba Quix was doing a lot to open up managerial and supervisory positions to blacks: there were already one or two black district managers in the company. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "See what you can accomplish. You'll have plenty support from other districts and all the guidance you need. Meanwhile, remember that we are all under discipline." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But most farmers, completely baffled by the complexity of a conservancy district, did not know what to do. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another batch of film, shown to us by an assistant district attorney from an upstate county, hit even closer to home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dr. Bliss took the witness stand, he was questioned by both the district attorney and Guiteau's lawyer about Garfield's medical care from the day of the shooting until his death. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Bears and cats lived deeper in, perhaps disliking the sooty reek of our district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "Great job, you two. Just keep it up in the district until the cameras are gone. We should be okay." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Reverend Howard Thomas was the presiding elder over a district in Arkansas that included Stamps. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The person who the districts — most of which are now openly at war with the Capitol — can count on to blaze the path to victory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I’m from Grimsby and I certainly don’t want to work in a district hospital there.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “That’s the district superintendent of schools,” Grace whispered as they crossed the gym’s hardwood floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They said nothing as they cut through streets and alleys, Ekon leading the way until they reached another district of the city. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There are still a few houses scattered around—all of them modest, narrow, wood-framed structures stabilized with brick buttresses—and a couple of buildings in what was once the central business district. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been in this school district since I was in first grade; that must count for something. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Like the woman who said that she knew someone close to one of the superintendents of the Oakland school district, which opened an administrative avenue they had not considered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They speak with the broadest accent of the district. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t simple. They had to build up a rebel base in the Capitol, get some sort of underground organized in the districts,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The burned-over district looked like the inside of me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of the eyes glued to the television screens in the districts, seeing if I will run, as the Capitol wishes, or hold my ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Both of them lived near the edge of the school district, where houses had neat lawns with trees in the backyard and a fresh coat of paint every other year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than offer a justification, however, the Georgia attorney general filed a petition for rehearing signed by every one of the state’s forty-six district attorneys, all of whom were white. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I begin to ache for them, for my district, for my woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In Paris, our cab let us off in the Marais district, a place of narrow streets and sidewalks, of bistros, shops, and small hotels. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They entered the shopping district, where the crowd swelled between the trees lining the broad avenues of white stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Whether Thread knows I left the district today or not, I realize my course of action must be the same: to get back inside the fence unseen and pretend I never left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Wealthier districts were by no means free of fire hazards. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z In the business district, he saw looters piling wagons high with all sorts of goods. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Their parents, understanding the importance of a bachelor’s degree, spent hours reading to them, researching school districts, and making it clear to them that they simply must graduate from college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I had Miss Winthrop check our files. Of the police officers who live in our district, twenty-three signed CROSS’S petition. Only six signed STOP’S. But if we all went to talk to the Daltons together...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Our own district superintendent confided that the principalship of North High would be opening up in a couple of years, and the job was mine for the asking. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z And at other locations in the district: the railroad, the granary, the power station, and the armory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He looks nothing like the superintendents from the fancy districts, alpha educators who dress like senior partners in law firms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Cleopatra herself lived in the royal district called the Bruchion, a cluster of palaces overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on the northeast side of the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But if it sounded like the district attorney’s office was circling Reggie, that was far from the case. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We don’t need to convince anybody in the Capitol of our love but hold to the slim hope that we can still reach some of those we failed to convince in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On signal, they performed military-style parade maneuvers, which they had practiced in their home districts as often as four times a week for more than a year. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z One day that summer, Volpe came back into his house from running errands and Marcy handed him an envelope from the school district. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The last tribute alive receives a life of ease back home, and their district will be showered with prizes, largely consisting of food. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He wrote down the name of the company he worked for in the garment district. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z About President Snow, the unrest in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Take Carter’s district record of four wins and a tie and change it to two wins and three losses, a record that would no longer be good enough to make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They told me they were heading for a village called Yele in Bonthe district that they had heard was safe because it was occupied by the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Opposing forces in every school district in the country were left to work out their own solutions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Originally, I registered to teach in my own school district, but my mom informed me that I could make more money in the Newark public schools, despite its record number of failing and struggling institutions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “If things really do get out of hand, I think they’d have no problem killing off another district, same as they did Thirteen. Make an example of it, you know?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The district attorney’s office held all the cards. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At one point, city leaders started sending food and other supplies into the black districts, whose residents, after days of burnings, lootings, and shootings, were in a state of near starvation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Universally, solidly hated by all but those from their own districts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We were somewhere on the Upper East Side—way out of our school district—and we'd gotten here in no time, thanks to Ishtar taking a few illegal shortcuts, including one across a playground. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They drove nice cars and they dressed in beautiful clothes, and as Gary Edwards put it, the school had a reputation of being the “fashion show” of the Dallas school district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z These were grave assertions, reflecting upon the integrity of two respected lawyers and a distinguished district judge, but if even partially true, then the constitutional rights of the defendants had been abused. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the districts they’re important enough to attend, whereas back in the Capitol they almost never score invitations to prestigious parties. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z An assistant attorney general then presented the State's arguments—capital cases on appeal were managed by the attorney general, not the local district attorney. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But all she saw was a delicate blossom of fire from the district of the anchor, and fronds of smoke billowing in slow motion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He picked the boy’s voice out of five other voices, blindfolded. 8TH JUROR: That was just an ambitious district attorney putting on a show. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "It means that there is one of them in our district. From now on I'm not letting you walk alone to school." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “We all knew there was no chance of reaching six million links. And even if we could, the school district would never approve that much money just for paper!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “We’re going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With this body of files we could sift and sort through the population of the district by gender, race, ethnicity, party affiliation, occupation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You name them, we’ve got them. Even candied chestnuts and acorn crunch. We could feed the district for a year.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We’ve used every scrap of construction paper in the whole district. And there’s no money in the budget to purchase more.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “We are from Kono district,” the boy who held the bayonet said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “The mayor, the school district superintendent, the chair of the school board, and the editor of the Lambert Trader,” he read. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z You saw a small one of these trees through the iron gate leading to someone’s yard and you knew that soon that section of Brooklyn would get to be a tenement district. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple watched the buildings of the campus recede as they wound deeper into what looked like a residential district. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “So that’s what the districts are for. To provide the bread and circuses.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Eventually they were allowed to rebuild in wood only outside the city’s enlarged commercial district, but the stigma of their responsibility for the fire remained.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Could it be the people in the districts are right? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z No one had seen the tiger for three days at this point, and it was assumed he had left the district and run into the rough country to the south. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Her forays out of the apartment, while her husband is at work, are limited to the university within which they live, and to the historic district that flanks the campus on one edge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Only her golden brown eyes mark her as from another district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It grew lushly, but only in the tenements districts. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to think of whom among the district committee I might call for information concerning Clifton, but here again I was balked. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes me wonder yet again how Darin managed to get into the district not just once, but day after day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And the dam—or paying for it, that is—would be made possible by creating a conservancy district whose boundaries, for taxation purposes, would incorporate almost all the town’s largely destitute citizens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Holy Cross is too small for a football team, but their basketball team always wins district and sometimes state. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In fact, I know if I was watching I'd loathe any tribute who didn't immediately ally with their district partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1957, after nine years of classes in the Coalwood School, I went across the mountains to Big Creek, the district high school, for the tenth through the twelfth grade. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She's pleased to finally have a district with a little action going on in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t need you as a rallying point now. As she said, your primary objective, to unite the districts, has succeeded,” Boggs reminds me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He was a new kid in the school district at the time because his dad married a new woman in this area. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z When Haupt arrived about two hours later and stepped off the train, he was in the commercial district. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z This was a district of suburban streets and small shops, and before long, hawk-eyed Asta, with Ben flying close to her, cried out, “Left! Left!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They couldn’t promise anything—all the parties would have to agree, including Sasha’s family, the district attorney, and Richard’s defense lawyer, Bill Du Bois. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m sympathetic, but you can’t have it without permission of the district attorney,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I understand that if Thresh wins, he'll have to go back and face a district that has already broken all the rules to thank me, and he is breaking the rules to thank me, too. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z This is the first time the district is doing a middle school musical. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But the district attorney’s office made him a job offer even though he didn’t have his license yet, and he accepted it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A holiday for the whole district with free food and entertainers brought in from the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was invited to join the case by Philadelphia district attorney George S. Graham, who over the years had come to rely on Geyer for the city’s most sensitive investigations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We hurry back to the Kurdish district where we live. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z So I called a committee of the district's leading members and we moved slowly ahead on our own. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I walked away from the district headquarters parking lot, I decided I would come back and see him again. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Under the new rule, both tributes from the same district will be declared winners if they are the last two alive. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The district attorney ordered them to Auburn for questioning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got a new directive from the city. All students will be assigned to schools by their residential districts. The teachers’ assignments have been invalidated.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia’s governor, Lindsay Almond capitulated in the fight over schools, reopening Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Front Royal schools in 1959 and inching toward integration: eighty-six black students in those districts now attended school with whites. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The commissioner promises that his force will conduct a full and zealous investigation, and that the district attorney has accorded this case his highest priority. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A school district this size, with approximately twenty-six thousand students in all grades, should have eight to ten National Merit Scholars a year, not just one, said Hayes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1886 Japan had for the first time allowed its citizens to emigrate, and thousands from his district had already left the country in search of better opportunities. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the time the thought that I should go to the district was with me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Between her district accent and her garbled speech—possibly she’s had a stroke—I can’t make out more than one in four words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Any second now, the school district superintendent should be showing up there.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Not until all the districts are secure. Good news is, the fighting’s almost over in all of them but Two. It’s a tough nut to crack, though.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Father was right. This is the worst school in the district. Maybe the entire state.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factory. Why is my daughter in space?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The district is a hive of movement and sound, busier on a regular day than most markets are on festival days. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The boys dove into the rowdy throng of the entertainment district. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He was buying white liquor in the Hob just this morning, apparently still in command of the district, but now he’s nowhere to be found. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The building was a good start: a rented two-story Greek Revival house built in 1882, near the historic district called “Old Alabama Town.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One month after the parade, she gathered a group of 531 women—two women from every state, plus one from each congressional district—and they walked the parade route in reverse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were the trees that dropped their plums on the district called Windfall, Lazlo thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Our education in the Bristol Township school district was not terrific, but neither was it so far removed from what a student in a wealthier public school district would have received. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z After walking through the meat district, the flower district, and the sculpture district, the three children arrived at the banking district, pausing to take a refreshing sip of water at the Fountain of Victorious Finance. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z In the districts, it's referred to as the Stockyard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “President Snow says he’s sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The jury found that the district attorney, Harry Connick Sr., had illegally suppressed evidence of Thompson’s innocence and had allowed him to spend fourteen years in prison for a crime he had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z More like the Games are for those of us in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Every move we made was to bring us into a better neighborhood, into a bigger house, into a better school district with better options for our future. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes. Our goal is to take over the districts one by one, ending with District Two, thus cutting off the Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it’s weakened, we invade the Capitol itself,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We have no real hospitals in the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The district is still too good to tear down and too outmoded to be desirable. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Quinn’s tone was very gentle, “It is to my interest to keep Mr. Byerley a district attorney at the very most, and it is to your interest to help me do so.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z There were no football games in the fall of 1958, but the band still took trips around the district on holidays to march through the various towns that invited us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a strict law about attending the school in your own district. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other days he had carried them around with him during boring wanderings through the business district and the Quarter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole district tends to be that way. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I resumed my journey late that night, and the next morning I was traveling through the district of Excelsior when my car ground to a halt. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital was a high-priority location, so it got the first water deliveries, and county jail, being a government facility, never had its water shut off like all the municipal water districts had. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "As you know, it's customary to reflect the flavor of the district." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The only three people in the district who could make a stand like this. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “My, what a marvelous trio of academic ambassadors for the district! Kudos to you, Patricia. Kudos indeed!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “She said to tell you that she had to go upriver to the woodworking district, and she won't be back tonight.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “All that data, and the district lines—what are you doing with all that?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Instead, we steered clear of the old residential neighborhoods bordering the Levee and headed deeper into the vice district’s underbelly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Within seconds of entering the district, I am stopped by a platoon of legionnaires demanding to know my business. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, now was not the time to leave me out of a meeting; things were too urgent in the district. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the jabberjays, these killer wasps were spawned in a lab and strategically placed, like land mines, around the districts during the war. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Look into a new security firm for the district. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At seventeen he had been a district organizer of the Junior Anti-Sex League. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On my assassination team: Cressida and Pollux have been sent out into the districts to cover the wreckage of the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “But all the other districts are on our side?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But with his recent orders to calm the districts fresh in my ears, it fills me with dread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They passed no one who appeared to be a Mexican-American until they had left the business district of still-closed offices, stores, and cafés. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I turned to my computer, and there was an email inviting me to speak to students in a poor school district about remaining hopeful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I was surprised that next spring when my teacher, Mrs. Haroldson, asked if anyone in our class lived near Central High School, in that school district. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Crossing a walled river of Stygian sludge, we entered a district of factories and workhouses, of smokestacks belching black stuff into the sky, and this is where we found Wakeling Street. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z This year it will be a public affair, and since the Capitol will be throwing it, everyone in the whole district will have full bellies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The district’s insurance agent was on vacation for the next two weeks. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly I remember how she volunteered to replace the young, hysterical woman in her district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Down St. Ebbe’s,” he said, naming a district in the south of the city, and surprising himself by saying it so calmly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It took people awhile to realize what was going on in the districts, how private conversations were being transmitted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He worked in the district attorney’s office for two years and then opened a criminal practice of his own. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The mukhtar opened his stores to hand out a generator and diesel drum to every inner courtyard in our district. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z After the war, the Capitol destroyed all the nests surrounding their city, but the ones near the districts were left untouched. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So, without directions of any sort, the Baudelaire children set off for the city’s banking district in hopes of finding Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I will have to travel from district to district, to stand before the cheering crowds who secretly loathe me, to look down into the faces of the families whose children I have killed…. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, most of the districts in Panem are in full-scale rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To be the superintendent of a school district like Hardcastle, with its forty-seven buildings and more than thirty thousand students, was a huge responsibility. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z As Mica High’s winner, she qualified for the district “talk-off,” as the Times called it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Dropped off in an actively warring district or perhaps 13 itself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Brother Clifton had appeared at the district as usual up to the time of his disappearance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry it’s taken us so long to get her enrolled,” the translator from the district said when she called. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Top middle school in the district,” said Hubert, bouncing proudly on his heels. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Let’s get done and get outa here. 11TH JUROR: The knife was very important to the district attorney. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the women sit cross-legged on the rug; there’s a crowd of them, everyone in this district is supposed to be here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t stand in a television studio wearing a costume and makeup in a cloud of fake smoke and rally the districts to victory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ted Pearson had been the district attorney for nearly twenty years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two years before Margaret Draper retired, the district reorganized its school system and sent sixth graders to middle school instead of elementary. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The remaining Smokeys had perished in the fire that had quietly, without any alarm being given, burned the district headquarters to the ground. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fulvia’s going to have the first round of We Remember spots ready tonight, so we can target the individual districts with their dead. Finnick’s absolutely marvelous.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Was that just a practical calculation of our chances of survival away from the district? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Finnick and the old woman from his district are using the archery station. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Starting the second week of class, on Thursday afternoons, the teenage kids caught a bus to the school district main offices for Quang-ha's appointment in Dell Duke's windowless mobile unit. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The district doctor who's responsible for treating the miners had written him off, told the family to take him home to die. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The district court ruled that the evidence presented was sufficient to justify discovery for the purposes of determining whether the allegations of selective enforcement were valid. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He is threatening to sue the school district and Mr. Neck for everything from incompetence to civil rights violations. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I feel bad, knowing that their district must have suffered much worse than ours. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His father worked in the garment district in Manhattan as a presser. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “This petition you’re going to circulate, what will it be basically, just against the conservancy district and the dam?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had lost to the Rebels and instead of winning the district championship and guaranteeing themselves a trip to the playoffs, there might be only one game left in the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were directed to a set of chairs, the same chairs Zeitoun had been questioned in, and were told to wait for a chance to meet with the assistant district attorney. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Getting rid of me and subduing the districts all in one neat little package. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “And as the Mockingjay, your primary goal of unifying the districts against the Capitol has been achieved. Don’t worry—if it goes well, we’ll fly you in for the surrender.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z About 6,200 students attend Bristol Township’s public schools, either at Truman High, the district’s lone high school, or one of its two middle schools or nine elementaries. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Francis Quinn shook his head slowly, then added, “But his present life. Ah, that is remarkable. Our district attorney never eats!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the seventy-five years since the Dark Days—when 13 was said to have been obliterated in the war between the Capitol and the districts— almost all new construction has been beneath the earth’s surface. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment promised to another family by sitting out the landlord, haunting his doorway. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the strongest wizards in the district could administer this potion—a kind of paste made from the burned and ground bones of leopards and lions, and mixed with roots and herbs. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z We were sitting under one of the few trees out in front of the main school district office when I said to her, in Vietnamese: "You are my new best friend." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His job was less flighty than that of district attorney, al- most as permanent and dignified as superior court judge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Returning to District 8 or assimilating into another district would be impossible. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a brief tour: a glimpse of the sea in one district, towering forests in another, ugly factories, fields of wheat, stinking refineries. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In our district, they plow early and often and put chains on the bus tires. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And the more he heard about the school district distancing themselves from what had happened, the more certain he was that nothing would ever be fixed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One was that a woman couldn’t be employed in the same school district as her husband. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Woody was taken to his house in one of the police cars while Wes was brought down to district booking. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When schools were first assessed under the state’s guidelines, the district scored near the bottom of state rankings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I was among those leaders, and my movements were restricted to the district of Johannesburg for that same period. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As a social worker, I kept current yearbooks from all the buildings in my district. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But lawyers for Carter and the Dallas school district weren’t about to quit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a church drive but at all hours, the whole body of us spread through the district, jammed into cars and sent out to find them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When the award was announced, the chief was in the third year of a five-year ban restricting him to the district of Stanger in Natal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was the longest stretch of straight road in the district, nearly a mile of asphalt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A list of school district closures scrolls across the bottom of the screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were on a high, and first place in the district was at stake. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The next step was the contest against Knightsbridge for the district championship. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Also, speaking the first morning were two district presidents, and their wives. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But now instead of scores they post only district numbers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Maybe while strolling through the sidewalks of the Jordan district that she loved to visit, I would meet a woman like you. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were groceries and herbal shops, clothing shops and laundries, halls that housed the brotherhoods or the district associations or the offices of family clans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He could look out the window and see Lower Manhattan, the financial district, where he knew Gideon’s station house was. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The burnt district was over four miles long and one mile wide; 17,500 buildings and 73 miles of street had been destroyed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Wearing a token from my district is about the last thing on my mind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The victor’s district is skipped and saved for very last. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hogwash, he said, that this case had anything to do with preserving local control of school districts. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was from Brandywine Heights, the wealthiest part of a very wealthy school district. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z When my teacher asked if anyone who lived within the Central High School district wanted to attend school with white people, I raised my hand. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s because the CPS, like most urban school districts, had a disproportionate number of minority students. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But one night last week, after a full day of escorting him to district meetings and fundraisers, I realized that Kwang presented a profound problem for me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Reggie Shaw by lottery, a random assignment of cases to one of the four judges in the district. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A few years after I graduated, a second high school in the district closed, and its student population was subsumed into Wilson. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The district attorney theorized that the shooter’s hand had clenched in “sympathetic physical reaction” as his other hand reached for handcuffs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A team with a Black player—let alone an all-Black team—has never made it through the district tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z At the north edge of town, just below the rich Chapultepec hills district, Lupita ran up to her brother with a tortilla and an egg taken from her sack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Government Regional Director’s Forest Service truck to a stop in front of the Milagro district headquarters and clomped inside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People are starving all over the district and we still have more than enough. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It's not as if this is the first time I've been caught outside of the district by an electrified fence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “That put us back in federal district courts,” White noted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The extraordinarily high rates of poverty, crime, and unemployment in Chester intersected with the worst-ranked public school system among Pennsylvania's 501 districts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because as I watched the school district offices recede into the distance, I was certain that the old dynamic between Dell and Mai and me was over. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In the early months of World War II, San Francisco’s Fillmore district, or the Western Addition, experienced a visible revolution. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a trip to the district justice with your parents. Go give them a call.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As we headed for the district office I wondered what Brother Jack would say about the fight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This geographical advantage was a major factor in the districts losing the war that led to my being a tribute today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time the anthem plays its final strains, all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A white Communist, a leader of the district of the Communist party, Cy Perry, a slender, close-cropped fellow, stood glaring at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow’s dominance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We drove through College Park, a neighborhood that passes for Orlando’s historic district on account of how the houses were mostly built thirty whole years ago. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They issued a warning to anyone who crossed their path: “We intend to run this district. Look out.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You would say something about a family or a village in the district, and he would say that was nothing and compare it to something bigger or better that he had seen in his youth. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because of Twelve. Because they destroyed my district.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Hall had booked us at the Garuda Hotel, a friendly, funky establishment in the heart of Thamel, Kathmandu’s frenetic tourist district, on a narrow avenue choked with cycle rickshas and street hustlers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Who had called, one of the district members or someone from Jack's birthday celebration? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, my father had a watch store in the business district,” Jinjoo said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A couple of days later, at All-City rehearsal, Mr. Watras made a startling announcement to the group:The school district had just put a new policy in place. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z After dropping their school stuff off at their apartments, grabbing snacks, and getting permission to go downtown, Emily and James found themselves riding the bus to the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The big cheeses who own the various blocks and districts make a killing off it every single day. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran down for them a history of other conservancy districts in the state which had effectively destroyed subsistence farmers by forcing them into cash economies where they could not compete. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Selma’s business district, white merchants came out of their stores and watched in silence. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But regular folks burnt out of their homes and penniless Loyalist refugees on the run from the rebels, they were forced to shelter in Canvastown, the new name for the burned-over district. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The city of Lkossa was a collection of neatly ordered sections, but the temple’s district was different. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z We may improve some school districts, prolong affirmative action for another decade or two, or force some police departments to condemn racial profiling, but we will not put a dent in the prevailing caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We walked to the shopping district, where the big stores were. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The atmosphere was so still that the smoke from a mill in the district went up in a straight, unbroken line. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z People say Grandpa was the greatest hunter in the district. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Once I was in the Tang peoples town, I would deposit our money with the district association and pick up letters. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All the brainy people in the audience, like Grace’s father and the district superintendent, chuckled. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Anxious to get out of Prague before everything fell apart politically, Kepler travelled to Linz, where he applied for a job as district mathematician and was accepted in June. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Archduke Francis Ferdinand, described by an escort as being “half-boor, half-tightwad,” roamed the grounds incognito—but much preferred the vice districts of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Farid drove past the buildings and stone houses of the city’s central district. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Soon he entered one of the mill districts bordering the river. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "They let you wear one thing from your district in the arena. One thing to remind you of home. Will you wear this?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She could work in a Flushing district, he said, nodding to say that he could do that. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But Washington's district attorney, George Corkhill, wasn't ready to take the case before the grand jury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Capitol demolished the visible remains of the district and cut off all access from the outside. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Jackson, I’m sorry that you feel that the school district has not been proactive regarding the incident with your daughter; however, an investigation is ongoing.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In some districts the victors ride through the city while the residents cheer. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After school, he pushed a hand truck in the garment district. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Item two: He worried about the district playoffs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother thought it would be best for me to attend a school near her work and in a different school district that was at least one hour away from home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They auctioned our bodies down there, in that same devastated, and rightly named, financial district. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He then returned to the school district offices, and this time parked on the street and walked two blocks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Oakland’s open enrollment process allowed families to apply to any school in the district, and Oakland High was a popular choice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I went out and got a container of coffee and returned to spend the night poring over the district's records. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoisted himself onto the payload of the school district’s flatbed truck and stopped the tape on the boom box, which was playing “Here Comes the Sun.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The principal, Jim Moore, and the district’s superintendent, Sam Lee, are in the audience on opening night, and both come up to him afterward to offer praise and congratulations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We are all in place as the anthem begins to play and the annual recap of the reaping ceremonies in the twelve districts begins. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then one night, as the whole district was on the brink of starvation, came the order to return to business as usual. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Coin’s voice comes over the district audio system, thanking us all for an exemplary evacuation of the upper levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And there they are, instantly drawn into one of those pacts you’d be hard-pressed to break if you ever expect to go home and face your district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is this how you won the district competition, Jake? By cheating?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There was no magisterial district in all of South Africa where whites constituted a majority of residents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at midnight he would be in the red-light district trying to console with predictions of good luck the lonely women who were weeping beside their phonographs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Every night he sends telegrams from the district office in Saint- Malo. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z To most people in Manson the biggest thing ever to happen was a tornado that rolled up Main Street in 1979, tearing apart the business district. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When we went to the district commandant to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Just south of the capitol was the financial and theater district, and then the Congress Street Bridge, which crossed over Town Lake. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In 1987, all forty elected district attorneys in Alabama were white, even though there are sixteen majority-black counties in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Your baron has pledged fifty men from this district, one from each family,” he said, and then named the family names. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already heard about a remarkable local politician named Yali, who was touring the district then. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What is this, I wondered; then I called the leaders of other districts with the same results. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked through the courthouse until I found the district attorney's office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The court remanded the case back to the district court for resentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She had been sleeping in Flea Bottom, on rooftops and in stables, wher-ever she could find a place to lie down, and ,it hadn't taken her long to leam that the district was well named. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Even within states, different public school districts have different rules about how many days you can miss.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Soon, word got to the district commissioner in Enugu, who sent somebody to take them to the Department of Antiquities in Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a frantic, unrecognizable voice from the district. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z While every other district has now wrested control from the Capitol, 2 remains in its pocket. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was the one not fabulous section in Brandywine, a narrow valley of older apartment houses between the dumps and the highway that bordered the next school district. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “He is a friend of a business acquaintance of your father’s. He’s a Pashtun, from Kandahar originally, but he lives in Kabul, in the Deh-Mazang district, in a two-story house that he owns.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The tank clattered and clanked over the cobblestones, swinging right and left over curbs and back again to avoid the few pedestrians, then sped into the harbor district, past taverns and shops and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Second, when states and school districts adopt the standards, they are taking a stand for rigor, informed by a clear intent. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We met with the district attorney, filed papers with the judge, and consulted with a variety of local officials in an effort to achieve a new, constitutionally acceptable sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For their part, the district attorney’s office said they had no objection to the families going through the restorative justice process if they wanted, but it wouldn’t affect the amount of time Richard served. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the edge of the garment district was the fur district, where the pay was somewhat higher. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was a luxury hotel in the heart of New York City's garment district, where a plethora of Jewish-owned department stores sold their wares. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Olmsted saw this lagoon district as the most challenging portion of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "You know the boy from my district? Peeta? I think he saved my life. But he was with the Careers." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sheriff Tate, the district attorney, and other law enforcement officers who had become targets of criticism were cheered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Barrelhouse had prepared me for the darkened windows of the district, but not, when I let myself in, to call in vain through the dark to Brother Tarp. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At night these houses glowed with the flickering yellow light of kerosene lanterns that lent the district an aura considered quaint—by those who didn’t have to live there. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Big Creek High School sat on the outskirts of War beside the river that gave the district its name. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Poppy and Mom did some research regarding Liyana’s high school education and decided she might do best at an Armenian school called St. Tarkmanchatz deep in the Armenian district of the Old City. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In her previous bid she had won a district seat with a nucleus of support from the Southside minority community. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you aware that the school district has special police who go out searching for truants? They’re very good at their jobs, 1 assure you.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Who would want to buy the empty houses in a district that did not offer a full-bodied curriculum? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The previous year when Mr. Homer Fairbain had been master of ceremonies for the district playoffs, the contest had been broadcast on educational TV. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z We have all the Spanish supermarkets now, and the school district started those English programs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Guy Montag. Still running. Police helicopters are up. A new Mechanical Hound has been brought from another district...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z All three teams had identical five and one records in the district, and a numbing scenario was set up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She waltzed away, her chunky necklace clanking as she waved up at the district superintendent, who sort of half waved back. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Current protocol is that all water from municipal water districts will go to hospitals and government facilities first. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was tiny, crowded on one side by a school district van and on the other by the chain-link fence that wrapped around the entire property. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If you think I’m telling tall tales, get chummy with some white cop who works in a Black Belt district and ask him for the lowdown. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had been born right here in the Montlake district of Seattle, not far from the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And when Friday night came round on the last day of September, roughly four thousand of them were crammed into the visitor’s side for the biggest district showdown of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a superintendent for a number of rural school districts in Mississippi, where he had spent his life forming busing systems and magnet schools to better integrate the black and white students. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’d rather start in any other district, since this was Rue’s home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ve been sending me all kinds of stuff about my itinerary and what protocol will be observed in each district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “One final thing. Mr. Shelton here has requested that we call Dr. Lopez, the district superintendent, to advise her of our findings. With any luck, Jake will be going back to school tomorrow.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The district once offered instruction in five foreign languages. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The jabberjays were muttations, genetically enhanced male birds created by the Capitol as weapons to spy on rebels in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A tall building in Stonetown’s busiest district must surely have many offices inside, he thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon, we’ve settled in a karaoke bar in the heart of the Roppongi district, with men in black suits guarding every entrance and exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mountains form a natural barrier between the Capitol and the eastern districts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I remember knowing the kids in my district loved being with me.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “What about Devine? What about the conservancy district and the dam?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The win raised their record to four and one overall and a perfect two and zero mark in the district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Those were the words whispered on the streets of Ketterdam, in the taverns and coffeehouses, in the dark and bleeding alleys of the pleasure district known as the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Several people had suggested that Tom Chapman, the new Monroe County district attorney and a former criminal defense attorney, would be fairer and more sympathetic to someone wrongly convicted than lifelong prosecutor Ted Pearson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They died quickly, “the way a hero sandwich dies in the garment district at twelve o’clock in the afternoon,” as the poet Pinero put it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z We were a solid gang of three: myself, Geoffrey, and our friend Gilbert, whose father was the chief of our whole Wimbe district. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He also had his duties as district mathematician, and he soon remarried, a young woman of 24 who bore him six children, three of whom died in infancy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Awaiting Kemmler in the chamber were twenty-six witnesses, including six doctors, the district attorney who had prosecuted him, and many journalists; they were arrayed in a semicircle around the electric chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The café in the Transportation Building, on a terrace over the Golden Door, was always popular and offered a spectacular view of the lagoon district. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The district attorney presented Garfield's damaged vertebrae, and Bliss pointed out where the bullet penetrated the backbone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Willow walked from the nail salon to the district offices on Tuesdays. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The driver’s grandfather had recently retired as a district court judge, which gave the accident an extra public layer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch -this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Every day, six hundred of us show up for school, and there aren’t enough employees in the district and cops in town to spy on each and every one of us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And wherever housing patterns loosened slightly, officials gerrymandered school districts to keep them racially homogeneous. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It would put an end to the continual allegations that Permian recruited players who lived in the Odessa High district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I was in the town, I would bring our letters and money to the headquarters of our district association so they could be sent home. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Everyone has their reservations, naturally. You being from the coal district. But I said, and this was very clever of me, I said, `Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls!'" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It turned out the school district had insurance and the woman told him not to worry. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Tracing the conservancy district boundaries, the lawyer showed where the dam would be constructed, and then ran down who owned each piece of land within the district. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant district attorney, a heavyset white man, approached them and asked how he could help. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There had been a ban on such marriages, and a district judge had issued an injunction not to enforce it, but a stay had been placed on that injunction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For the opening ceremonies, you're supposed to wear something that suggests your district's principal industry. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He said that I’d shown up and made a mess of everything, of the entire district, and couldn’t I see what I’d done? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Azareen lived in a set of rooms above a bakery in Windfall—the district so named for the plums that fell on it from the trees of the gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Going into high school, I was accepted into the highest academic program in my district. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z By the other districts’ standards, the Capitol babied the inhabitants here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Five days later, the Little Rock School Board published their statement saying that the district had been working on a plan to provide separate but equal opportunities for all the children in the city. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Instead, they snaked along the canals that led deeper inland, toward the metals district. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There is a phrase which you sometimes come across in country districts even nowadays, which sums up a good deal of what he might have tried to say. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For 37 straight minutes, we all looked under cars, behind hedges, and around the buildings of the school district administration headquarters for the missing hunk of Cheddar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The streets grew emptier as they passed through a district given over to gloomy stone warehouses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The US district attorney made the opening statement for the prosecution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He is a sophisticate, a weekend denizen of New York’s theater district, a clotheshorse. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He represented a solidly anti-suffrage district in the mountains of Tennessee, and in the first round, his vote had been a nay. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I mean, we’re clearly the best team in our district. And also better than at least one team in this section. Wouldn’t be here if we weren’t.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I flash back to Peeta's lesson on the various district breads in the Training Center. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Friday evening, wandering through the alleys of Kathmandu’s Thamel district, I sought refuge from a deepening depression. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The town has a historic district, a brief strip of colonial architecture visited by tourists on summer weekends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He already got that crazy look in his eyes after hearing about the closures of so many school districts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Without closing the locker door, he ran out onto Canal Street and jogged metallically toward the central business district, looking over his shoulder for the beard and monocle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The parties now stood before the judge like a couple standing before the altar—Karl with deputy district attorney Scott Ford at his side, Richard with Bill Du Bois. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She would now go on to the district competition in Red Rock, they said. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The district president named him district leader, in charge of leading ten other kids in activities. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the district of Sydenham in south London, at a place called Crystal Palace Park, there stands a strange and forgotten sight: the world’s first life-sized models of dinosaurs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “About trying to subdue things in the districts,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They had arrived in 1927, back when it was still technically a village—though it was already being called the finest residential district in the world. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “On the fiftieth anniversary,” the president continues, “as a reminder that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen, every district was required to send twice as many tributes.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the office, members were there with reports of clashes in other parts of the district. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dalton, the cattle guy from 10, conducts the ceremony, since it’s similar to the one used in his district. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “President Snow says he’s sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z You simply step onto an elevator and press the number of your district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Did someone make a case for mercy that was beaten down by the calls for the deaths of the districts’ children? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And again: they were as leery of taxing themselves to fight the conservancy district as they were of the conservancy taxes themselves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Citing the severity of the crime, the district attorney will charge him as an adult, stripping him of the protections normally given to juveniles. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Instead of konohiki carrying out every aspect of administration for a Hawaiian district, state governments have several separate departments, each with its own hierarchy, to handle water management, taxes, military draft, and so on. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Usually it kicks off in 12 and then goes in descending district order to 1, followed by the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They listened in on the radio as some ten thousand people poured into the streets and marched up and down Kabul’s government district. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Some anonymous person hacked into the computer systems and sent out a mass email to the entire school district’s database. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Recently, the last three numbers of the post office’s new Zip Code for a postal district of Harlem hit, and one banker almost went broke. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In my homeroom, when the announcement came over the PA about Stargirl winning the district title, I was about to let out a cheer, hut I caught myself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But not exactly in the way the district supervisor had had in mind. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, I yearn for something . . . the idea of us leaving the district . . . making our way in the woods . . . but I know I was right about not running off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Salvador refused to gasp at his first view of Tijuana’s central district, but Lupita stood awestruck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The tributes’ faces come up, district by district, and their scores flash under their pictures. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Shaker took college seriously: the district had a ninety-nine percent graduation rate and virtually all the kids went on to college of some kind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Returning to the district was like returning to a city of the dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, a large national association stepped in and put pressure on the school district to let him attend. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She starts at the school district on Monday as Dr. Cook’s secretary. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I know. I will. I’ll convince everyone in the districts that I wasn’t defying the Capitol, that I was crazy with love,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z More than ninety percent of the district’s population is dead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z For three days, villagers from across the district feasted on the meat of the terrible beast that had taken so many lives. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Bobby took the elevator to the thirtieth floor of the skyscraper at 110 West Fortieth Street, on the edge of the garment district, and when he disembarked, the elevator operator pointed to a doorway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Because once a kid had been evaluated, Dell could complete the district's form in a flash, giving everyone in a specific category the same rating. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Along the shore was a historical district with tall mansions, palm trees, and wrought-iron fences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We had never even made it to the districts, but now visions of championships danced in our heads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Folks would tell us, “Watch out for the red-light district in No folk,” and we’d go around No folk avoiding red traffic lights. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those folks at the school district probably don’t want a former drug addict working with them. It’ll be okay. I gotta believe that.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Last year our school got to second place in the whole district. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z To defuse him, as I tried to defuse the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With the 22-21 loss to Midland Lee there was a three-way tie for first place in the district with one game left. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In an open letter to township residents and policy makers, he criticized “idiosyncratic alternatives” to public districts, many of them “owned and operated by large national corporations whose number one mission is to enrich shareholders.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The exceptions are the kids from the wealthier districts, the volunteers, the ones who have been fed and trained throughout their lives for this moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For two days he’d been riding his bicycle throughout the district looking for the boys. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Since the movie houses were now off -limits due to lack of funds, he would have had to drift, bored and aimless, around the business district until it seemed safe to return home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s this conservancy district and the dam, isn’t it?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They live in a snug green bungalow in Oakland’s Glenview district, about a mile from Oakland High School. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z What I eventually saw was that he never intended to know each live body in the district, his purpose wasn’t statistical mastery, although that certainly happened. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He highlights the damage done to key infrastructure in various districts, and as he speaks, parts of the map light up, showing images of the destruction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But that morning, the district attorney’s office had abruptly withdrawn the five-year offer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z First the districts, then the regionals, and finally the state tournament. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z To my right lay a quiet residential street with trees, and I entered it, going toward Seventh Avenue, toward the district, filled now with horror and hatred. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Things pick up for me once they've announced two tributes from the same district can live and I shout out Peeta's name and then clap my hands over my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Who wanted me at the district after it was too late? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents got special permission from the district to move me there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They marched into the gymnasium to meet their competition—Quiz Bowl teams from the five other middle schools in the district. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She’s only at school two or three times a week because we share her with the other two middle schools in the district, so I didn’t think she’d have a clue about the sports schedules. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a break for the district, having the Peacekeepers busy doing something besides abusing people. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was the first Black player on a state champion team. You just led the first all-Black team to a 12U softball district title. You earned this.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “They called a meeting; I wasn’t invited to that one either. The lawyer Bloom, he got up and explained the dam, the conservancy district, and your role in this town.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, every district is currently at war with the Capitol except 2, which has always had a favored relationship with our enemies despite its participation in the Hunger Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Two days after Richard’s arrest, the district attorney’s office released his name to the media. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The district attorney’s office had made an offer for a plea bargain. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The firm shunned those who came seeking a defense of indefensible behavior, which was common enough in the unprincipled corridors of the financial district. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For the next sixty months I would be quarantined in the same district, seeing the same streets, the same mine dumps on the horizon, the same sky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wright is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wright, long time residents of Bethel Park, and an older sister, Mia Wright, who graduated from the district in 1980. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She walks around Command, studying the illuminated district maps that show the ongoing troop positions in the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Your talent is the activity you take up since you don’t have to work either in school or your district’s industry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At any rate, I'm sure they’d both agree on keeping me locked up here inside the district with that fence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I show off my stitches and impressive bruising and congratulate the districts on their successful battle for unity. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Armstrong’s lawyers thus filed a motion asking the district court for discovery of the prosecutors’ files to support their claim of selective prosecution under the Fourteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They have actually taken 3 and 11—the latter so crucial since it’s Panem’s main food supplier—and have made inroads in several other districts as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In some districts, in which winning the reaping is such a great honor, people are eager to risk their lives, the volunteering is complicated. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And then, because it's Effie and she's apparently required by law to say something awful, she adds "I wouldn't be at all surprised if I finally get promoted to a decent district next year!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maybe being the least prestigious, poorest, most ridiculed district in the country has its advantages. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But not before she put in a formal request for me to see a behavioral counselor at the district main offices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z These words could not be more pointed, since I suspect several districts are rebelling right now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Although we lived outside the district, Mom begged and cajoled the principal until he allowed us to enroll. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And even though the rules were set up by the Capitol, not the districts, certainly not Madge's family, it's hard not to resent those who don't have to sign up for tesserae. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There are many reasons for the inclusion of diversity in education, not the least of which is a mandated curriculum in many school districts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “It’s a warrant from the U.S. district attorney. We’re going to search the premises—it’s an order, see, an order.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Peeta, if I asked you to run away from the district with me, would you?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So would superintendents from surrounding school districts, representing outraged white constituencies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “A friendly but fierce competition against all the other middle schools in our district.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We needed to have another meeting with the district attorney, Tommy Chapman, but this time we’d be going in armed with a court order to turn over police and prosecutorial files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was hot and explosive, and delivery men avoided the district and the police details were increased in number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, I see the lights of another district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Newcomers generally end up with us, the least desirable district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If we beat John Wayne, we’ll end the season first place in our district. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I sit like a lady, the way Effie showed me, as the districts slip by. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After dropping their school stuff off at their apartments, grabbing snacks, and getting permission to go downtown, Emily and James found themselves riding the bus to the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "Assistant district attorney. Judge: family court, state supreme court, appellate division. Appellate has two p's and two /'s. Never married, no children." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Jasmine was allowed to see him, six days later, the district attorney had decided to charge Richard as an adult and his name was all over the news. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Because if it had become known that my mother could no longer care for us, the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I could look out over the hodgepodge of the business district and see the white-capped waves of Lake Michigan, which in summertime were dotted with bright sailboats. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To the district superintendent of schools, she gave a bad answer, but she did that only once, only to him, and if that answer was not good, her reason for giving it was. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Since only two teams could go to the playoffs, the district’s tiebreaker rule went into effect: a coin toss. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The winner would move on to the district competition. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Horace Quinn was the new deputy sheriff appointed to look after things around the King City district. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I drove into town, parked, and entered the courthouse looking for the district attorney’s office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Excepting in nine of the larger cities of the state all postmasters are registrars for their respective districts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the distance that separated the two schools and the fact that Permian, at a cost of $20,000 to the school district, had chartered a 737 jet to get to Marshall. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As the program developed, however, it was more like a coup de grace for an already ailing district. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z All year, the Capitol will show the winning district gifts of grain and oil and even delicacies like sugar while the rest of us battle starvation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In school they refer to it as a large district, that’s all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The park district didn’t have the funds to restore it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When I got back to the district a small group of youth members stopped their joking to welcome me, but I couldn't break the news. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "I've had a hard day. I'm nervous. With Clifton's death and things in the district so bad, I guess . . ." "Of course," he said, still smiling, "but why are you worried about the district?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know a lot about the school district’s system of punishment. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z District 2 is a large district, as one might expect, composed of a series of villages spread across the mountains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “They gave us citizenship and then sent us to the garment district. I’m going to make sure they make good on their promises.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Only college and high school students were allowed to be Red Guards, but our school district had finally granted our school permission to establish the Red Successors. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They used to be soda machines when my sister went here, but the school district got on a big antisugar kick since then. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He attempted to avoid it and instead found himself driving through what appeared to be a red-light district in an industrial park. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And so while Lenore huddled with other employees filing police reports and requesting interviews with hospital workers, Dell excused himself and accessed the school district website. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Soon, investigators from the Department’s Office of the Inspector General were interviewing them, and, not long after, we learned that the district attorney had decided to bring felony assault charges to a grand jury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The situation was worst in the middle-class and poorer districts. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He knows important people have written letters on his behalf, people like his attorney and his senior district Hitler Youth leader and even Hugo, asking for clemency. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It would call for a glorified version of the Games to make fresh the memory of those killed by the districts’ rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The banking district consisted of several wide streets with large marble buildings on each side of them, all banks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Would students living in areas of town that had been the nucleus of Permian talent suddenly find themselves in the Odessa High attendance district? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why must the directives be changed in my district when the old methods are needed—especially now?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As they drew closer to the Black Wall and the crowded districts near the Long Bridge, they saw a dozen of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Barry had a friend who worked as a bellhop at a hotel in the financial district. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Although it was no surprise, there was still an instant uproar all over the district. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t a citywide Prayvaganza, that would be on the football field; it’s only for this district. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I'll be last, or second to last since the girl tribute precedes the boy from each district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That made him wonder if the injury meant he'd collect some kind of disability payment from the school district. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z To undermine their effort, one of the district commissioners ordered the warden to install two gas stoves near the women’s cells and to hire six women to cook ham and bacon twenty-four hours a day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There was no way, he said, that the district attorney’s office would go for it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was near Phoenix’s business district, which made it a perfect place for Mom to start an art studio. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the time, a player as good as Jim was accorded nearly the same celebrity status across Big Creek district as Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr in the outside world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy tribute from her district is dead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sam and Joe had become the schools roaming tech support, a rapidly spreading phenomenon among geeks as hard-pressed and technophobic school districts turned to their onetime social outcasts to help run their computer systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And by that, the district meant the middle school students who got into trouble, almost exclusively for behavioral issues. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z With Myers back as the primary witness and Bill Hooks ready to say that he saw Walter's truck at the crime scene, the district attorney believed that he could proceed against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That what will be seen as a flashy costume change in the Capitol is resonating in an entirely different way throughout the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "With our organization. We need a good speaker for this district. Someone who can articulate the grievances of the people," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Long ago, when the Games began, the Capitol had built a dozen fine houses in each district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I set my path westward to the burned-over district, to Canvastown. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Our district is the most fertile in all Malawi, often called the “breadbasket” of the country, and Banda understood what was required to work the soil. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Ragen made it clear that he thought of the Colts as “a force for good in the stockyards district.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was decreed that incoming freshmen could apply to virtually any high school in the district. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In light of that opinion, the district attorney announced that he would wait until the president's situation was certain before moving forward with his case against Guiteau. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Tokyo is too large to have a single downtown district. There are two dozen wards, each with their own characteristics. We’re entering Shibuya now.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw him use those knuckles once on a kid from the Karteh-Char district. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At the end of every two weeks, Roberto got a check from the Santa Maria school district, which he cashed to buy groceries and other necessities. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I knew that Dell Duke saw other students from the school district, but the sight of the two older kids made me uncomfortable. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was making an annual salary of $137,500, not a lot to lead a school district. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In case you don’t remember, Ms. Antilly was the guidance counselor for students with last names beginningAthrough G.Later that year, she moved to another school district. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Parcel Day, the first of twelve, in which food packages were delivered to every person in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Living in a Black Belt district, he is younger than most boys of his age, for he has not come in contact with the wide variety and depths of life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But what was more deceitful is that I hacked into my mom's e-mail and answered the principal's note about going to see a district counselor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In fact, I wonder if the Gamemakers are blocking out our conversation, because even though the information seems harmless, they don't want people in different districts to know about one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Worn down by the Victory Tour, failing in my attempt to calm the districts, facing the memories of Clove and Cato, particularly Cato’s gruesome, slow death by mutts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I saw the opening on the school district’s website.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We hope that tourists will come, to see our sanctuary and drive around the preserve and bring more money into the district. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Armpit had been a little disappointed when the San Francisco district attorney told him that. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Of course, I've never been on a train, as travel between the districts is forbidden except for officially sanctioned duties. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The only district officials who saw me that day were Schultz and his secretary, and neither of them had ever met me before. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I was beginning to see that they had two sets of rules in our district—one for the brainiacs, and one for everybody else. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He had dragged me on foot from the ice-encrusted sprawl of Lake Michigan to the slaughterhouse district, which bustled with life even in the dead of winter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Riis had toured Chicago’s foulest districts and pronounced them worse than anything he had seen in New York. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The rebels, who were barely maintaining a foothold in several districts, have rallied. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Herein lay another complaint the people had with the educated and tricky thugs who were trying to form a conservancy district in order to build the Zopilote’s private swimming lake behind the Indian Creek Dam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie Billingsley had been the most valuable offensive player in the district when he had played that position his senior year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As they jogged to their right and entered the shopping district on Fourth Avenue, people stopped on the sidewalk or rushed out of storefronts to watch them pass— staring, snickering, and applauding. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We would start a family business in Chicago’s garment district. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I sat on a bench outside the conference room of the district office of Mom’s store. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This dam, this conservancy district has the farmers down there on pins and needles. Arresting Joe Mondragon for a symbolic act like this could start something nasty.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One night our family was out for a walk in the main shopping district in Birmingham. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it," says Gale. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It was a strange sight as we passed through the burned district ...” Kinzie recalled. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Roberto came only on Saturdays and Sundays because he worked full-time as a janitor for the Santa Maria school district. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In his excitement on his way home through the plumbing district, Mr. Dalai had bought two basins. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps I should mention the anonymous note, except that someone might take it to mean that I didn't have the full support of my district. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Parents had to give permission for students to be off school grounds with anyone who works for the district. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If my hunches are right, this would mean almost half the districts have at least attempted to rebel. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s something my dad told me once, when I was in the district spelling bee. He said that my fear made me more alert. That I could channel my fear into focus.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Additionally, the state’s new Republican governor had drastically cut education funds going to local districts—as well as money for state colleges. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The money they entrusted, then, to the magistrate in the district, a man new and just come. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z |
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