| 单词 | expert |
| 例句 | “It’s just odd that a man who is a master fencer, a defeater of giants, an expert in the use of iocane powder, would not know what this ravine opens into.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sorrento, or one of his many “Halliday experts,” had obviously been able to decipher the riddle and locate the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For years, he’s been the subject of a patchwork of commentaries, numerous judgments, and endless character assessments from a spectrum of self-appointed experts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Jake. I did not know that. I also did not know that, since you’re such an expert on Spanish, you can now help Emma with her homework—instead of me.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The experts had colorful charts on portable easels. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I had read with awe how the Communists had sent phonetic experts into the vast regions of Russia to listen to the stammering dialects of peoples oppressed for centuries by the czars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “If they have no teeth, it’s too late for them, isn’t it,” the expert said through his own clenched teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Dr. Schultz was a neurologist—that is, an expert on brains, nerves, intelligence, and how people learn things. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She was an expert at staring down, but Cal did not look away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they did errands in town together, but Charles also went off to scientific meetings or to talk to an expert about his specimens. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With expert motions the women slipped tortillas—thin discs of cream-colored flour perhaps nine inches in diameter—onto the hot burners. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In his opinion, he said, a white man who has never even killed a bushbuck for his family was not the expert on which god can protect our village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll get expelled, you know. Trust me, I’m an expert at getting expelled.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “How about your friend ReelTok? He isn’t very nice, but you have to admit that, when it comes to getting the word out, he’s the expert.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z No other animal in Cluny’s army could have attempted such an ascent, but Shadow was a climbing expert. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He also began working with the Clinton Global Initiative, a foundation started by the former president to bring together experts and leaders to find solutions to major world problems. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Usually, the experts on the ground would tell a Gemini crew which way to steer to find their Agena, but on this flight—as an experiment—we were supposed to figure it out ourselves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For parents—and parenting experts—who are obsessed with child-rearing technique, this may be sobering news. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z With an expert hand, she quickly detaches the morphling drip from my arm and plugs it into a socket taped into the crook of her own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One story, headed “Class in Cryptology,” stated that Elizebeth “had conducted a class in solving code messages,” showing “how experts translate into plain language the most complex of code and cipher.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Taryn and I don’t dare bait him for fear that his patience with us stretches only so far, but Vivi is expert at it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He has become something of an expert at sneaking back into his house without waking anyone, so he has been staying at the circus later and later each night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Men expert in the disturbances of love, experienced all over the world, stated that they had never suffered an anxiety similar to the one produced by the natural smell of Remedios the Beauty. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “What fresh and unusual ideas you have,” said Spurge, “but our experts believe it was carved in celebration of a goblin massacre.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I asked why you thought you were such an expert on me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was apparently a great expert on these creatures and she made it very clear to me that her witch stories, unlike most of the others, were not imaginary tales. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And Don Parsons, a top-notch explosives expert, determined the cache of explosives and equipment would have caused millions of dollars of destruction to America's war industry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Stripping pods is a precise and meticulous job that might be suited to pedantic dentists or finicky spice experts, but it’s a horror for an impatient teenager like me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’d advise you to listen,” said Root, squeezing the experts’ shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “We are a kind of animal that has evolved for social learning,” says Nicholas A. Christakis, a physician and Yale professor, who is an expert in social networks across time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jam experts, though, don’t have the same problem when it comes to explaining their feelings about jam. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The world's experts in decrypting Enigma, the British had created banks of powerful electric machines—called bombes—to help with the work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "We were determined to be experts by the time we were sophomores." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z US officials had known that the Soviets would eventually be able to build a nuclear weapon, but the nation's top intelligence experts estimated that the Soviets' nuclear capability was still four years away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I think we should find out how the experts decide whether or not the statue belongs to Michelangelo. That will be better than finding out about Michelangelo himself,” Jamie said. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I began the only way I knew how, by reading and talking to experts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the months leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, dueling experts floated diametrically opposite forecasts about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Just a second before he slices the throat in one expert motion, I see the sheep’s eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were no match against his expert swimming. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was our office expert in affairs Mediterranean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z An expert at getting through British lines, John made his way to Charles. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She repaid the gift by giving it magnificent care, expert service and maintenance that was given with the emotionless precision of a mechanic. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His responsibilities are doubling; there are not, it turns out, a lot of Aryan diamond experts in the Reich. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There will be lots of disputing among the experts over what is certain and what not; perhaps the heat and duration of dispute could be adapted for the measurement of uncertainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In early April, Killian reported to Eisenhower and Dulles the conclusion of his experts that test ban violations could be detected with existing technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z These studies have led some policing experts to conclude that racial profiling is actually “worse” in white communities, because the racial disparities in stop and search rates are much greater there. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Thus, when the tour was finished, Claudia was no expert on the United Nations, but she had discovered something: saris are a way of being different. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad, being an expert on disease, talked her down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We spent the time checking as much equipment as we could, just as we had agreed to do months before in meetings with the various experts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The local chieftain was an expert in hand-to-hand combat, using an offshoot of what was more popularly known as Brazilian jujitsu. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “You have to get better. Please. Mr. D will be back soon. He’s an expert in madness. Just hang on.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Ha. I got people that are experts at these things. Thanks for the help, B.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Why didn’t the experts at the Getty also have a feeling of intuitive repulsion during the fourteen months they were studying the piece? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Okay, monster expert, then what do you suggest we do?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They spent the next few months grilling economists, sociologists, and marketing experts, wrangling data. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I become an expert at finding ways to avoid being alone with him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Others remembered that Phil Latham, the wrestling coach, lived just across the Common and that he was an expert in first aid. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z While Ames sat in the meeting, a team of FBI technical experts placed a homing device inside his Jaguar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After she says hello, I hear: //HP 1 O// lodayr I look over because I'm now an expert in her voice, and while it was even and unemotional, I still heard something different in it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A friend of mine, also in honors, had managed never to read a word of Shakespeare; but she was a real expert on the Four Quartets. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Dr. Gazzaley is one of the world’s foremost experts in the science of attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In turn, Bunderson said, Dr. Strayer, an “expert,” would be telling the jury that Reggie was negligent, taking that decision away from the jury. 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 case of the king, he makes a particular kind of choice of expert, in that he licenses people to practice—above all, in Hobbes’s world, he licenses the clergy to preach. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On all my favorite design shows there’s an expert who guides the DIYers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As one of the nation’s foremost experts on restorative justice, she was the one people turned to in situations like this, situations where healing seemed possible. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z "I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I feel like I'm probably an expert at it." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z His work was so conscientious that the economic model he developed was pronounced reliable by experts at the Treasury Department and in think tanks on both the right and the left. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sputnik, some experts declared, was nothing less than a technological Pearl Harbor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have gotten a plant. Mom’s the plant expert,” I explained, “not me.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They became expert vermin hunters until Blue Bill found a cliff near the Pepacton Reservoir. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Now that you’re an expert at it, I would love your input.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Even in her expert hands, it takes a long time to clean the wounds, arrange what shredded skin can be saved, apply a salve and a light bandage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Waterman also happens to be an expert mountaineer who taught his three sons to climb at an early age. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Word was they had psychological experts training them in ways of forcing us to respond. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The FBI was expert at covering its tracks, and its agents were willing to lie when confronted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I stared down at it and thought of Bunny, poor old Bunny, expert killer of flying pests, stalking houseflies with a rolled-up copy of the Hampden Examiner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Soon his skill as an expert craftsman became apparent, and that helped him to regain some of the pride and self-respect he had enjoyed in the years before the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There’s been a lot of discussion among scholars and military experts as to why Stalin’s government allowed this to happen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The radiator boiled, of course, but most Model T experts believed that it wasn’t working well if it wasn’t boiling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it is a case of one expert differing from another. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She was now a fast and expert operator and they needed her in the day when the traffic was heaviest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, when I find a few expert ski bums like these two, I can’t resist sharing my ski song with them.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Sissy, who was an expert seamstress, made Francie’s simple white muslin dress. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z FBI lab experts confirmed that the women’s signatures were excellent forgeries. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Ifemelu did not quite grasp what it all meant, but it sounded correct because it came from him, the America expert, who so easily said "graduate school" instead of “postgraduate school.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Those bones are meerkat bones. Have them checked by an expert.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I blocked out all the light by putting shades over the windows, and I trusted the experts in Houston to watch over my equipment while I was asleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I am now an expert weaver of mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It is not all that difficult to train an intelligent mouse to be an expert tightrope walker provided you know exactly how to go about it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Looking like an expert, Lindsey cracked open the gun, pulled two cylindrical shells from the paper box, and inserted them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Are you an expert in all things celestial?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t know Kavita was also into dinosaurs, but two experts are better than one. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Aviation experts will tell you that Korean Air is now as safe as any airline in the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z While modern continental peoples included ones dependent on stone tools, as were Polynesians, South America also spawned societies expert in using precious metals, and Eurasians and Africans went on to utilize iron. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, centuries later, it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You and your expert may have a five-minute video chat on my computer terminal, which is located behind the main desk.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Gilbert already had a small, local community of experts, but the Torricellian experiment produced an international network of a quite new sort. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He wore his expert marksmanship and combat infantryman’s badges. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "Are you kidding me? You had twenty experts working for twelve hours on this. We have a multibillion-dollar communications network. You can't figure out any way to talk to him?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His story was vetted and scrutinized by former prisoners and guards from the camps, as well as by human rights lawyers, South Korean journalists, and other experts with extensive knowledge of the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When Harrison and Hoving and the Greek experts first confronted the kouros, they experienced waves of repulsion and words popping into their heads, and Harrison blurted out, “I’m sorry to hear that.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert and foot fighter, in the lead; Jess Squirrel, champion climber and pathfinder, close behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What makes you an expert on every nationality?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Although Dr. Bliss rejected the help of several Washington doctors, he sought advice from two nationally respected surgical experts, Philadelphia's D. Hayes Agnew and New York's Frank Hamilton. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The only thing Robin has in common with the legendary hero of Nottingham is that he’s an expert thief. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And he was the family expert on laying low. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Other hobgoblins were the brainchildren of self-proclaimed experts who cooked up idiosyncratic theories of how language ought to behave, usually with a puritanical undercurrent in which people’s natural inclinations must be a form of dissoluteness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He’s thrown a rope with weights at either end right at my legs and they’ve twisted round and caught me, expert, just like a hunter after swamp deer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure his nose is broken. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Frightful took care of the small game supply, and now that she was an expert hunter, we had rabbit stew, pheasant potpie, and an occasional sparrow, which I generously gave to Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argentinians are using ammunition, one expert says, like they've got an unlimited supply. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I knew how to shoot very well—as well as an expert. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The kouros was the kind of thing that art experts argued about at conferences. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z An expert must be bold if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into conventional wisdom. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z What this says, in other words, is that our jam reactions are quite good: even those of us who aren’t jam experts know good jam when we taste it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There are cadets who do everything right—perfect posture, expert marksmanship, boots polished so perfectly that they reflect clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For example, by the 19th century North America’s Great Plains Indians were famous as expert horse-mounted warriors and bison hunters, but they did not even obtain horses until the late 17th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The host of CNN had assembled a panel of terrorism experts to share their theories on who could have carried out such a well-planned attack. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A man on the dole needs to keep up with things because all the other men on the dole are experts on what’s going on in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Noble Odysseus, expert in adversity, battened the lid down with a lightning knot learned, once, long ago, from the Lady Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Another of the experts, Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, took over the excavations, shouldering Figgins aside. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now engaged in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak dictionary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was part of the terror campaign organized by Senator Trueba and his co-religionists, with the help of foreign experts who had been especially imported to that end. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what expert he was talking about, but at that moment, I wished so much that Gran could have been here to teach me alongside Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Gale fills him in on a lot of stuff about 12; Finnick is the expert on both of Peeta’s Games, as he was a mentor in the first and a tribute in the second. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The typical parenting expert, like experts in other fields, is prone to sound exceedingly sure of himself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z My father is an attorney who’s an expert at using the Big Lie to milk the system. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re the expert on these things,” said the cat dryly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z That can be hard to do, the experts told me, when people are so accustomed to the constant stream of pings and external noises. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But many legal experts I’ve talked with doubt such a case would succeed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Or that he was expert with the thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z With one expert strike, he broke the goddess’s handcuffs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z My mom was an expert at cracking open a chicken bone and getting out every last bit of marrow inside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The problem was that she was such an expert actress it was impossible to know if it was genuine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She claimed to be an expert in combatting cold weather and in avoiding head colds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z After World War II, Wernher Von Braun, the leader of this effort, came to the United States with some of his experts and began building rockets in this country. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We got some of the nation's best experts to review the gun evidence, and they con-eluded the Hinton weapon could not be matched to the murders. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We have been paid to start it. It’s a fine line of work to be expert in. If we do this perfectly, there will be a continual demand for our services.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He considered military men unprincipled loafers, ambitious plotters, experts in facing down civilians in order to prosper during times of disorder. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Charles had a rather startling talent for forgery which, according to Camilla, dated from early childhood—expert report-card signatures by the fourth grade, entire excuse notes by the sixth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You guys know a geometry expert?” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Moving every six to nine months had made me an expert at doing new things. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She told the waiter to make sure the soup was very hot, and of course, it was by her tongue’s expert estimate “not even lukewarm.’ The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was no alchemist, no builder, no expert on metals or magnets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There are interviews with the kid’s tearful parents, firefighters, rescue workers, and experts on wells—because there are experts on everything these days. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Second, this community of experts must have a shared base of knowledge which enables them to establish whether a result is not only right but also new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To do this, he had to be in London, especially so he could use his considerable charm to convince the experts to hurry up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, experts study the best speakers and writers in order to discover how they use language. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Well,” she said, “I don’t know that I’m an expert of anything. But one thing I can say is it’s sort of interesting that the person wrote the word ‘black’ in red pen.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Some public health experts worry that other diseases like mad cow could start to appear because of this practice. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It took some experts many years to even recognize that crime was falling, so confident had they been of its continuing rise. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And when the so-called experts came, they didn’t stay long—I think they were there about forty-hve minutes, if that long. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought the tongue was the whole point, but she was the expert. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he asks, “You know any dinosaur experts?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z At one time, experts thought that the Irukandji was found only in Australia, near you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Charles had so many kinds of specimens; he was not an expert on every bird, bone, and bug. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heard that the place had experts who could identify monkey diseases, and he wanted to get a positive identification of the sickness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And are your children experts in code, too?” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He was becoming an expert on such things. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to have a real expert to help me build. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “If the experts don’t know for sure, I don’t mind not knowing. Let’s get tickets for home.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For nearly one week, the two top experts in the field had aggravated the situation with useless tests. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For some reason it hadn’t dawned on me earlier that I was cooking a very difficult meal for a group of very picky food experts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “He is an expert on all scientific matters pertaining to the deathless. Why, the man even traveled to Europe and Asia researching the undead. What would you know of the realm of academics?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I had made the first total emotional commitment of my life when I read how the phonetic experts had given these tongueless people a language, newspapers, institutions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He’ll go to the cinema the rest of his life, sit next to girls from lanes and do dirty things like an expert. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Without telling anyone of their intentions, the two expert campaigners slid out secretly by one of the small doors in the Abbey walls. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Any other experts would find, after proper study, the exact readings I have given here.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He takes sharp turns, navigating the maze with expert precision. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In the world of TB control, experts were still fighting about MDR treatment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They are, in a word, experts, people whose authority rests on experience rather than theoretical knowledge. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A wide assortment of children's rights advocates, lawyers, and mental health experts were watching closely when we asked the Court to declare life-without-parole sentences imposed on children unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘You’re supposed to be an expert at that sort of thing.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Many style experts warn against the compulsion to name things with different words when they are mentioned multiple times. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Durban Command was led by a sabotage expert named Bruno Mtolo, whom I had never met before, but would meet again under dramatically different circumstances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also articulate, knowledgeable, and an expert in Russian history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These British experts knew that most Nazi spies used their own version of the Enigma machine. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then, taking the length of rope from her bucket, she fashioned a loop at the end, and with one expert throw lassoed the doorknob at the far side of the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Sammy, who was from Kentucky, was a cool, collected expert in his business, and his business was women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If you were to assume that many experts use their information to your detriment, you’d be right. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As the days of World War II receded into memory, so did the notion that riveters and gas station attendants and munitions experts and, yes, even mathematicians would, or even should, be female. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was very impressed. 12TH JUROR: Yes, I think he did an expert job. 12TH JUROR: I mean, he had a lot of drive, too. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow the whole thing -his skill, those inaccessible cakes, the praise of the camouflage expert -annoys me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She loved to weave and she was an expert at it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Al Shepard, the chief of the astronaut office, assigned each one of us a specific area of responsibility, in which we were to train ourselves to become experts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Aviation experts will tell you that it is the success of this war on mitigation as much as anything else that accounts for the extraordinary decline in airline accidents in recent years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z After that Sergeant Maples availed himself of the opportunity to study kendo with an expert. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The next Saturday morning, I turned up for coaching and Frank had organized the club’s driving expert to come down and teach me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He refused to go back to the States—at least, that’s what he told an American public health expert who visited him in the hospital—but he was thinking, “Please take me home.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He handed out massive bribes to the Nazis in command of Auschwitz, all the while arguing that the women were "experts," "highly trained," and "irreplaceable." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, I apologize! I was forgetting you’re a real little expert. But you’re right, yes, this book isn’t very old. It was published almost exactly thirty-eight years ago. Ridiculously young for a book!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Franck and Saint-Saens were both expert organists, and learning the organ, then as now, meant learning Bach inside out. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The square was full of people and the fireworks experts were making up their set pieces for the night and covering them over with beech branches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He hadn’t managed to interest any experts in them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Although a slightly smaller plant, wild sweet pea looks so much like wild potato that even expert botanists sometimes have trouble telling the species apart. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She may not look like an expert, but she is.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Royal Dutch Shell had borrowed him from his American company because he was an expert in refineries and gasoline production. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And Julie, also an expert, made it easy, volunteering information that Penn didn’t ask for. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was late, but a bone expert from Chicago had presented that night and they might still be carousing in the local saloons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Armed with information, experts can exert a gigantic, if unspoken, leverage: fear. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It would be naive to suppose that people abuse information only when they are acting as experts or as agents of commerce. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In reality, there is no sharp break, no difference in kind, between the expert and the layman, only a difference in degree. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Schulz had been in trouble with the Gestapo and, as a result, lost his previous job as an oil expert. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “I never said I was the expert. I just said I read the papers.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His intelligence experts had just told him the Soviets wouldn’t have the bomb until the middle of 1953. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We are now experts at getting through the door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Beyond the fields, a mile or more away from the sea, rose a forest of oak, chestnut, and hickory, open and park-like, the underbrush kept down by expert annual burning. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "The expert in all things Mesopotamian! You have done your brother proud, sweet Mohammed." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He found himself on a panel with an Internet addiction expert with a particularly intimate knowledge of addiction, having spent time himself in rehab. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Maybe Oglala. Maybe. I’m not an expert. Your anthropologist wasn’t much of an expert, either. He got this way wrong.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z "Intern Deere, you may not be an expert in wax dummies, but you are an expert in medical diagnosis, and you did examine the body of Sandy McSouthers. Correct?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Private markets, which today supply most of the food North Koreans eat, have become the fundamental reason why most outside experts say a catastrophic 1990s-style famine is unlikely to happen again. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It may be sad but not surprising to learn that experts like Snyder can be self-interested to the point of deceit. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Colonel David Huxsoll was an expert in biohazards, and this was the sort of situation he thought the Institute was prepared to handle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though most experts agree that forensic pathologists—who primarily deal with dead people—are not qualified to estimate survival chances, the State allowed prosecutors to pursue criminal charges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even for an expert code breaker, this is daunting. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A lot of these library experts sounded like dictionaries. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Every day there are newspaper pages and television newscasts to be filled, and an expert who can deliver a jarring piece of wisdom is always welcome. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But beware—a simple cipher is easy for an expert to break! The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Frank was no expert on ghosts, but the dead legionnaires must have all been demigods, because they were totally ADHD. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z According to a London-based expert on the insurance industry, North Korea also exploited the geographical ignorance and political naivete of some reinsurers and their brokers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I talked about dinner, but mostly just to say that my father, an expert code, had made the meal himself. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Nigro, an expert player of near master strength, sensed potential in the boy, and aware that Bobby was without a father, he assumed a mentoring position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Are there any adders around the Mossflower region, Basil? I mean, if there were, then you’d be the very creature to know about them, being an expert and all that.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “When children play outside,” the expert continued, “their hands pick up dirt, and with it, hundreds of microscopic parasites that enter their bodies through their mouths to live and thrive in their intestinal tract.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d been invited to speak in Chicago the next month to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, a conservative and influential group of TB experts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z After Hiatt began the meeting with a keynote speech, Farmer listened to the experts argue, sometimes in heated voices, about MDR and other TB issues. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “This,” the expert said scratching the top of his head, “is the magnified image of a head louse.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was not only regarded as unsporting, it was also an admission that you were not an expert at the job. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z TB experts had declared MDR treatment inordinately expensive, but no one had tried to reduce the main expense, which was high-priced drugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It can be tamed, though this should be attempted only by experts. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dallas turned to look at Z, who maneuvered his truck around the curves as if he were an expert race car driver. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z In the minds of almost all sports experts and most fans, it should have been no contest. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Every language expert from Dr Johnson onwards has accepted that it’s a mistake to attempt to “embalm the language”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I am a woman of peaceful Chiffewar, and no expert on the attractions of violence or the nature of war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They wrapped the statue up, shipped it to Athens, and invited the country’s most senior sculpture experts. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “How expert could she have been? She was five. Sounds like the two of you were just what the other one needed.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Frequently, we’d tag along at his side, pencils and notebooks in our hands, when Dad toured a factory which had hired him as an efficiency expert. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But I also knew that he now spent his days surrounded by expert advisers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That is why experts rely on it; in a world that is increasingly impatient with longterm processes, fear is a potent short-term play. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, I was able to ask an expert, the person who had actually designed that very ramp and the killing machinery behind the blue door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z While Emily lay in obscurity on the floor, in the shadow of a sofa, with a medical uncle applying an expert tourniquet, a dozen relatives worked to calm her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was Dad who suggested having a dozen children, and that both of them become efficiency experts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The only other cipher expert she could think of besides James was Mr. Quisling, and there was no way she would ask for his help, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Seven handed her the plant, a fully grown opal-haworthia, which she was now an expert in growing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But if experts appreciate art more than other people, why should we not emulate them? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The experts don’t agree on how far one must run to get one’s heart in good condition, but, generally, the longer the distance, the better. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had more of his collections to distribute to experts, and he had to urge them, coax them, to tell him what they thought. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There had to be jellyfish experts out there—people who knew about migration patterns, or stings, or other things I wouldn’t even think to wonder about on my own. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Virginians were also the most adept at employing what Adams called “puffers,” what we would call “spinners” or public-relations experts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He considered himself an expert on the breed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harvey Cushing was one medical expert who understood the value for physicians of the discoveries of radiation physicists, but in this, as in so many other ways, his foresight was uncommon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They had sought the advice of every medical expert in the greater Cleveland area—including the best fertility doctors at the Cleveland Clinic—and then engaged the most reputable adoption agency in the state. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials assumed the role of drug “experts,” emphasizing the need for law and order responses—a crackdown on those associated with the drug. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His talent didn’t necessarily reside in a wisdom for capital and markets but rather in an expert and unflinching opportunism, the hunch for the big kill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a demolition expert and the Barracks was the local name for Barrington Heights, the tallest tower block in our South London borough. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I’m an expert at making deals to get what I want—my goat, warm rolls, purple lollipops—this is somehow different. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A special audition in front of a trombone expert was set up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Eugene Johnson, the civilian biohazard expert who was running the Ebola research program at the Institute, had a reputation for being a little bit wild. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re interested in wild foods, speak with my friend Sam here. He’s an expert.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All that remained on earth were the comments of the amazed crowd below and a multitude of experts, who attempted to provide a reasonable explanation of the miracle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By this time the truck was little more than four wheels and an engine and the engine was so crotchety and sullen and senile that it required expert care and consideration. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got expert enough not to need checking, the Pennsylvania papers were added. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The only other cipher expert she could think of besides James was Mr. Quisling, and there was no way she would ask for his help, either. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The statue has been the subject of exhaustive tests and study by the museum staff as well as art experts from abroad. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There must be something wrong with a work of art if it takes an expert to appreciate it.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days later and thousands of miles away, at CIA headquarters in Washington, DC, experts pored over the letters and debated their authenticity. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So he made up his mind to take the matter to an expert. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The questions of the physical location of the Museum, as well as its layout and exact relationship to the Library, have long bedeviled experts. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He once suggested to me that we take Mama to a dibia in his hometown, a man who is an expert in “these things.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z According to the New York Times, "it's been estimated by some intelligence experts that Mr. Walker provided enough code-data information to alter significantly the balance of power between Russia and the United States." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert, had gone to earth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t get me wrong. I’m no expert. Got it all off the Internet! Easy as falling down.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z While waiting for them to decide what sonar stood for, one of the panel of experts looked up from a heavy volume and sent a signal to the commissioner. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Some were experts on bird life: I saw a Pakistani on U-gallery, way up at the top, peering down through his bars into a nest where a mother was feeding her babies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is not only my own opinion. I was talking recently to a friend of yours who is certainly an expert. His name has slipped my memory for the moment.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It really isn’t any different from the ability of an art expert to look at the Getty kouros and know, instantly, that it’s a fake. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z These days, Sylvia seemed to be the expert on everything from fashion to romance. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I watched all those talks on TV about the satellite really closely, and I didn't see any experts who were women. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray gave a little wave to the “psychological expert.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Probably to help her momma out,” says the expert in all things Bri. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Come along with us, and give these boys the benefit of your expert knowledge.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the Army people thought McCormick tried to present himself as the only real expert on Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some afternoons he leaves Marie-Laure in the laboratory of Dr. Geffard, an aging mollusk expert whose beard smells permanently of damp wool. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Internet has accomplished what even the most fervent consumer advocates usually cannot: it has vastly shrunk the gap between the experts and the public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Maybe she's disappointed that she, as a New York City expert, didn't realize this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I become their personal in- dfgena expert, their window into a foreign world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow that represents a more compelling recommendation than the opinion of an expert whose job it is to rate restaurants. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Mami,” I said as I sipped my afternoon café con leche, “Miss Jiménez said the experts will give us free food and toothbrushes and things...and we can get breakfast every day except Sunday...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The military experts then say that the virus has undergone “extreme amplification.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Me, Maria Virginia Farinango, world-famous lock picker, the expert who flies around the globe, opening locks in the nick of time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you’re ready to inject, try to be as quick, smooth, and confident as possible. You’ll be an expert in no time.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z By comparison, Linton said, a ballistics expert could testify that someone had shot another person, but that doesn’t mean the shooter “shot that person on purpose.” 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 have any strong food traditions to guide us, so we seek food advice from “experts.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z During the 140 years since Garfield's death, medical experts have reviewed the record and offered their opinions about his treatment. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Everyone could identify the sounds of a search, and we had grown expert at locating them in the neighborhood. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Lovelace was preparing to release the results of Jerrie's testing at the Space and Naval Congress, which was attended by world experts and aviation doctors. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I have been an expert at watching him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Li’l Reg here likes to think of himself as an expert,” he said loudly, and some of the older men in the shop snickered at that. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At thirty-eight, Swann ranked as one of the nation’s leading experts in the theory of relativity, a subject on which he had maintained a lengthy personal correspondence with Einstein himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nowadays, experts agree: There are many typeface variations in the First Folio, and they appear at random. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z This expert from the universe of the Grand Concourse w'as attracted to the table at which I was holding court by the singularity and magnetism of my being. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past, McCormick had publicly criticized Gene Johnson, the Army’s Ebola expert, for spending a lot of money to explore Kitum Cave and then not publishing his findings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of hours ago I would’ve said that her face was expressionless, but I’m becoming a Natasha expert, and her face is only trying to be expressionless. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Studies have been done, in fact, in which experts in a given field have analyzed such random phenomena and come up with cogent “explanations” for the patterns. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In no time, Seaborg became one of the Rad Lab’s reigning radiochemistry experts while also serving as Lewis’s personal research assistant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had played a bit of tennis when I was at Fort Hare, but I was by no means an expert. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What she really wanted, though, was a Chinese expert who could speak the Cantonese dialect. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z First rounds of examination of “The Waterloo Letters” by experts have yet to reveal any evidence of classified information or otherwise compromising content outside of the nature of the First Son’s relationship with Prince Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The experts do not doubt that a virus can hop around the world in a matter of days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Two hours later, though, Squire finally got him on the phone, and the governor ordered a two-week reprieve, during which experts reexamined the man and sent him not to the chair but to an asylum. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I am becoming an expert in watching other girls’ backs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For weeks after, I turned to books by educational experts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The tour, which drew enormous audiences, was a huge success and was, in the opinion of many political experts, one of the final determining factors in the passage by Congress of the Nineteenth Amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “So what does my expert criminal psychologist think?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was then that the prosecution began its exam-ination of expert witnesses commencing with the long-suffering Professor Murray, its supposed expert in communism who had proved so inept in his subject during the preparatory examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he should leave them in the ground and ask the experts to supervise their excavation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I thought you were supposed to be the sex expert.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Tapeworms,” the expert continued, “can reach lengths of nine feet.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The article is filled with quotes from experts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At other times the most vocal experts suddenly agree en masse that the old wisdom was wrong and that the new wisdom is, for a little while at least, irrefutably right. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For a safety expert at the top of the chain of command, who lives every day with the responsibility for managing risks, the bird traps set out by her underlings are a distant memory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No one is more susceptible to an expert’s fearmongering than a parent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The testimony the experts would provide would also be very direct in characterizing his disabilities and illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Besides, Jamie agreed with her, “I guess it is better to look for clues. After all, we’re doing something that none of the experts can do.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to that, my father became an expert gardener and above all a collector of alpine plants. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A plan builds in the mind of this expert. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The wholesome and varied diet, the relatively short working week, and the rarity of infectious diseases have led many experts to define pre-agricultural forager societies as ‘the original affluent societies’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His own interests were endless, so Riverbank was packed with experts of all kinds. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The Aberdeen girls were experts at crying silently, but their shaking shoulders gave them away every time. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Years at the Night Zoo had inadvertently made her something of an expert on the matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On the TV, a shark expert explained the difference between the dorsal fins of the two huge sharks that were possible visitors to the area: great whites and basking sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Dasch was an expert on all things American, which was a highly valuable skill set in Nazi Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z An expert insomniac, having been one of the first, he had learned the art of silverwork to perfection. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I wanted to know what she could tell me about black, since she was probably an expert of color. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z According to wetlands experts quoted in the paper, the whole thing had resulted from the pond being too shallow and the water too warm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Barack, meanwhile, was working on filling positions for his cabinet and huddling with various experts on ways to rescue the economy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “We needed to lighten the mood around here. And during the ferry ride, I got to tell Serenity all about how to care for a pet duck. Since I’m the expert in that field.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Can I ask what you are an expert in?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Pretty quickly I became an expert at falling down, shoving my hands in front of me so I didn’t smash my already ugly face into the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z If the experts are in Philly, these local doctors are probably wrong pretty often. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom kept all her notes from every bank teller and embassy representative and African expert she talked to on a yellow legal pad. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Yet the demand that she conceal this inner life was great, and by the time she entered high school she was expert at implying bodily a tranquillity that did not in fact inhabit her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “And of course you’re the expert on smiles. Anything you don’t know?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z On the advice of agricultural experts and insecticide manufacturers, they chose heptachlor as the control agent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Of course an expert, whether a women’s health advocate or a political advisor or an advertising executive, tends to have different incentives than the rest of us. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Tessier’s suggestion was that you get all the experts together to try to fix as many of the problems as they could all at once. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Working together, journalists and experts are the architects of much conventional wisdom. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then in 1941, the SS sent Sargo a young German radio expert, who built powerful transmitters and radio networks that could reliably reach Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He still carried the gaff in his hand, but now he perched it on the ledge of the witness box between himself and the expert hematologist. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The art historian George Ortiz was once asked by Ernst Langlotz, one of the world’s foremost experts on archaic sculpture, whether he wanted to purchase a bronze statuette. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But Elizebeth was all business as she explained that it meant she was an expert in breaking secret code and cipher systems. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Come on in, folks, and enjoy a good drink made by our expert mixologists to your exact specifications.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Safety experts feel that there is not enough evidence, yet, to show that the Reston strain is not an extremely dangerous virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt like something of an expert on the subject. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure how I could manage that, but I was the resident Lula expert, their beloved’s best friend, and I spoke with such conviction that they believed me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Consumer Reports put together a panel of food experts and had them rank forty-four different brands of strawberry jam from top to bottom according to very specific measures of texture and taste. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Foaly moved slightly to the side, allowing the commander a clear run at the so-called experts. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Under those circumstances, it was exceedingly difficult for anyone to become a programming expert. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Gypsies are experts at getting people to do that,” sighed the old man. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Four Americans, two Englishmen, and one German, all of whom are experts on the techniques of Michelangelo have thus far examined the statue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The overall correlation was now down to .11, which for all intents and purposes means that the students’ evaluations had almost nothing at all to do with the experts’ evaluations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Killian, a soft-spoken South Carolinian of fifty-three who had succeeded Karl Compton as president of MIT, was a management expert rather than a trained scientist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And everyone knows that it’s better to have an expert show you—and not just tell you—how to play tennis or golf or a musical instrument. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Claudia had begun her research confident that a morning’s study would make her completely an expert; but Michelangelo had humbled her, and humility was not an emotion with which she felt comfortable; she was irritable. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the earliest of these so-called experts was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You’re also going to need an expert entomologist. Someone who can identify all the insects.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z My first instinct to prove that Fig was sick was to consult an expert. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “An expert from the mainland declared it unsafe!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A crack shot and expert hunter, Rondon was once described as the “Daniel Boone of Brazil.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z As if I was some kind of expert on gold dust, butterflies, and blood. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z As the first game progressed, most experts began predicting a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And who was the expert in these two suddenly critical areas of law? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “So I wouldn’t exactly call myself an expert.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "I never heard of anyone dying as a result of lemon juice consumption," the expert replied. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have spared myself the trouble—after all, it was for Richard Parker and he would have dispatched it with expert ease—but for the hook that was embedded in its mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I kept my hunch a secret but had the manuscript authenticated by an expert. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Absurdly, he was excluded from a 1971 National Research Council panel appointed to investigate the dangers of atmospheric lead poisoning even though he was by now unquestionably the leading expert on atmospheric lead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They also depict expert performers of high status, including members of royal dynasties and deities. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If Seabiscuit got the rail, the experts believed he might have a glimmer of a chance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace would send only an expert—a true connoisseur—to handle the task of commissioning work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But this does not mean that “there must be something wrong with a work of art if it takes an expert to appreciate it.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course I didn’t know, would probably never know—if the experts were right, I would soon be dead, burned in intense white clouds hotter than the sun. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One claim is that even if the university experts did not discuss painting explicitly, the painters learnt about their theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I used to be somewhat of an expert on earthworms because a good garden holds so many kinds of life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z All expert skiers, they weren’t worried about the distance. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was in shadow, so I couldn't make out her expression, but I felt a sort of expert tenderness flowing from the ends of her fingers. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Scientists use something called a correlation to measure how closely one factor predicts another, and overall, the students’ ratings correlated with the experts’ ratings by .55, which is quite a high correlation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Instead he thought of how he and Shoba had become experts at avoiding each other in their three-bedroom house, spending as much time on separate floors as possible. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Our major project this quarter is an interactive learning initiative. Over the next nine weeks you will become an expert on an individual from history, learning enough to become that person and assume their identity.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I wanted to wait to tell you both about the true world of rootwork, but seems like an expert thinks it’s time you both know.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They will become expert workmen, technicians—most anything that they want to become. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I interviewed the first forensics expert in the Dan Rather National Guard story, and he was then specifically picked up by The Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, Globe, NYT, etc., within forty-eight hours. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Now the experts hustled to explain their faulty forecasting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He is an expert—he will understand about the firing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Midway through 2009, my small team and I began coordinating with West Wing policy people and meeting with experts inside and outside government to formulate a plan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I learned from Lena. She has collected expert instruction from around the globe. If you ever get a chance to receive a massage from her, don’t turn it down.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Alf was an expert in people who wanted to get away from him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t even know what we do, so don’t act like you’re some expert, Uhn-nee. You don’t know about a lot of things.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But he was an expert horseman, a self- taught violinist, and an amateur geologist, astronomer, and natural historian. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The room buzzed with giggles, and the expert again spread his lips, took a breath, and continued his demonstration. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “A fascinating story. I recently reread it myself. Very well, Kyle. We will contact your brother to determine if he does indeed qualify as a literary expert. It may take a while.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Being the doctor, of course, she would know all about tropical diseases and wouldn’t care for Leah sounding like the expert. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The general public had little voice in matters of art and therefore could not challenge the judgment of the expert few. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His tie was a piece of heavy black silk and he tied an expert bow with it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the experts do not post exact rules, and the layman is apt to fall back upon his final line of defense: “Well, I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you’ve taken my inadequacies into account. I’m not as coldproof as you, nowhere near it. I’m no expert on skis. I’m not in good shape—though much improved from a few days ago.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Obviously, different types of expert work with different types of knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Again the experts were said to have been proved wrong, opening a door that until recently was bolted against the crackpots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He began a whispered dialogue with me, imploring me to get the testifying expert to say things about his intent that were really outside the expert's knowledge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This drone was actually being “flown” and manipulated by an expert who was sitting back at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Festooned with equations and numbers, it was intimidating to read, even for experts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He continued: "That expert doctor you put up said that some of the damage that's done to kids in these abusive homes is permanent; that kind of made me worry. You think that's true?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But Tucker and Harry were experts at traveling in the city. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott, a friend of theirs, was an expert in setting up projects like the one Salva had in mind. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The man who discovered that fact was Walter Nelson-Rees, a chromosome expert who was director of cell culture at the Naval laboratory. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The experts and the students both agreed that Featherweight was number three. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some experts warn of subtle but far-reaching vegetational shifts as a result of the growing use of herbicides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ariana was barely seven years old when she vanished from sight, and seven is the age by which most experts agree that magic will have revealed itself, if present. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “We have arranged for your expert consultation with Mr. Curtis Keeley.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She was one of the world’s foremost experts on Greek sculpture, and she was in Los Angeles visiting the Getty just before the museum finalized the deal with Becchina. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After all of these experts have examined the statue, we will write a summary of their opinions which we will release to the press. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With quick expert strokes, she started painting her toenails. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Because Charles knew the top library expert in all of America, maybe the world. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She became an expert at catching small game and she took great pleasure in carving. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of us are experts at splitting, flaking, sharpening and polishing, as well as finding, rocks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I went barreling on as if it was my poem and I was an expert. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z As to the role of religion in healing, the experts I talked with feel divided. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "Well, Mr. Singh, we all agreed to stand by the ruling of the panel of experts." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I look into Tam’s Noise but he’s as expert as anyone I’ve met at hiding stuff away when someone starts poking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was a lot harder than it looked but after a while I got pretty good thanks to all the expert marksmen hanging around disguised as milkmaids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess all British people are experts on acting and accents and scene-work and dramatic structure, or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Both expert at translating the character of nuns, Ben and Mary Anne divided them into two distinct and irreconcilable categories: the Smiles and the Vampires. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All experts do this, either formally or informally. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The experts on the use of space suits were giving advice to team members as they suited up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse who had spoken put a hand on my shoulder and led me out of the room, maneuvering the trolley with her free, expert hand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z You feel fortunate to have such a knowledgeable expert as an ally in this most confounding enterprise. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Stygg was hardly the most expert of headsmen, and Benfred had a neck thick as a boar's, heavy with muscle and fat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a young museum, eager to build a world-class collection, and the kouros was such an extraordinary find that its experts were blinded to their instincts. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z TeLinde, one of the top cervical cancer experts in the country, was a dapper and serious fifty-six-year-old surgeon who walked with an extreme limp from an ice-skating accident more than a decade earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I said, now a bed remote expert, adjusting it so that I was sitting more upright. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Navy may have wanted a back door to William, but what they got in February 1923 was a gifted expert in her own right. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Now the elms are stricken with a disease that afflicts them throughout their range, a disease so serious that many experts believe all efforts to save the elms will in the end be futile. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And an expert’s incentives may shift 180 degrees, depending on the situation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As historian Michael Lerner has observed, “The law that was meant to stop Americans from drinking was instead turning many of them into experts on how to make it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z What I mean is that it is really only experts who are able to reliably account for their reactions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Because I’m an expert on these two words. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Now expert opinion would put it down to brain chemistry and evolution. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When they finished their speeches, the experts had all the mothers line up and come to the side of the room, where each was given samples according to the number of people in their household. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z To do this he does not need to be an expert himself, he just needs to take sensible advice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was a wave of rebellious feeling against those who were experts in the field. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Holly became the LEP’s foremost expert in the Artemis Fowl cases, and was invaluable in the fight against the People’s most feared enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was already well past six o’clock at this point and I was beginning to hyperventilate when it hit me: I had the number to an expert hair-doer-upper. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Beetee questions the legality of the Quell in his nervous, twitchy way, wondering if it’s been fully examined by experts of late. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her new god was an expert in punishment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By that I don’t mean that experts like different things than the rest of us—although that is undeniable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Water pollution experts throughout the United States are concerned by the fact that detergents are now a troublesome and practically universal contaminant of public water supplies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, but you’re not the expert here. And besides, how do you know my interpretation isn’t accurate?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Finn was an expert at giving up—wasn’t that why Sean was barely talking to him? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Actually, Carson had predicted that the campaign would fail even if the spraying continued as mosquito-control experts wanted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Lindsey was the expert, and I let her lead me, her mouth hot and her lips frosted with sparkly orange-flavored lip gloss. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s doubtful an expert could tell whether they were meerkat bones or mongoose bones.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You will also study all forms of killcraft and become experts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My mom was a biologist and the resident shark expert for Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We would also be trained to be expert in every form of communication used by the Marine Corps, from radios to Morse code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not an expert on gunshot wounds. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He had been expert at ragtime and was becoming even more expert at jazz. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearl wielded the tools with expert hands, levering the side panels into place against the headboard, propping them up on one ankle while she bolted them into place. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Calder understood the man’s fascination with connecting things that didn’t seem related, and he admired the way Fort challenged the experts. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “No matter what the Commandant did, I would never—" “You think that carving on your heart makes you an expert in pain?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Another expert took a different view, essentially saying there wasn’t enough money to treat MDR, no matter how encouraging Farmer’s results. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Now, there is not any question that Charley was rapidly becoming a tree expert of enormous background. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His official "cover" was as a scientific adviser, assigned to organize trips abroad for Soviet technical experts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was in his top dresser drawer, next to his empty wallet and a magazine about bands and musicians that I’d never heard of but knew that Gabriel would have been an expert on. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z With a certain sense of pride, he would add, "experts," although I knew that was an exaggeration in my case. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Most experts agree that unless there's something horribly wrong with you, you should just drink water whenever you're—get this—thirsty. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I heard the police had brought in a psychic, a fingerprint expert, a special team of bloodhounds trained at Dannemora. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Uh, you’re our Underworld expert. With all this weird stuff going on with Death, is an oath on the River Styx still binding?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I hear you are an expert shot,” the captain says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The fear created by commercial experts may not quite rival the fear created by terrorists like the Ku Klux Klan, but the principle is the same. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He became an expert at branding, dehorning, castrating, and selling stock. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You, too, may know the troubling, expert power. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I mentioned various aircraft he’d flown, the aircraft Dad had briefed me about, he grinned again and said, “Heck, I do believe we got an aviation expert on our hands.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, Hoover himself had interviewed her in Washington, not once, but twice, and he arranged for a government expert on “mental diseases” to evaluate her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’m not an expert like my mom is, but I guess I’m still better at waiting than Ms. Griegson. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She was so expert with the rolling pin that the dough seemed alive. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Their conclusions often hinged on which expert had most recently spoken to which reporter. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The motion sought to disallow the testimony of David Strayer, the professor at the University of Utah, who is expert in distracted driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On TV once she heard a relationship expert say that you can’t find peace until you find all the pieces. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The butcher says, Are you a bit of an expert, missus, on the Jews and the pig. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Franklin checked with Washington’s counterintelligence expert John Jay, but Jay did not know anything about Bonvouloir. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for the experts, in the 1920s and 1930s their initial theories about the timing of Indians’ entrance into the Americas were proven wrong, and in a way that allowed the crackpots to claim vindication. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m no expert, but that’s a giant magnet here,” she said, and she traced her fingers along the outline of the machine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Now, you two experts are on handsome retainers for your profiling work. Correct?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I know you didn't realize you were talking to an expert. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret—and decode—what lies behind our snap judgments and first impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The mushroom expert at the Botanical Gardens told me that. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, Enigma was so complex that it could not be solved once and for all, even by the British experts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Also an expert at watching agents behind glass to read their expressions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She was supposed to be an expert, being the head counselor for Aphrodite cabin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It can only be proven that I brought a person onto campus who I presumed to be an expert on sexual deviancy in adolescence and who turned out to be an actual sexual deviant. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z "These wires are measuring my brain activity. I'm here for specialized testing because, according to the experts, I'm a genius." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Well, clearly you’ve been there long enough to be an expert. How long are you staying?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He was an expert at making fires no one could see. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But we too embrace faulty causes, usually at the urging of an expert proclaiming a truth in which he has a vested interest. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I watch how Keira makes sure to look up as she reads from her paper and takes deep breaths between sentences like an expert speaker, and I make a mental note to try that. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “By the end of the war, I was more or less known as a military cipher expert,” she wrote, “but I was better known as the wife of my husband.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Kids are not going to spontaneously ask for a parent,” explains Barry Feld, a law professor at the University of Minnesota and one of the nation’s leading experts on juvenile justice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z An expert tracker, he missed little or nothing and was one of the very few rabbits for whom Woundwort felt a genuine respect. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 15, there was a court hearing that started with a request from Bunderson that the state of Utah pay for Reggie’s defense to hire expert witnesses. 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 19 3 os, track experts were beginning to toss around the idea of a four-minute mile. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I heard Lily flick the cigarette butt across the yard in expert fashion. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “That’s awfully steep for a pig,” I say, “but I’m no expert on pigs.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly becoming an expert by your early twenties was all but impossible. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then they presented the chair to groups of facility managers and ergonomic experts—the kinds of people who would ultimately be responsible for making the chair a commercial success. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He moves with expert speed, and I can’t help tumbling to the floor, cracking up. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z As an expert machinist he was sought after by many factory owners in the area. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He taught her how to tell time and direction from the stars, and she showed him how to open the expert software in the boards to optimize them for night travel. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This query bore the unmistakable fingerprints of Arthur Compton, who reigned as the world’s leading expert on cosmic rays. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was no bonobo expert, but he was the ugliest I’d ever seen. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Hoving has talked to many art experts whom he calls fakebusters, and they all describe the act of getting at the truth of a work of art as an extraordinarily imprecise process. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I found a bunch of jellyfish experts, actually. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As an expert in interplanetary travel, I can tell you there are no scientific inaccuracies in the story. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn to the Ghost, watching his calm face and the expert way he places each foot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Katya died like a true Soviet fighter pilot, first filling an enemy fighter with bullets before using expert flight techniques to put out the flames that were engulfing her own plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Alyosha shouted, “Oh, I didn’t know fools were experts on love!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “It’s just a very challenging plane geometry problem. How do we find ‘X’ without knowing ‘A’? I may need to ask an expert for help.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The mothers shrieked with laughter, and the expert sat down so that an Americano with red hair and thick glasses could tell us about food. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z None of them were experts, but they weren’t novices, either. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That’s because an expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Based on the witnesses’ descriptions of size and the shape of the dorsal fin, area experts were trying to identify the type of shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At about three a.m. on July 5, 2010, the grave of Bobby Fischer was opened by a team of experts from the Reykjavik Official Cemeteries Department. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And believe me, I'm the freaking expert on that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z That night he Googled Jane Goodall and found out she was the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Every suggestion is a huge project that would require a few million dollars and a team of experts. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The present conclusion of experts is that “housefly control has escaped insecticidal techniques and once more must be based on general sanitation.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A gifted artist and violin player, he was a radio expert and one of the Army’s best code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “One PE class and now you’re an expert? This is a commitment, not a whim.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Dad was an expert in math and physics and electricity. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Chester lifted the black wings that were carefully folded across his back and with a quick, expert stroke drew the top one over the bottom. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She pressed her way to a chair in the middle of the room and sat facing the experts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Despite the warnings of cancer experts, carbamates are now widely used, not only as insecticides, weed killers, and fungicides, but also in a variety of products including plasticizers, medicines, clothing, and insulating materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ann concluded with an expert twist of the white Southerner’s tail: she observed that black cooks might be spitting in the stewpots and their white bosses would never know it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And he had just taught me a lesson: that shifgrethor can be played on the level of ethics, and that the expert player will win. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Bliss had been a surgeon for thirty years and was considered an expert in gunshot wounds. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Sandman is an expert who works both sides of the aisle. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Prison did not deter crime significantly, many experts concluded. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For my part, I’d become an expert at walking quickly and lowering my gaze when passing through public spaces, which helped keep things efficient. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The composer's expert control over such feelings of expectation and arrival are one of the main sources of the listener's enjoyment of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Other Ebola experts have taken to calling this loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he said, ‘Well, we can’t take the risk that he's known to be seeing an expert on lying.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even in the big cities, the local experts were nothing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She discovered that Inka metallurgy was, in fact, as refined as European metallurgy, but that it had such different goals that academic experts had not even recognized it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He would know, but would his opinion be accepted by the experts? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And I am to stay on my uncomplicated task of rendering a man’s life and ambition and leave to the unseen experts the arcana of human interpretation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of me, a figure swaddled in a blanket slept soundly in a chair that looked like it had been designed by a torture expert. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “No, that’s not fair, Mama. Dad is an expert when it comes to garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My hired helper worked beside me, and neither of us being expert we were well splattered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters and I became expert colored counters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She could work closely with their own Cantonese expert and then testify at the trial. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Finally, Suitcase marched over and bellowed at us in English, a language in which he was not expert: “You talk too much, but you work too few!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother said this was something a girl didn't know about till it was too late, so she had to take the advice of people who were already experts, like a married woman. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After calling in sick, he hopped into his newly purchased car and drove off to meet his friend Bill Wernecke, a fervent Nazi supporter and an expert draft dodger. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Healers learned the intricate work of healing wounds, while Heartrenders became soldiers—experts at doing damage, not undoing it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It took five years to hear the testimony of some one thousand experts and witnesses. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The experts wrote an article making public their unanimous conclusion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew that P. W. Botha had created something called the State Security Council, a shadowy secretariat of security experts and intelligence officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All those Columbia experts can spiel all they want about the delicious satire; they’re crazy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I’m not the only one that’s been caught. There’s irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn’t there?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Over the recent decades, a vast and diverse flock of parenting experts has arisen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Like people see me as an expert of sorts. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He read obsessively, practiced yoga, became expert at the martial arts. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z KGB watchers, Ken knew, were experts at blending into a crowd. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s a historian, an expert on the goblin-elf wars of centuries past. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z One expert, an authority on how much structural strain a steel tank could bear before breaking apart, was on the witness stand for more than three weeks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In the past experts have believed the image which he sculptured for his own pleasure to be a cupid. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Bruner was involved, in the early 1980s, in a fascinating project — called “Narratives from the Crib” — that was critical in changing the views of many child experts. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized that after so many years of hunches and suspicions, the time had come to bring in the experts, the spy hunters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z First, experts in mosquito control complained that Congress had not budgeted enough money for the campaign to succeed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z From his carefully constructed hide in the wood three hundred metres away, Darwin Bonaparte, the Feely Corporation’s most expert big game photographer had watched the whole proceedings. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z At sixteen, Lothar Loewe was considered an expert in blowing up tanks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You shall be our designated expert on lore.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Six months later I had married this bright, kind, green-eyed martial arts expert, who said he would protect me forever. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, given a 35 mm camera and a built-in exposure-meter, anyone can be an expert photographer, but it was not so easy fifty years ago. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wait, they’ll blame the geeks,” he predicted, meaning the general “they” of the media and its alleged experts. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sí,” said the expert, “a mango can be substituted for an apple.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They needed an expert on codes and ciphers right away—and they wanted to hire Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was becoming an expert at saying nothing by saying something: excellent training for politicians or talk-show hosts. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily chattered about her plans for volunteer work; she would begin, she said, at the Nurturing Center, since she was already an expert at feeding Gabriel. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We are presently awaiting the arrival of two more experts from Florence, Italy. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Their question was, how close would the students’ rankings come to the experts? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Willie the Wildkit looks approximately like a mountain lion, though, and while I am admittedly not an expert in zoology, I'm reasonably sure that mountain lions do not, in fact, respect everyone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z You need to read up on it because I ain’t no expert. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And by now he was an expert tramp, using humility as a working principle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It belonged to Gene Johnson, the biohazard expert who had led the expedition to Kitum Cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But before he could become an expert, someone had to give him the opportunity to learn how to be an expert. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He spoke of hell as an expert, not the mush-mush hell of these soft days, but a well-stoked, white-hot hell served by technicians of the first order. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” writes the neurologist Daniel Levitin. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She was already an expert pole fighter, daughter of a teacher trained at the Shao-lin temple, where there lived an order of fighting monks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Further, a small group of them had become so expert that they were known as the Cheerleaders, and a crowd gathered every day to enjoy and to applaud their performance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And it turns out he is a real expert on the subject. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There were the huge printing shops with their subeditors, their typography experts, and their elaborately equipped studios for the faking of photographs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Chief among these was a handbook by an Army officer named Parker Hitt, an expert who had gone to France to serve with American forces. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was an expert in looking cool and sophisticated. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They just keep bringing on more experts to talk about different aspects of the case. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was developing a specialty in how people become experts and how they acquire skills, and how those skills get compromised. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z High was also a survivalist and fancied himself to be a karate expert. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Here, after talking with many experts, filtering many views, it seems there is one rule. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z With a sinking feeling, I remembered what an expert shot he was, how he’d broken the rows of mason jars one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Since art is such an ‘unruly’ subject that even the experts keep disagreeing with each other, my opinion is as good as theirs. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wondering if he were some sort of expert. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They arranged for an autopsy at Francklyn Cottage, sending for an expert in postmortem examinations. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, almost everyone liked the Journal of Researches and many loved it—his expert friends and reviewers in journals and papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I became an expert at trading and reselling at the secondhand shops. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z By the time we arrive to Sagan, I’ll be as much of an expert as Mom is in botany and Dad in geology. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A radio expert with the Coast Guard, Jones had been trained by William in the early 1930s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He was an expert silversmith, praised all over the swampland for the delicacy of his work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Puzzling over how new species were created, he turned to experts in different fields: He talked to Elizabeth about gardening. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The new aristocracy was made up for the most part of bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, trade-union organizers, publicity experts, sociologists, teachers, journalists, and professional politicians. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Klein studied nurses, intensive care units, firefighters, and other people who make decisions under pressure, and one of his conclusions is that when experts make decisions, they don’t logically and systematically compare all available options. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At times, too, she was needed as an expert witness for trials. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Hobbes’s point is not that expertise is whatever the sovereign says it is; it is that non-experts can be competent to select experts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Virtually every southern state was infested with Aedes aegypti, these experts pointed out, but funds would run out before the job of eradicating the mosquitoes was half completed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Listeners were convinced when they heard familiar names of roads and towns, as well as comments by experts and officials. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And the white noise generated by the experts—to say nothing of the pressure exerted by fellow parents—is so overwhelming that they can barely think for themselves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z One person seemed to have shown slight improvement, coming across on the graph as an anomaly, an expert multitasker. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We involved expert pathologists and persuaded local authorities that there was no basis on which to convict Marsha of murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Over the previous few months, my East Wing staff and I had spoken with children’s health experts and advocates to help us develop the pillars on which our larger effort would be built. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Fabrica was a book for the established experts in medicine, but Vesalius also wanted to reach a wider audience. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “This is not a system that needs tinkering around the edges, this is a system that is broken almost everywhere you look,” a panel of state-approved correctional experts concluded in 2006. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As with the spy Penkovsky before him, the information Gordievsky passed to his handlers, experts believe, may well have defused a global crisis and averted nuclear war. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The economy of the sanitation method is stressed by New York experts in Dutch elm disease control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Plenty of other experts were also intrigued by the potent drawings and had tried to decipher them, without success. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In her preface, Maria declared that she offered her designs to all, “to copy and paint, and to sew in the women’s rooms, and for use and pleasure of all expert lovers of art.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine how anybody could ever become an expert in jellies. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But this diverse army of experts now marched out a phalanx of hypotheses to explain the drop in crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z During those chaotic years, as the basic functioning of Kim Jong Il’s government stalled, think tank experts in the West were writing books with doomsday titles such as The End of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Stalin and the Communist Party encouraged ambitious designers, daring pilots, and mechanical experts to create an industry that was exemplary throughout the world. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She knows how I was raised by language experts, saved from the wild. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of experts at the U.N. urged a national convention for South Africa that would lead to a truly representative parliament, and recommended an amnesty for all op-ponents of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Society submitted his proposal to Savery, who was not only the leading expert in the field but also held a patent which was so broadly worded that it covered any steam-powered engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Some can be reached only by crawling on hands and knees, and the path is so intricate that one would soon be lost without an expert guide. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton wrote several textbooks and was regarded as an expert in his field. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m not an expert or anything, but I could have sworn he was interested. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In compensation, the Marshall Islanders received expert medical care. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were determined I would grow up to be a totally self-sufficient, problem-solving expert. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Chargaff, as one of the world’s experts on DNA, was at first not amused by dark horses trying to win the race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As a single man with no family responsibilities, he could meet with these experts, go to scientific meetings, and visit museums and libraries whenever he wanted to. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That sure seemed high, but . . . well, the expert said it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Ellsberg was no expert, but on its surface the conflict there looked simple. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z ‘That’s high- quality Celestial bronze netting, and I’m a son of Hephaestus. He’s kind of an expert on catching goddesses in nets.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Though they joked about hiring a fengshui expert to determine a propitious day for the grand reopening, in the end Ralph and Helen — more practically — simply planned to resume business as soon as possible. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z You could needle them or complain—Rita was an expert at this—but you didn’t go too far. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, the idea of correcting a centuries-old mistake, of pointing out that the experts in museums and universities weren’t really as expert as they’d thought they were, was irresistible. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The next expert uncovered another easel on which there was a picture of a big black bug. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There are no real doctors or nurses, only ordinary people ordered to pretend to be medical experts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They aren’t cola experts, and to force them to be—to ask too much of them—is to render their reactions useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Also, the quality of the antibiotics had been certified by experts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There is much more to say on all the issues, but that is beyond the scope of this book, so I will leave it for scholars and experts in the field to address. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I gave the picking pole an expert twist. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The president’s daughter looks about thirty years old, around Susana’s age, and is an expert on mingling and posing graciously for pictures. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I’m the expert in babes,” Aunt Nancy says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She is only Dr. Martin: bird expert, veterinarian, rescuer of falcons and eaglets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What they had in common was that they were all expert pilots with at least a commercial rating and more than 2,000 hours of flying time. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Eberhardt explained that he had borrowed the file, xeroxed every page, and then taken the material to some lawyers who were experts on environmental matters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a stocky, round-faced, twenty-six-year-old karate expert named Norman 3X Butler, allegedly a Black Muslim, and a week later, this was followed by the arrest of Thomas 15X Johnson, also allegedly a Black Muslim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say, I don’t want to become an expert ragpicker. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Laura Friendly was an expert at delivering good news with a disappointing twist. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He becomes an expert imbiber and doler-out; his competence will vary, but will rarely be accompanied by genuine enthusiasms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sounds like a ploy to me, to find a husband. Becoming an expert on keeping house.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Half a dozen experts would crowd round you and express their opinions in highly professional language. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The new isotope’s potency and the efficiency of the cyclotron in producing it surprised even experts accustomed to Lawrence’s guileless optimism. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This enterprise required that certain social and technical preconditions be met: the existence of reliable methods of communication, a common body of expert knowledge and an acknowledged group of experts able to adjudicate disputes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After Luna, his radio expert, was captured, Sargo’s reach was even further diminished. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The expert stretched his lips into a smile and pulled a large toothbrush from under the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As an expert on American ways, Kappe ordered Dasch to take charge and help create plausible cover stories that would stand up under intense scrutiny. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When all this had been accomplished, Mr Tibbs stood near the centre of the Ballroom casting his expert butler’s eye over the scene. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned how to cook early on because I was alone so much, and I was an expert on macaroni and cheese from the box. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The propulsion experts at NASA’s laboratory in Cleveland took the lead on the craft’s electrical system and the retrofire rockets built into the craft itself. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Castle asked this like he'd been discussing it with a panel of experts for days. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She had forgotten, until they were face-to-face, how Elena so often talked to her as if she were a child, as if she, Elena, were the expert in everything and Elizabeth should be taking notes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No one is an expert on life and death,” George says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Though exact numbers aren’t known, some experts claim that the total number of victims may have doubled to 200,000 or more. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z An expert doesn’t so much argue the various sides of an issue as plant his flag firmly on one side. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “This is one big sweet-smelling city. We know every neighborhood by the scent of its garbage. You’ll be an expert, too, really soon.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z What sort of film expert has never watched Dracula? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Many of them thought they were dealing with a firm from South Korea, the expert said, while others were unaware that North Korea is a closed totalitarian state with sham courts and no international accountability. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “People pay exorbitant sums for an expert massage. You will receive yours at no cost, merely in exchange for a service. How long would it take you to ascertain Stan’s location?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The experts don’t believe in coincidence as much as I do, and I don’t want them to throw doubt on something that I’ve felt always, and actually known for about twenty years.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote: “The opinion of an expert that texting or using a cell phone is distracting or even dangerous is nothing other than telling the jury that such activity is either negligent or criminally negligent.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Linton argued that the Utah Supreme Court had ruled that experts were allowed to testify about how certain acts are “consistent with” certain behaviors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Lim did his best to delay the proceedings—something he was expert at. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Unless you were a real expert, the only way to find out which was which was to chop one down and see for yourself. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I found an expert to testify that the bomb was a timed device and not intended to kill on contact. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I was almost a thirteen-year-old, but he thought I was a shark expert. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Let me tell you something else about Cade Hernandez: As the school's de facto commander in the Stop Trying to Make Us Stop revolution, he was an expert button pusher. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My probation officer thinks he’s slick; he swears he’s an expert on gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It is a formidable roadblock, this stock phrase, in the path of understanding between expert and layman. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to be the film expert here. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was, however, an expert and deadly shot, a good hunter, also a conservationist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man was a famous ingcibi, a circumcision expert, from Gcalekaland, who would use his assegai to change us from boys to men with a single blow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am not an expert on wax dummies." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the sextet from Loochy the Murmurer,” announced Tucker Mouse, who had become quite an expert on all things musical during the past week. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew he could: the rapport was there, or as the experts have it, the phases were consonant, and of course he had as yet no idea of how to raise the barrier voluntarily. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, many experts have concluded that Garfield's wound was not necessarily fatal, even given the limits of 1881 medical technology and knowledge. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Schindler was forced to agree, but ironically, that change was what saved our lives near the end of the war when Schindler argued that his "expert" workers had to be moved to Brünnlitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Farmer confidently told them he had consulted world-renowned experts and read all the literature. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He went on to have a celebrated career as a Soviet intelligence instructor and was sought after as an expert on Western espionage tactics. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a requirement that we be experts in Chinese culture. The only requirement is that we love Mirabelle. And we do. We want to give her a better life.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I kept my hunch a secret but had the manuscript authenticated by an expert. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In her book Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children, Ann Hulbert documented how parenting experts contradict one another and even themselves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z |
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