| 单词 | lever |
| 例句 | The lever was there, just as Jesper had said it would be. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Polycarp Okuku yanked a lever on the barrel of his assault rifle, clack, ta chock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the lever popped back in, she descended to the ground. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Only he even saw these things, it seemed; only he considered how they had been made, the gears turning, the levers tilting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Pascal’s explanation is a mechanical explanation, and its oddity is that it extends the scope of mechanical explanations from the artificial world of levers and pulleys to the natural world of gases and liquids. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I’m arranged I reach my hand out, fumble for the small lever at the right side of the table, pull it back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna loved her grandmother’s workshop, and had already been taught the basics of mechanics—levers and wedges and pulleys and gears. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She replaced the cap, flicked a tiny lever, placed one foot on the mower, braced the other firmly in the grass, and yanked the cord quickly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just a frame, but had aligned moving pieces and what looked like gears with little levers attached to the sides. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z When I am trussed, immobile, they lever me to my feet. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached out and pushed a lever, slamming it forward until it couldn’t go any farther. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She pulled a lever, and the heavy door clacked open. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Shadow shifted position and levered with his back legs and tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Diana grasped the metal lever, pulled it toward the loom, and jammed it into a slot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In his younger days Amarante had often run a backhoe, but now he had trouble holding the clutch down long enough to push the shifting lever into gear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lever was at work, overcoming Kaz’s resistance, moving him into place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z O’Brien had pushed the lever of the dial up to thirty-five. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It steered with two levers, like a very small bulldozer, and looked more like a toy than a mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Further pressure on the lever sent the hay cart past its own point of balance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Redemption dragged the bench over and levered half of it so it was at a right angle, a narrow L. Pet lifted Hibiscus easily with one hand and deposited him in the seat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I think I’m fine,” he said as he cautiously levered himself up onto one elbow and from there into a sitting position. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel took out the last slide but left the lantern on, and in the dramatic glare of the circle of light he bent to lever open the box. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, and then he raised the gun and aimed deliberately and fired. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Nestles right on down into it and pulls the lever so the recliner part kicks out. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He found the crutch and levered himself upright. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He shut off the lever and stood up; things were all right so far. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She turned the lever on the side of the printing machine. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The lever he uses to hoist the aerial alongside the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Or maybe the lever hadn’t been there after all. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She knew every lever of power; she could manipulate them all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Done correctly, this process levered the boat forward in the water smoothly and powerfully. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pulled a lever, and the wings began to flap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He pulled the lever for still more coal. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Shorty threw the lever and the elevator went up and stopped about five feet shy of the floor upon which the white man worked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached down to a short length of floorboard and pushed at it until he was able to lever it out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The statue was wedged tight in the corridor, so Leo had to climb over the top and wriggle under her limbs, searching for levers and buttons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Near the door were a crank and a lever. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z On top of the tank were two levers; the first was next to pictures of a rabbit and a turtle. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He adjusted a lever and the thin jangle of mechanical music began. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She pushes the little lever of the box for a straw, yanks a stack of napkins. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The children watched as the clockwork gears and levers inside the man began to engage. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When, finally, Diana stood back and told the girl to pull the lever into place, Lyddie touched Diana’s shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The machine of her body—every gear, every spring, every well-honed lever—had altered, rearranged, and clicked into place. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Under his hand there was a dial with a lever on top and figures running round the face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He waved a hand at a series of levers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Laziness wasn’t as reliable as greed, but it still made a fine lever. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Miguel stomped on the edge of his shovel, levered up a wedge of earth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a lever to raise the gate for the boats. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I pulled the lever and pressed the button and dried the first rack, then the next and the next. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When the body was covered with coal, he pushed the lever back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Resigned, she searches for the antigravity lever, and I head out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He pulled the sheet away, revealing a collection of levers and knobs almost as complicated-looking as Leo’s control panel on the Argo II. “This button?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They all seemed to be wired together, pointing in the same direction and connected to a single bronze lever on the side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not yet thirty years old, with less than three years to learn the levers, Kim Jong Eun had no such advantage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When a warp thread snapped, instead of instantly hitting the lever to stall the loom, she threw her apron over her head and burst into tears. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Father gritted his jaw and levered himself up on his hands. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Let’s see, this one’s for the intercom—I saw you push that one, too—and these levers are obviously for the wheels and brakes, so that leaves...this one!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There are no levers to pull or buttons to push. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He inserted a nickel but when he tried to pull the lever he found that the machine was jammed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I get moving with the claw, holding my hand on the lever while peeking around the case—this is good. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When we didn’t talk, some invisible lever was still winding a coil between our bodies. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When it reaches a structure that resembles a silo, it pushes a lever, and the top pops up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I turn a tiny lever on the carriage floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Weaver sat on the front with a lever to control the power to the locomotive’s electric motors. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He could evade its pangs if he was quick-witted enough; it was chiefly when he showed stupidity that O’Brien pulled the lever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Colin reached down and pulled the lever, his seat snapping forward. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There were so many pipes, valves, levers, knobs, brackets, dials, and handles—and I didn’t have any idea what most of them did. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the lever and coal rattled against the sides of the tin chute and he saw the whole furnace blaze and the draft roared still louder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A red light burned bright and Knot yanked another lever. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "Keep your hands off the lever," snapped the elevator boy. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He pumped a lever and I rose higher. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He pulled a lever and flexed the heavy steel blade up and down, bringing the bottom edge to rest just even with the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z On the stern quarterdeck, Leo rushed around like a madman, checking his gauges and wrestling levers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One needed a handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Then he struggled to lever his stocky self up and over after us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Gradually the loose board levered open like a trapdoor until it was able to force its way through. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time she brought her arms down on the lever, she drove a pickax into the rock, swung a sledge onto a railroad spike. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Head Nurse, who was standing by a switchboard at the other end of the room, pressed down a little lever. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver pulled the lever that closed the rear door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z To draw life-sustaining oxygen into the lungs, Leale pressed Lincoln’s chest and ordered two men to manipulate Lincoln’s arms like levers on a water pump. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaz would always remember that moment, when he’d seen greed take hold of his brother, an invisible hand guiding him onward, the lever at work. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo helped her with a lever, and the enormous swollen body gave a turn like a bell and was dragged away by the torrent of liquid mud. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Where it was thicker he used the leg as a lever to bend pieces aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Niran and Parsa picked up their shovels, levered them under the body, and tipped it over the edge of the grave, where it fell with a dull thump. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Leo ran his hands along the surface, sensing tiny buttons and levers awaiting his commands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Peggy pulled a lever and there came a loud rattle of fine lumps of coal sliding down a metal chute. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Someone was throwing stones: Roger was dropping them, his one hand still on the lever. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The printing-press and the windmill, the lever, the pump, and the pulley, the clock and the wheel-barrow, and a host of machines in use among miners and engineers were established features of daily life. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tapped some keys and pulled the lever on it and then inspected the resulting paper strip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Little to do but push the throttle lever forward. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He pulled the lever, hearing the rattle of coal against tin and seeing the quivering embers grow black. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The children watched as the clockwork gears and levers inside the man began to engage. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z It would probably take years for the ANC to control the levers of government, even after an election. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hazel and Frank pulled some of the levers. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He sensed Celestial bronze gears, magical levers, springs, and pistons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z While we were mindful of what Mr. de Klerk had done, in our view sanctions remained the best lever to force him to do more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A man in a striped shirt and suspenders pulled a lever and the lap bars came up, releasing the people who had been on the ride. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He watched me, his hand on the lever that would spring the doors shut. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The lever never budged, though Donovan’s face twisted appallingly with exertion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But with the end of a pen, she manages to lever off the panels one two three. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But he hadn’t been able to find the lever. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Robert leaned lightly on the lever and the rock groaned. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After he got out, Herbert reached in from the small side window to operate the lever that closed the door. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There were more levers, buttons, and gauges than the mission control center at NASA. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She flittered around some peanuts in the carton nearest her and pulled out a small, pink cordless drill, pressed the On lever. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He waved his hand again, and the Head Nurse pressed a second lever. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Darkclaw set his claws against the ground to lever his body out of the hole. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Each time he jumped on the kick- starter lever, his helmet slipped to one side. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She runs her fingers along the stones of the chimney until she finds the lever her uncle installed there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Knot slapped a lever and tapped a button inside the service hole. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The answer is easy: he would carefully observe his environment to see what materials he could use to make a simple machine, like a pulley or a lever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He pulled another lever, and the armored wagon seemed to shudder to life around them, belching black smoke. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Next, the water set off a lever attached to a wooden rain stick, nudging the rain stick to sway back and forth like a lazy seesaw. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was terrified of pulling some lever and dislodging the machine, of its bowling down-hill, backwards, and his being thrown off, pinned under the great wheels. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The Abbot worked feverishly, resuscitating, levering and pounding the prone form of Matthias. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The pilot was busy with her levers, but the other three stared at her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The guys grunted and pushed down on the lever. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nailer said a prayer to the Fates, grabbed the engagement lever, and jumped free. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Against the walls stood big bins holding every kind of bolt and screw and gear and lever and rod and tube, all of them black with age and jumbled together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She remembered rethreading the shuttle and putting it back in the race, yanking the lever into its slot . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You move the lever to make the house warmer or cooler.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he put the soiled dishes into a square metal machine and pulled a lever, which brought hot water and hot air through the device. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Since you can exert more force pulling and pushing on a lever than you can turning a crank, this is more efficient than a crank mechanism would be at lifting weights. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Stanley pulled the lever back until the arrow pointed to the letter D, for Drive. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The ancients knew a few of these equation-laws, like the law of the lever, but with the beginning of the scientific revolution these equation-laws sprang up everywhere. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was a blur of activity—pushing buttons, flipping switches and adjusting levers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Pollux finds a small, warm room humming with machines loaded with levers and dials. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was the size of a fat cigar and had little levers in different colors circling its top, like a crown. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After I urinated, I wanted to flush but the cistern was empty; the lever went limply up and down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He rigged a block and tackle to supplement a dead tree limb that they were using as a lever. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Borelli treated the body as a system of levers acted on by the forces exerted by the muscles, and analysed geometrically how muscles in the human body acted in walking and running. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The dodgem man waved at his slave in a booth, who pulled a lever, and every kid in the bumper rink went, At last! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He stood a penny in a slot on the canopy of cloud and pulled the lever at the base. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Leo turned the levers on his Valdezinator, coaxing out an even sadder tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The lever jammed and would not slide back in its groove. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z For a full minute, the class practiced rising and sitting in unison as she pressed the lever of her cricket and appraised the harmony of ebb and augmentation of her new charges. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the gear lever and rammed it into low. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z There was some clanking and clanging inside the shed while Mr. Fitzgibbon, looking over his shoulder, worked some levers on the side of the tractor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With his free hand, he pulled the lever on the recliner, leaning back. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Before I lodge the chair against the door, I pull the lever at the side to set it at full recline. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “That’s what I thought,” said Mr. Haskell, and he levered the door closed and gunned the engine so the bus swayed sharply. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Some people have taken this as proof that she herself was Quaker, but the real story is more complicated—and it shows that Elizebeth was willing to use every lever to get an education. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “There’s a lever up here—everyone grab hold of the net and I’ll pull it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I picture a big lever in my mind, a man heaving it down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He yanks the emergency break and the lever that pops open the trunk before he hops out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z What if the secret lever didn’t even work, and they still had to run and run and run? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When he pulled the lever, the sailor turned and the coin rolled into the whale's mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Lifting a small lever between the faucets allowed water to collect in the basin, if desired. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘This is not what Apollo would want. Besides, your robes are -’ ‘You know nothing, Graecusl’ Octavian wrapped his hand around the release lever. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But the image of a baboon pulling a lever for food is not all that dissimilar from a person obsessively pecking at their phone waiting for the next email to appear. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Sure it’s not hard work looking at lights and pulling on the odd lever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And I return to my floorboard, shove it into the crack, and make a lever. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Apollo turned the levers of the Valdezinator, which made a sound like a car engine on a cold morning. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Diana banged a metal lever at the right of the machine and the loom shivered to a halt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Shoving back his baseball cap, Neves levered himself into the excavation site, a six-foot, rectangular hole with the right-angled corners and precisely vertical walls that are a hallmark of archaeological investigation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He waved at an assistant, who pulled a big lever. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I think how to respond so his hand stays on that lever, so he remains this close to me, so close I can feel his breathing on the back of my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z O’Brien drew back the lever on the dial. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Forcing the spike in the hoop of the lock, Matthias levered away. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The lever was above the peanut butter shelf, right?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She pushed against the creature to lever herself out from underneath it, but it absorbed this energy and got heavier. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So MacGyver makes booby traps using pulleys and levers that drop coconuts on the evil man’s head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the metal lever in his hand, and scrambled to his feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Knot indicated a row of levers and LED indicators beside the gears. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I pop the last four chicken nuggets into the toaster and jiggle the broken lever until it stays in the down position. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He pulled another lever; the wheels, with cleated tires as tall as windows, dug in and the blade scraped forward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Rows of striking pins were controlled by levers on the outside of the cone, which was fixed to a square metal base with a bunch of crank handles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In one huge stride, Chess crossed the floor and grabbed the lever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “In a passage behind a hidden door, but the door opens from the inside. Is there a lever or switch of some kind?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I brought my weight down on the rear-bar and pulled and rocked and levered the sledge back away from the edge of the crevasse. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The frustrated Stirling asked the workers to expose the back of the slab by digging beneath it and levering up the stone with poles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Osha used the butt end of her spear to lever herself back to her feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Despite his appalling injuries, Shadow managed to lever himself up on one paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was just trying to figure out how my jaw worked, whether it was a hinge or lever or what. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The last two allow a writer an additional lever of control over what the reader will treat as given and what she will treat as new. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Will pulled up the brake lever, turned the switch straight down, and sat back in the leather seat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He hit the broken lever against the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The door lever was left of the driver’s seat, and as she walked toward it, she heard an awful racket behind her. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With great effort she was able to get through — she had to use a metal pole she’d found on the ground to lift the lock and lever one of the doors open. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She tried the lever again and the handcar crawled forward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She took pride in her strength, but it took all of her might to yank the metal lever into place. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Max puts one hand on the metal lever of the door. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It is arguable that 2 + 2 will equal 4 in any universe; and, surely, levers and balances would work in the same way in any universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He reached over and flicked a lever to right the plane, then stayed next to Alex’s side. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z High above, Roger took his hands off the lever and leaned out to see what was going on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Living physiology should be explicable in terms of physics, biophysicists argued—forces, motions, actions, motors, engines, levers, pulleys, clasps. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Using her stump as a support on die window sill, her good leg as a lever, she threw herself out of the window. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He quickly scanned its operation, then pulled the red lever and swung the door open into a bright sunny morning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Gears, springs, levers, and rods were littered around it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They arrange themselves at four corners around me, unlatch the hitches, grip the levers jutting from the sides of my glass ball, and lift me off the wheeled bottom like I'm only a soap bubble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “No, I never touched it. Yank the lever, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The human body was likened to a machine made up of a series of levers. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was already trying to climb up the shelves toward the lever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Last night, this is what happened: He adjusted a lever on the telescope, that’s it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Archimedes studied three elementary tools that could be used to move weights: the lever, the pulley and the screw. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The minute hand of the clock was a terribly slow lever, pushing the hour hand imperceptibly forward. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Education had been the primary instrument of change in my own life, my lever upward in the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I brushed the lever lightly, listening as the hydraulic cylinders hissed softly to protract. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s clear how the above property of numbers led to Archimedes’ famous pronouncement that given a fulcrum, a long enough lever, and a place to stand, he alone could physically lift the earth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time Roy levered himself up to peek into the room, Dana was glowering at him through the window. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can use the hasp as a lever to open this lid.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The daily birdsongs were gone, replaced now by the raising of firing levers as the older soldiers readied themselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Nailer slapped frantically at the release lever and hit the engagement override button. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Fin levered herself up from the stool, reaching for a long leather case on the shelf bolted to the wall above her head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Billy is busy fidgeting with the lever that turns the chair into a recliner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But the animal doesn’t know which push of the lever will be the one that will deliver the food. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The inside of the honey house was one big room filled with strange honey-making machines—big tanks, gas burners, troughs, levers, white boxes, and racks piled with waxy honeycombs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled a lever, and Percy glanced behind him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju pressed the lever with her foot, the trash can slid out, and she threw in the empty yogurt cup. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If you looked closely through the mesh, you could see the levers and mechanisms and hard plastic appendages in plain sight below the seat pan. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I jiggle the lever, but it is firmly locked. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z For years he’d lived in my mind as a last resort, a lever I could pull when my back was against the wall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His cast scraped along the rough rock face, but his arms were strong from Vola’s training, and he levered himself onto a shallow foothold. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He tried to hold the steering wheel with his arm stub while turning off the switch key and moving every lever his hand could find. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With a swift movement he levered the fourth step an inch forward, exposing a long dark gap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He shut the doors of the furnace and pulled the lever for coal; there was the same loud rattle of coal against the tin sides of the chute. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “The baboon will press the lever at a very steady rate. ‘Is the food there yet, is the food there yet?’ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s the same lever as before,” Natalie called, even as she tugged back on her mom’s arm. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A row of tiny numbers ran along the top, under a lever. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried pushing, and it gave, bending as if on some hidden hinge, like a lever. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He pulled the lever for more coal, then went to his room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Lyddie managed to make a clumsy knot, and Diana pulled the lever, and the loom shuddered to life once more. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel sat busily moving this lever, checking that dial, adjusting that control; and then suddenly the intention craft vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If you pull on the lever attached to the right of the winch assembly, one wheel grips and turns the axle, which lifts the weight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I dreamed that all we had to do to fill our house with that warm, clean furnace heat was to move a lever. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Reynie, meanwhile, was casting about for a hidden lever or knob—anything that might open the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She levered the drowned girl out of the cabin and down through the canted corridors of the ship until they spilled out the hole in the hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He shut the door and pulled the lever for more coal. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Little soft rimmed cups of various sizes and a wheel, most likely, and another object that could turn out to be either a lever or a stick; it was hard to tell. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I have pressed the first lever,” said O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Both floors had cages, or bubbles, in which one officer sat and operated the gates and cell doors by means of an ancient system of brass-handled levers that protruded from the wall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The farther in the past such an event is, the more powerful may be its influence—because the longer the lever arm of time becomes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment, when it came, was a flash of pain, the sudden physicality of both their bodies, of his weight on her, of her knees levered against his hips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He reached forward and pulled a lever and the doors opened and he got out and stretched again, then walked over to the luggage bins and bent to open them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She burned with questions, but Mona picked up her staff and levered herself to her feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He invents a machine to slice carrots: lift a lever, nineteen blades drop, and the carrot falls apart into twenty neat cylinders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He opened the small door on the box and used his thumb to pull down the lever. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z But since the then Master of the Mint effectively treated his own post as a sinecure, Newton had a chance to get his hands on the levers of power. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Grandpa pushed a lever to one side, shutting off the power. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Over by the spotlight was a bronze box with a bunch of gears and levers and a big Greek letter fita on the side, the mark of Hephaestus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I pulled the wagon’s long brake lever and whoa-ed the oxen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He depressed the lever and broke it open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Shelly levered herself upright, balancing the ice pack on her forehead. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally, V chow was called, and Smith and I each pulled a brake lever, releasing our respective sides. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tugs on a lever and a section of the ship falls open, becoming a short staircase. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She understood which levers to pull inside and outside government to make an impact at the scale I envisioned. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He reaches down and grabs the lever, and the seat falls back with a jolt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The driver reached over and pulled the lever—and ended anyone’s hope that this was a short pit stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She shows him the transmitter in the attic: its double battery, its old-fashioned electrophone, the hand-machined antenna that can be raised and lowered along the chimney by an ingenious system of levers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His weight yanked the lever down and then he was falling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought he was pulling my leg, but he moved the lever, and I heard a muffled roar kick on in the basement. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It hit the earth right next to her and she pulled backward, using the javelin like a lever, kicking the Titan Lord and sending him flying over her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A log had been jammed under the topmost rock and another lever under that. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It had a glass canopy over a seat with at least a dozen levers and handles banked in front of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Henry pushed at a lever; there was a click. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans over my shoulder and pulls down some lever and the stars rush even closer and he’s right, I am losing my mind, but not because of the stars this time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The god pulled a lever on his chariot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A baboon, say, is shown that if it pushes a lever then some food will drop through a dispenser. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Musical instruments like tambourines, wrist bells and shakers, as well as toy pianos and xylophones, are everywhere, and a pretend music mixer invites preschoolers to play with light switches, levers, dials and reels. Spare Times for Children for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Change something in the gut microbiome — diet is one of the most powerful levers for that — and the effects ripple outward, potentially to the skin. Keep Your Gut Healthy and Your Skin May Follow 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z There's the steam and the heat, the twiddling of knobs and levers, the fetishisation of kit, the strobing lights, the primacy of body language above the roar. 'It's not about steel, it's the attitude' 2013-06-17T15:52:00Z But she’s interested in “the final group of mice, the ones who never stopped. Day after day, shock after shock, they pressed the lever.” Review | Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a book of blazing brilliance 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Catalonians already enjoy a wide measure of autonomy but the central government still controls taxation and other financial levers, as well as infrastructure projects. Catalonia asks Europe to help resolve its fight with Spanish government 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z One is seated, playing the fiddle, while his foot works a strange metal contraption – a steel-pedal guitar attached to pulleys and levers and a wheel, that makes a steady, rattling sound, like a train. Glastonbury 2010: How Dizzee and the performers psyched up 2010-06-28T07:59:00Z Inside at last, I flip the pleasing levers and then check my “X”s one more time; it’s all done so quickly that I linger a moment longer. What We Can All Do at This Moment Is Vote 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Then I grab the lever, record myself with a manly fling, and walk out, shriven, to go to work. What We Can All Do at This Moment Is Vote 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “And boards are a major lever for diversification.” Speed Museum Turns to a Spreadsheet to Increase Diversity 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z I will never shake the sincere pride I felt voting, twice, for a candidate who ran on the word "hope," and of bringing my daughters into that booth with me as I turned the lever. Generation X’s kids have no idols, and that’s a good thing 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z A six-year-old can have charge of the levers which make the great horns dip or a tail swish. Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist; The Magical Menagerie 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z From the beginning, the hoodie resonated as a powerful symbol, a lever for articulating a larger message: That young Black men are perpetual targets. What became of Trayvon Martin’s hoodie? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Donnie Darko was a mostly passive protagonist struggling against both the oppressive system of high school and the levers of fate that he could only pull at the film’s climax. Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly: 'Sometimes films need time to marinate' 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Pistons, levers and pneumatic tubes drive ink into the nibs. Antiques: Notes From the Dealer C. T. Loo, and Pens of a Certain Age 2012-09-06T21:10:10Z Here, at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan, he shows spiraling lift mechanisms and levers that transform theaters into 62 configurations. Architecture’s ‘Young Savior’ Rebooted After the Bottom Fell Out 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Instead of railing against the proclamation, as some of his contemporaries were beginning to do, Washington used the proclamation itself as a lever for gain. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Dozens of handwritten warning notes decorated levers and handles. Colliders, Sundials and Wonder: When Science Is Your Destination 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The twin throttle levers in the console were pulled all the way into the off position. ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The contraption itself seemed byzantine, all the more so when it sprang to life in a mechanical whirl: beaters tapping cymbals, levers gliding over strings, mallets cascading across a vibraphone. 2010-01-30T00:49:00Z Corrupt politicians and predatory corporations use climate anxiety and falling grain prices as levers to further their own agendas. ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ Review: Saving a Village, Using Books and Brains 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Then we all fell silent as the engineer switched levers and turned dials. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z After all, a significant number of Connors — I'm thinking specifically of those in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania — went from voting Democrat to pulling the lever for Trump in 2016. The “Roseanne” revival we really needed is the one they’d never make 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Her responsibility, she explained, is to exercise every legal lever at her disposal for her client, noting, “that will not always be consistent with sensitivity to a victim’s feelings.” Defending R. Kelly and Bill Cosby, the Same Combative Lawyer 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Now, many nights, Pruitt is online, buying materials such as seats, brake levers, handlebars, training wheels, shifters, pedals and brakes. His bike was stolen in Virginia. His response was to collect bikes to fix and give away to people in need. 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The chair has hinges and levers that allow it to flatten, like a gurney. 5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z By the time it reached its final season, however, word of mouth was so great that Netflix could use Breaking Bad as a lever into the UK market. Breaking Bad: 10 years on, TV is still in Walter White's shadow 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Like House of Cards’ Frank Underwood, he’s a political operator who plays the levers of power like the keys of a pipe organ. A Real Game of Thrones in Wolf Hall 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The lives of actors often contain heady highs and dispiriting lows, so fragile is their hold on the public’s imagination and their access to the levers of power in the industry. Review: Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Climate change is a complex problem with no central lever, and with unequal distribution of resources. SXSW 2011: SCVNGR's Seth Priebatsch on how gaming will change the world 2011-03-14T12:44:09Z “You can program cues with a liquid movement you could never have with human beings pushing levers and knobs,” she said. When the Finely Tuned Spotlight Falls on the Lighting Designer 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z We have a “Return to School Roadmap” with tips and strategies on how to safely reopen schools because the reality is the best lever for equity across the country is in-person learning. U.S. education secretary: ‘We have to muster whatever political will we can to hit the reset button on those things we know didn’t work’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z One solution: Replace doorknobs with lever handles throughout your home. Want to ‘age in place’? Make sure your home has these 6 things. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The lock tender operated the gates by pushing a 15-foot lever with his body. Paddling through a painterly landscape in New York’s Adirondack Park 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z He knew the rules of the Senate better than most, and therein were the levers of power. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z At the center of the room, a green and gold contraption - called a movement - controlled the dials, its gears and levers clicking and spinning with each second. Downtown Dallas has a clock with a view 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z She’s a cylinder and he’s the ramp she rolls on; she’s a lever, tilted against him, and he’s the fulcrum, seesawing her up and down. Review | Wendy Whelan: Ex-ballerina refuses to play it safe in her dazzling second act 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. McGregor asked, and Mr. Cirio levered himself upright, spiraling his torso and falling into a crouch. ‘Can You Rotate That?’ A Hyperkinetic Spin on ‘Rite of Spring’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z One safe way to deal with the “I thought I knew you”s of real life was to argue about which lever your fictional TV kin would have pulled. It Was ‘Roseanne’ vs. ‘Roseanne,’ in a Polarizing Revival 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Many of those stars are now pulling the last lever of that control by deciding to sell, in numbers that were unthinkable even a decade ago, many executives and artists’ advisers say. A $550 Million Springsteen Deal? It’s Glory Days for Catalog Sales. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z A gilded statuette connected to an intricate arrangement of cams, levers and axles does the writing with a stylus it holds at an uncomfortable-looking angle. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Jinich jiggled the handle when pressing the masa, wiggling the lever ever so slightly to the left and right. How to make the single most important element of a taco, at home 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z "So if he runs again and loses, he will have the levers of government in place to try to once again steal power." “The View” sounds the alarm on Trump: “Wake up, America, because our national nightmare is not over" 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z I didn’t want to waste time on the day we’re shooting thinking about “What gauge is this? What mirror should I be looking at? What lever opens the door?” In ‘Paterson’ and ‘Silence,’ Adam Driver wrestles with poetry and piety 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The instant feedback — replies or retweets, the Twitter equivalent of applause — is intoxicating, like a pleasure-center reward for a lab rat pulling a lever. Birdbrained 2011-06-09T11:20:00Z Straps, bolts, and levers became the hallmarks of these chic yet practical pieces that made for easy travel. Richard Wrightman’s Officer’s Field Set Packs Up into a Chic Leather Box 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Let’s see, could it possibly be those of the men who guard their stranglehold on the levers of power and the spoils of plunder so fiercely? Stop Telling Older Women to Step Aside 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The downside is that operating its levers involves simulating several sexual acts at once. Your next box set: South Park 2010-07-16T05:45:00Z Consider the nameless man who snarled the evening rush hour by pulling the emergency lever to exit a Metro train. Why the most hated person on the Internet today is someone you’ve never heard of 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But it would almost certainly be an unfashionable lever or bolt-action rifle. Newtown is my hometown 2012-12-19T17:29:00Z After a quick briefing — pedal to go forward, stamp on this lever to stop — we set off, gliding past green meadows that were speckled with cornflowers and poppies. Lund, Sweden: Viking roots, off the beaten track 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Hunter shook as he tugged at the levers, shoveling groundwater and ore. Samuel D. Hunter’s Own Private Idaho 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The website reports that Brando's system replaces the series of bolts around the head of the drum with a single tuning lever. Marlon Brando: Godfather of invention 2011-07-05T15:12:19Z He understands the levers of power and intends to work them. With Wit and Anger, Ayad Akhtar Addresses What It Means to Be American 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Men, meanwhile, are physically and intellectually in control of the levers of power. How Darwin’s sexual selection theory co-stars in "The Handmaid’s Tale" 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z However, the pedal steel is also equipped with knee levers and foot pedals that loosen and tighten the strings to further alter the pitch. Buddy Emmons, innovator on pedal steel guitar, dies at 78 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Like the Library of Congress, the archives are open to the public and are a trove of the levers and gears that force history forward. London’s Legacy in the Slave Trade 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Empathy with their situation can be part of the solution, but they don’t actually hold the levers of power that would solve the problem.” When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Realised in an entirely two-dimensional plane, most of Limbo focuses on exploration, jumping between platforms and solving large puzzles made of levers, ropes, sliding blocks and other classic gameplay fodder. Limbo 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z Engineers built an arm onto the drum riser and attached the whole thing to a converted forklift, which operated the contraption via old-fashioned levers. How concerts shifted from songs to spectacles At the foot of the runway, you’ll see a pilot push two levers to throttle the plane’s twin engines. The Fortifying Pleasures of YouTube Cockpit Videos 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z It contains a cockpit with monitors and levers for the pilot to control the robot’s arms and legs. Japanese engineer builds giant robot to realize 'Gundam' dream 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It can be used to create a lever without the use of ruby pallets and operates without lubrication. Precise Future of Silicon Parts Still Being Debated 2012-11-23T13:35:46Z Time after time she returns, only to be told that she needs another accessory — a button, batteries, a lever — for which the salesman cheerfully charges more. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z Most Americans who can afford a television to watch Fox News and pull a lever for a candidate are not suffering in the sense that you mean. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Hubbell is a large man with thick facial features and a particularly pronounced lower lip that he levers back and forth when making a point. Webb Hubbell, writing his way to reclamation Later, another long-haired beauty — this time a guy, Benjamin Courtenay of Canada — levers his body sideways from an overhead strap, occasionally dropping to a basin below to dip his limbs or locks in the water. Part circus, part technology trade show, Cirque du Soleil's Mexico-themed 'Luzia' opens in L.A. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “When it is visible, to see the levers, cams and springs moving, it is a thing of curious beauty,” he added. Minute Repeater Watches Again Gain Favor 2012-03-09T11:58:37Z Burnham’s more detached style, most conspicuous in the filmed segments, cools her down, further levering open the gap between performer and character. Review: In ‘Kate,’ Tracing the Tears of a Clown 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Rectangular, it sits on a stand or legs and is equipped with knee levers and foot pedals, which alter the pitch. Buddy Emmons, Virtuoso of the Steel Guitar, Dies at 78 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z So, 60 million people have pulled the lever for me. John Kerry feels liberated. Does that mean he’ll run for president? 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Eventually, the poor woman levered herself off the sofa and made her escape. The day Lauren Bacall admired my tights 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Plus, while clemency is perhaps the easiest lever that a celebrity such as Kardashian West can pull on, it is also one of the most unyielding criminal justice tools. Tears, trauma and reality TV: inside Kim Kardashian West's legal crusade 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z For Gopal, though, these issues are simply handy levers for empty western moralising. Bibi Aisha, victim of the Taliban's political strategy 2010-12-05T00:06:00Z “Working in pharma taught me how to talk with influence, how to behave, how to present, how to use certain levers, how to read a room,” she said. The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z After suffering horrific injuries in a tram accident when she was a student, she lived with permanent pain, her body held together with casts, surgical corsets, braces, pulleys and levers. Mexican modernism and the politics of painting 2013-06-29T07:59:01Z Liquor, gambling, dubious mining schemes — he never stops pulling the lever, and never hits the jackpot. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The Cyclone still dispatches its cars by a giant wooden brake lever, and bruises passengers on the same hairpin turns. Coney Island, Then and Now—the Cyclone, Nathan’s Famous, and the Wonder Wheel 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Early experiments assumed that the intelligence of animals could be estimated by their ability to carry out tasks, such as learning to pull a lever in exchange for food. The smart arms of the octopus 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Someone needs to build something — a levee, a lever, a really big boat, a plan — and make a change as the world shifts. What the fuzzy animals of Netflix's "The House" can teach "Don't Look Up" about climate anxiety 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z All of them taught me different ways to create a world populated by living, breathing characters, so that the reader never notices the pasteboard, the strings and levers. J.K. Rowling’s Friend Robert Galbraith Has Something to Say 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The families were rigidly hierarchical, bound by a code of violence, with levers in every major city union – garbage collectors, truckers, shipping, catering vendors. Fear City: Netflix docuseries recounts a time when the mob ruled New York 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z This lever is for trimming or letting out the sail; that lever is for steering. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan The lever must lie in one's hand and get warm. A brief survey of the short story part 38: Isaac Babel 2012-02-10T10:22:38Z When Hanna is "ready," she'll lose the purity of her sheltered world and summon her target by pushing a lever on a creaky old machine that looks like something out of Lost's '70s segments. In Hanna, Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett Put a Feminine Twist on the Bourne Formula 2011-04-07T09:20:00Z So to move the prescriptive: If you could make one reform of the food system, could tweak one policy lever, what would it be? Michael Pollan: Bad food is costing America its economic health 2013-12-08T19:00:00Z One is tempted to say that since plutocrats have been pulling political levers since the start of the American Republic, the current concentration of ideology, money and power is not a uniquely dangerous development. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The Catalyst scheme allows £110m from the lottery to be levered in match-funding for arts and heritage projects, unlocking as much again from private donors. I argued for the arts – and won. We will keep the philistines from the gates 2013-06-20T19:03:00Z Buttons are pushed, levers set in motion, cranks turned. This is your brain on the Internet 2012-08-10T20:09:00Z What he doesn't say is that the lever will be his junk. "The Idol" tests HBO's devotion to toxic auteur worship – and ours 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Once on the roof, which commands a vista over deep space, the woman pushes a lever on a bell-shaped protuberance then tumbles off the roof and drifts hopelessly into space. Twin Peaks recap: episodes three and four – nobody said it would be easy viewing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Cirque Mechanics’ new show lays down its pulleys and levers. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z He once challenged one of the Harlem Globetrotters to a shootout, operating a secret lever that moved the basket each time the player shot. Obituary: "J.P. Patches," Seattle's beloved TV clown 2012-07-23T01:42:03Z And so it’s the actors who skitter about and push imaginary levers for imaginary food. Whiteboard? Check. Lab Rats? They’re the Actors. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z They told us all about coal and steam and how the different levers worked, so it became a thrill to step up on the footplate. How we made: The Railway Children 2013-05-06T16:13:59Z Those lived experiences are going to help me stay passionate and to make sure I’m pulling the right levers so that when we come out of this pandemic we’re better than we were before. U.S. education secretary: ‘We have to muster whatever political will we can to hit the reset button on those things we know didn’t work’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But since your brother apparently retains his full appetite for putting you down, you’ll need to work the levers to reclaim your authority. Perspective | There’s a name for her brother’s actions: Bullying 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But the Medicaid expansion also is a key lever for improving senior health because it extends coverage to older people who haven’t yet become eligible for Medicare. The state of senior health: It depends on your state 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Kelly, for her part, is also strictly under her father’s thumb, and Lenny is the lever to pry her out. Screening Alert: Elaine May’s Masterful “The Heartbreak Kid” 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Millennial film-makers are increasingly getting their hands on the levers of cultural power and taking their films to refreshing places. Why millennial stories are saving Hollywood 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z By the time of Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America, Mr. Abramoff and his allies were poised to work the levers of power. | 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money': Alex Gibney?s Documentary About Jack Abramoff 2010-05-06T22:58:00Z Leaders he linked in songs to corruption remain close to the levers of power in this oil-rich but poverty-stricken country. New Nigeria museum fetes late Afrobeat singer Fela 2012-10-16T11:31:05Z Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A few (end of) life hacks for the young geezers 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Governments found that few of the levers they used to control the economy worked as they had before. Ralph Miliband and sons 2010-09-06T07:00:00Z “It’s a key lever” for the community, Ms. Borda said of the project. Eli Broad Hopes His Museum Helps an Arts District Grow 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Until a few weeks ago, lever and pressure profiling machines were so rare it was hard to say. | Rise of the Machines 2010-12-27T20:00:19Z What happens when more vindictive political forces gain control over these levers? There’s Nowhere to Hide on the Internet 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z When you pull lever A, spring B hits cog C. The next thing you know, the models are all over the floor. ArtsBeat Blog: Errol Morris Interviews Stephen King 2011-11-10T14:39:00Z The machine’s hopper was eventually cut and lifted off with rope and levers, which provided emergency personnel access to the worker’s arm. Worker at Connecticut pasta factory gets arm caught in machine, sustains 'serious injuries' 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Raising the dampers allows the strings to resonate, while the “una corda” lever physically shifts the keyboard so that, of the double strings provided for each note, only single strings are struck. An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z One thinks of the parasitic one-per-centers controlling the levers of power in the United States, as well as the reality-proof narratives that they use their influence to enforce. Are Vampires Cancelled? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Up is down, facts are opinions, the Russians pull the levers, lizard people control the Democrats and your neighbor won’t vaccinate her kids. Review | ‘The Twilight Zone’ returns, in case anyone needed the extra anxiety right now 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z She struggles with her son Paul who worries that Catherine’s grip on the levers of power will remain tight even after her death. What’s on TV Monday: The ‘Catherine the Great’ Finale and ‘A Single Man’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Because doorknobs and levers are installed throughout a residence and handled on a daily basis, they’re impossible to ignore. 5 Top Designers Pick Their Favorite Door Handles 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s technologically amazing but the participation requirements make the whole endeavor a little nerve-wracking, as a disembodied voice encourages guests to push buttons and pull levers at appropriate times in game play. May the Force be with you on this DIY ‘Star Wars’-themed road trip 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z From the 1480s to the early 1500s he designed flying machines with bat-like wings and systems of stirrups, levers and pulleys for the pilot to power them with his own arms and legs. How Leonardo da Vinci's angels pointed the way to the future 2012-12-25T01:00:00Z The only significant differences are the preview lens selector lever and the USB port. Leica M-E - why it's worth the money 2012-12-28T13:53:16Z “I’m inside his head, I’m pulling little strings and pulling little levers,” he said, according to the Guardian. Australian Minister Is Johnny Depp's 'Hannibal Lecter' 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z And linking these elements are pulleys, ramps and levers. ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The child of Archimedes and Paul Simon would find 50 ways to love his lever. Style Invitational Week 1225: The Ideas of March 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z And yet, if he were an Alabama voter, he might still pull the lever for him. Why does conservative Armstrong Williams want to buy the liberal Washington City Paper? 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Labor and process are the subjects and the materials of his cinema, which returns time and again to images of furnaces and smokestacks and to the rhythms of cogs and levers. Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin 2011-04-10T01:03:01Z If you could pull a lever to divert the trolley down a different track, resulting in the death of only one previously unthreatened worker, should you? "The Good Place": Ethics comedy asks if there’s a second chance at life 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Lind argues that beginning in the 1970s a neoliberal overclass seized control of the levers of power in American society, weakening or destroying the structures that served to protect the nation’s working-class people. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Over time, smoke bombs gave way to pyrotechnics; levers and pulleys gave way to hydraulics, then robotics; strobe lights gave way to lasers; video advanced from oil on a projector lens to complex LED displays. How concerts shifted from songs to spectacles As Americans, we’re programmed to want a silver bullet: You pull a lever, and then everything gets fixed. Matthew Heineman on ‘City of Ghosts’ and his affinity for picking (seemingly) futile battles 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z If nothing else, making John an actual political figure, with his cowhide gloves on the levers of government, may push “Yellowstone” to clarify who, in its view, he really is. This Land Is His Land 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “This family has been so relentless and such an inspiration, pushing every lever and never resting,” Simon said. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z For ages 3-6: A group of monkeys — including Oscar the magician and Mono the inventor — have a hair-raising train ride when a bridge goes missing and the brake lever breaks. NW books | Four books for kids ages 1-14 2013-12-09T22:20:38Z The latest Chrono 4 Géant features the counter devices characteristic of the series and a crown protection system that opens by a lever hidden under the case. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Reinterpreting a Popular Chronograph 2011-03-25T18:01:26Z “Eliminating contrails is quite a big lever on mitigating the climate impact of aviation,” he said. Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The Strada is a high-tech answer to the old lever machines. | Rise of the Machines 2010-12-27T20:00:19Z Hammond turns in his seat, a deadpan look on his face, the levers of power beyond his reach. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The leather ears are controlled by levers connected to bicycle brake cables. Facts about the faux horses in ‘War Horse’ 2013-02-06T23:01:27Z Singhal is the man who pulls the levers that might just help you find a heart, or a brain, or the way back to Kansas. Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z The conductor said we could clamber aboard, her equanimity only breaking when I succumbed to temptation and pulled a lever on the driver’s control panel. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “Understand your sphere of influence, where your interest is and where the levers of power are. . . . Look up the important decisions being made on the policy level in your own community,” she says. Parents can’t fix climate change with life hacks — but here are ways to make a real impact 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Visitors will be able to board the boat and go below to see the cramped quarters that had been occupied by its crew, including the “motor macs” who manipulated long levers to shift the gears. New Victory for World War II PT Boat: Restored and Museum-Ready 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Use levers, cranks and a friend called Totem to move the princess. Best new apps and games for kids 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z But it is a reminder of what can happen when the self-righteous control the levers of power in a society and seek to mold a world in their image. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z He detailed how the knees push levers that bend strings, how the feet trigger pedals that stretch them, how the hands work in constant harmony. The Pedal Steel Gets Its Resurrection 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z After only one more plunge of the lever, maybe three cherries will come up, or a slender, smiling young athlete might enter the library toilet. The Bonds Between Sex and Books 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Herr’s left hand moved levers to emphasize left- or right-hand parts and to operate sustain-pedal functions. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z Is she pulling the levers, or is she … actually, she doesn't seem to know herself. The Yips by Nicola Barker - review 2012-07-18T07:00:03Z When Trump pulled an upset victory, Ruddy turned their relationship into another lever of influence. Chris Ruddy and Newsmax went all-in on Trump. Now they might pay a price for it. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s just that people in Washington have the levers. Kavanaugh, Kanye, Beyoncé, ‘Black Panther’: Washington on Pop Culture in 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z “What I would probably bet on is that it would be a mixture of probiotic and diet, or even just diet alone, that will be a much more powerful lever for impacting skin,” he said. Keep Your Gut Healthy and Your Skin May Follow 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z And he put his fingers under my coccyx bone and kind of used it as a lever to yank me up.” Yoga Is Finally Facing Consent and Unwanted Touch 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Most alarmingly, some of these companies have also learned they can push and pull levers to affect our mood. Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z More good news: You don’t need to hire a professional to replace a doorknob with a lever handle — this is an easy DIY project. Want to ‘age in place’? Make sure your home has these 6 things. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Twitter might just become their lever to make that happen. Strange Fruit: Skittles, Trayvon Martin and Corporate Responsibility 2013-07-18T08:00:49Z I was a big reader before I discovered Stephen King, but his books pressed a lever in me. Stephen King Visits an ‘Institute,’ Where the Kids Who Enter Can’t Escape 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s easy to confuse cultural power with power — the people that control the levers of change. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z This has left some in the company bristling at Mr. Martins’s remaining levers of control. Peter Martins Left City Ballet a Year Ago. But He’s Not Entirely Gone. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Vargas Llosa knows how the levers of power in his country work, and he uses his story to anatomize the degradation of civic life under Fujimori. In Politics if Not Art, Realism Trumps Magic for Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z This indifference to the public realm, this unwillingness to grasp the levers of culture as one of the essential tools of office, suggests that Obama is no Jack Kennedy. Library of Congress’s leader retires, finding a successor for its next chapter 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z If there is something you could do in your work now — whether making people understand something about the crisis, pricking consciences — to put your finger on the lever, what would it be? International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Cost: At Home Depot, stainless lever handles start at about $5 apiece. Want to ‘age in place’? Make sure your home has these 6 things. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The starting Allegro is a stolid contraption of levers and pulleys, a steel factory producing energy in the form of audible vibrations. Review: Stiff shot of dissonance vibrates at Seattle chamber-music fest 2010-07-22T21:49:00Z Quarter-fill the tin with nuts, lever the lid back in place, to seal in the nuts, then put the tin in the fire. Yotam Ottolenghi’s chestnut recipes 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The stunning Queenie is a translucent gray exoskeleton with three humans visibly ensnared in her inner workings, strapped into harnesses, busily manipulating the levers that power each shambling step of her hinged legs. With the Ringling era ending, two acrobatic shows fly high with modern takes on the circus 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In Afghanistan, fashion, with its low barriers to entry, is not so much a symbol of self-indulgent indolence as a lever of advancement. ‘Made in Afghanistan’ Once Symbolized Hope. Now It’s Fear. 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Herr, an aficionado of player pianos, is renowned for repairing, restoring and playing them, using levers to manipulate the speed, loudness and dynamics of the instrument. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z Whether one’s feminism is angry or hopeful, it’s most effective, they insist, when channeled through the tug of a voting booth lever. What 'Suffragette' Can Teach Us About 'Angry Feminism' 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Political behavior includes voting and social movements, which together impact the levers of power and decision-making in a democracy. Philosopher Susan Neiman: "The president of our country is evil" 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Cheney: What are the levers for change at the highest levels? "Picture a Scientist" examines the hostile, sexist STEM environments that drive women to leave 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Or maybe pulling the lever will cause the trolley to burst into flames and wreak all kinds of destruction that we hadn’t even considered before. Electrified Rivers and Other Attempts to Save the Environment 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The woman pushes the lever down, and the two steaks are then shown sizzling away inside the active toaster. TikTok user appears to cook boyfriend's steak in toaster, sparks criticism 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z He moved levers on the control panel to adjust the lamps in Fredricksen’s living room. Pixar's Scientific Method 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The job requirements often include nudity and feigning seduction; provocation is a lever for sales. Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Ricky Gervais, the master of ceremonies, broke the rule of paying homage to the obscure foreign journalists whose one lever of power are those awards. The TV Watch: Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 2011-01-17T05:43:03Z Can it also pull levers that ring the clock tower bells high above, and use mechanized figures to re-enact the Resurrection of Christ every day at noon? Exploring Franche-Comté, France’s Well-Kept Secret 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Last fall, the political press, like their sources, dismissed the polls and stuck to the belief that people would never actually pull the lever for that man. Can the Media Recover From This Election? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Hester, played with tremendous wit and elegance by Ms. Maxwell in one of her finest performances, has her manicured hands firmly on the levers of power as the play opens, in 1979. Theater Review: ‘City of Conversation’ Charts a Sea Change in Washington 2014-05-06T02:00:01Z My chair has levers, the upholstery’s red, It has a chute to the pie shop. Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies Every surface was covered in switches, diodes, buzzers and levers. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z We filled up the dashboard with as many switches and gauges and levers as possible and made each one of them do something.” Build the Apocalypse Inside Your Garage 2011-07-30T02:33:02Z He built a Crychord, something like a large one-string bass whose tone can be manipulated by a giant lever that controls the tension. Reviving a Harry Partch Work With Hubcaps and Wine Bottles 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Needless to say, most modern recliners ditched the lever a long time ago. This isn’t your dad’s recliner: New designs look to attract a wider, younger audience 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But errors are inevitable: even a competent and well-trained pilot will, eventually, glance at a lever in the “On” position and think that it is actually “Off.” Be Careful! Your Mind Makes Accidents Inevitable 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Wiggle things around, pushing in the rod and raising and lowering the lever on the top of the sink that activates the stopper, until everything is aligned. 5 things every adult should know how to do around the house 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z So if you own a lot of house and would pay AMT with or without a big mortgage, it pays to lever up. Learning to Love Your Home Loan 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z Television and music, monuments and memorials have all been prime levers of a political project, a campaign of cultural ressentiment and national rebirth, that culminated this May on the blue-green carpets beneath Hagia Sophia’s dome. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The appearance of the credibility bookcase suggests that the levers of expertise and professionalism are operating normally, even though they are very much not. The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z But Ted Kennedy relished it: the pressing of levers, the working of gears, the intricate business of cutting a deal. The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z They are breathlessly described by insiders as wise men, as people who know the process, control the paper and know how to pull the levers of influence. Experts agree: Trump has made Washington hostile to experts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z One in which she uses the levers of power she has gained, “the space I now occupy,” she said, to advance an agenda she has been designing for the long-term. The Poetic Justice of Amanda Gorman’s Estée Lauder Contract 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But Ye is a mogul now, an entrepreneur in the clothing and sneaker business who wields levers of power, influence and authority. Ye Is Running Out of Platforms 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z It uses mathy symbols like curly brackets and oversized asterisks, which lead to snappy footnotes that begin with prompts like, “Alright, Smarty-Pants . . .” or “remember levers from fourth grade?” Kenji López-Alt’s Obsessive Kitchen Experiments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Art isn’t a lever that moves history, but a lens that shapes perceptions of it. ‘Donbass’ Review: War in Ukraine, the Prequel 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Then the play actually started, and I spent a while wishing my seat had an ejection lever. The Truths of Studios Onstage in ?Red? 2010-04-04T21:33:00Z “Being able to push the levers of the Economy Ministry allowed him to inject money quickly to influence the election results,” Milei said in a television interview after the first-round vote. Argentina’s Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The NYU law professor then expressed concern that Trump has now learned "the levers of power," which he'll know how to use if he wins a second term. Ex-Mueller prosecutor: Ripped-up note may “absolutely” be key evidence that proves Trump’s intent 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Bass will need to keenly utilize the mayoral bully pulpit and other unofficial levers to move the ball forward. Freeway closure and snarled traffic pose a fresh political test for Mayor Bass 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “We are using every lever that we have to hold states accountable,” Tsai said. Biden administration slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z We know the media and a handful of vocal naysayers use specific challenges in Pioneer Square as a lever to criticize civic leaders, resulting in fearmongering and painting a picture of a “dystopian nightmare.” Don’t give up on Pioneer Square, the heartbeat of Seattle | Op-Ed 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z "We always assumed that Obama was still pulling some of the White House levers and we were right," she says. Fox News has wild theories about why Obama is advising the White House on AI development 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Australia has its own levers it can use to its advantage - especially when it comes to natural resources. China and Australia: Frenemies who need each other 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Thanks to a motorized lever system, the flowers moved as if blooming and closing their petals, references to the cycle of growth, destruction and regeneration. Esteemed Seattle art space in South Lake Union to close, leaving a void 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z "However, we have other cash levers to pull," including organizational inefficiencies and more closely enforcing contracts with its own supply chain, he said. New Spirit Aero CEO vows return to positive cash flow, operational changes 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The sleek handle is equally suited for righties and lefties, and there are no levers, sweepers or other moving parts to hamper the process or results. 19 gifts that make life easier in the kitchen for cooks and food lovers 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Marsh's long levers allowed him to access areas down the ground and through the covers. Warner ton inspires Australia victory over Pakistan 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z There will be a determination in government to use whatever diplomatic levers they can as quickly as they can, before Israel's widely anticipated ground offensive in Gaza. Rishi Sunak to visit Israel as world leaders seek de-escalation 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z “He’s incredibly smart, and he has a very clear view of each and every one of the levers he can pull.” Verizon turns to inside fixer to get out of downward spiral 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Hezbollah bombed U.S. targets and ran a hostage-taking and hijack agenda, drove Israel out of Lebanon in 2000 and then gradually seized hold of the levers of the Lebanese state. How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The meeting, which hasn’t previously been reported, highlights another key lever in Leo’s machine: The ability to bring donors’ policy priorities to public servants who can do something about those priorities. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Captain Mark Stone placed the Stanley Cup next to an oversized slot machine on the ice Tuesday night before the season opener against the Seattle Kraken and pulled the lever. Golden Knights raise Stanley Cup championship banner in most Vegas way possible 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z In the experiments, the mice heard a particular sound after pressing on a lever. How do our brains tell us what went wrong? 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z But the peg came with a cost: it weakened the country's ability to pull its own monetary policy levers and linked its fate more closely to the financial health of the United States. The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z The questions include whether Menendez, a senator long accused of using the levers of government to help his friends, may have made an attempt to intervene. Inside the Menendez indictment: A Mercedes and a secretive fatal crash 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z But Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said the law can be used as a political weapon wielded by “whoever is holding the levers of power at a particular moment.” Babylon Bee takes on New York AG Letitia James over state’s hate speech law 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z "China is facing a structural change. Infrastructure and housing can't continue being used as a growth lever as it has caused excessive leverage," he said. Hedge funds see Mexico and Ecuador as China alternatives 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Filling the 90-year-old lawmaker's seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee touches one of the most critical levers of partisan power in Washington and will require cooperation from Republicans. Analysis: Feinstein's death poses two big questions for US Senate Democrats 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z That now is happening in a way that we've never seen before, where for life on Earth human beings are now the major lever on the climate. If we can't fix this "frightening" problem, then we have "no hope" of addressing the climate crisis 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Cardona recently told The Associated Press he would consider using “whatever levers” he can to discourage legacy admissions, although it’s unclear what action he will take. Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The company’s 150 employees make gear shift levers for heavy-duty trucks, as well as components that go into cars made by General Motors and Ford. Trump Tries to Court Blue-Collar Workers at a Nonunion Factory 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z "We will have more levered investors buying Treasuries into 2024 and so demand for leverage in Treasuries will increase," he said. Hedge fund demand for US Treasuries seen rising amid higher bond supply 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “He understands what drives policymakers on both sides and goes after whatever he can do to pull that lever.” Fain pushes UAW into political arena as strike hits second week 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z He added, “He should not be anywhere near the levers of government.” Mayoral candidate who faces Jan. 6 charges wins primary recount 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z No one holds their nose and pulls the lever for Trump. Is Joe Biden in big trouble? It looks that way — and he's got nobody else to blame 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z "And we are doing just that by partnering with the private sector and pulling every lever we have to get this done." Adobe, others join White House's voluntary commitments on AI 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Their scale also often offers activist shareholders multiple levers to pull - including cost cutting, brand divestments, operational improvement and the adoption of new technology - as they look for growth and higher margins, he added. Ripe for change? Activist investors eye food, consumer goods 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “If we just feel comfortable that he’s healthy and he can get major league hitters out, we feel good about that. And if we don’t, then we’re willing to not kind of pull that lever.” Julio Urías' uncertain status leaves Dodgers' pitching plans in limbo 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z "The government is pulling some levers to bring economy back, but they need to do more, and their consumers need to show more confidence than they are currently showing." Morning Bid: Try to top that one, Asia 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Some lever for getting back on track has been desperately needed in a nation going wide off the rails. What we could all learn from the Proud Boys trials 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z It's not enough to control all levers of government. Republicans aren't handling Trump indictments well — they're doubling down attacks on democracy 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z "Addressing child poverty is an absolute priority, however the major levers for tackling poverty such as welfare benefits and many fiscal powers sit in Westminster," it said. Council cuts may leave children in Wales poorer - charity 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z "If revenue is starting to weaken...they have another lever to pull up on the margin side of things," said Dave Wagner, equity analyst and portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors. Best Buy results beat a bright spot as revenue forecast trimmed 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The army plays a prominent role in Pakistan's politics, sometimes seizing power in military coups and, on other occasions, pulling levers behind the scenes. Imran Khan: Pakistan court suspends former PM's corruption sentence 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden says he is using the levers of government to benefit Black communities, pointing in his op-ed to low unemployment and efforts to expand health insurance while slashing poverty rates. Biden hosts King family, civil rights leaders on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Find out where your turn signal lever is and use it! Rant & Rave: A thank you to the workers who braved the heat wave 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z However, he said the responsibility for ensuring the social care sector was prepared for a pandemic fell to local authorities, and he "didn't have the levers to act". Matt Hancock says UK's pandemic strategy was completely wrong 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Now he really knows what levers to pull, heads to roll and laws to bend or break. Column: Vivek Ramaswamy is the star of the GOP's presidential amateur hour 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z He has a commanding lead, controls the levers of power within the party, and is only gaining ground. "Democracy needs its gatekeepers": The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Tarasova notes Russia's central bank has two levers to support its economy, interest rates and currency regulation. How hedge funds are positioning themselves for a soft landing 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “We’re a strategic philanthropy and our goal is to change big levers in the world,” said Hughes. DonorsChoose sees banner donation year with help from Gates Foundation and millions of small gifts 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the film industry will only progress “if everyone commits across the industry to pull a lever in the same direction for inclusion,” Smith said. In searing 'indictment' of Hollywood diversity, USC film study shows 16 years of stasis 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The People's Bank of China may have finally pulled the interest rate lever, but it had the expected impact of slamming the exchange rate. Morning Bid: China crisis 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Taken together, they represent President Joe Biden’s ambitious attempt to use the levers of government to chart a new era of domestic manufacturing, modernizing the U.S. to compete in the 21st century. In ‘Bidenomics,’ Congress delivered a once-in-generation investment — with political promise, peril 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z |
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