| 单词 | major |
| 例句 | “Captain Yossarian requests permission to speak to the major at once about a matter of life or death,” he repeated determinedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Half of Chicago’s 185 active firefighters had spent all of Saturday night fighting a major fire, and many had come away with blistered skin, swollen eyes, and smoke-congested lungs. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Any parent of a child born on a major holiday knows that there’s already a certain line to be walked between an individual celebration and more universal festivities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When they get to Manny’s car and Blake pulls on the hood and raises his arm in the Nazi salute, Justyce knows the train he just hopped on is headed downhill in a major way. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “He’ll probably win if I don’t fall off,” he told them before a major race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A major was giving a lecture on military precedence: Howard could not be relieved except by written order or by Meade in person. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The inversion of a major interval is minor, and of a minor interval is major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was new to the job at Valley Forge, we were his first plebe class, and I was his first major challenge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even though they have the same key signature, a minor key and its relative major sound very different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Begging your pardon, sir, but the truth is that General Hancock is in command, and if you’ll—” Another major, skinny, grinning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulled herself up like a drum major about to march at the head of her words. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Ugh. Yes, I know I can double major and all that, but I want it all together, all mushed together.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The prisoner’s dilemma owes its name to a scenario, formally identical to the one above, wherein two men suspected of a major crime are apprehended in the course of committing some minor offense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Why don’t you major in P.E., enjoy your college years, then maybe come back here in a few years and teach gym?” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always dressed in the latest, which was a major plus. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With his right hand Bull hit the dashboard to emphasize his major points. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The strike, in which all seven major newspapers in New York City cease publication, will last 114 days, making it the longest newspaper strike in US history. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Mars does have two small moons, and a major geological feature on the larger of them is today called the Kepler Ridge in honor of this guess. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Notice that the pattern for minor scales overlaps the pattern for major scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to imagine being forced to start your life over in a strange place, after a major trauma.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But I do know Dad is offering a major olive branch here, really trying to show me how bad he feels about Sunday. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Roughly, it could be divided into two major areas. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z My hair had gotten large from the snow, but for once my face was free of any major acne crops, and there were no chunks of food between my teeth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In Washington’s case, the most obvious corollary to his view of American national interest was the avoidance of a major war during the gestative phase of national development. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Thus, in C major, they are the C, F and G triads. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I got totally pumped because dealing with Julian for three days in a row—and two nights—was a major reason that I was nervous about this whole trip. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Group singing played a major role in society, for emotional expression, entertainment, social cohesion, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My plan was that I needed the time to take a course in Shakespeare, since I was, after all, an English major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Critics of the study point to the selection process as a major flaw. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Like the outbreak of some new killer virus, or another major city vanishing in a mushroom cloud. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On May 6, 1961, he had traveled to the University of Georgia to deliver one of his first major talks as attorney general. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I used the bulk of the letter, and I mean bulk, to suggest where and how, in her major picture, she’d run into a little trouble, especially with her colors. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I hope you’re a little more clear with this than with the idea to switch college majors.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A major figure despite his obscurity, Sky Witness set out to destroy Mutal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t want my leg fooled with by a first captain. If he was any good he would be made a major. I know what a first captain is, doctor.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Two more turns, and we’re finally out of the neighborhood and on a major street. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the Fischer household failing a language exam was a major infraction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In G major, they are G, C and D, and so on. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even the small things—my foot on the gas pedal, the amount of space I have to leave around me in the halls—require major adjustment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a major disturbance on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio, his editor told him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z East had fence-straddled all major issues, if he mentioned them at all. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She says that B-flat major is my sweet spot and gives me the most room to transition from my chest to my head voice when I climb up to the high F at the end. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Let me remind you that you did smile at me one time for one-millionth of a second, and, oh, here’s a major selling point: Joe doesn’t like girls and I do.’” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Large dots and X’s were located on diverse portions of the map, aside from the labeling of major cities. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z This geographical advantage was a major factor in the districts losing the war that led to my being a tribute today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The major bootlegging was controlled by the Purple Gang and the Mafia. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Was he maneuvering to now join the major civil rights leaders whom he had previously bitterly attacked? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There is interaction even between the two major groups of insecticides usually thought to be completely distinct in their action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She was an English major at Mount Sebastian, and she wrote beautifully about her professors and roommates and midterm exams, about her respect for Chaucer and her great affection for Virginia Woolf. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z During the war, the Alabaman fought in several major battles, was wounded at Gettysburg, successfully escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp, and worked for the Confederate Secret Service. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Must be nice having the VP of a major financial corporation for a dad. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was shocked because, for me, it had been such a major deal. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Later that evening, out to dinner with Jonathan at a restaurant on Chapel Street, Ashima slips, asking, “Gogol, have you decided yet what your major will be?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Much of the work occurred at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, which in 1958 established the world’s first major archaeological carbon-dating laboratory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Offhand, I cannot think of any important human disease for which medicine possesses the outright capacity to prevent or cure where the cost of the technology is itself a major problem. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I supposed I was not a major event. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “That man bucking for major real bad,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was major surgery: a type of operation hardly ever performed anywhere in the world, let alone a nation as small as Australia. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The speaker at the Lions Club meeting was a major in the Marines. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Fate had arranged, I concluded, that an example of a major evolutionary change in a single generation, the very thing Muller had said could never happen, should take place in his own laboratory. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered what her classes would be like and what her eventual “major” would be. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Before the advent of blind auditions, the percentage of women in major symphony orchestras in the United States was less than 5 percent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We believed it, and spent a major part of every day trooping about the town selling them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard said that he was a history major in college and studied World War I and read about his assassination in some books. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Considering her failing health, many expected this to be the last major event of her career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They weren’t client files; they were for family, stuff like birth certificates and house insurance and life insurance and repair bills and receipts for major items like our refrigerator and television and washing machine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z As a high school history teacher, it had been her personal mission to cart Dad and me around to every major historical site in the area. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “He was...he was the first major league baseball player to come out as gay.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Since symbolic logic was part of philosophy, I had chosen philosophy as my major subject, and I was finding it very exciting. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The field, including two major stakes winners, was the most formidable Seabiscuit had ever faced. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one major difference between Dusty Muleman’s operation and the gambling cruises up in Miami: The Coral Queen didn’t actually go anywhere. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Passing neighborhoods on a major main street does allow me to peer in from a safe distance, and I’m noticing that a few areas still have electricity, which is somewhat comforting to see. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Our major cities are polluted with noxious molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they agreed that it probably resulted from her feelings when she had reluctantly dealt punishment to the citizen who had broken the major rules a second time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Sociologists have been major proponents of this line of reasoning, pointing out that differential access to private space influences the likelihood that criminal behavior will be detected. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I texted her and Imani last night to let them know I had a major update for them. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The major came in, nodded to us and sat down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I picked a moment when he was humming in a major key and said, “Granddaddy, have you always been a naturalist?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z School was the perfect place to launch a new word, and since this was a major historical event, Nick wanted it to begin in exactly the right class—seventh-period language arts. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No major publication is going to run this without verification from someone on the Richards campaign that these emails are real,” June points out, “and that kind of thing takes months.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Likewise, the notion that the New Jim Crow can ever be dismantled through traditional litigation and policy-reform strategies that are wholly disconnected from a major social movement seems fundamentally misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was built precisely at the site of the ferry terminal, both because the city owned the land and because major thoroughfares were already converging on the preexisting ferry service. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As an undergraduate at Cornell, he started off as a public policy major. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z One major problem remained to be solved before it could be put to the test — a practical method of insect sterilization had to be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Does he expect us to believe that?” cried the major incredulously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Behind the sergeant major, across the hall, impossibly: flames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z American planes took off from nearby aircraft carriers and made sixty-four sorties over North Vietnam, bombing their torpedo boat fleet and a major oil depot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Even with my background, I was astonished at the degree to which the major single image of America seemed to be discrimination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a “world criss-crossed by numerous patron-client relationships and family ties, in which major centers vied with one another in enmities that could endure for centuries.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Vespucci’s claim required a major reconsideration of the supposed relationship between the elements of water and earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Only one important topic was not addressed: the establishing of alpha-omega relationships with major lifeboat pests. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For an example of what I am talking about—in every black ghetto, Jews own the major businesses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he saw that a major leaguer was here to play a season or two in the minors. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The feeling roiling around in my chest reminds me of the night the major tried to kill me, his hand tight around my throat, fear and hopelessness and rage warring deep within my being. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “We monitor every patient closely after a major surgery. It’s normal,” Dr. Wilkins promised. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z One major food category was nuts, especially chestnuts and walnuts, plus horse chestnuts and acorns leached free of their bitter poisons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Figure 4.20: The C major and C minor scales start on the same note, but have different key signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z More often than not, I would be the only fencer at a major international competition without a personal coach by her side. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I could see her eyeing the meaty part of his forearm, and I thought: Whoever this goon is, some major pain is headed his way. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With the benefit of hindsight it marks the beginning of the end of Western European musical aloofness and the emergence of Russia as a major cultural presence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It seems an anonymous tipster just phoned in a report of a major book burglary.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In Congo, we celebrated major holidays, such as Christmas and Easter, not birthdays. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Figure 6.25: Chords in the key of A flat major are not ideal for guitarists. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now the footsteps become hesitant; they are different from the sergeant major’s. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In college and graduate school, I was registered as an ‘English major.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was to write Washington that a major inducement in my wanting to be in Cambridge was the presence of Roy Markham, an English biochemist who worked with plant viruses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The major swings open the outer door of the state box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This was the first major civil rights victory won through widespread public protests. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout most of human history it was far more accessible to Eurasia than were the Americas, but the Saharan desert is still a major ecological barrier separating sub-Saharan Africa from Eurasia plus North Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “All thinking men are atheists,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But it is important to notice that you can move that song in C major to E major, G flat major, or any other major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her roommate was a music major, which meant Terryl got to attend music events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Particularly football players and boxers, which happened to be Trinity’s two major sports. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The double helix has solved all three of the major challenges of genetic physiology using ingenious variations on the same theme. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Children of ceremony: My classmates and I would rehearse our roles before major liturgical celebrations. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For us children, I know that the major attraction was the good food they served. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the United States they include major corporations famous for their homey domestic manufactures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Billboards advertising the event rimmed every major road on Long Island. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess the way we were squealing and carrying on, it did seem like something major had just happened. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z However, they did observe the major Jewish holidays, such as Passover, and they wanted Jack to have a bar mitzvah, the traditional Jewish coming- of-age ceremony, when he turned thirteen. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The major said he had heard a report that I could drink. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Local news, national news, all the major networks. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Like Dean, Norris Bradbury could not conceive of Teller’s helming a major lab of his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The unsigned letter was reprinted in a number of major newspapers around the world. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But deep inside he couldn’t bring himself to disagree—as odd as it seemed after what he’d accomplished, he had broken a major rule. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Posters announcing Klan rallies, bearing the slogan “Be a Man, Join the Klan,” became a common sight in store windows and on telephone poles in small towns and major cities across the state. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Could this be one of the reasons Hush Puppies suddenly became a major fashion trend? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also a major literary figure of the Restoration period, writing on many subjects, including works of fiction. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z By that afternoon, they had come to one major conclusion. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know enough to stay out of her way. She’s a major soccer jock,” Garrett said, “with a major attitude. I can’t believe you got the hots for her—” “I don’t even know her!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The exposition work was still far behind schedule and a major source of worry, but Olmsted’s health and the pressure of other work had forced him from Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But this young man, Schieffer explained, was not from a major network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z This sud- den revolution in connectivity constituted a major flattening force. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z And now that there’s a chance we could find out who this Key Holder actually is, it feels like we’re close to a major discovery. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They walked together silently up the hill to the pele tower, except that the major explained the situation as they went. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctors only put you in a tank if they were doing major surgery. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was broadcast over the radio and printed in major newspapers—even mentioned in American newspapers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z While the British colonel set Lazzaro’s broken arm and mixed plaster for the cast, the German major translated out loud passages from Howard W. Campbell, Jr.’s monograph. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The cutoff date for almost all nonschool baseball leagues in the United States is July 31, with the result that more major league players are born in August than in any other month. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z You won’t be able to afford it every night, said the major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then, the wave of politically strategic invites chosen by the press team, and lastly, the fashionably late—minor to mid-range pop stars, teen soap actors, children of major celebrities. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As I was walking out with the major, we came upon a young prisoner being interviewed by a prison official. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his brave posturings of nonchalance and indifference, Adams was, in fact, obsessed with Jefferson’s growing reputation as one of the major figures of the age. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Dana’s arrest was the major buzz around school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While these grassroots initiatives and policy proposals are major achievements, they raise questions about how best to address the complex and interlocking forms of discrimination experienced by black people with criminal records. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Showing his sketches to a major graphic novelist felt like a step. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In a top-secret report, William gave the entire team credit for every major advance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All over the walls were framed, autographed photographs of major league stars, and also some political and show business celebrities who would come there to eat, bringing friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was eighteen and one newspaper article about him said that he could be in the major leagues by the time he was nineteen. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Riddle had been harboring a grudge against Pimlico since 1926, when the track’s racing secretary had assigned his colt Crusader 126 pounds in a major race—Crusader lost to a horse carrying 93 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His life’s major achievement was the mastery of all games and how quickly he beat them. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He ran on a platform of improving the school system, fighting illiteracy, and trying to find innovative solutions to the metastasizing drug trade that was poisoning life in major areas of the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Father, please keep your trap shut and let us ask the questions,” urged the major sympathetically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had been plagued by one extra major; he now had an opening for one major. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what I want to major in at college. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the equivalence between gravitational forces and the forces we would feel in an accelerating spaceship is a major feature of Einstein’s later general theory of relativity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 6.7: Compare the differences and similarities between the two major scales, and the differences and similarities between the two medieval church modes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Corporate profits and ever-expanding markets were major reasons for this, he wrote in his book. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z As the other two major chords in the key, IV and V are also likely to be very common. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If artificial selection can make such major changes in so short a period of time, what must natural selection, working over billions of years, be capable of? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The three chords in question can be expressed as the numbers I, IV and V because they are the triads that belong to the first, fourth and fifth notes of the major or minor scale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was a crazy mathematics major from the Wharton School of Business who could not count to twenty-eight each month without getting into trouble. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z President Truman, who had wanted to avoid getting bogged down in Korea, now faced the prospect of another major country falling to the Communists. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if America really got into the war, if they would close down the major leagues. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The only major university that had shown up had left halfway through the fair without explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The drum major rushed past the men toward the car, and I heard the cane bang down upon the hood as he rushed toward me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The failure of our legal system to eradicate all of the tactics adopted during the Jim Crow era to suppress the black vote has major implications today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Though footsore from their long journey, Lupita and Salvador investigated Tijuana’s major streets from one end to another. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Now we see the other major benefit of the passive: it allows the doer to be mentioned later in the sentence than the done-to. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake. You were in a major accident, young man. You need to be horizontal.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I guess you can really narrow things down in a major way, if you choose to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Even so, she returned to the United States with no major achievements to show for her absence of nearly a year. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In England the major problem seems to be a specialized one, linked with the growing practice of treating seed with insecticides before sowing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His desire to become a Runner had taken a major blow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In particular, perfect fourths and fifths and major thirds are not too far from the pure intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If the Ferris wheel failed, there was absolutely nothing Sahil could do to fight off gravity, unless he was hiding some major superpowers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was a major, his face was tanned and he laughed all the time. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His financial patronage of teams and players could always be relied upon, and he was the sponsor of many chess events, some major. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There is an additional factor that can alter the landscape and the climate of Earth: intelligent life, able to make major environmental changes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Name the major and minor keys for each key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His museum had discovered evidence that the Americas had been inhabited during the Pleistocene, a major scientific coup. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The walls were solid blocks of stone with no major cracks that she could see. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Having achieved the rank of major general, Garfield resigned his U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d managed to survive the first three classes of the day without major incident, but I was still struggling to navigate the school itself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Although I hope to go on living in health for some time yet, the major portion of my own life is spent. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t the world be safer if a second major power also knew how to build atomic bombs? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The verdict handed down by Hugh Ogden also had a major and lasting impact on the public’s relationship with big business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And because he was in Midtown Manhattan, there were major medical centers nearby, all licensed to do the latest in emergency cardiac care. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I could see her eyeing the meaty part of his forearm, and I thought: Whoever this goon is, some major pain is headed his way. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He has some major things going for him: flashy moves on the soccer field, a dazzling smile, great big cow eyes, and ridiculous lashes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z New England’s major river valleys, by contrast, held large, permanent villages, many nestled in constellations of suburban hamlets and hunting camps. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All major news outlets seemed to indicate that we were about to go to war with Iraq, and the news cycle, though always insane, had been perhaps especially insane lately. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z To be historically accurate, according to the guidelines, major native cultures must be shown displaying “a proper reverence for the gift of life.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It would be the first major life event they didn’t experience together. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He had orders from virtually every major rowing program in the country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It would have been highly unusual to be a New York Yankees fan in Philadelphia, which had two major league baseball teams of its own, one in each league, through the mid-1950s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A major came by, saw us sitting on the ground, and came over to us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, I should have had this major brainstorm a long time ago, but that is not the way life works. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z He informed us that a police major from the other car would accompany us back to Pietermaritzburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those rules, called the Geneva convention, were agreed to in 1929 and signed by almost every major nation. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I turned three, my doctors recommended that I undergo a major operation to fix my face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z These rulers had two major concerns: first, that a foreigner might enter Italy with his armies; second, that no one of them should seize more territory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z His championship playing didn't just get him into the major league; it got him the Most Valuable Player award in 1949 and had proved him to be an All-Star player for the last five years. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The next night the major turned shambler and that was the end of him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Our family having good health and no major sicknesses. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark was able to see, even in the dim light before they headed out, that Alec has major doubts—which is contrary to the overall persona of the hardened man he seems to be. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Of itself it is of no consequence to one’s major scheme. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re here because you have apparently stopped doing work in your major subjects. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What had begun with Helmholtz and Donders was taking a next major turn. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And he knew all the major players personally. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This is going to be a major obstacle in Al I think. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Church was a major part of our community. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “If Mamá were here, she’d be doling out the spankings by now. I just hope we don’t end up paying for this in a major way.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The seventh and eighth grades, which our Special Progress class did in one year, were remarkable only in that I had no major fights and for the depression of my father. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The person who was performing the introduction was telling the major that Billy was a veteran, and that Billy had a son who was a sergeant in the Green Berets—in Vietnam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rex Lawson is a true Nigerian. He does not cleave to his Kalahari tribe; he sings in all our major languages. That’s original—and certainly reason enough to like him,” Miss Adebayo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The other is to provide her with hints about the major divisions of the sentence into phrases, thus eliminating some of the ambiguity in how to build the tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But I would be the major loser if Bailey turned up dead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. da Silva filled the major roles with his pets from Advanced English. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And all teenage boys are human beings. That is my minor premise, controversial though it may be. And if my major and minor premises are so, sir, what is your conclusion?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Printed in our textbooks was a list of major holidays accompanied by a scattered arrangement of photographs depicting French people in the act of celebration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In this case, the scales used are the same as the medieval church modes, but they do not have a reciting tone and are used much more like modern major and minor scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Bring two candles and take away the lamp,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Ritual and ethical absention and the use of contraceptive drugs seem to have played the major part in maintaining this stability. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z For starters, it majorly failed to live up to its name. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t need to major in it. Teach it, maybe, but you don’t need class to study life. Besides, I was thinking of art school.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The tennis ranch in Halfway House was called Barretts, after the construction company that was one of the major builders of tennis courts in South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Its east—west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was a major way back in the Civil War and had been killed in a battle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “He’s changed majors, and it’ll take more time to finish school now. We need you to be open to this.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Milo had been knighted, commissioned a major in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and named Assistant Governor-General of Malta because he had brought the egg trade there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had met a goddess who’d gotten a major crush on him and wanted him to stay, but eventually she let him go. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He learns that she is in Silliman, that she is planning to be an English major. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had had a major exposure to Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the rider given Blume a moment to consider the risk Pollard was taking in riding an immature colt just before a major race, Blume would not have let him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout his life, he was a passionate activist, and he participated in some major demonstrations for Native rights. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While dramatic progress was apparent in the political and social realms, civil rights activists became increasingly concerned that, without major economic reforms, the vast majority of blacks would remain locked in poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Until waterwheels and windmills began to replace Eurasia’s mammals in medieval times, they were also the major source of its “industrial” power beyond human muscle power—for example, for turning grindstones and operating water lifts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I remembered reading about this, how it could happen after a major trauma. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We had some major negotiations over a formal dance at school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For a major scholarship I needed a language. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The presidential election of 1932 sparked a major turning point for American labor unions, bringing pro-labor president Franklin D. Roosevelt into office in 1933, along with a Congress sympathetic to labor. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “Bonuses are free for everything else, like extra saving, big vacations, and major repairs on the house.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Each year, Kim said, North Korea would do its best to shuffle its offerings among the major reinsurance players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He had been a major figure in one of the great scientific dramas of the 1920s, the quest to confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity by astronomical observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To the extent that major changes are achieved without a complete shift, the system will rebound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Fine, I’m going with you. If only to tell you to hurry up and get back to the Mess, where the major risk is indigestion, as opposed to getting shot out here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The Seattle General Strike was the first major labor walkout in a year that would see an almost continuous stream of labor disputes. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They gave off major Jordan Catalano vibes as they swaggered down the hallways of our school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At the end of the year there was another incident, this time away from the school, that was to have a major effect on me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And as a reward for my first major acting role, I have a whole plate of chocolate-chip macadamia nut cookies to myself. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of weeks later, my father met with the other major landholders at the Moose Lodge and declared the cotton harvest date, by far the most important event in our entire county. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer said he’d published more than fifty articles in major scientific journals, around twenty of them on issues pertaining to driving impairment, attention and distraction behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He’s been a part of the team for four years—a major part of the team,” Sky View coach Craig Anhder said of Wick. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Twin Cities job market analyst Kristine Jacobs pinpoints what she calls the “money taboo” as a major factor preventing workers from optimizing their earnings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In an effort to avoid conversation, I made a major mistake by wrapping my lips around the straw of a mega-sized Coke and guzzling the whole thing before the flick even started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m friends with Marjorie, and she put up like eight pictures of you. Well, not of you, you’re just majorly photo bombing them.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Thanks to the miles of sandy beaches, Rio felt like a grand tropical island instead of a major city in South America’s largest country. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But there was a major problem that few people knew about. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Music that is in a minor key is sometimes described as sounding more solemn, sad, mysterious, or ominous than music that is in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He would open the book and point to different things, explaining their purpose: “Key! Treble! Bass! No sharps or flats! So this is C major! Listen now and plav after me!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a few major tip-offs that tell dealers something isn’t right: If a person looks unfamiliar or really out of place, it’s probably a cop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The military uses of horses and camels, and the killing power of animal-derived germs, complete the list of major links between food production and conquest that we shall be exploring. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He would be one of those drum majors for freedom that Martin Luther King talked about. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Norse mythology and Greek mythology together give a clear picture of what the people were like from whom comes a major part of our spiritual and intellectual inheritance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It missed the spinal cord by a hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She had performed smaller protection rituals before, but never one this major, or as important. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t make any major moves without my say-so, understood?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You gave up nothing and got something major in return.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Otherwise, miles of farmland surrounded Hatfield, even though it was less than an hour away from a major American city. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I’m majoring in philosophy at the University at Albany. I have to think about my future.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z One can think of at least twenty major diseases that require this kind of supportive medical care because of the absence of an effective technology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, the major was a shambler with a bullet in his skull and I had my first harvest at ten years old. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Then why pick meningitis ?” inquired a major with a suave chuckle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z These have their roots in the mid-eighteenth century, when the French government, which had claimed Haiti as its own, made Port-au-Prince, the capital, a major hub of slave trading. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Ford autoworkers would be the last among the major automakers to have their union rights recognized. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z So by his second semester, he'd changed his major for the fourth time, moving from the hard sciences to the soft sciences. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The major said there was an Italian story something like that about the duchess who could not sleep at night. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z To summarize, we see that unemployment remains the state’s major economic and social problem. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She performed at every major black college, often for several seasons in a row. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They had decided to major in urban planning and hoped to eventually get a job designing or improving public transit systems. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Fortunately, garden- pathing is a major research topic in psycholinguistics, so we know what to look for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I would not want our men to assassinate, for instance, the major here,” I said, pointing to Major Fritz van Sittert, who was monitoring the talks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to look up the requirements of an ordinary English major at my college. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "Which are both major components of my diet." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One of those was a major writing assignment—an essay on the importance of friendship. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He proved good as his word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying everybody owned. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Finding major Biosafety Level 4 agents on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., is not the kind of thing interns do every day. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For that reason, our discussion is merged with an introduction to four major arts: graphic arts, painting, sculpture, and architecture. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z You can begin practicing harmonic analysis by practicing identifying whether a piece is in the major key or in its relative minor. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It looks like a bunch of theater majors in here.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Leale looked into Rathbone’s eyes and, when he determined that the major was in no immediate danger, rushed to the president’s side. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The other major impediment, equally daunting as the compensation problem at first glance, even more so upon reflection, was the relocation of the freed slaves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Ames had arrived late and seemed nervous about meeting the first major Soviet defector of his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Such increased competition among plants themselves made a major contribution to larger seed size and to many other changes developing during the transformation of wild plants into ancient crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Between them, they have come up with the two major reasons why Western Civilization is about to collapse. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z All there is in life is questions and temporary solutions, and even though this was a major solution—it will always stir up questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Just getting her into the parking lot had been a major challenge, but now she started backing away, muttering, “‘Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After a moment she said, “I’m considering changing my major.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Laying aside the article, he sketched out a linear accelerator to drive protons to a million volts, the first major step toward satisfying Ernest Rutherford’s demand for 10 million volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Hydraulic engineering was a major concern for the first engineers, such as Leonardo, and consequently an immediate one for Galileo and his disciples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Check to see whether the major or minor chords are emphasized overall. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Cade was our pitcher—a lefty who’d been scouted by the majors, extremely talented—and I played the outfield, usually right. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Its arrival in the bookstores was not a major literary event. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many readers may already be protesting: don’t stereotype people by classifying them into arbitrary “races”! Yes, I acknowledge that each of these so-called major groups is very diverse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing about the importance of this decision—that it was a major commitment to long-term war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Not even Congress was aware that the president was considering another major escalation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It lacks the severe ecological barriers transecting the major axes of the Americas and Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Susan B. Anthony’s first major wake-up call about the need for women’s equality came in January 1852 when the Sons of Temperance invited Anthony to a statewide meeting in Albany, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z 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 Not to mention it’s the only job she’s ever been great at because of one major life hack she discovered that has sent others out the door and on to less distressing jobs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z An interest in magical beasts was considered dangerous and suspect, and taking a case full of such creatures into a major city was, in retrospect, a serious mistake. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Illinois senate was hung up in a marathon debate, trying to settle on the provisions of a major crime bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In Argentina riots're being reported in the major cities, with lootings and shootings, and some people're saying it's just a matter of time before the junta's toppled. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Alongside these parallels, there were also some major differences in food production systems around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to be there to cover the first major protest against the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z AltaVista led them to an updated map server that warned of major trouble near Salt Lake City. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When a small, icy object collides with a planet or a moon, it may not produce a very major scar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The other major decision I made had to do with my social life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She was keen for algebra, and she planned to major in science. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The artifact was far too valuable to sell, and I knew it would end up in the hands of the Sixers, because they purchased nearly every major artifact that went up for auction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z NOTE: The type of interval or chord — major, minor, diminished, etc., is not important when you are determining the position of the chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Lots more African Americans play for the majors.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Figure 4.44: The major key for each key signature is shown as a capital letter; the minor key as a small letter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The facts might point to no cure, but if scientists let every obstacle get in their way, then there’d never be any major scientific discoveries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then the major told the story of the eleven Czecho-slovaks and the Hungarian corporal. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While over a dozen major infectious diseases of Old World origins became established in the New World, perhaps not a single major killer reached Europe from the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The first major singles competition I played was a round-robin event on the first day, with playoffs on the second. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In transposing down to the key of D major, you need to raise the A natural in the key up a half step, to A sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Dad majored in architecture, like I will one day, and Mom studied interior design. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z That is the darkest hour of any organization and in that hour a major operation may be the only hope for its salvation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the Army had never before organized a major field operation against a hot virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sergeant major sits up and tilts his head back and forth as though working out kinks in his neck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One of Seabiscuit’s major weapons was his supremacy at running turns; racing around just one turn at Belmont would deprive him of one of his strengths. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a couple of reasons my brother majored in psychology. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sesame Street, after all, was a product of the 1960s, and in the intervening three decades major strides had been made in understanding how children’s minds work. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But what I'm talking about is, every time he did something bad, he would come back to the hood and tell the little kids about it, bragging like he accomplished something major. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In Western culture, we predominantly use the major and minor scales. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Here I was an outspoken Muslim athlete, representing a relatively obscure sport, and these major companies were coming to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I told her that the White House had not confirmed or denied reports that extensive bombing had started in major cities in South America. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The observatory was christened Uraniborg, after Urania, the Muse of astronomy, and over the years developed into a major scientific institution with observing galleries, library and studies. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The night before I left the field hospital Rinaldi came in to see me with the major from our mess. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Twenty million years ago, our immediate ancestors probably still lived in the trees, later descending because the forests receded during a major ice age and were replaced by grassy savannahs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister Paula doesn’t remember the way I looked being a major issue for my siblings when I first came home. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Subjects are special: all verbs have one, and it sits outside the verb phrase, occupying one of the two major branches of the clause, the other being the predicate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z One of his pictures—the one I think of as his major picture—has been as recallable to me, over the years, as, say, the lyrics of “Sweet Sue” or “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The chief entertainment available to young people was the movies, and there were three major theaters along 125th Street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z You may find it helpful to notice that the "relative major" of the Dorian begins one whole step lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Like most other major universities, Berkeley tended to think of chemists, biologists, physicists, and engineers all as inhabitants of discrete sandboxes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He didn’t play—he was a drum major—but the band is just as important as the football team at HBCUs. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In Chicago, like the rest of the country, the War on Drugs is an engine of mass incarceration, as well as a major cause of gross racial disparities throughout the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But nobody wanted to go out and risk their lives so that Stewart could make major. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked in a phone book for where a major bus station was and found a Greyhound on Long Beach Boulevard. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Everything’s going to be all right, Chaplain,” the major said encouragingly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The soybean has become the second major crop in the industrial food chain, taking turns each year in the field with corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Math majors marveled to hear Dr. Claytor, originally from Norfolk, advancing sophisticated mathematical proofs in his drawling “country” accent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. V then looked up the capitals of all the major countries in the world. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And since there were cameras and reporters from every major newsfeed outlet present, I knew his words were being broadcast to the entire world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z How could they cope with a major like Major Major? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I have been dwelling on latitude, readily assessed by a glance at a map, because it is a major determinant of climate, growing conditions, and ease of spread of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Oh good, he’s not so full of himself that he thinks his major is riveting stuff. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Being presentable played a major part in my overall mood. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My brain keeps trying to convince me I’m right, but my heart keeps whispering that I’ve made some pretty major mistakes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One major clue was the fact that he was taking a genuine interest in that school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Some of the more commonly used scales that are not major or minor are introduced here. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “May we have a word with the major?” asked Hosea Williams. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z An augmented chord is built from two major thirds, which adds up to an augmented fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Although the organization included racial justice among its core priorities, reform of the criminal justice system was not a major part of its racial justice work. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The major was at the telephone sitting on a box. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Stanton gave her first major speech on women’s rights at a Quaker meetinghouse in Waterloo, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As Adams explained it, the French philosophes had invented the word, which became a central part of their utopian style of thinking and a major tenet in their school of folly.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jefferson went on to acknowledge that Adams’s critical perspective on the French Revolution had been a major source of his unpopularity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And we'd managed two terms in office without a major scandal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z These chords are also available in the key of C major, of course, but they typically are not given such a prominent place. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z John Andre was captured while attempting to serve as a British spy in league with Benedict Arnold to produce a major strategic debacle on the Hudson River at West Point. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z These eleven were the major events, and they were hooked together like a fragile daisy chain looped around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No major organs were hit, and Ray left the hospital a day later, so Wes was charged with attempted murder rather than murder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then the major said, “You have two minutes to turn around and go back to your church.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin had stumbled upon a journalist, a Shanghai-based correspondent for a major South Korean media company. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Like, in a major way. Make it serious.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Though he was now far away, Jesse e-mailed them constantly, even telephoned—a major step for him. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mark my words, when the major come home, that woman is gonna be in for a rude awakening. That’s all I’m saying. There’s gonna be a reckoning when the major comes back.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But somehow in all this talking, we ignored the major thing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Five major cities," the little know-it-all cousin calls out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Ever since Baltimore and a handful of the other major cities were certified shambler-free more than a year ago, the government has turned its attention to finding a cure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Even in 1959, with more than 100 major insect species showing definite resistance to chemicals, one of the leading journals in the field of agricultural chemistry spoke of “real or imagined” insect resistance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After spending the next summer at Folsom, he introduced the site to the world at a major scientific conference. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To practical men of industry the possibilities seem real enough so that at least one major electronic corporation is preparing to set up a laboratory to test them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A major tenet of the American Revolution—Jefferson had given it lyrical expression in the Declaration of Independence—was that all kings, and not just George III, were inherently evil. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s trusted general advised him to march north and challenge Octavian to a major confrontation in Macedonia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The Pope wants the Austrians to win the war,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z That Great Leap Forward poses two major unresolved questions, regarding its triggering cause and its geographic location. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z So all Lydian modes have the same key signature as the major key a perfect fourth below them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Because harsh sentencing is a major cause of the prison explosion, one might reasonably assume that substantially reducing the length of prison sentences would effectively dismantle this new system of control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I met the major some weeks ago; he gave me a lift when I went to Orlu, but I did not think he would even remember me. He is such a nice man.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But he valued friendship, held cheerfulness to be the goal of life and devoted a major philosophical inquiry to the origin and nature of enthusiasm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d think that losing a major organ would entitle you to lie around a few weeks, but for some reason, my doctors want me up and moving almost immediately. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Some attended community colleges, while others went to major universities in states that stretched all the way from Massachusetts to Hawaii. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z By this, I mean the following: if you consider the major questions raging through the biological sciences in the late nineteenth century, heredity does not rank particularly high on that list. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Nothing major. These little batons pack quite a punch, though. How’s our prisoner?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This a temporary setback for a major comeback. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “As far as I’m concerned,” the girl said, “you can count that as a major objection to Mercerism.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Figure 5.27: Take care to use the correct third and seventh — dominant, major, or minor — with extended chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My father and my uncle were very close growing up, but then they had a major falling-out. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The two young men shared almost all of the major holidays together, usually at the Collins home. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Crime and welfare were the major themes of Reagan’s campaign rhetoric. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Figure 1.25: The key of C major has no sharps or flats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The origins of their language are among the most disputed questions of linguistics: for not a single other one of the world’s major languages are the affinities to other languages still in doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This was a really major breakthrough: layering two lines of voices singing at the same time, but singing slightly different notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Sociologist Devah Pager explains that those sent to prison “are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals” with major implications for their place and status in society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The major was right—after the Messerschmitt’s casual pass, they would be back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Just like that, I'm no longer in the lecture hall but back at Rose Hill Plantation, watching as the major slowly uncoils the horse whip from its hook. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It has been suggested that the major ice ages on our planet, which recur every hundred million years or so, may be due to the interposition of interstellar matter between the Sun and the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rome is a beautiful city, said the major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They constitute 6 of the modern world’s 12 major crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The lieu-tenant blathered on about major versus minor offenses, the need to make judgments, and so on, apparently expecting me to say, “Oh, I get it!” and withdraw from his office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “See? he said to the major, who had come to his side and was peering solemnly over his shoulder. “They’re not the same, are they?” the major admitted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “About how long will I have to wait before I can go in to see the major?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Undeniably, though, one major draw for black audiences was simply seeing fellow African Americans on stage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He's been under a strain and he’s tired,” the major said to me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Neumes did, though, have one major flaw: they were essentially a way of jogging the singer’s memory, reminding him of a tune he already knew. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The major team match against the Capablanca Chess Club was disappointing for the Americans: though Bobby and Whitaker won their games, the five other Americans lost. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the major’s dugout and he said the field kitchen would be along and the drivers could come and get their stew. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes something major can happen just like that—and with no discussion. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There was one further major preparation that I knew I needed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Will had pulled his lip, rubbed his eyebrows, scratched his nose, cleaned his glasses, and made a major operation of cutting and lighting a cigar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nine months after the invasion, a fight broke out in the shop, which led to the earliest major roundup and hundreds dead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The "bright"-sounding major chords and the strong feeling of tonality are what give major keys their happy, pleasant moods. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Chaplain, this comes as a great shock to me,” the major accused in a tone of heavy lamentation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Anonymity was one of the major perks of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I said let the best man win, Bacchus barred, and the major started us with red wine in mugs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But as the technology of murder improves and the penalties of war increase, a great many people must be made to fly into murderous rages simultaneously for a major war to be mustered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That fall, the SS-HJ were reorganized and sent to the Ardennes forest in France, where the Germans launched their last major offensive. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A minor key is called the relative minor of the major key that has the same key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Suppose that back before the advent of screens, you and I had been on a committee charged with addressing the terrible problem of discrimination against women in major symphony orchestras. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some 25 million Americans look to fishing as a major source of recreation and another 15 million are at least casual anglers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Another major difference among agricultural systems involved the main sources of calories and carbohydrates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A major battle between small science and Big Science was taking shape in the run-up to the Solvay. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Hint: of the seven major explanations on the list, only three can be shown to have contributed to the drop in crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They stopped while the major talked to the officer leading them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They hoped the amulets might help ward off the hot agent if there was a major break in their suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: In case you are curious, the size of the whole tone of the "mean tone" system is also the mean, or average, of the major and minor whole tones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She seemed resigned to the fact that I had a major talent for ticking off the gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Each was named for a major body of water that touched the counties within its boundary. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The two major contestants for the presidency in 1796, then, not only possessed impeccable revolutionary credentials; they had also earned their fame as a team. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a major battle nearby, and a number of wounded were brought back to the camp. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, Jake had finished his in ten minutes after he got home, which was another major surprise. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But that doesn’t necessarily mean that eating in a car is a major risk that should be illegal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It is a major source of our moods and emotions, of our concern and care for the young. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the something that gives me my major brainstorm. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z My feet never suffered—and that is a factor of major importance, in a winter-journey where an hour’s exposure can, after all, cripple one for a week or for life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The only thing between us was a major street and some parked cars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She definitely needed major help in the dialogue department. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Constitution had abolished slavery but allowed one major exception: slavery remained appropriate as punishment for a crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even without the aid of a major fire, the same thing would happen to all other cities, though the process would be a gradual one, taking several decades. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “Dad can’t talk. He had a major stroke a few years ago.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I mean, there aren’t that many major universities here, and the big ones kinda dominate it all.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The first major sign that the Supreme Court would not allow the Fourth Amendment to interfere with the prosecution of the War on Drugs came in Florida v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That was when Momma stood up and slammed the complete works of William Shakespeare into the side of the major’s head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This led to the first major procurement crisis of Groves’s tenure. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What held the column of water together was a natural force, the resistance to the creation of a vacuum, and this force was a major factor in understanding the strength of materials. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For the operation, Lee picked his sergeant major, John Champe, a man “full of bone and muscle” and “tried courage.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They are already distressed that he hasn’t settled on a major and a profession. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z These were all major chords in a revolutionary melody that most Virginians knew by heart. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Great Leap Forward coincides with the first proven major extension of human geographic range since our ancestors’ colonization of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In retrospect, it is clear that one of the major factors pushing this trend was a more lenient justice system. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A fire was lit in a giant iron cauldron, and the certificates of 2,300 Indians were tossed into the flames—the first major act of Satyagraha. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z If they lost again, it would be a blow to the chances of blacks in the major leagues, they said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When I thought of the major careers, I thought of whites, not blacks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The second major group of insecticides, the alkyl or organic phosphates, are among the most poisonous chemicals in the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “He thinks we have time to waste,” snorted the major. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Most major countries—about three dozen—have exhibits. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sergio offers a smile with each major bump we go over. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z By 1899, the Dukes controlled all major textile mills in the Durham area. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The major had not grasped that he was being mocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To give Marina the authority she needed, she was promoted to the rank of major. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Whether the interval is minor, major, or perfect will take care of itself if the correct key signature has been chosen. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z L.V. told him he was crazy to get up and go somewhere after major knee surgery. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultimately recovered with major scarring around face and reconstructed teeth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z These familiar examples deceive us into assuming that other major inventions were also responses to perceived needs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s been fun. Even if it sometimes feels like I'm majoring in philosophy,” Benji said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Facing junior reporters and articles in major newspapers? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The infamous tangle of narrow streets and minor waterways known as the Barrel was bracketed by two major canals, East Stave and West Stave, each catering to a particular clientele. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And the major institutions with which they come into contact are designed to prevent their mobility. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z All his major published works on political philosophy, including his Defence of the Constitution of the United States of America and Discourses on Davila, along with his unpublished autobiography, lacked coherent form. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z On a mostly separate track, there were also major advances in com-munications technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I wrote the letter and handed it over to the major, but it was never posted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z North of New York, Canada was a major base of operations for the Confederate Secret Service. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “We all must be cognizant of the close proximity of this Facility to NYC which is home to a major part of our population ...” Blah blah blah. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The attacks have killed hundreds of South Koreans, but they have yet to provoke the electorate into demanding that their government launch a major counterattack. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He knew that what Rondon was proposing would be a major contribution to science. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He dittoed these off like a major publisher. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There is a simple network of wide tunnels that directly corresponds to the main street plan above, underlying the major avenues and cross streets. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The whole season—nine months of preparation—came down to just two major races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The major point of the reinsurance operation is that they are banking on disaster,” he said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since temperature is simply a measure of the average energy—or speed—of the particles, this cooling of the universe would have a major effect on the matter in it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But when, a few weeks after Teddy was born, Dad gave away his leather jacket—his prized beat-up motorcycle jacket with the fuzzy leopard belt—we finally realized that a major transformation was under way. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And it bothered me that I was forced away at the conclusion, when the fiction closed tight, like a fortuneteller’s fist—the futures of all the major characters neady resolved. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He majored in political science and English and by going year-round he graduated in three years. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a clear career path associated with African-American studies majors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The major turned and poked his forefinger into Mace’s chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He saw her leave in the mornings and thought perhaps she and the major had arranged a regular meeting place until she came by one evening to give some stockfish to Olanna. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The removal of Sophiatown was the first major test of strength for the ANC and its allies after the Defiance Campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In some cases, an E flat major scale may even sound slightly different from a D sharp major scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The major intellectual pursuit of his last years was a concordance and calibration of the chronologies of ancient civilizations, very much in the tradition of the ancient historians Manetho, Strabo and Eratosthenes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably the only major human expedition in which no weapons were carried. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As the bloodied marchers of Selma were being carried off to the hospital, the nation’s three major television networks interrupted their scheduled programs and stunned viewers with graphic footage of the day’s violence. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When he flew back to Ephrata, he got another, in stereo, from a colonel and major. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to end up being dependent on people I didn’t respect much, so here I am majoring in anthropology instead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In effect, Europe received its crops, livestock, technology, and writing systems from the Fertile Crescent, which then gradually eliminated itself as a major center of power and innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The relationship between them underwent no major changes with the girl’s development, because it was based on the solid principle of mutual acceptance and the ability to laugh together at almost everything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "How did somebody make such a major mistake?" barks Nala over the din of the machinery. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The plan was to apply early decision to Yale as a forestry major. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you realize this is one of the major reasons why America’s white man has so easily contained and oppressed America’s black man? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So brilliant that I could get a full scholarship to college and major in it, except why bother? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Turner stood up and was dusting himself down when Nettle and Mace emerged and together they walked back toward the major who was sitting on the ground. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Quantitative data should also be assembled to test my preliminary calculations suggesting differing rates of diffusion along the major axes of Eurasia, the Americas, and Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The major had been there on two separate tours of duty. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, she thought white people had small, subdued weddings, not major celebrations like in our tribe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It is easy to predict where the relative minor of a major key can be found. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z By the close of the Supreme Court’s 1990–91 term, it had become clear that a major shift in the relationship between the citizens of this country and the police was under way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Every major airline now has what is called “Crew Resource Management” training, which is designed to teach junior crew members how to communicate clearly and assertively. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Another picture showed my mom accepting her first major cooking award, the Newbie Chef Challenge competition on the Food Is Life network. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The major spoke grudgingly to the orderly who ducked back into the hole again and came out with a quarter of a white cheese. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The limp of a German sergeant major with a dead voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And if you don’t have some feeling for probabilities, automobile accidents might seem a relatively minor problem of local travel, whereas being killed by terrorists might seem to be a major risk when going overseas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What made the scheme novel was that for the first time it decoupled a test moratorium from all other disarmament issues, thereby removing the major cause of the deadlock between the two countries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This was Johnson’s first major escalation of America’s war in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “My grandfather was a military officer, Colonel. A major. He died for the Gray at Antietam.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, the earth itself has been called a spaceship, and the only major difference between it and a starship is the fact that the earth’s passengers ride on the outside, instead of the inside. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was selling better than ever . . . as if time had turned back to the old days when the street had been one of Tangier’s major attractions. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to junk the whole honors program and become an ordinary English major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Articles had appeared in nearly every major newspaper blasting the government’s callous disregard for life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘Oh ... oh ... oh .. .’There was a major in a corner who was vowing he was going to die. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I had thought of going to the famous university there, but Mum could not afford to send me unless I won a major scholarship. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The cotton the slaves were growing became the major export for this new country. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The weather was good, the route obvious and without major obstacles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Italy will return to the splendors of Rome, said the major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Me and my friends, we do the major malls. You should come.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must go on leave at once,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It has been responsible for major advances in astronomy, physics, biology, anthropology, economics and politics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Such “missing mass,” if common in intergalactic space, would make a major contribution to closing the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Over it a baseball card of the first female pitcher in the majors hangs in a plastic mount. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There are parties, and then there are huge, major, blowout parties. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z His name was Paul Lurz, and he was the hospital’s director of performance and improvement, but he also happened to be a social worker who’d majored in history, which was his passion. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The gaps in pay, education, and health have not become a major political issue. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Our major plan, which we didn’t even have to discuss, was to get back together with Edmond and Isaac and Osbert by hook or by crook. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end he diagnosed me with “major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “In ancient times, the House of Hades was a major site for Greek pilgrims. They would come to speak with the dead and honor their ancestors.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We tried to keep all the major groups happy, so the next thing we knew we’d made eleven languages official languages. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “And as long as I stay away from the major streets, we’ll be all right.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then in an irritated tone, the major said, “Take off your cap.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The goal of this chapter is to allow you to reason your way to avoiding the major errors of grammar, word choice, and punctuation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This was during my second semester at UC Berkeley, where I had enrolled as a liberal arts major and later changed to fine arts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "And why are you changing your major?" she asks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The first was the failure of a major New York bank, Jay Cooke and Company, in September 1873, that set off a national depression. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’re raising my granddaughter to believe in magic? This is what happens when you major in drama.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “At the conclusion of the meeting,” the Americano said, “you will all receive a sack full of groceries with samples from the major food groups.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I wish people would stop trying to turn it into something major. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The whole point of chest pain prediction is to make sure that patients who end up having major complications are assigned right away to the coronary and intermediate units. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I informed the major that I intended to write Bram a condolence letter, and he responded that I could do so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The tumor in the sergeant majors throat, reports the doctor, has grown to four centimeters in diameter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A major Buddhist mantra preaches kindness to others or reincarnate in the next life as a slug for all to step on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a very stiff and stuffy old major riding in the first car, and I hit him squarely in the eye with a red rose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Put on a tuxedo and dance the waltz with some pimply faced girl whose major goal in life is to master the bass trombone? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweater displayed the shoulder bars of a major, with gold oak leaves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The following are major events and developments that have taken place on that route. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She walked to the major road and stood under a tree. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He spent hour upon hour working on drafts of his speeches— indeed, he devoted fully six weeks to preparing his first major speech in the House of Commons. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “My kinsmen are a wild and barbaric folk, I’m afraid. You might encounter them in the wilderness, or at major sporting events. But you won’t see any here.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Our meeting ended shortly afterward, and when we were walking back to our cells with the major, he said to me, “Mandela, were you struck by the behavior of Bram Fischer?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1667, Newton was elected to a minor Fellowship at Trinity, which would automatically become a major Fellowship when he became an MA in 1668. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The president named a “top policy group” to make major decisions on the program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ceaugescu’s ban on abortion was designed to achieve one of his major aims: to rapidly strengthen Romania by boosting its population. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The sergeant major loops one finger under his collar and pulls against its tightness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Gage had forgotten the marine major had already gone, had sent him a letter, and then turned over for another snooze. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "And the American people may be sentimental, but their government is not. The US State Department won't trade anything major for one man's life." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z These five groups constitute or represent all the major divisions of humanity except for Aboriginal Australians and their relatives. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The major beams have all held, but whole walls have crumbled. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z David drove Henrietta nearly twenty miles to get there, not because they preferred it, but because it was the only major hospital for miles that treated black patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He shrugged his shoulders, which to me meant it was a major clue. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He talked about majors, semesters, units, and many other things I did not understand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “You just saved us from making a major military blunder. Well done, indeed!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Nor did he stand up when the major entered the room, another violation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many African Americans today believe that uplift ideology worked in the past and ought to work again—forgetting that ultimately it took a major movement to end the last caste system, not simply good behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He wiped his forehead and upper lip as he pulled up the cloth covering one of the easels to reveal a colorful chart of the major food groups. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’m a communications major, so anything in communications, the media.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Much of the wood from his original wall was still nearby and up in back of the ridge he actually found a major section of the weave still intact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z So instead of risking her life and making major money as a mercenary, she slowed heartbeats, eased breathing, relaxed muscles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Being born near barren desert had made him appreciate plants all the more, which was why he'd chosen to major in botany. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z After D major, name the next four sharp keys, and name the sharp that is added with each key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The other major site of cave paintings in Lascaux, France, was also discovered by accident. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z “Eh, well . . . Zeus insists on certain rules. Hands off, when there’s a human quest. Even when something really major is wrong. But nobody messes with my baby sister. Nobody!’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Nothing could have been better calculated to activate all of Jefferson’s interior antennae, since his primacy as the author of the Declaration was his major claim to everlasting fame. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Then, just past a major intersection, I see scores of cars and tents amassed around a Target. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Virtually every major magazine and newspaper in the country ran a story about Fischer, often with pictures of him and a diagram of his final position against Petrosian. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The five major human groups to which Africa was already home by A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When the caravan was blocked by a boulder, it had to go around it; if there was a large rocky area, they had to make a major detour. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are important differences, to be sure, among mass incarceration, Jim Crow, and slavery—the three major racialized systems of control adopted in the United States to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My father, on the other hand, believed a major part of his job was keeping the men from Ohio happy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There are two carts waiting for me when I arrive at two, and tossed items inches deep on major patches of the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, yes, said the major, 1 know he goes to the American hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Most of my mail exposed to me the white man’s two major dreads. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Write the major chord for each root given. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I thought you major gods were incapacitated,” she managed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When did you start seeing a major change in the neighborhood? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What are the relative majors of the minor keys in Figure 4.18? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z During an eight-year career playing for seven major league teams, he became known as one of the greatest base stealers the game had yet seen. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Carter Cowboys had the best high school linebacker in the country and maybe the best defensive back, along with ten other players who were sure to be recruited by major colleges. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, in proportion to its available area of farmland, Japan is the most densely populated major society in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The second major complaint was that Malcolm X was himself too confused to be seriously followed any longer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, there was one major factor pushing them into a shaky alliance. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Of all the major human mysteries—God, the nature of the universe, etc.—he knew the least about tampons. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Why were they seemingly behind every major issue I wanted to know about? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The major also seemed taken aback, but managed a reply. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo didn't know exactly what this breakthrough would mean for Weep's problem, which was far more complicated than Thyon knew, but there was no doubt that it was a major accomplishment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For the first time in modern history, major wars of aggression were stopped partly because of the revulsion felt by the citizens of the aggressor nations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the scales are the same, D sharp major and E flat major are also enharmonic keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Washington had been made a major in February 1753, an amazingly high rank for a man who was not quite 21 years old. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather ironically, the last major duty of the Adams collaboration was to supervise the transition of the federal government to its permanent location on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The fact that he knew absolutely nothing about either mountaineering or flying didn’t strike him as a major impediment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The major business of the evening, in all likelihood, was an agreement to recalculate Virginia's debt and corresponding share of the enlarged federal debt. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If revolutionary credentials were the major criteria, Adams was virtually unbeatable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There were no houses, no animals, no major roads. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If I breathe too much of it, I'll get major lung problems. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, now I get it. I’m the crazy one, right? I’m the raving loony bird ” “Folks? Excuse me, but we’ve still got a major problem,” Dr. Gonzalez said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It is? Just because this stranger shares a name with my uncle and goes to a math school, that doesn’t really feel like a major sign. Maybe if his name was Lucy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His father always hired tutors or research assistants for him whenever Charles had to do a major paper or report. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z If the final chord is not the tonic of either the major or the minor key for that key signature, there are two possibilities. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Typical Connectives but, while, however, nonetheless, yet despite, even though One other major coherence relation doesn’t easily fit into Hume’s trichotomy, attribution: so-and-so believes such-and-such. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “No. Well, we lost a couple of weeks when they brought in a new Head Peacekeeper and his crew, but nothing major,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d known for years that my surgeons wanted to do another major operation. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m a poli-sci major. Here to change the world,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z We had to wait to be seated at the restaurant because Sunday brunch is a major social custom in Florida retirement communities. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z All in the space of a night events had moved from festivity to a crisis, and he, Matthias, had taken a major role in both. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Lawes also invited major league baseball teams into prison to play against the Mutual Welfare League team, the Black Sheep. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If I majored in African and African-American studies, what would I do upon graduation? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In the 1964 “long, hot summer” riots in major cities across the United States, the socially disinherited black ghetto youth were always at the forefront. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z By late afternoon the squall had metastasized into another major storm. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. The League of Concerned Library Lovers will make certain that the new Alexandriaville Public Library undertakes a major course correction and no longer subjects children to corrupting influences and mindless frivolity.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z For major and minor scales, there are seven notes; for pentatonic, five; for a chromatic scale, twelve. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Mom and Mrs. Van Dorn—who has now become Julia—discover that they both went to Northwestern and both majored in English literature. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d decided to paint one of her mom’s step stools as a distraction; Abby’s mom was so short, she carried around a lightweight collapsible stool to all major events. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “As a literary arts major, I can assure that’s just a mess. You basically said that you won’t say you told me so.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Come on, Rowdy, I’m trying to tell you something major.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He thinks of the colonel with his perfect jawline and flared pants; he thinks of the sallow sergeant major eyeing him over the top of the newspaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Consequently, from the very advent of agriculture, worries about the future became major players in the theatre of the human mind. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite these precautions, and despite the fact that a sincere effort was apparently made, in at least four major streams almost too per cent of the salmon were killed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Because of the loss of a year’s eligibility, most major colleges didn’t like Prop 48 cases and tried to avoid them, with rare exceptions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, the way the story went was that Amos had gotten into a major fistfight with the kid, and Miles and Henry and Jack had thrown some punches at the other guys, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He majors in English and writes small, sad poems. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She and her parents all harbored the conviction that someday she would play in a major orchestra, in New York or Los Angeles perhaps, or even in Berlin or Vienna. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Almost every other major city in this country leads the same double life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Our comparison begins with food production, a major determinant of local population size and societal complexity—hence an ultimate factor behind the conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On the landscapes of other planets where the records of the past have been preserved, there is abundant evi- dence of major catastrophes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Next year will be worse,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Five years after my family moved to America, we had a major milestone: We were allowed to apply for United States citizenship. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But there was one major sticking point: They didn't have enough money to buy gas for the car ride home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And an interval of a diminished fourth means something different than an interval of a major third, even though they would be played using the same keys on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Nearly half of the 180 or so major insect enemies of plants in the United States are accidental imports from abroad, and most of them have come as hitchhikers on plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By far the major portion of the book was devoted to spinsterish discourses on prison life—bad food, hijinks in the exercise yard, tedious little jailbird hobbies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Traditionally, English workers had brewed their own beer, which they drank along with bread, their other major source of food. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Which meant I could talk about anticyclones and minor depressions but not major storm systems or global warming. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The calls naturally were directed to me, New York City being the major news-media headquarters, and I was the New York minister of Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eh, just the major ones. Wonder Woman is sort of my girl crush.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Something major had happened there—something Jason wouldn’t share with her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Her parents are not too happy that I switched majors. They heard from their friends I was going to study law. That’s what they wanted.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And yet Harry Gold was about to become a major player in what FBI director J. Edgar Hoover would call “the crime of the century.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re separated and interrogated, and each is given the choice of confessing to the major crime and implicating his partner or remaining silent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The major told Billy that the Green Berets were doing a great job, and that he should be proud of his son. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The French aid had been a major reason why Washington was able to surround and force General Charles Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown in 1781. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The first major thing you need to know is that the Greeks believed music to be both a science and an art, and that they developed theories and systems for music accordingly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar I, bipolar II, major depression, psychotic depression, obsessive/compulsive, and on and on. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At her parents’ insistence, she’d majored in chemistry, for they were hopeful she would follow in her father’s footsteps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1923 she became the first black concert artist to record Negro spirituals for a major American recording company, the Victor Talking Machine Company. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In a C major chord, for example, that would be any C naturals, E naturals, and G naturals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The area's human geography is equally diverse: it is the home of more than a dozen major Indian groups, who have a long and fractious history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To avoid the major embarrassment of getting caught leaving myself a note, I also wrote a note for the bag next to mine. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I flipped past a few more channels before stopping on one of the major newsfeed networks, where I saw two men sitting in front of a screenshot of the Scoreboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I think we made major headway today,” she said to them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wish for a major traffic jam to stop our trip. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I do know that I want to change my major. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His strategy for change was fairly major, too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He ended his e-mail with these words: It’s strange how I have felt, with every major event that has occurred in my life, that you were the only person who would understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Once his mother had undertaken a major cleaning of Gregor's room, which she had only completed successfully after using a few buckets of water. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Auditions for major orchestras were sometimes held in the conductor’s dressing room, or in his hotel room if he was passing through town. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Our first major mystery to solve,” she said all loud, like saying it loud made it sound more real, “is what Lolly’s been doing in that storage room all week.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Three of my friends had burned to death in a spacecraft, and now I was headed for major surgery. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The final stage of this evolution is represented by the major, long-established epidemic diseases confined to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No major fight seemed to be taking place. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, a major league team picked me in the first round to play professional baseball, and in the evening, my baseball team had to play in the semifinal round of the championship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The question was to name the tribe associated with each of the following Native American leaders and name a major accomplishment of one. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z What note of each scale would have to be changed in order to make v major? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Why would she ever get mixed up in a major art theft? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Even when companies recruit for jobs that have nothing to do with mathematics, they often encourage math majors to apply, since they know that analytical skills will serve anyone well, whatever the job. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer of ’96, we had our first major gang war in The Wells in years. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our cure program’s first major ingredient was the painfully patient work of Muslims who previously were junkies themselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Do I dare engage in some major time theft? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to stay out of it, but two of the major combatants sat right behind me and I was quickly dragged in. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It can best be approached by concentrating attention on historical patterns that remain puzzling after the effects of major environmental factors have been taken into account. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But then, she was practical and a sociology major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In this mode, which scale tones are raised or lowered from the major key? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The modal sound did not disappear completely after it had been supplanted by the major and minor keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z While Galileo was contemplating major changes in his personal life, and also gathering together the material from his years of experimental work for a planned book, the political situation in Italy changed dramatically. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Their father is a building contractor and a major in the Army National Guard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He weighed a hundred and fifty-four—the same as he had the day he graduated from Kansas State University, where he had majored in agriculture. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It marked a major shift in his calculations about how to survive. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was just after the major returned, battle weary and grim, talking about the end of the world and God's judgment. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Now that you’ve wrestled with three major religious traditions, apply your newly enlightened mind to Alaska’s question. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But now you face a major difference between the syntactic tree of a sentence and the outline tree of a text. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A C sharp major chord means something different in the key of D than a D flat major chord does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She’s the second person who knows about him, but only as a major forehead crush. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The division for which we worked were to attack at a place up the river and the major told me that I would see about the posts for during the attack. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Please don’t major in philosophy when you go to college.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He had a heart inside—after three major attacks in the past ten years—that must look like the aftermath of a head-on collision. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Never mind that a deal struck with Cory would probably have major strings attached. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Most illnesses, especially the major ones, are blind accidents that we have no idea how to prevent. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beatrice and I don’t correspond unless there's a major event in the family. Writing letters is a waste of time,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Marine models were essential in the early days of research on muscle structure and function, and research on muscle has become a major preoccupation at the MBL. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So music that is in, for example, C major, will not sound significantly different from music that is in, say, D major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Nan was an English major before she settled on nursing and hadn’t managed to shake it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The major argument running through the letters throughout 1813–1814 concerned their different definitions of social equality and the role of elites in leading and governing the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The reception area was quiet and claustrophobic, with a brown marble floor, three elevators to one side, and above the desk, a row of clocks showing the time in every major world city. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Doing otherwise would have been like failing to resign after losing a major piece in a chess tournament—a social irritant, a waste of time and resources. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But that casino, mismanaged and too far away from major highways, was a money-losing business. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the class period was spent discussing the next major assignment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Today we have done an hour’s saluting drill because Tjaden failed to salute a major smartly enough. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve done three major things in our life now: this book and our two documentaries. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This was my first major encounter with historical nonfiction, and I found it fascinating. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I'm tying out for a role in a major romantic comedy. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We celebrated most major life events at Southside’s house, which meant that over the years we unwrapped Christmas presents to Ella Fitzgerald and blew out birthday candles to Coltrane. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By Alexander’s time, the rise of major philosophical schools, such as the Academy and Lyceum in Athens, began to introduce a degree of conformity on cosmological questions. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They were executing officers of the rank of major and above who were separated from their troops. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We know that pesticides contained in runoff from farms and forests are now being carried to the sea in the waters of many and perhaps all of the major rivers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That boat design represented a major advance over the simple dugout canoes prevalent among traditional peoples living on inland waterways throughout the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was a big wheel-president of her class and a physics major and the college hockey champion. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The first major lead in the case came a day after the shooting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Had Mendel stopped his experiments here, he would already have made a major contribution to a theory of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A full- fledged agricultural revolution with a multifarious suite of crops, the complex is an example of a major cultural innovation that has completely disappeared. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first major said angrily, “I must remind you, sir, that General Howard is die senior officer on die field.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another major culprit is always have and always will. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In major cities, newspapers printed extra editions as more details surfaced. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Now,” he said, the rhythm broken, the major portion of his address over, “I’d like to ask a few general questions. Did anyone in this squadron attend an Ivy League school?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, if, in an augmented G sharp major chord, you rewrite the D double sharp as an E natural, the triad becomes an E augmented chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That, of course, will be a major theme of the later part of this book. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It seemed normal to all of us, but the majors expression grew stormy throughout the courses. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Expanded in a series of bestselling books, this notion turned the lines into a major tourist attraction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If the Wexford-Smythe paleontologists are right and our little dig turns into a major find, Dad wants to reinvent Chokecherry as the dinosaur capital of North America. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That morning the major in charge of the ward asked me if I felt that I could travel the next day. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Still on his back, the sergeant major takes the pistol in both hands and opens and closes the breech. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I don’t claim to have been that great, but it would have been nice to carry a childhood dream of playing in the majors that most children have. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jim was concerned that one of Carabayllo’s major health problems might be TB, but Peruvian doctors insisted that the illness was well under control. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Solfege corresponds to the notes of the major scale, using the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Ti. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A woman older than Clayton’s mother tried on Cool Papa’s showtime vest, “oohed” in F major, and hollered, “I must have it!” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But in general the divisions between the major parts of a clause, such as subject and predicate, are comma-free zones, no matter how complex the syntax. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Wilder, who majored in gender studies in college, had been working with students to show support for Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As it happened, J. T. was a college graduate himself, a business major. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A major invasion of Western Europe was still a year away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the government celebrated his capture as the first major break in the manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Snook, one of the major Swedish—” “Ah ah ah ah GET OUT OF MY CAR.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A girl named Rose says, “Well, because of her cells the medical field had major breakthroughs, like the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, and the creation of drugs that treat leukemia, influenza, and Parkinson’s disease.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “It looks like the last place you’d want to start up something major,” Creamer said to me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s a skill he carries from his drum major days. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He argues that modern war is becoming obsolete, leaving primitive, undisciplined warfare as the major kind of war remaining in the world today. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If the human race came close to a major biological accident, we never knew it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a real sword, not a decoration like the major used back at Rose Hill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Its major advocates were South Carolina and Georgia, and the chief burden for making the case in the Constitutional Convention fell almost entirely on the South Carolina delegation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He had published major research articles on Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Write and name the chords in G major and in B flat major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z With my father’s death, he would become the sole head and major stockholder of Angel Pharma. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Yeah, this is a major deal in your life, isn’t it?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, in the rush, we had forgotten something major, but we didn’t know it yet. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the interval between the seventh and eighth harmonics is a major second, but so are the intervals between 8 and 9, between 9 and 10, and between 10 and 11. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z To compensate for this, you must write the part a major sixth higher than your C part. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The major problem was what to do now? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was his first major public speech that wasn’t a church sermon, and he needed to inspire this crowd. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes I get a tummy ache after breakfast, which makes lunch dicey, and there’s no way to get through the shift without at least one major refueling. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This questioning on the part of the prisoner was too much for the major, and he stomped out of the room, saying, “Mandela, you talk to him.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A major change was called for in the work on the bomb itself,” Oppenheimer later explained. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The pattern for the minor scale starts a half step plus a whole step lower than the major scale pattern, so a relative minor is always three half steps lower than its relative major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I was therefore surprised and pleased when the major did not oppose my writing Bram. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not been directly involved in any major campaign, and I did not yet understand the hazards and unending difficulties of the life of a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the major strikes that took place in 1919 ended in defeat for the workers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Once he became a major subject for the press, nothing was more amusing to him than creating situations that left his pursuers confused and frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen to the difference between the C major, D major, and B flat major scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But I know I won’t bore Humble, and if I don’t bore her either, that would make it like a major victory. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Whenever civilization has gone through a major technological revolution, the world has changed in profound and unsettling ways. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z This was probably the most dangerous part, because it was a violation of a major rule for any citizen not on official business to leave a dwelling at night. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A major has three sharps: F sharp, C sharp and G sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He characteristically decided to stand on principle in a major civil rights case. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z All the major European capitals—Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna—were metropolitan centers that gathered together the political, economic, and cultural energies of their respective populations in one place. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He only learned of Mary Jackson’s double major in math and science after he made her the offer to join the Four-Foot SPT group. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It is really the major festival for the springtime. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For someone who rejected all forms of authority, she was a major tyrant in the classroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Many people, particularly sticklers, are under the impression that every bubbe meise ever loosed on the world by a self-proclaimed purist will be backed up by the major dictionaries and manuals. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With its fine roads and great population movements, Tawantinsuyu was perfectly positioned for a major epidemic. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Write the key signatures asked for in Figure 1.26 and name the major keys that they represent. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been able to figure out why she wanted to read at such a late hour, but one glance at the major’s bleary-eyed glare and I had an inkling. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The second major component of swing was a lilting effect achieved by subtly shifting the subdivisions of the given four-in- a-bar beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Kill the monkeys—give them lethal injections— burn their carcasses, and drench the entire building with chemicals and fumes—a major biohazard operation. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though my father was the major sports fan, he told my mom that fencing was not in his repertoire. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We were competing for the glory of our team, and all the major accolades went to our gyms. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Understanding my parents’ initial feelings and sharing a little bit of their story with others who may have faced a similar situation was the second major reason for writing my story. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Leave it to them to focus on the negative and ignore a major scientific find!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Because Robert Frost,” he said, slowly shaking his head in disbelief as if I was asking something real stupid, “is a major American poet.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In November 1777 Howe began planning a battle that would defeat Washington so thoroughly that he would be forced to surrender, and the Revolutionary War would end in a major British victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can have your prayer,” the major said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler had stood hatless at the Olympic site that afternoon, listening quietly as Werner March explained that the horse-racing track adjoining the old stadium prevented a major expansion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The minor interval is always a half-step smaller than the major interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The following is a timeline of major acts that have been passed for this purpose. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He flashed a smile, activating the zygomatic major. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some differences may appear on the surface to be major, but on close analysis they prove less significant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It sounded deep and rich, but also threatening—like a tremor before a major earthquake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had taken her time on the way home, avoiding major roads, and had spent the night in a tiny place in the mountains, the name of which she had already forgotten. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “For this,” replied the major, and, with an air of disillusioned disgust, tossed down on the table the pad on which the chaplain had signed his name. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Zimbardo isn’t talking about environment, about the major external influences on all of our lives. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next four thousand years, Andean civilization was influenced by only one major import from the world outside: maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well, do you have any major plans tonight after this?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It took a lot more greenery than fruit to feel full, so foraging went from a few-hours- a-day activity to a major occupation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In all the major European languages the same metaphorical use of a word meaning ‘uncover’ was soon adopted to describe the voyages of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He knew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well, but he wasn’t yet an alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should have majored in engineering or something,” she told Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Good. Let’s just make sure it doesn’t turn into a major pain. Like the original Duke.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Yellow fever terrorized many major cities throughout the 1800s—not only Philadelphia and Manhattan, but Boston, Baltimore, Mobile, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Savannah, Charleston, and Jacksonville, to name a few. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I shout back, giving her major side eye. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After B flat major, name the next four flat keys, and name the flat that is added with each key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I’m not gonna lie to you, people. This place could use a major face-lift. Maybe some new lockers. And a new refrigerator to keep the chocolate milk from curdling.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If the final chord is the tonic of either the major or minor key for that key signature, you have almost certainly identified the key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Old Kingdom forms the first major division after that, ending about 2155 B.C. with the overthrow of the Sixth Dynasty. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “A major manufacturer of androids,” he said thoughtfully, “invests its surplus capital on living animals.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He did not expect the sergeant major for another hour. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Astronomers do not object to the idea of major collisions, only to major recent collisions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing major happened, but he knows he wasn’t in control of his body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z No major weather disturbance reported that day in quadrant. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z These woolen factories became major employers of people whose families had been displaced when land was privatized. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z So many foreign students come to do their graduate work here, and so few American students major in mathematics, that in many departments American graduate students are a minority. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A major lesson is the central place of maize, usually represented by a vertical ear with two leaves falling to the side, a talismanic symbol reminiscent of a fleur-de-lys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the table, Stephanie didn’t ask if the salad was organic like she would at the cafeteria or if the juice came from a major food corporation that exploited migrant laborers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Once Hamilton encountered a major obstacle to the advancement of any cause in which he believed, he instinctively hurled himself onto the offensive, never looked back, and waited for no stragglers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Race plays a major role—indeed, a defining role—in the current system, but not because of what is commonly understood as old-fashioned, hostile bigotry. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When a major fire ravaged the old wooden town, he helped to found the Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and his name was first to appear on its charter of incorporation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Survivor believes he heard an explosion, hinting at a major engine problem, possibly the explosion of a boiler, but this is speculation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were little boys, fair, dark, freckled, and all dirty, but their faces were all dreadfully free of major blemishes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After the presentations were over, the major came by to shake my hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I had lived through the wildest hour where nobody did anything major to me, but their threats, near misses, and flying paper airplanes and pencils had shattered my nerves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All human beings have brains, that’s my major premise. Do you not agree?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Three are in a major key and two in a minor key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The impact on those major elections undoubtedly would be greater if all those deterred or prevented from voting were taken into account. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I remembered last summer, when the two-headed god, Janus, had warned Annabeth she would have to make a major choice—and that had happened after she saw Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The major pulled his pipe from his mouth and proclaimed the Japanese commander laughable in this regard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All of First Corps went on alert as we found out that all the major cities were being hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was old when he made it to the majors. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our transportation was Momma’s major concern for some weeks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Here is the tune "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," written in G major and also in D major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Though promoted to a major by the Lon Nol government, Pa said he did not want to join but had to, or he would risk being persecuted, branded a traitor, and perhaps even killed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The major scale beginning a perfect fourth below D major is A major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you ever try to squat on top of a toilet, you’ll probably realize that aim becomes a major issue, along with balance and not breaking the hinges of the seat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A few days after that, I watched as protesters gathered at major airports across the country to denounce the ban on Syrian refugees and Muslims around the world. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Arguing that Y-12 was the most reliable option for meeting the new specifications, he pressed for a major expansion of the plant, encompassing additional Betas and a new, more productive Alpha design. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A car ride takes that newly infected person to a major city, where more Aedes aegypti mosquitoes wait to feed on him, then carry the disease to another and another and another person. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Coordinates of all the major cities where Warcross tournaments were going to be held. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In June, Nixon publicly made a major shift in his strategy and announced a new policy, called Vietnamization. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You better wait until the shelling is over,” the major said over his shoulder. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In lectures given at Gresham College around this time, but not published until after his death, Hooke also specifically recognized that this implied major transformations in the surface of the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It has a major omission, however: Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Huygens’s early work was chiefly in the field of mathematics, where he made improvements in existing techniques and developed his own skills, without making any major new breakthroughs. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A “major key” music piece communicates cheer, while a “minor key” mirrors grief. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It's another Monday morning, and after three full weeks at home, a ringing doorbell is a major event in my life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gradually I learned the names of the major characters and labeled their lines accordingly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z This seems like a prudent and thrifty decision at the moment, but it turns out to be a major mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 4.19: The interval patterns for major and natural minor scales are basically the same pattern starting at different points. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It was the first time in five years that I’ve been involved in a major incident,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining major type of change invisible to early farmers involved plant reproduction. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He fell ill just before the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and almost missed that major moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If I could remain consistent and advance to the second day of competition and win my first few direct elimination bouts, I’d have my first major international result. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Only someone thoroughly familiar with the political history of the 1790s could recognize what a major concession and personal confession of regret Jefferson was making. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Another major resource that English puts at a writer’s disposal is the choice of verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Yes, there are some major gaps in my story. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “This is an infectious threat of major consequences.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his first major legislative defeat after a long string of triumphs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And longtime congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights activist and moving spirit of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, denounced the ruling as a major blow to minorities in the United States. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Each major section of the music is labelled with a letter; for example, the first section is the A section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Bobby, ’cause I know you’ve got this major crush on her and all.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Neither ever lost his or her temper; and, terrified of blowing their lives again, each begging the other for some kind of emotional security, theirs became a kid-gloved marriage of major proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the same little notch must be used for divisions between branches of every size, whether it’s the end of a minor digression, the end of a major summation, or anything in between. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I squinted at it, and my world, already reeling, took another major hit. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z List the flats and sharps you would use if this were a major scale rather than a mode. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For me, the major figure in the picture was a woman in the left foreground, facing the viewer. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “It’s been a bad summer,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z If she really has info about Moreau, even just about being a magician, this could be major. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Red-faced, like all the Lees, white-bearded, dressed in an old gray coat and a gray felt hat, without insignia, so that he is mistaken sometimes for an elderly major of dignity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Elberon and major cities, the word had spread the night before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At the DNA level, all the major cereals—wheat, rice, maize, millet, barley, and so on—are surprisingly alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even when he had been at the top of his game with Seabiscuit, Pollard had never established himself with any other major stable, so Howard was his only real hope. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard must have thought he had a major crime on his hands. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I was majoring in hustling, something no university would give me a degree for. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They had encountered a major problem: how to get the sword down? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We sat in an empty room, a major just outside supervising the consultation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even for him this was a major screwup. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I listen to every word those Howard students say about the different majors and clubs and activities the school has to offer. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Other major features of North Chinese societies that spread southward were bronze technology, Sino-Tibetan languages, and state formation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve got, like, a major roach situation in there!” she exclaimed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Other major parts rained down hundreds of miles east of Perth. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z When an important pair of major generals came to inspect the 588th, one of them gave a speech and told the regiment that they were “the most beautiful girls in the world.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The minor seventh is one half step below the major seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Such differences in food production constituted a major ultimate cause of the disparities between Eurasian and Native American societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Globe writer Tom Oliphant hated to leave town in the midst of such a major story. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z All her children made up their minds to major in science or mathematics. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Maurice conceded that the evidence for a helix was now overwhelming—the Stokes-Cochran-Crick theory clearly indicated that a helix must exist—this was not to him of major significance. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z All those appointments and operations, all the time spent sitting and waiting—and the one major achievement I had to show for it was being taken away. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Hangman knew he was on to a major victory. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But I didn’t see anything that looked like a major generator, which meant that it was going to be dark as hell at night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was freelancing then, working at home, and just keeping up with the few book cover assignments I’d taken on was a major effort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You have been recommended to us as an outstanding prospective major college student-athlete. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z American forces were just beginning a major offensive to clear them out. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A bare window overlooked Massachusetts Avenue, a major thoroughfare with traffic in both directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Rajiv, another film major in my class, asks in a British accent so lovely and warm it could star in its own rom-com. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Each of the major pleasure houses had a specialty, some more obvious than others. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I thought maybe I had a major head wound or something, but it turns out it was the smell. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Penny trails behind us, wearing a huge red and white hat like the one in The Cat in the Hat—the girl has a major hat obsession—and always with her Doodle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Booth could enter the box and shoot Lincoln without having to get past the major. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It meant choosing a major in college, getting grades, passing tests, and knowing where you wanted to go. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But there was still a major concern holding him back. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Inversions of major intervals are minor, and inversions of minor intervals are major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We’re not off a highway or any major route, so it’s the type of place that can only be found by those who want to find it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As for food production’s more sinister by-product of infectious diseases, we cannot specify where within the Old World most major diseases of Old World origin arose. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Within a few years, she would land roles in major feature films and appear on the cover of Time magazine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s huge—actually eight posters that I taped together—and shows all the major stars, constellations, and sections of the Milky Way visible from the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Produced by boiling juice extracted from sugarcane, it has long been used in making rum, as a major ingredient in making explosives, and as a sweetener. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z For life to be detected on Mars photographically, even from Mars orbit, it must likewise have accomplished a major reworking of the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So I looked up the requirements for English majors at the city college where my mother taught. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Jefferson had the all-consuming duties of the presidency, then two major retirement projects—the completion of his architectural renovations of Monticello and the creation of the University of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He said we didn’t have the proper facilities, but in those days hospitals were a major source of infection, and more people died in them than were saved. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum sparked a major re-evaluation of the Ancient World and a near mania - among the wealthy and educated of the later eighteenth century - for all things connected with it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z You'll find that although the chords change from one key to the next, the pattern of major and minor chords is always the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “There’s a man who works at the Coast Guard station, a civilian named Billy Babcock. He’s got a major gamblin’ problem, you understand? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Both major types of insecticides, the chlorinated hydrocarbons and the organic phosphates, directly affect the nervous system, although in somewhat different ways. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z An Air Force major stood and announced that we had earned a first-prize certificate for being “Outstanding in the Field of Propulsion.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Unlike New York’s other major law firms, all of which have hundreds of attorneys scattered around the major capitals of the world, it operates only out of that single Manhattan building. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Mr. Kaiserman had only a fleeting moment, if not just a split second, to observe the situation, and he was involved in a major collision himself,” Bunderson wrote in his motion. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The major had a little toothbrush mustache overhanging small, tight lips that clipped his words briskly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All major decisions were collective occasions, in which advisers, like spokes on a wheel, made contributions, usually in written form. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Or was the rough, genial, stout-hearted old major merely going along for the fun of it? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there is some major and as yet undiscovered atmospheric constituent—nitrogen, for example—which keeps the average molecular weight of the atmosphere high and prevents blowoff. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the Adams presidency, Jefferson and his Republican followers had been insisting that the French Revolution was the American Revolution on European soil and that France was therefore America’s major international ally. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The major factor behind these shifts becomes obvious as soon as one compares the modern Fertile Crescent with ancient descriptions of it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The United States has 67 major beer breweries, producing 23 billion liters of beer per year. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally I got up the nerve to write her a letter about becoming a psychology and literature major. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She and my dad had a fairly major blowout when he finally arrived home at nine-thirty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The following chord progression is in the key of G major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The major picked up the length of rubber hose and began tapping it menacingly against his open palm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But the Indian Health Service funded major dental work only once a year, so I had to have all ten extra teeth pulled in one day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Every major newspaper in the country reprinted the article over the ensuing weeks, though only one, the Courier of New Hampshire, gave it the title that would echo through the ages—“Washington’s Farewell Address.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The expectations for music in a minor key are a little different than for music in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z After Wari and Tiwanaku collapsed, at the end of the first millennium, the Andes split into sociopolitical fragments and with one major exception remained that way for more than three centuries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew she was a native of Detroit, and that she had been a student at Tuskegee Institute down in Alabama—an education major. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Three: Away from home and the inevitable comparisons with Gretchen, I enrolled as an art major at a college known mainly for its animal-husbandry program. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It has turned out that it’s Johnson in the White House—and black votes were a major factor in his winning as decisively as he wanted to. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The major feature shared by rock and roll’s prototypes is the swinging triplet of the piano. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When I thought about our eight-day voyage, it seemed to me that there were eleven major events along the way: 1. launch. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No other coloring played a major factor in my calculations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d been a big deal in the army—a major in the Special Air Service, Australia’s equivalent of the Green Berets. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sponsored by a major newspaper, the Johannesburg Sunday Times, their team had inspired effusive national pride and had received a personal blessing from President Nelson Mandela prior to their departure. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I got my acceptance at San Jose State that summer and declared an English major. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked in the door of the big room and saw the major sitting at his desk, the window open and the sunlight coming into the room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Jerome Paisley played in the major leagues for just eighteen days in September, when teams are allowed to expand their rosters. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And baseball in Seattle had recently experienced a major setback—one of many more to come—when the wooden stands at the Indians’ ballpark, Dugdale Park, burned to the ground in July 1932. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Back at Ford’s Theatre, the manhunt for Booth almost ended before it began when one man, an army major, rose from his front-row seat to pursue the assassin. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the way the roundup works, and it works this way in virtually every major city in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was not sending away for classical music CDs by mail, working his way methodically through the major composers that the catalogue recommended, and always sending his payments in on time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Since the power production of the cyclotron was directly proportional to the size of its magnet, this would be a major leap forward. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “That was a major issue for me. After you’ve fed and watered monkeys for thirty days, they become your friends. I fed ’em bananas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Stick it out, son,’ I told him, ‘give it a chance’ and before you could spit it was Henry this, Henry that, he’s changing his major from whatever the hell it was to ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There are twenty-five major wet mills in the United States, most of them owned by two corporations, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pain that the major had spoken about had started and all that was happening was without interest or relation. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In fact, law and order rhetoric—first employed by segregationists—would eventually contribute to a major realignment of political parties in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was looking past the major's shoulder toward the head of the column. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Every Syrian heads for Ankara. It’s easy to travel to, and a major city. Your family will know to find you there.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A major study from 1999, backed by the MacArthur Foundation, tracked outcomes for large cohorts of high school students, divided between children who received extensive arts education and those who did not. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A lump, sizable, to be sure, but not a major problem. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Besides the number 7, I have two other major obsessions. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The major was gone taking hospital personnel in the staff car. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z NOTE: Notice that IV in the key of B flat is an E flat major chord, not an E major chord, and vii in the key of G is F sharp diminished, not F diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And there was one major friend, Irene, whom Caroline met “at a Dumpster.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers have often wondered whether the Inka collapse betokens a major historical lesson. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Mademoiselle, you made me drop my newspaper. I am just a lowly sergeant major here to ask a question. One simple question and then I will leave.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I turn to Garrett as we leave our neighborhood and take to the bike lane of a major avenue. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Piper should have understood what was happening sooner, but she’d spent most of her life in Southern California with no major changes of season. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The major looked at him and said, “Please, take off your cap.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sanctuary was far from any major road, so I was shocked when I turned a corner and saw four guys trudging up the driveway toward us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z On paper, it was generally comparable to the B-17, but for one major advantage. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Some, like pentatonic and octatonic scales, have fewer or more notes per octave, but many have seven tones, just as a major scale does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Howe, believing reports that Washington had 4,000 additional troops, did not launch a major attack. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Seriously, what a major asshat, as Noah used to say when he was Noah. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I had thought after all of those wins in the United States on the national circuit that I had proven that I could handle a major competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Best of all, it had no major side effects. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In a civilian title, general isn’t the root, so it doesn’t get the s: Two attorneys general went dancing with two major generals. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I argue that nothing short of a major social movement can successfully dismantle the new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge looked like he was about to launch into a major speech about the evils of cartoon Dalmatians, but Jason decided he didn’t want to know. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The delayed recognition of the gene as the answer to the central problem of biology had a strange consequence: genetics had to be reconciled with other major fields of biology as an afterthought. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They simultaneously attacked nearly every major city and many of the military bases. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Dr. C can be a major pain. It’s kind of a relief, though.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A major third could be written as a diminished fourth, for example, or a minor second as an augmented prime. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I’m going to need this space for a major project.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Transpose parts up a major sixth for alto sax, and up an octave plus a major sixth for bari sax. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In other words, all chords that have only D naturals, F sharps, and A naturals, are considered D major chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The second major thing about the Greeks and music is that they treated it as an essential part of all their significant rituals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A major reason is that Aborigines remained hunter-gatherers, whereas, as we saw in Chapters 12-14, those developments arose elsewhere only in populous and economically specialized societies of food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Glaciers, proverbial for their slowness, produce major reworkings of landscapes on the Earth and probably also on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He majored in English history, which was a mistake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His wicked curveball attracted the major- league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A major near us jumped into a jeep and went across the field to meet them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a major announcement to make that day, and was expecting trouble. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This double demand is a major justification for the prime directive “Omit needless words.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Within ten minutes they had met a French major named Lucy, a journalism student named Thomas, and two sorority girls with undeclared majors. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z By the time George Washington appeared before Dinwiddie, he was a major landowner. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The location of Alexandria on the Mediterranean made it a major trade center. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On October 19 Cornwallis surrendered, ending the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The BTF was funded by some of the country’s major corporations, and was administered by a multiracial body of officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The other major obstacle to the development of food production in Australia was the paucity of domesticable wild plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Tomsk was to be the major pilot project to stop the Russian TB epidemic, the project that would show the way to controlling—in prisons, towns, and cities throughout Russia—both drug-susceptible TB and MDR. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z One is that the music is not in a major or minor key! Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Since the major scales all follow the same pattern, they all sound very much alike. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z About 1950, Dr. Knipling launched a serious effort to turn insect sterilization into a weapon that would wipe out a major insect enemy of livestock in the South, the screw-worm fly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They rode all the major attractions, including the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t expect anything major to come from it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee in February 1862, Grant and his army delivered the first major victories to the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “this may be the first time but unless you undergo some major surgery I’ll bet it won’t be the last.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Topic-then-comment and given-then-new orderings are major contributors to coherence, the feeling that one sentence flows into the next rather than jerking the reader around. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z What are the keys most closely related to E flat major? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But an English major who knew shorthand was something else again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I’m usually good at staying one step ahead of a major squabble, but my sisters seemed to have gotten better at keeping things stirred up between them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Classical Indian musical aesthetics require only three major components in an ensemble: a drone, a solo instrumentalist or vocalist, and a drum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They have been recovered from most of the major five systems and even from streams of groundwater flowing unseen through the earth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Bokanovsky’s Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Rabbi Gold has a deep, resonant voice so that even when he says hello, it sounds like he’s making a major pronouncement from the pulpit. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In fact, the differences in sound between a major key and a minor key is one of the first differences that a musician should be able to hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She was a major in Costume Design and as such had all kinds of peculiar clothing in her room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jefferson had mentioned the Alien and Sedition Acts as a major source of partisan hatred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z First and most directly, domestic animals became the societies’ major source of animal protein, replacing wild game. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All these, however, were mere distractions compared to the single most important task on Burnham’s roster: the selection of architects to design the fair’s major buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In fact, most musicians, and even many non-musicians, can distinguish major and minor keys just by listening to the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Most Western tonal music is based on major and minor scales, both of which easily give that strongly tonal feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For anything major, like a school report, I use Dad’s big IBM, which is down in an alcove off the great room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The major's words were not reaching him, and nor were his own clear thoughts. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In 1946, the army decided to make Langley Field the headquarters of its Tactical Air Command, one of the major commands of the US Army Air Corps. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z One Monday morning I took our local phone book and selected the names of ten major companies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Especially because now she has grabbed a cue stick from the pool table and is wielding it like she’s the very proud drum major in a very proud parade. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z They were well-traveled roads that tracked major rivers, like the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Columbia, Colorado, and the Rio Grande. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z North Korea had just conducted a nuclear test, and Barack was soon to leave for Egypt to deliver a major address meant to extend an open hand to Muslims around the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The day on the shore wasn’t a major blast, but I have to admit it was a change from being stuffed in my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z His claim, that he had missed her at every major event in his life, was grandiose, he knew, but it was not entirely false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They put sergeants with sergeants, majors with majors, and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Customers are in fact the major obstacle to the smooth transformation of information into food and food into money—they are, in short, the enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her name was Betty but she was called Teapot's Mamma because being his mamma was precisely her major failure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Failing to detect the major element, the dead animal pelt. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “He is a good priest,” said the major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I wonder if its social extrapolation is a major reason for attempts at its suppression. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not enough left now for a major assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When more government records were declassified, they confirmed that Elizebeth had played a major role in pursuing Nazi spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Who knows? Maybe I’ll major in history, too, and become a historical psychologist.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Such a chord can be dominant, major, or minor; the performer must take care to play the correct third and seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The artifice required to shape a major work of history or philosophy was not in him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Our first major objective on the island had been to take Mount Suribachi, but the fierce Japanese resistance made it almost impossible. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Our failure to domesticate even a single major new food plant in modern times suggests that ancient peoples really may have explored virtually all useful wild plants and domesticated all the ones worth domesticating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Built on an old crossroads, Ento had once been home to a major marketplace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s something I always ask people—tell me something about you that nobody else knows. It doesn’t have to be major. Just something.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Sure enough, every set of coordinates matches up with a major city. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Delores only taught her about the different scales, the major and minor chords, the values of the notes, and such beginning rules as those. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now, he informed us, he was majoring in anthropology. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The operation they proposed was a major one. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z "Nothing changes, Fati. At least nothing major," Fatima's mother explained that evening over dinner. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Ship appears to have sunk very quickly, which would indicate a major hull breach. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In competition, we always performed the skills we’d practiced and mastered in the gym, because as any gymnast can tell you, there’s a fine line between being courageous and ending up with a major injury. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The voting process only took me a few minutes, because I was already familiar with all of the major issues GSS had put on the ballot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “It seems that talent will likely play a major role in the Excelsior judges’ final deliberations.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that what you women from Ole Miss major in? Professional husband hunting?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z New educators hoped to teach in their major subject, of course, but would be expected to assume whatever duties were necessary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z From a distance, it looks like a major American city, with highrises and construction going on everywhere. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As is the case with all major failures, or successes for that matter, there were many reasons. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The issue of individual rights versus the common good resurfaced in a major way in the 1980s with the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was majoring in sociology, pulling good grades. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But he already had lived in and with it: True Belle had been his first and major love, which may be why two gallops beyond that hair, that skin, their absence was unthinkable. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a clock on the wall in the major’s room.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This was not due to a major change in black values, behavior, or culture; this dramatic shift was the result of deindustrialization, globalization, and technological advancement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “My dude, how many folks from the Garden you know are getting attention like this? This is major, Princess. Props.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The racial bias inherent in the drug war is a major reason that 1 in every 14 black men was behind bars in 2006, compared with 1 in 106 white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Captain Stewart talked to the major who stayed behind for a few minutes and then the major left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z How many times in life will I get an opportunity to explore the former home of the man whose disappearance played a major part in two-hand-shoving me out of childhood? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “I have fresh fish for sale ” Storing live fish to eat later had been a major breakthrough, he thought. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Fully committing to a vision of racial justice that includes grassroots, bottom-up advocacy on behalf of “all of us” will require a major reconsideration of priorities, staffing, strategies, and messages. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The keys that are most distant from C major, with six sharps or six flats, are on the opposite side of the circle. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A superfluous major on his rolls meant an untidy table of organization and gave ammunition to the men at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters who Colonel Cathcart was positive were his enemies and rivals. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The major returned and sat in his jeep. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was talking about going right to the major leagues and playing pro ball while Kitty went to school. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A secret place to go in the event of a major disaster.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All they needed was one major clue and then they could probably pick up the trail more easily. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Taylor stood in the rain with inky papers—a cool boy of twenty-four, already a major. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My major in international relations with a focus on North Africa was no longer an abstract area of study, it was what I was living, eating, and breathing every day for three months. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Describing severe mandatory sentences as a bargaining chip is a major understatement, given its potential for extracting guilty pleas from people who are innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There is an abundance of interesting fact relating to all our major diseases, and more items of information are coming in steadily from all quarters in biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Should we not then be willing to explore vigorously, in every nation, major changes in the traditional ways of doing things, a fundamental redesign of economic, political, social and religious institutions? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Carter band came in led by a drum major, the music sweet and jazzy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I can only see major landmarks, like craters 50 kilometers across. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Death in childbirth became a major hazard for human females. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were on the verge of a major discovery, and the glory of it perhaps tantalized them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I had to continue to train hard and do well at meets, because I’d been chosen to be the face of major brands, and I wanted to make them proud. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The next major storm would cause the Great Martian Potato Migration. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The next major sequence occurs mainly in the Ohio Valley, hundreds of miles north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Less than thirty miles to the east is a major thorough-fare, the George Parks Highway. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell he was looking me over, probably wondering who the hell I was, this intruder upon the sanctuary of English majors. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sex-role associations of music instruments and occupations by gender and major. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If the relativist account of science were correct, every major paradigm shift ought to be accompanied by bitter disputes between competing intellectual communities: indeed it was Kuhn’s view that this is exactly what happens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It wasn't just white landlords who opposed major reversals in housing policy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z This was a major departure from traditional policing, where lawmen were typically products of their own communities. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now he was being introduced to the Marine major. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I went in and found the major sitting at a table in the bare room with maps and typed sheets of paper on the wall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Dad's giving me the third degree, major interrogation, and it really ticks me off. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A war correspondent triumphantly announced that the lodgment area from which the Allied Armies would soon launch their major offensive into the heart of occupied France was now adequate and secure. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Let’s go somewhere tonight. Do some major trick.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The aromatic cyclic and unsaturated hydrocarbons of the vehicle may themselves be a major factor in the damage done the blood-forming organs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk to him that way,” said the major. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He tells me he's majoring in photography and that one of his professors told him to take as many photographs as he could over the summer. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Okay, Simone, just like practice, I thought, remembering the mantra Kyla Ross had given me at my first major assignment three years before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z While not really an apology—indeed, forces beyond his control had dictated his actions—this was at least a major concession. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A major reason for these disparities is unconscious and conscious racial biases infecting decision making. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mohammed’s first major victory came in that same year, 1959, in a race in Lebanon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z With the success of the Civil Rights Movement and the launching of the Poor People’s Movement, it was apparent to all that a major disruption in the nation’s racial equilibrium had occurred. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This didn’t matter too much if you were using the telescope to identify a ship at sea, but it was a major bugbear for the accurate work required in astronomy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Or casting a vote for the first female presidential candidate of a major party. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The major chemical companies are pouring money into the universities to support research on insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The long list of its major technological firsts includes cast iron, the compass, gunpowder, paper, printing, and many others mentioned earlier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside the front cover, in a note dated June 3, 1974, he wrote, “As a prospective English major, I felt you couldn’t survive without the Sonnets.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The death of my father had created a major stir in the journalistic community. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There was not one major university or college in the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They finished loading the caskets, and the major drove his jeep around the front of the plane and signaled the officer with the new guys. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the beginning of a major change in the way farmers operated and the way we get our food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In any event, he warned me that I must have some contact in each major city so my family could check on my safety from time to time. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To exaggerate a bit, the one-in-eleven figure is a little like saying that nine out of ten people will develop age spots, which doesn’t mean it should be a major preoccupation of thirty-year-olds. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this the majors? We’re not even in shape, some of us are old men—is the point to kill each other?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Dixon’s window of availability is extremely limited. She’s due to start filming a major motion picture in a couple of weeks.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You may be shocked by their youth, yet they are typical of the small army of young men that make up a major proportion of the population of our prisons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what these "trivial errors" as you call them really signify and if you do not heed them, it will not be long before your father commits an error of major proportions.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If the president wasn’t exactly lying, he certainly was going out of his way to downplay what he knew was a major commitment to war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There is an elaborate system of control, complete with political disenfranchisement and legalized discrimination in every major realm of economic and social life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I saw the major look at him and notice that he was drunk. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Every now and then we stumble on a major civilization, such as the ancient culture of Ebla, which flourished only a few millennia ago and about which we knew nothing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A major stood in front of them sucking on his pipe stem, with his right elbow tucked into his left palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This turns out, for unforeseen physiological rea-sons, to be another major mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice by taking that sergeant major out of the way. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A major factor in his leaving physics and developing an interest in biology had been the reading in 1946 of What Is Life? by the noted theoretical physicist Erwin Schrodinger. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In the wilderness, stealing food from other people is a major offense, especially when provisions are already scarce and the threat of dying from starvation is a real possibility. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Our first attempt to explore how consumer product companies exploit class foundered when a major cosmetics company, which initially agreed to let a reporter inside their marketing department, got cold feet. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The five bars and three diamonds of a sergeant major. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If I were to ask you to smile, you would flex your zygomatic major. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We had this major debate going on because we watched the Oh? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I still hadn’t officially declared my major, so there was still time to decide. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There, he annoyed his advisors by majoring in English despite his obvious brilliance in math and science. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Witnessing the pandemonium, he knew that this was one of his major triumphs, one of those long-shot assignments that paid off beautifully, certain to become legend. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When momma had me grab the Bible after dessert to read a few passages to the neighbors, the major's simmering temper exploded. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For all his work, his records led him to conclude only that Bibi’s attacks occurred more frequently in summer than winter, and that she had suffered approximately twenty-five major attacks in all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We spent the next two hours bailing the boat, which is a major pain when all you’ve got are empty food-dye bottles that hold one measly ounce of liquid. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a star in a box on his sleeve because he was a major. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “I have never seen such an effect, physical and moral, produced by the utterance of one word,” marvels the Confederate major. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z C minor and E flat major start on different notes, but have the same key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Argus hardly ever shows up unless something really major is going on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “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 He experienced what he would later describe as “a major pucker factor” setting in. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Emma. That majorly sucks. My grandfather—Abuelito—died a few years ago, and it was awful. I still miss him. Sorry, that probably doesn’t make you feel any better.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was by far the most brazen thing Hitler had yet attempted, his biggest gamble, and a major step toward the catastrophe that was soon to envelop the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His music, joyfully and abundantly at ease with the new major and minor key palette, was a gateway to the extraordinary creative possibilities opening up with the new system. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Economic issues emerged as a major focus of discontent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The pentatonic scale may be major or minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s also clear that Native Americans of the eastern United States were not overlooking potential major crops among the wild species around them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon the parade of witnesses presented by the Justice Department made one major point. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The craft work—no, they would not get that But it was a major job, and the government seemed to favor opening up employment to black workers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Rail stations, open-air markets, and back alleys in major towns became crowded with starving drifters. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A major escalator transaction works up a powerful thirst. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There was one other major problem with Earth theories that no one had resolved, or even come close to resolving. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At her dock on the River Thames in London, Endurance became a major tourist attraction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Sure. You have to. They don’t let you study just Talmud in that college. I’ll be majoring in psychology.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “It was good. A little over my head. I was a biochemistry major, remember, not a literature guy. I do wish it had ended.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z This was a major step away from the old Age of Honey— when a man’s job was to be useful, obedient, and content with his lot in life. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Should the United States commit to fighting a major ground war in Vietnam? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Because major scales always follow the same pattern, the pattern of major and minor chords is also the same in any major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The prisoner turned and looked at the major, and said, “What for?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A major Roman province. You want to visit Diocletian’s Palace, don’t you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In other words, androids equipped with the new Nexus-6 brain unit had from a sort of rough, pragmatic, no-nonsense standpoint evolved beyond a major—but inferior—segment of mankind. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he said, “We must all be soldiers now”? And hadn’t Jonathan talked with his friends of war, battles old and new, strategies fit for major generals? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The doctor has said there’s a major problem, that she has to go immediately to the big hospital in Quito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the interval between the mode and the major key with the same key signature? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As long as your key signature is correct, you do not have to worry about whether an interval is major, minor, or perfect. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The major was unhooking the forceps now, dropping them in a basin. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z C minor is the relative minor of E flat major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In 1915, Mother Nature added to blacks’ suffering when a tiny insect pest, the boll weevil, spread through the cotton crop, destroying the South’s major source of income. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Of course all of us here are pleased with the world-wide epidemic of cyclotron construction,” he assured William W. Buffum, general manager of the Chemical Foundation, one of his major patrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I wish they would stick to fields instead of blocking major roads. I’ve already donated money and I won’t be held up in the hot sun just to help further Ojukwu’s ambition.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From this altitude it appears the way Coachella or any major festival would look—which is disturbing to her, because entertainment is the last thing these people want right now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The sight of them recalled the major to himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was up at the plate for all of us and we wanted him to make it in the majors. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we think of major overseas population movements, we tend to focus on those since Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, and on the resulting replacements of non-Europeans by Europeans within historic times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know how your major is? Gentle? Many people are like that now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z After my hug, she stepped back for a moment, and I made a pretty major social blunder. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I met young activists from around the world that night—a girl who had started an all-female internet cafe in Afghanistan; a girl who had launched a major anti-bullying campaign in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z After this scouting trip, Gene Johnson persuaded the Army to sponsor a major expedition to Kitum Cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Composers discovered that some chords were drawn magnetically to others: adding an F to the G major triad, G-B-D, made it yearn to move towards the C major triad, for example - of which more shortly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Civilian Conservation Corps planted millions of kuzu seedlings to fight soil loss, a major fear in the era of the Dust Bowl. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If not, T can play clips from other songs or have them sing other short songs to reinforce the concepts of major and minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I wish I knew. Chiron and the satyrs, they know, but they won’t tell me. Something is wrong in Olympus, something pretty major. Last time I was there, everything seemed so normal.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If you assume that there is no major change without controversy, then your central assumption is never tested. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Figure 1.31: The E flat major and D sharp major scales sound the same on the piano, although they look very different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The major shook his head at the priest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “But how would that be possible? So many people brainswept in so short a time? That’s a major operation—it would take ages to prepare for it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I think the major impact of Ella’s arrival, at least upon me, was that she was the first really proud black woman I had ever seen in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were most rapid in Eurasia, because of its east-west major axis and its relatively modest ecological and geographical barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z These were major operations, but I recovered quickly and was home in five days. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But I expect to see some major improvements in these last couple of months of school. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as we’ll see, recognizing these major groups is still so useful for understanding history that I’ll use the group names as shorthand, without repeating the above caveats in every sentence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This is the major distinction between the indefinite article, a, and the definite article, the.6 When a character makes his first appearance on stage, he is introduced with a. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A major job; Milt Borogrove, Van Ness Pet Hospital’s repairman, would have his hands full. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The way Brother Leon was carrying on this year made every day’s report seem like a major headline event. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, some growers’ associations, threatened by the return of interned farmers, had been using the war as a way to foment hostile feelings in the major farming areas. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her about my restlessness, how I was desperate to make a major change but worried about not making enough money if I did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Get out of here,” the major said to the two stretcher-bearers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The mob was coming over the dunes, Narcissus in the lead, holding his bow like a band major’s baton. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Uncle Jack has a few major points in his philosophy. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But Cholly was still the major figure, because he was “Jimmy’s boy, the last thing she loved,” and “the one who found her.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z With so few major crops in the world, all of them domesticated thousands of years ago, it’s less surprising that many areas of the world had no wild native plants at all of outstanding potential. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In major cities across the United States, the majority of young black men are under the control of the criminal justice system or saddled with criminal records. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Not long ago, young, unskilled men could find decent, well-paying jobs at large factories in most major Northern cities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, it seemed to me, not only that the world was full of English majors, but of people with a lot more experience than I had. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We’re only in eighth grade, but everyone knows she’s already picked out her first three college choices, her probable major and potential minor and the focus of her eventual graduate studies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z F lydian has the same key signature as C major, which is a perfect fourth lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One of the major endeavors in physics today, and the major theme of this book, is the search for a new theory that will incorporate them both—a quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With a few interruptions— major wars that have taken the young men at each school off to other, more hazardous occupations—the Harvard-Yale Regatta has been raced every subsequent year since 1859. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of this, most traditional and popular Western music uses major or minor scales rather than the chromatic or whole tone scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Many of the colleges where lower-income students tend to enroll have limited resources and offer a narrow range of majors, leaving some students disenchanted and unwilling to continue. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z For every major holiday—Christmas, Easter—I would get a new outfit for church. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But it was only the majors and some of the white semipro leagues that paid anything decent. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Food production was the first of those major innovations to appear in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew we were in major trouble, but I went through the motions of removing the cowling and fiddling with the spark-plug connections. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the drum major saw the car and shook his cane-baton at me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They soon reached agreement on the major points: confession, fealty, pardon, a certain sum of gold and silver to be paid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The resulting, long final chord of The Song of the Earth - Western music’s symbolic ‘home’ of C major, naturally - was described by the mid-twentieth-century English composer Benjamin Britten as being ‘imprinted on the atmosphere’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She'd barely been allowed to pluck her eyebrows, but they didn't think seventeen was too young for major plastic surgery? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Between the major groups of insecticides, and between them and other chemicals, there are interactions that have serious potentials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I’m being a tiny bit rude, but he’s being majorly rude for just busting into a conversation he wasn’t invited to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z If the gene was the central currency of biological information, then major characteristics of the living world—not just heredity—should be explicable in terms of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The majors confronted like wispy chickens; it was very strange. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't debate their judgment of me as "an immature, spoiled brat who needed a major butt-kicking in order to straighten up." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Newspaper reporters and camera crews from two of the three major TV stations were here. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z One would certainly assume that the colonization of Asia also permitted the simultaneous colonization of Europe, since Eurasia is a single landmass not bisected by major barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maya couldn’t help but think of it as like the Hello Kitty Band-Aids she and Lauren had had when they were little: super cute, but not so great when it came to fixing major wounds. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then this limping sergeant major with a dead voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Two Englishmen, an army major and a judge, had been kidnaped recently by the Irgun, the Jewish terrorist group in Palestine, and were being held as hostages. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z As always, her major concern was to live the life given to her, and her children were expected to do the same. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents have a majorly Seussish bouquet for her, and they spend about five minutes gushing about her guitar skills. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “In college, your grandmother was a physics major who dreamed of one day working on spaceships.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The church asked me to play a major role each year when we formally remembered the September 15 bombing. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Because all the quarters billeted for majors and above are filled up,” Bull explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seriously, it’s like history for dummies. No, strike that. It’s like white male history for dummies. The professor totally ignores every major contribution by anyone who wasn’t a white dude.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When I was majoring in Asian-American studies, I took only one relevant course, in theater set design, for a college production of Madama Butterfly. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I did want to get good marks in school, but they were never of major importance to me, except in the sense of “winning” the best grade in a subject. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z After losing one major race on a highly regarded runner, he flatly told the national press, surely to the horror of the owner, that the horse just wasn’t any good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than that, I remember the rage on the major’s face back at Rose Hill the night before I shot him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He’d held tight to his big brother’s hand as they journeyed through miles of sweet, rolling countryside, until they reached one of the major waterways and hopped a bog boat that carried produce to Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Despite my best efforts to convince myself that being a doctor was my destiny, I decided to double major in African and African-American Studies and International Relations with a focus on the Middle East. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “What kind of terrorist takes out a school when school isn’t even in session? It’s not like we’re some kind of major military target or a church or—” Tad went completely still. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Who else would take the major responsibility for a new lab and then ask a thirty-year-old man with no experience to run it?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Reynolds still looked skeptical, but Candless said, “It’s not a major shipping area. It would be easy to make a mistake.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They had a variety of professional commitments, but they regarded themselves as first and foremost mathematicians, and many of them made major contributions to pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On one wall he made a scale drawing of the major planets, ranging from little Mercury, represented by a circle about as big as a marble, to Jupiter, as big as a basketball. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew him from starring in campus productions and from leading the drum majors. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Reading also enabled me to sense something of the shape, the major concerns, of Western thought. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the major goals of the second Five-Year Plan was to multiply the number of civil air routes across the USSR, covering extreme distances and connecting the far-flung corners of the huge country. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I mean, to me this was a major revelation, and he was acting like it was no big deal. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z |
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