| 单词 | material |
| 例句 | “The level of material comfort in this country is numbing,” said Paul Bellew, executive director for market and industry analysis at General Motors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I stare between my knees at the bedroll, trying to concentrate on the largest fold of material. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Each one has to be Windexed, wiped, and buffed— inside and out, top to bottom, left to right, until it’s as streak- less and invisible as a material substance can be. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Toy heard only that Grandpa had “a surprise” for her, but Miss Love wrote other girls about a dress or pattern or a bolt of poky-dot material or some such. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z This was the legacy of Sesame Street: If you paid careful attention to the structure and format of your material, you could dramatically enhance stickiness. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant the removal of cone-shaped material from each end, saving weight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their goal was to figure out the basics of how an atomic bomb might work, and what materials would be needed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen plastic bowls and cups in museums, but the raw material lay all around them here. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Anderson did so and received an A, even though the material “was over my head, all the way through,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z However, if the entire class likes background music, try to play the same baroque music during the test that was used during the original presentation of the material: it acts as an auditory memory cue. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Over those first few days, Lazlo had to see to it that all the Godslayer’s delegates were set up with workspace to accommodate their needs, as well as materials and, in some cases, assistants. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what sort of story you’d do on something like this, but maybe they were desperate for “human interest” material. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z New York entomologists have learned by experience what kinds of beetle-breeding material have real importance in the spread of the disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He used to teach at the university, too, but then his family sold some patent or something, for some kind of waterproof material, and he got rich and quit. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I was simply a material, a natural resource to be used. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The final result covered almost fifteen acres and was the largest earthen structure in the Western Hemisphere; though built out of unsuitable material in a floodplain, it has stood for a thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Science is dependent on wealth for its material support,” observed Harper’s Monthly in 1936. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She wanted to try and catch Shadows, and without the instruments in her laboratory she had to improvise with the materials at hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When these are well founded and have greatness in them, they make a man revered and admirable; and in Italy there is no lack of material for introducing every form there. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Pulcinella is sparklingly inventive with its source material but it is nevertheless the musical equivalent of placing the Art Deco spire of Manhattan's Chrysler Building on top of Christopher Wren's Greenwich Hospital. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon,” he says, glancing around with intense brown eyes, as though he’s surveying the room in case he needs materials to build a last-minute booby trap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be an exaggeration to say that throughout history there has been no progress of a material kind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Its weight, shape, and material are so different from a revolver that I have no trouble holding it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “The investors have determined that he skewed the experimental results by introducing incentives. The material he had you study was deemed impractical.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But after four decades, Volpe knows how to stay on the acceptable side of the line—even while presenting material that almost anywhere else would be received as offensive. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The reporter backed down the porch stairs, staggering under all this new material. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya watched the laborers haul building materials as the archer’s horse carried her up the hill. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z If we didn’t ask a question, she assumed we understood the material and kept going. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The color looks so pretty on you,” she said, “and the chiffon material will keep you cool.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Along one entire wall, arranged neatly in small piles, stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I taught the Clarks how to make a portable greenhouse, and even gave them some of the materials. I showed your friends down the block how to set up an outhouse.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The shirt was of a good, if rough, material. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s a thought. Why don’t you get started on the readings this weekend and think about the materials for the map on Monday? It isn’t due for a while.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z So she would have to get the material from him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Some inventions arose straightforwardly from a handling of natural raw materials. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z David said the Divergent are dying and someone has to stop it, because that's a waste of our best genetic material. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I thought you could add it to your collage materials. Hope it’s useful,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Starry gropes after the material that's been yanked from her hands, but it falls out of reach and the whole quilt tumbles down the chute. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It takes a hard question to pull her eyes off that riveting material. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There are no formal or final causes, and the material cause never varies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lining both sides of the street were ramshackle booths and huts constructed of any material that would keep out the weather—hides, sticks, mud. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “This edge,” said Giacomo Paradisi, touching the steel with the handle of a spoon, “will cut through any material in the world. Look.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He piled research material, hate pamphlets, news clippings, letters and other items on my bed for me to study at night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I can’t really blame him. I won’t. This is a business, Lee. Research and reports are fine. But if we don’t generate certain material there’s no operation. The thing doesn’t work. It seizes.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She admires the material of his mother’s sari, mentioning that her mother curates textiles at the Met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He never talked about material things, like buying a house or a car or even new shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Viruses fall apart under ultraviolet light, which smashes their genetic material and makes them unable to replicate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went to the hardware store and bought the materials I needed, busted out the old tiles, and replaced them with beautiful new ones. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He didn’t answer when I asked whether he considered train tickets material or intellectual property. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then she picked up the material and said more firmly, “It’s the most beautiful cloth in the world.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The toxic materials become lodged in all the fatty tissues of the body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s more like a series of factories that turn raw materials into food products. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Students absorb the fundamental music materials for their “tool box” to be used in more complex activities in the future. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Older children, ages 6 and up, have listened to a great deal of musical material in their short lives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I relied on Wolfie to procure reading material for me and I fear that I took over his life, infringing on both his work and pleasure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z White Deer gave us a little statue of the Buddha-to-be, a happy, laughing god who would exist in the future when all mankind had been liberated from the material world. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What the economy consisted of in 1960 was potential—raw materials, human beings, high spirits, some money from the marketing board reserves left over from what the British had taken to rebuild their postwar economy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw the gang members not as rivals but as raw material to be converted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then living things began to work their creative magic and little by little these inert materials became soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what he expected her to say but finally came up with, “My best friend in camp had a plaid skirt. Her mom got the material from the Sears catalog.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The son obediently left the room and returned with the writing materials. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Anatomists describe the nature of materials, structures, and body parts: they describe how things are. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Our reading material was random and inappropriate, delivered to us in unlabeled cardboard boxes from Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The other main reason for autocatalysis is that new technologies and materials make it possible to generate still other new technologies by recombination. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And she did not pine: she added new material to her lectures, cooked long meals, read new books, bought new records. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Thus it was no coincidence that Sovoy and I bumped into each other while we were gathering our materials. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You need to come up with some new material. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Before signing off, she mentioned that SmartMart provided all the materials for the crafts, which was met with another explosion of applause and then straight to commercial. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z However, if we are not familiar with the culture from which the recordings or material came, our job is more difficult. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He recommended that Carrie cut up the dresses and use the material to make clothing for her three daughters. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Books vary widely on their inclusion of cultural information, but some type of description adds tremendously to the value of the book and to the understanding required to evaluate and learn the material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He had collected the founding material for his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But we didn’t need a lot of material things to amuse ourselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In Pascal’s account of why the mercury does not descend in the Torricellian tube the formal and material causes are so attenuated as to be uninteresting, and the final cause has disappeared completely. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mainly because as each of us gets better and wiser in our particular areas of expertise, we have to toss everything and start over, deeming the old material to be childish and unprofessional. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There's plenty of material to work with, and I can even cut it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly felt the dart puncture the suit’s toughened material, depositing its load of curare and succinylcholine chloride-based tranquilizer into her shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As time went on and I became very familiar with the lesson material, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Newton acquired a mass of material intended to establish this peculiar thesis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She brushes at the material, but the fibers cling stubbornly, like cat hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So when she had grabbed him by the collar at lunch—he swore he could still feel the material bunched between her fists—something inside him had been altered. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I sit all the way up and rub the familiar material between my fingers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until Ms. Medina started going over the material for tomorrow’s test that I realized I was in deep trouble. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s just that some environments provide more starting materials, and more favorable conditions for utilizing inventions, than do other environments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This small house of Pascal’s, I realized, was identical in material and design to the house in which he lived. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z However, they have other uses, such as keeping us warm and providing us with valuable materials. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The door was opened by a small ratty-looking man with a thin ratty moustache who was wearing a sports-coat that had an orange and red stripe in the material. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The little bag was made of faded green material, gathered at the top with a black string. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It is extremely important,” he said, “to receive detailed technical material on this problem from America.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After picking up materials from Gold, Sam would head for the Soviet consulate, a three-story building in Manhattan. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The extensive cedar, cypress, and oak groves now belonging to her would provide the raw materials that Mark Antony required. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Round white faces like an endless field of cotton bolls, all the same material. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Scientists think it’s the strongest biological material in the world. Stronger than a spider’s web.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There is no broadcasting of material but, rather, concentrated application to the base of the trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Without them there would be no water or air or rocks, no stars and planets, no distant gassy clouds or swirling nebulae or any of the other things that make the universe so usefully material. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z My older brother Tsalig helped me create ice skates from all kinds of unlikely materials, metal remnants retrieved from our grandfather the blacksmith and bits of wood from the firewood pile. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Most of his material for his latest effort came from the evenings he spent with Odenigbo and Olanna and their friends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lana Lee asked hopefully, studying the mound of white material lying in the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They stripped away the proteins by dissolving the material in chloroform. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally, the hereditary changes called mutations provide the raw material for evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something strange down there—a mass of gray and brownish material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Where students are most in need of help is where the most stripped-down, deadening material is put in front of them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Did the mayor bring all this building material west on the train? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There is something evocative in the idea that the material used to write code gave rise to the word itself: form became function. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Instead, Japan became even more determined to conquer new territory, new sources of raw materials—even if this meant taking on the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one had seen a gene in action or knew its material essence. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some material substance must be in the way of the water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cartesianism, by making an unambiguous divide between the material and the immaterial, left it unclear how angels and demons might be present in the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “No. I can survive well enough on my own—if given proper reading material.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The raw substances available to ancient peoples were natural materials such as stone, wood, bone, skins, fiber, clay, sand, limestone, and minerals, all existing in great variety. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After observing what materials were available, I gave the class the first demonstration my master gave me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He and his friends were into old weapons and would spend lots of time talking about “material culture” and sketching ideas for fantastical blades. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The descriptive literature that may be picked up in any hardware- or garden-supply store seldom if ever reveals the true hazard involved in handling or applying the material. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I can also imagine that same person, over time, getting familiar enough with the material that he begins to judge, very well, what kinds of responses work best with what kinds of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How many bits of information are contained in the hereditary material of various lifeforms? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These injuries to the genetic material are of a kind that may lead to disease in the individual exposed or they may make their effects felt in future generations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lott finally had to tell us that it was best for us to try and take classes from other professors more to be exposed to other ways of teaching graduate material.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly it crumbled under him, and he had to pick himself up and brush rotting bark and slimy, foul-smelling material from his clothing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I looked backdown at my packet of supplemental materials. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The relative lack of material goods has led some to regard these groups as exemplifying an ethic of living lightly on the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That Close Encounters would have made for more compelling material. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As they waved, Minli saw each of them had missing material in their sleeves. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It's not easy filling in the lines on T-shirt material; it scrunches up under the weight of the brush, leaving skip marks. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It is a warfare of limited aims between combatants who are unable to destroy one another, have no material cause for fighting, and are not divided by any genuine ideological difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In her arms were three large garment bags made of what looked like fancy yet sturdy materials. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I still had some material and a dress pattern for Ma. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched everyone do their homework for the test, using the materials provided by officials. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As wonderful as everything was, when I got home, I realized I’m missing out on a lot—not the material stuff like the fancy chandeliers and the full-course meals, but bonding with a dad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Pontellier's mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garment’ the subject of her summer meditations. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’re really motherhood material, are you, Megs?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dell Duke wasn't friend material because he was the wrong age and, female lemurs notwithstanding, we appeared to have absolutely nothing in common. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was a bad habit, Mitchell Sanders said, because all that matters is the raw material, the stuff itself, and you can’t clutter it up with your own half-baked commentary. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with our other material possessions, our Mazda tells everybody we are from the middle class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After half an hour the sun shone again and the grocer's automobile rounded Gatsby's drive with the raw material for his servants' dinner--I felt sure he wouldn't eat a spoonful. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a debate about what the government should do with the leftover bomb material. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "Anu's club is going to surprise the school with a locker-room makeover. And I'm donating the materials." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This aside, however, there are pressing 21st century learning issues that demand multicultural teaching material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In later years she regretted not being more factual, not providing herself with a store of raw material. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Did they think I was gathering material for the police? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z An ugly brown carpet lay on the floor, and on it stood a large armchair covered in itchy-looking red material, and several smaller chairs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To obtain fuel and construction material and to grow food, they cleared trees and vegetation from the bluffs to the east and planted every inch of arable land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, with Cole struggling to hold the bow, Edwin passed ashore the heavy boxes of basic supplies they had brought to go with the building materials delivered earlier by a larger boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was while she was at the college of architecture that she met Larry McCaslin, who was in Delhi collecting material for his doctoral thesis on “Energy Efficiency in Vernacular Architecture.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In place of Miss Trixie, a brown paper bag filled with old pieces of material, and a ball of twine occupied the chair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea is that in any population of self- reproducing organisms, there will be variations in the genetic material and upbringing that different individuals have. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Doc placed some felt material in a bunch of different colors on his worktable, then gave us each a needle and thread. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Historians necessarily rely on the evidence which has survived from the past: in that sense their vantage point is a collection of material remains which exist in the present. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They specified, “This demonstration might be over enemy territory, or in our own country, with subsequent notice to Japan that the materials would be used against the Japanese mainland unless surrender was forthcoming.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At the opposite extreme, the Maori on the minicontinent of New Zealand had access to a wide range of raw materials and became especially noted for their use of jade. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The spirit world was thus a blurred zone between the material and the immaterial. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, it does help, because it gives authority to the performance, and Shakespeare doesn’t need billing, and that way I’m not stealing his material. It’s like I’m celebrating him, which I do.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably at Great Smials that The Tale of Years was put together, with the assistance of material collected by Meriadoc. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z After Morrie died, I went through boxes of old college material. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after the PAC’s inaugural conference, I approached Sobukwe for a copy of his presidential address, as well as the constitution and other policy material. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled the material aside and he nearly lost his balance, as though what he saw had hit him with a physical force. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Such materials, present as contaminants in water that also contains chemicals, may actually change the nature of the chemicals by the impact of ionizing radiation, rearranging their atoms in unpredictable ways to create new chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hearing the news in Washington, Conant despaired of obtaining so much bomb material out of Oak Ridge by any method. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Betas would process less material but at higher intensities, leaving less flexibility for loss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Did you bring any of that pre-colonial reading material back with you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Not only could the material be used to build a prison, the state legislature reasoned, it could be quarried, placed on riverboats, and sold into the indefinite future, helping the prison turn a profit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The material will help guide educators in finding methods to incorporate music with other subjects in a way that is inherently beneficial to teachers and students rather than a hindrance. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Grandma would sympathize with me and make one more thing out of the flour sacks or secondhand material or even cut up her own clothing to make me something new. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was a scrap of ancient bark material tied with a twist of sisal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At this point, about 4.5 billion years ago, an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth, blowing out enough material to form a companion sphere, the Moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The water was cold and almost black with vegetable material. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The label on Doon’s said “Matches,” and under it was a white, inch-wide strip of some kind of rough, pebbly material. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked with awe at the ground I trod on, to see what the Powers had made there, the form and fashion and material of their work. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining type of variation among Polynesian societies to be considered involves tools and other aspects of material culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, they scurried around like little sugar ants, busy hormiguitas, gathering the materials to create a sturdy device in which to carry our wounded sister, because her leg hurt so much that she couldn’t walk. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z By land, sea, and air, Lord Asriel assembled his materials, and within six months of his committal, he had all the equipment he wanted. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There are times that one treasures for all one’s life, and such times are burned clearly and sharply on the material of total recall. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, I perceived that the young 24-06, denied most materials for expression, daubed pictures upon his master’s shoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z From this raw material, Lawrence was creating a cohesive research organization. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Despite the warnings of cancer experts, carbamates are now widely used, not only as insecticides, weed killers, and fungicides, but also in a variety of products including plasticizers, medicines, clothing, and insulating materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by a hot, scratchy material. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone had spent hours fitting together jewel-like bits of material with tiny stitches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Through the material of his coat he felt for the bundle of her letters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her hands flew across the materials - ripping, weaving, tying, braiding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My eyes grasp at the prisoners corralled behind the soldiers, locking on each row, desperately scanning for sky-colored material. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Their experiment was thus a powerful new proof that DNA is the primary genetic material. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The links between richer and poorer sections went beyond the materials used for construction or the way buildings were crammed together. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “We needed a place to organize all this material, put it on the walls, and draw a chart like the FBI always does on TV when they’re tailing the mob.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The way her pelvic bones stretched the material clear of her skin, the deep curve of her waist, her startling whiteness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was always the possibility that mail with a Northern postmark might contain Abolitionist propaganda, and when it was addressed to a free Negro, it was almost certain to contain objectionable material. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They abandoned their carriage- house oracle and split the profits, even though the only one who had cared about the material side of things had been Nana. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed the rectangle of suit material onto the helmet with both hands while using my knee to keep pressure on the arm's seam. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm, and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses, so that all the materials for building were at hand. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Rachel hoped too much and ran out of material, while the rest of us hoped too little and ran out of steam. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if you fill out a call slip, you can use this material up in the reading room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Besides, we had no reading material at home and we didn’t get the newspaper. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The materials were loose, so there were constant little avalanches. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, it can ricochet through even a thick layer of dense material without losing much energy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I made a conclusion,” he said, “that I myself, although I was not a very good craftsman, I could have built a bomb with this data—if I had certain materials, of course.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She went over to the dress and touched the white material. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It is no longer possible to stockpile materials well in advance; what today may be the most promising of insecticidal chemicals may be the dismal failure of tomorrow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I need to start working up some fresh material.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z How might I modify the material if I did not reach my goals or if students need accommodation? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Regularly he revolted against outworn techniques and materials. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a dark-coloured travelling dress of some thin material eminently suitable for the heated atmosphere of the train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke calmly but moved through the material quickly, as if he assumed we were already familiar with it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This gave it a kind of liveliness, a tendency to spring forward on the catch of the oars in a way that no other design or material could duplicate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Information was then used to build an organism from scratch: message became material. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And they maintained “the most relaxed building code in all of Florida for construction methods and materials.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The books used a “graded” curriculum with successively more complex songs and exercises, and combined author-composed songs in these books with folk and classical material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I could see her, with tired eyes, threading needles, and the floor covered with snippets of material. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, two glove-shaped sleeves made of the same material as the bath blanket are embedded into the counter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They heated the material to sixty-five degrees—hot enough to warp most proteins—then added acids to curdle the proteins, and the transmission of genes was still unaltered. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But what was the material nature of germplasm? de Vries wondered. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Violet had very few materials with which to invent something, and she didn’t want to wander around the house looking for more for fear of arousing the suspicions of Count Olaf and his troupe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Within weeks, it is thought, the flung material had reassembled itself into a single clump, and within a year it had formed into the spherical rock that companions us yet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As Perry continued to sort and choose, the pile of material he thought too dear to part with, even temporarily, assumed a tottering height. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the case had never been solved, it had originally been a prime focus of investigators, and when I returned to New York, I gathered evidentiary material related to the crime. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I selected the materials for a suit, with the assistance of Mr. Trabb’s judgment, and re-entered the parlour to be measured. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Nothing material, not a hair-pin on a dressing-table, not an empty bottle of aspirin tablets, not a handkerchief beneath a pillow, but something indefinable, a moment of our lives, a thought, a mood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was wearing a little coat made out of tartan material, which is Scottish and check. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t overly concerned in the beginning—nor were Dennis and Jack, for that matter—that I was employing my own life as material for my alter identity. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to start construction until I had all the materials, but if Mom wants to move us away, I might never have the chance to build. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Hearts are not made Of glass Or bone Or any material that could Splinter Or Fragment Or Shatter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The material of the Punjabi pajama set begins to scratch his skin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For a minute it hurts even more as the bandage material, the human cell whatever the hell she talked about, crawls into the wounds and makes a bind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z While the Mark I was still undergoing this shakedown procedure, Lawrence spent his time soothing official doubts about the MTA by citing the continuing threat of a shortage of fissile material. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We built a shelter out of tree limbs, palm branches, and whatever other materials we could find, but the huts leaked when it rained and always needed repairs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The excess material in the seat of his seersucker shorts, the excess length of the shorts themselves, were not cute excesses. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The woman reached out and fingered the material of the cloak Ash was wearing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The center includes a reference library of Holocaust materials and a speakers’ bureau. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z If he'd had the right materials, he would have dusted the cooler for fingerprints. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She was sewing us some window curtains out of dress material so they wouldn’t be looking in at us all the time, and had pins in her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She must’ve gotten a steal at the bargain bin on green material. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As the denomination grew, Assemblies preachers began speaking not only of heavenly rewards but also of the material blessings God might provide in this world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But once you changed any of those variables — the material on the test, or the situation in which it was administered — the kinds of cheating would change as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although happy to praise his methodology, many maintained that he had found not the age of the Earth but merely the age of the materials from which the Earth had been formed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This year’s tribute outfit is a fitted blue jumpsuit, made of very sheer material, that zippers up the front. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The chicken feed is one of the only raw materials he buys for the whole farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z You realize there is a need for something to help you see sraf and instantly, out of the materials we have known for thousands of years, you put together an instrument to do so. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t really think I’m college material,” Molly says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As far as Aristotle was concerned, as we saw in Chapter 3, causal explanations had four components: the formal cause, the final cause, the material cause and the efficient cause. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But the idea of air as a static, material but invisible substance was unimagined. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If Dad didn’t let me have the materials I needed, I’d still get them, one way or another, no matter what it took—guile, tricks, or outright theft. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Well, anyway, that summer morning when I was gathering material for a bed, I was singing and chopping and playing a game with a raccoon I had come to know. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than the material nature of the gene, it was the sheer malleability of the genome—that X-rays could make such Silly Putty of genes—that stunned scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But I can't stop myself from amassing more and more material. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Each person had an assigned task, the putting away of chalk, erasers, papers, books, pencils, note paper, paints, and demonstration material. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Tycho had the greatest body of accurate astronomical data yet assembled, but was tired and in need of help to analyse the material. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Needlework was all the rage among Marina Raskova’s aviators—something that you could scrounge the materials for. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For the first time in her life she took charge of material things, without any help, for she could no longer rely on her husband, on Ferula, or on Nana. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what the approach, the act always left him in possession of a fresh supply of material, which he could then explore at will. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She apologizes for disturbing me, and holds out the material for me to take. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I took a shower, reviewed material for the social studies exam I had missed, and hung a clean shirt on the drawer pull of my bureau. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her worldview must be quite incisive, if her reading material was any guide. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She got a white square of material with scoopy kind of edges. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “If you want to know where a person is coming from,” she yelled, "you need to read this material, not tear it up! You got to see what makes him think what he thinks!" The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Below are some materials to help you create a vision of your “professional” self that will serve you throughout your career and lifetime. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They discussed the technical challenges and lack of key materials that had slowed their own bomb-making efforts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the biggest landslide in human history and carried enough material to bury the whole of Manhattan to a depth of four hundred feet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some families had their curtains or shades drawn, but sometimes the material was thin and he could still see shadows of the people inside. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I hoped some of the dirt would stay under my fingernails for a long time, and maybe some of the microscopic material would be there forever. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And in spite of this self-knowledge I equipped Rocinante with enough writing material to take care of ten volumes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Little is done, however, to warn the gardener or homeowner that he is handling extremely dangerous materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rachel obeyed, but even as she handed Lyddie the writing materials, she protested. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Creative problem solving requires that you be able to see and manipulate your lesson material in unique ways to reach all types of student learners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It is precisely this quality that makes facts the raw material of science, for science, too, is a peculiar amalgam of the real and the cultural. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A private doctor donates his time to reconstruct a boy’s foot if Olga provides the materials for the operation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He cared only for the material side of things: the nature of elements, the essence and mutability of matter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s microchemists used hydrofluoric acid to reduce a solution made from the bombardment products and watched a minuscule quantity of pinkish material precipitate out: this was pure plutonium-239. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She desperately wanted to believe she wasn’t scythe material. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Aristotle explained natural processes in terms of four causes: formal, final, material and efficient. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rarely, though, genetic material can cross from one organism to another—not between parent and child, but between two unrelated strangers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 The crew hurries inside to edit the material, and Plutarch leads Finnick off for a chat, probably to see if he has any more stories. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It’s where the library stores its collection of research material,” said Sierra, who was two stairs behind Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Across the street from the school stretched acres of cotton fields, the raw material for Monroe’s mill and the source of income for many county residents. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The living room has a sofa and two chairs and matching drapes, all of a flowered rose and beige material Carol says is chintz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The complex pattern of dark lines may be ice fractures which have been filled in with material from beneath the crust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mai turned to leave and that's when she noticed the top book on the tall stack of reading material sitting on Willow's night table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This material is processed by a superefficient metabolism, stripped of any useful minerals and...ejected at the other end, as it were. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In a strange way, the Dark Lands reminded her of San Francisco, where her dad lived—on those summer afternoons when the fog bank rolled in like cold, wet packing material and swallowed Pacific Heights. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the material P. D. had placed on the two bed tables fascinated me so that I studied it and made notes without sleeping until dawn. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If the material excites you, your students will be engaged as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The material was thick and warm, and it had a wonderful smell. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Neel remembered the reading material that used to appear in the library. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps a trip from Libra to one of the asteroids would bring back materials rich in carbon and nitrogen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother looked at foreign magazines and clipped out pictures of dresses she liked, and then she went downstairs to discuss with the tailor how such a dress could be made using the materials available. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z By October, KGB officers in Moscow were able to produce a complete report on plutonium bomb design, containing detailed descriptions of each component of the weapon and specific materials needed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She waited, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, until his body got rid of the dark material that would not let him live. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The shopkeeper had said that during the war, and even now, some people made their clothes out of this inexpensive material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And swaddled with some sort of soundproofing material. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a small fraction of their library was carted away, about six boxes of materials in all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I waited for him to say the essay was a disaster, the product of an ignorant mind, that it had overreached, drawn too many conclusions from too little material. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One is modeling, an additive process using soft materials such as plaster, clay, or wax. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The soles were thick,and made of a material that she could not immediately identify. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z With the obsessive attention to detail that characterized his brand of dogged genius, Rosellini purged his life of all but the most primitive tools, which he fashioned from native materials with his own hands. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas tore even further, the tattered material flapping wildly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The first day we made a trip to the city dump to look for empty glass jars to put the fish in and for materials to build a stand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My heart jumped to see him, and my body felt all over again how it was to be crushed against the rough material of his clothes, his heart beating straight through my backbone. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know where Max got those curtains, but the material is dark and thick with white lilies printed on it, and I know immediately what they’re for. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Their material cultures were simpler, too—no writing, no stone plazas, no massive temples—though Plains groups did leave behind about fifty rings of rock that are reminiscent of Stonehenge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I can guarantee that it is strong. It’s made out of the toughest material I have. It is also waterproof. The eggs are inside and will be warm and dry.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Their tracks were all over the mountain, and their activities ranged from catching each other to hauling various materials back to their dens and bur-rows for more insulation. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were painted with thick, gobby epoxy paint, and all the electrical outlets were plugged around the edges with a gooey material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to import food, as well as raw materials and fuel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did that material contain a plea for ‘unity of whites and blacks’?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But this cannot go on indefinitely, despite the ingenuity of the chemists in supplying new materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then Cletus said, “Well, sir, do you have any materials you might give us? Anything she might have used in church?” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I went back to my rover, cut some strips of Hab material, then braided them into a primitive but strong rope. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A good illustration of the histories of trial and error involved is furnished by the development of gunpowder and gasoline from raw materials. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But instead of appeasing them, it gave them more material to work on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some students may be gifted or already familiar with the material, while others are challenged simply by the arrangement of the room. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Without standardized materials and methods, they worried that the field of tissue culture would stagnate. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Among the herbicides are some that are classified as “mutagens,” or agents capable of modifying the genes, the materials of heredity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The material facts were that the knights of the Round Table set out in a body, soon after Pentecost, with the immediate object of finding the Holy Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Lively perhaps, but exactly what Hoagland couldn’t use, material any spy would read and crabbily say was inedible paper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Within these families certain notes have more prominence than others, a hierarchy evolved from the natural properties of sounds in all resonant materials. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As you learn to master the core material for your career, you might also be ready to find your moorings in terms of your professional self. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She must have slipped into some shop in the proletarian quarters and bought herself a complete set of makeup materials. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The material was silky and a bit stiff where it was stained. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He studies in his apartment, and occasionally up at one of the libraries at Columbia, learning about the matter-of-fact aspects of his profession: electricity, materials, lateral forces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “His family sponsored the building and helped pay for the startup costs, but everything else—my salary, the materials, the books—it’s all funded by the Ministry of Education.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was pouring boiling water into a bucket full of dry midlings and stirring the materials to a steaming paste. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The amebocytes of starfish were recently found to contain a material that immobilizes the macrophages of mammals, resembling a product of immune lymphocytes in higher forms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad say material stuff like that doesn’t matter, but sometimes I think they’re wrong. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He used good material and some of it stuck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tommie’s stories weren’t much, but they gave us material for working up something better. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So, weakened by their ordeal and suffering from frostbite, the rest of the crew began constructing a hut with the only materials available. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Property, Jesse informed me, came in two varieties, material and intellectual. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen her once, with one of my chemises over her arm, examining the plain material with its small edging of lace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The material was velvet—which we've already established was quite popular in the nineties. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The lab employees had been handling tissue and blood from the monkeys, running tests on the material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Griffith’s and Muller’s experiments had pointed to a material substance, a chemical that could move between organisms and was quite easily altered by X-rays. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We were in different specialty groups, so there was no material overlap in our work anyway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She found it easier to sell printed material in the West than in the East because, she reported, “reading matter is so very scarce that everybody clutches at a book of any kind.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I knew nothing about theater, but I was drawn in when he picked Godspell, and I thought I had a little advantage because I connected with the material,” he recalls. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z You just sit and look and look and look for thousands of hours until the order in the material begins to emerge. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton did most of the writing and editing, and Anthony organized the material and lined up a publisher. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The material seemed to absorb light, and if I gazed at the beads too long, they started to glow and burn my eyes, like I was staring into the sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She wore a loose skirt of some silver material and a sleeveless top of green, and her spurred feet were bare, like the man’s. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Cora didn’t know if that was true, but she certainly didn’t lack for reading material. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A pallet is a rustic bed, usually a makeshift mattress of straw or some other humble material. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny Lightbourne and I found a discarded Christmas wreath consisting of a red fuzzy material wrapped around newspaper, which in turn was wrapped around a wire frame. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Anything she can’t buy new of, she just get her some blue material and sew it a cover. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched the materials of the linings and tested the strength of the frames. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Bryant groped about on his desk, at last located the material he wanted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And now, approaching his bed with her materials, she said cheerily, “Hello, Private Latimer. Its me again.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But the material had proved difficult to photograph; it generated scattered, fuzzy dots on film. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z To take on such edgy and controversial material and fail would surely be far worse than presenting a production of Beauty and the Beast that falls just a little flat. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z George’s mother is made of stem, unyielding material, and she also happens to be the slowest speaker I’ve ever heard. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Ignatius went behind the filing cabinets, picked up the accumulated and unfiled material, and threw it in the wastebasket. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as he undertook the work, events occurred that were to change its character and indeed to deprive him of his material. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Below is a rubric for evaluating multicultural music material including the content of the text, notation, and any recording. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Inevitably, that single author will have to sweat copiously in order to assimilate material from many disciplines, and will require guidance from many colleagues. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Gale and I went to the market on the square so that I could buy dress materials. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Recycling materials for another purpose. Very timely. What do the rest of you think?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Shadow was about to take one, automatically—he did not smoke, but a cigarette makes good barter material—when he realized that he was no longer inside. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Do you worry that your children will not have books and school materials that are about people of their own race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She said that Prince had never taken to material things. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Alongside this fresh boost of material came a desire to try to reproduce as accurately as possible the sounds that the original composers might have heard - a movement searching for ‘authenticity’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I mocked the material, the cut, and workmanship of everything he brought out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The differing availability of raw materials imposed an obvious constraint on material culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That way, even inside the CIA, it would appear as if Penkovsky's material were coming from different sources, making it more difficult to trace it back to him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Although the old structure remains, the piece has been substantially revised, in some places by severe cutting, in other places by the addition of new material. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the shelves were the books bound in a cardboard-like material, pale, like tanned human skin, and the manuscripts were intact. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When they fused, the genetic material from the two cells combined, as with sperm meeting egg. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I set a challenge to not only be early—or at least on time—but also having a perfect attendance so I wouldn’t ever feel left behind on material like before. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When the two pieces met, they would form a critical mass, the amount of material needed to get a chain reaction going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He disposed of other spent material in his kiln or in pits filled with quicklime. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This is like backstage: grease paint, smoke, the materials of illusion. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was what you would call a tent dress—yards of material falling from her shoulders without benefit of waistband and darts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is one of the training areas. We try for mostly organic materials, but this wooden set was donated, and it works; sometimes that’s the best we can do,” Dr. Martin says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z These songs are part of a potentially rich musical experience for the child—exposing them to material with inherent sociocultural meaning that can contribute to excellent lessons and, most importantly, enhance integration activities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Wherever the spiritual values have been submerged, if not destroyed, by an emphasis upon the material things, invariably, the women reflect it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My time with granddaddy slipped away as the domestic mill wheel gathered momentum, grinding its principal raw material—namely, me—into smaller and smaller scraps. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Clarisse, from Ares, was joking about me being ‘Big Three’ material. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was fresh-cured leather and new material mixed up with fancy powder and soap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A layer of grime, russet flakes and dirt, clung to the back edge of the comb, and Penelope rubbed it in her apron, leaving rusty stains on the white material. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Twig rifled through our egg-building materials and stuffed one of the giant marshmallows in her drink, and Dari and I followed suit. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He passed her envelopes containing reports on everything British scientists knew about atomic bomb physics, and she radioed the material to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are they Ivy League material? Or did they go to some kind of a State U?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Regardless of what material you are trying to incorporate, thoroughly understanding the aesthetics and values will be highly beneficial to preserving the integrity and authenticity of both the music and culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was in gathering material for this mound that Justin made the second discovery. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Eberhardt explained that he had borrowed the file, xeroxed every page, and then taken the material to some lawyers who were experts on environmental matters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin had split open, and from the laceration of the scalp a tiny strand of pink brain material protruded. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then there was the matter of the additional material supplied by the censor. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Curious hands smooth the material of my sari, finger my bracelets, caress the skin of my forearms. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It is even possible that the material outgassed from Io contributes, after many collisions and condensations, to the ring system of Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She pinched up a little of the material, feeling it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But Ogden Loring seemed unconcerned whether his class applauded his material or not; he merely tested them on every single facet of classroom life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I should—in the course material for Overbearing Mothers 101, I'm probably the perfect example of a person most likely to rebel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The problem is people grow up thinking that material things are what makes them worthwhile. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She follows my gaze and tucks the strap back under the material, blushing once again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When it became obvious that he wasn’t moving, Twig grunted and slid our materials over to him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Johnny and I unwrapped the fuzzy red material and discovered that the paper was printed in Japanese! Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was strange to the touch, like water woven into material. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The first primitive forms of life consumed various materials, including hydrogen sulfide, and released oxygen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to control the raw material, she said, or they’ll make you into a clown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Conduct research by reading about and exploring available teaching materials on that culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He worried suddenly that she could smell his perspiration, which he knew had collected beneath the synthetic material of his shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He was so madly in love with the material he was teaching that I was swept up. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And when I show the lists and the time line to Dad after dinner one night, he says, "Hmmm. Interesting material, Bobby. I'll hang on to it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The material introduces Japan to children, and provide a lesson rich in culture, literacy, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I need, uh, time to prepare some materials. Are you free in an hour? We can reconvene here. I’ll order food. Bring, uh, your passport and any receipts and relevant documents you have, sugar.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Since each studio made its own art materials, Maria learned how to craft delicate brushes from bird feathers and fur, and to grind mineral powders used to color paint. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This was primary source material, research papers based on direct experimental data, involved theoretical constructions utilizing a complex vocabulary and containing a wealth of original ideas—and he was breaking his head on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The inseparability of features had a material basis: the chromosome was a “string” along which certain genes were permanently strung. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But even as geneticists celebrated the synthesis of heredity, evolution, and natural selection, the material nature of the gene remained an unsolved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I plowed through drifts and stamped paths until eventually it occurred to me that I had all the materials to make snowshoes for easier traveling. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s lumpy and when you sit on it, little tufts of the material stick to your clothes. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides the material on chinchillas, he also brought from the capital the popular wartime booklets that had been created to propagate the image of the heroic soldier, and sentimental novels he had bought for Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sewing materials for both, plus the children’s recent measurements. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perry was twenty-odd years older and a hundred pounds heavier, and yet his material situation had improved not at all. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time Claire turned her reader on and skimmed the material, but she had little interest in it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He let the material flow over his hands, smoother than silk, light as air! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She had with her another paper bag that seemed to contain the same assortment of material and twine, aside from the stamp pad, which was sticking out of the top of the bag. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight of the iron ball causes the material on which it is sitting to stretch and sag slightly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Patterson, meantime, was left to try to make sense of things with very limited materials. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They were just made of synthetic material that never wrinkled. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In terms of any teaching material, it is important to look and listen for quality content. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Stick's half of the room was crowded with reading material; he read just about everything in sight. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Luckily everyone seemed to have such a friend, and we were never short of material. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I open a new file for our group, but I don’t write anything under my heading for materials. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I tell him instead about the quilt I’m making for the baby, how I cut the pattern out of newspaper and then fine sandpaper, which sticks to the material. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Alternatively, they may be the steady state equilibrium between material ejected from a moon of Saturn, such as Titan, and material falling into the atmosphere of the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut away the material over her chest, revealing the four deep puncture wounds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I brought you reading material. The Grapes of Wrath and War and Peace.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Hunter handed Washington a sample of his ability to swipe intelligence material—a letter that was supposed to go to the commanding officer of British forces in Canada. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruffles clutch at her throat, swathes of material hide her body. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Since twins share identical genetic material, he reasoned, any substantial similarities between them could be attributed to genes, while any differences were the consequence of environment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pedagogically Sound: Including multiple perspectives and views on material not only enriches the curriculum content, but also provides radically different frameworks and paradigms to students on content. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Bombarding the waste uranium with neutrons would allow the United States to “break the bottleneck of this raw material problem,” he promised. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A scientist can prove that color is only the way the cells are placed in a certain material to reflect light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Butler called nearby Klan units for photographs and other materials related to Klan life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Being limited in materials, due to shortages and rationing, she used a gorgeous sunset-colored wool that she had unraveled from a suit tailored for her by Ormaie’s most expensive modiste in 1912. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The idea was simple: Christianity depended on belief in a spiritual world beyond the material world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba, ever fearful of public ridicule, opted for a solution that would not provide material for malicious tongues, because he knew that his wife’s strange behavior was the target of local gossips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Having reduced matter into its fundamental units, they sought to reduce life to similar material units. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I set the paper in Vern’s lap and he slowly began to flip through the material, stopping after only a few pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At break, I pull two strips of black material out of my pocket. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The same goes for any material you want to teach children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Numbers mean something, too. Not just math, Lanesha. Three means life. Eight means power. Four means hard work in this here world. The material world. Put them together and they can mean something else.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I winced to picture them sewing the coarse material under a coal-oil lamp with fingers stiffening from the day’s work. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z With money from a part-time job in Brooksville, he bought materials for landscaping and for constructing a fish pond across from the gangplank. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Twig was moving at double speed, and by the time I pulled out my notebook, she’d already organized our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, a material that can literally fry an egg with radiation is kind of dangerous. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I have trouble concentrating, but I still attempt to search for reading material involving losing a parent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I make do with on-hand materials, what I can chip out of you, your natural ore. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The mud huts of the villagers would perish after several rainy seasons, but a Portuguese house was made of stronger materials and would survive. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the organic phosphates may interact with various drugs, or with synthetic materials, food additives — who can say what else of the infinite number of man-made substances that now pervade our world? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In similar ways the liver deals with the majority of the toxic materials to which we are exposed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Only here in the Shire were to be found extensive materials for the history of Númenor and the arising of Sauron. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The letters were corded and strong against the golden satin material. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Covered with the same wishy-washy flowered material as the spread, the pillows evoke an Arab engineer more than a lord and master of the harem. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And then she glanced at Ash and said curtly, “Go and fetch us some writing materials. We must respond immediately.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be the opposite of the guidance counselor I’d had in high school, who’d blithely told me I wasn’t Princeton material. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z From the top, I could see the sprawl of people selling oranges, avocados, packets of nuts on brightly colored pieces of material or small cardboard tables made from overturned boxes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It frightened me a bit, and I wondered if I shouldn’t hike to the library and reread the material on vitamins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, such material has great value to certain historians, such as those who reconstruct legal and social history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z A can of a mothproofing material containing DDD, for example, carries in very fine print the warning that its contents are under pressure and that it may burst if exposed to heat or open flame. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Whites had arrived, imposed centralized government, and brought material goods whose value New Guineans instantly recognized, ranging from steel axes, matches, and medicines to clothing, soft drinks, and umbrellas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Is it true that you came all the way here for your friend? That she actually sent you with a package of her materials?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The report discussed three possible military applications for fissionable uranium: dropping radioactive materials over enemy territory; generating power for submarines and other oceangoing vessels; and development of a bomb based on U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was more interested in historical than medical material. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "The material in the jacket's designed to reflect body heat. Expect some cool nights," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of power—gang-type violent authority, sports-type physical prowess and social prestige, material wealth and economic dominance, power that comes from leadership, intellect, scholarship, knowledge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In terms of musical material, it is important to assess the sonic aspects as well as the written. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “We actually don’t have one. A Story Box is an important icon of our history, and we haven’t yet hit on just the right combination of materials and spirit to build one with yet.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z People like Patrick Thomas would have good material on me for the rest of our lives. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She washed and put away the few dishes, then took her cleaning materials into the sitting room. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be of salmon- colored Italian marble, with statues made of the same material showing Rosa and Clara with angel wings, because they were, and always would be, angels. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As source material, they mined the roster of National Research Fellows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The verb vulcanize means “to strengthen a material such as rubber by combining it with sulfur and then applying heat and pressure.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For now, Xan had pushed all of Luna’s projects into a corner and divided the whole workshop into sections, each with its own sets of bookshelves and tool shelves and materials shelves. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The arts provide a platform through which teachers can tap into a child’s creativity and humanity while teaching content material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It's unlikely it would puncture EVA suit material, but I'm not taking any chances. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "I shall donate material for this project to your club," Didu announces. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the end of February, the Alpha II racetracks had produced 200 grams of material enriched to 12 percent U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The materials had lain all winter at the end of Jon’s road. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Only then did she look down at the small strip of material in her lap. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The arts give students an opportunity to express and explore material in a medium to which they might not otherwise have access. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The cape looks store-bought and expensive, as it has a silver clasp and the material is much heavier than what might be used to make a cheap Halloween costume. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Months later, we were finally scheduled to go to court with the evidence about his profound mental illness, material that should have been presented at trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She stretches the material out, examining the colors. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Second, all highly flammable material inside the spacecraft had to be replaced. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His notes are often about the context of the material. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A certain shiny new subdivision featured windows made of the most state-of-the-art material. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The only way to eradicate transformation was to digest the material with an enzyme that, of all things, degraded DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Two tables stacked with printed material stretched across the middle of the room, and in the far corner an oversized printer was spitting out page after page. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z These seats are cushioned and covered in a soft velvety material with a built-in pillow on the headrest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And it turned out that the astronauts packed a special flag on Apollo 11, with a wire worked into the material so that it would stick out like that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Besides, he agreed with Walt Rostow’s assessment: “The materials are so explosive, that they could gravely damage the country, whether Mr. Nixon is elected or not.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Freud held that dream content usually consists of material garnered from incidents, thoughts, images, and emotions experienced during or preceding the day of the dream. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As one researcher would later describe it, Avery had discovered “the material substance of the gene”—the “cloth from which genes were cut.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mother sometimes would buy me a new skirt or would sew a blouse for me out of store-bought material. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her building was constructed of personalities, materials, knowledge, and time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sapiens did not forage only for food and materials. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since these materials are not very durable, they are usually cast in a more lasting medium: anything that can be poured, including molten metal, cement, even plastic. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For that, he knew, was the final contest between himself and his material. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Chances are the thread viruses can survive for some time—if the surface is free of sunlight, which would break apart the virus’s genetic material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said something about teaching you to work around a machine shop. I said okay, as long as it was on his own time and no company materials.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In Diaz’s list, spiritual and material motivations were equally important. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The challenge here is that some instruments, such as the tambourine, contain more than one type of material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Pontellier’s mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garments the subject of her summer meditations. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Starry is grasping a chunk of the wet, heavy material and struggling to pull it back out. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Either way, it certainly was not typical reading material for so young a child. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Schindler had expanded his factory beyond pots and pans to producing war material. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z By calculating backwards from how much radiation a material had now and how swiftly it was decaying, you could work out its age. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Moon material would be used wherever possible, because the moon’s lower gravity would make the trip less costly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding up the bits of material, I remember how I envisioned a good life for myself, in the same way Secrets to a Happy Life says you should. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve found all the materials to make a hat to go with it, too!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you could absorb the material,” he said, but then he hung his old gray head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z You can substitute lead piping for glass, so again the material cause is irrelevant; any pipe sealed at one end will work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even human beings had not only an immaterial mind but a material sensitive soul, capable of a physical presence after death. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They dragged boards and other materials down from the scrap heap by Miss Bessie’s pasture and built their castle stronghold in the place they had found in the woods. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Do you carry any writing materials with you, sir?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He sifted through many sources for his material but in the main he concentrated on a set of ancient Icelandic documents known as the Eddas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Hab is normally a dome, with flexible support poles maintaining the arch and rigid, folding floor material to keep its base flat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I subsequently met Potlako Leballo and said, “Man, you chaps keep promising me your material, but no one has given it to me.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the bottom of the hill, Connor gathered up his materials. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If tritium was the sought-after product, for example, you used lithium-6; if it was plutonium, the raw material would be uranium—namely, that waste U-238. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there are ways in which to use pedagogies that you already know in order to teach the material, without compromising its integrity or authenticity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They can figure I am part of her materials, the day’s curriculum. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Weismann called this hereditary material germplasm and argued that it was the only method by which an organism could generate another organism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The man realized that the animals on Salatin’s farm were not being treated like unfeeling raw material, but like living creatures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The first set consists of continental differences in the wild plant and animal species available as starting materials for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But he made the decision not to hand those materials over. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z People who can make gold from lead, or anything else for that matter, who can alter the very material of the world—financial markets would be thrown into chaos. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The ultimate disposition of the material was irrelevant, a recreation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The shiny, sparkling material of Didu's saris softens the walls and ceilings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, when she tried on the mock-up a few weeks ago, this was her size. Now there’s at least three inches of material that’s loose. See. Look.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Packed hurriedly in those last grueling weeks in Surinam, much of this material had been jumbled together, and some did not survive the voyage intact. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The brass horns and booming drums marched the soldiers onto army trucks covered in the same green material as their uniforms and army bags. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Unlike my faceplate, the suit's material is flexible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was especially difficult to find non-bumable materials to substitute for what we already had. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The material was loose, and blotched with whitish mold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As a young woman she had renounced the material world, and now, as an old one, she seemed to embrace it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was severely criticized for this irrational belief by many people, most notably by Bishop Berkeley, a philosopher who believed that all material objects and space and time are an illusion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as though she would never be able to master the art of sewing, to make the needle go through the material in the places where she wanted it to go. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But this illustration gives little hint of the true complexity of the chemical world of the hydrocarbons, or of the manipulations by which the organic chemist creates his infinitely varied materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The time and materials that made it were yours.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After her seventy-four cartons of material were delivered, she went home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She had heard of a religious community in the Netherlands—the Labadists—whose members gave up all material possessions to live simply, away from the whims and fashions of public life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All the same, however, she went on with the action of tearing, as though the material were still in her hands; finally she lifted her hands and opened them as though scattering the fragments. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes the registrars were kind enough to supply that material gratis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally get a positive response, I have been identified once again as server material. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At Central, people put up signs, wore buttons, and passed out materials, just as though it were a real election. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not like I’m silk feathered hat material or anything, but still. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z South Korean soaps—which display the fast cars, opulent houses, and surging confidence of South Korea—are classified as “impure recorded visual materials” and are illegal to watch in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He cared little for material things but he hungered for respect and he was acutely aware that in the culture in which he lived, money was the prevailing gauge of success. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Like the waistcoat, it was jet black and made of a heavy serge-like material. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes compressor pumps and material can be mounted on truck chassis, but there is no blanket spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There is something deeply dispiriting about the stiff rustle of nylon and the endless, curiously amplified patter of rain on synthetic material. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Mitchell claimed it was because these papers had not printed classified material—obviously untrue, since the entire McNamara report was classified. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baumbach made wedding dresses, which are mostly white, so she bought samples of materials with bright colors and patterns because Rosalie loved colors best. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z One day every month, I’d lock up in a room and assemble my material and pictures for a printer that I found. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a nonpolitical prisoner among us, nicknamed Joe My Baby, who later joined the ANC and proved invaluable in helping us smuggle material in and out of prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, they will give up trying to reach the material altogether. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I’m tired of providing oversized boys with the raw material for adolescent jokes about my being a high- maintenance mama, or some sort of luxury item. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the preacher doesn’t hear them, most likely thanks to his advanced age and his single-minded focus on the stretch of material covering her bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Tally accepted a saucer and felt the scalding heat through the thin, white material of the cup. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery,” declared Mississippi as it left the Union, “the greatest material interest of the world.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This, however, was something else entirely, and Ophie shivered as the cold stone leeched the warmth from her toes through the thin material of her house shoes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Similarly it is misleading to think of the rocks as flowing in anything like the way we think of materials flowing on the surface. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Unique, unbleached, rich, the color of the finest materials on earth: oil, coal, volcanic sand. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The other bricklayers had to lean over to get their materials. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z That study was for him a command to worry more about his patients’ material needs than about their beliefs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He includes some pieces of the material so they can see for themselves. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Lee makes do with the material at hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was terribly aware of the man’s suit, the burrs clinging to it, the material old and worn and snagged by briars, the man’s shoes on her feet, the battered old hat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In about fifteen minutes, the monkey became still, and they dragged it out, and it went the way of the other monkeys, carried along in the flow of material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the material that you were dealing with had no connection with anything in the real world, not even the kind of connection that is contained in a direct lie. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He popped a fistful of plant material into his mouth, chewed it up, then spat it into a clump of wool. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The ways to order material are as plentiful as the ways to tell a story. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s a corporate priority... to source from recycled materials vendors.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As genetics moved from a material to a mechanistic conception of genes—from what genes are to what they do—human biologists began to perceive long-sought connections between genes, human physiology, and pathology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was having difficulty understanding material I had written only days before. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All my life I had done nothing but feel and cultivate my feelings; all their lives they had done nothing but strive for petty goals, the trivial material prizes of American life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of including some first-aid materials but decided against them on the grounds that he didn’t have any, though it would be good to get hold of some one day. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to this material world and you forget about spiritual values. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I later met with the president, explained the case of mistaken identity, and he offered generous material assistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Under its guidelines, by fourth grade, students will devote half their reading time to nonfiction, including historical documents, maps, and other “informational texts”—even such materials as train schedules and recipes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It may well be that ancient hunter-gatherers living in zones more fertile than the Kalahari spent even less time obtaining food and raw materials. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked to their pictures in Helen’s magazines, explaining the nature of life difficulties — how matters that one day seemed material, and hard with importance, could the next day simply vaporize. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Journalists, educators, and pundits frequently fuss that kids like Jesse don’t read or aren’t well informed; in fact, they read enormous amounts of material online, and are astonishingly well informed about subjects they’re interested in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel so useless. You’ve caged me in with hundreds of material objects that don’t satisfy the real me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z President Senghor was a scholar and a poet, and he told us he was collecting research material on Shaka, flattering us by asking numerous questions about that great South African warrior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the monster gripped Harry’s shirt, Conor felt the material against his own palms. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z "Learn to make a plus sign so that both the vertical and horizontal strokes are the same thickness. That is your second lesson. You can practice as soon as you buy your materials." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a low chair, heavily stuffed, but without arms, and covered in faded, flowery material, and a rectangular table, up against the window. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Every weekend, when they inspected the house to make sure her builders were not stealing the materials, he never spoke of their living there, as though to absolve himself from the blasphemy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I said as we settled onto our lab stools and started rearranging our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She takes me to the Thai market the next day to shop for material. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps that is why creativity was once a concept reserved for God, as only He could give material form to an idea. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To hold all the materials for water, I would need a whopping 900 liters of storage. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Wormtail pulled open the robes on the ground, revealing what was inside them, and Harry let out a yell that was strangled in the wad of material blocking his mouth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought there were excellent materials in him; though for the present they hung together somewhat spoiled and tangled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There are boy bands with more original material. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Are we carbon- and water-based because those materials were abundant on the Earth at the time of the origin of life? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sobukwe, I thought, seemed pleased by my interest, and said he would make sure I received the requested material. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re the other two student volunteers who come here on Thursdays to help the librarians process returned materials, reshelve books, and sharpen pencils. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The stretchy material clings tightly to her body, allowing everyone to see her voluptuous figure. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By concentrating on this dangerous material, it has been possible not only to get good results, but to keep the cost of the sanitation program within reasonable limits. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He even screamed at Papa when Papa told him he would take away all his drawing material if he didn’t do better in school, and Papa swatted him in the face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Penkovsky's CIA handlers deemed his material so valuable that they decided to protect his identity—from possible moles or potential leaks—with an extra layer of secrecy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. V wears huge, flowing dresses—must be miles of material in those things—all in crazy color combinations. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z With Argentinian beef, Colombian platinum, and a multitude of raw materials from Brazil, the Nazis could keep their war machine going for the foreseeable future. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He wore a long black coat, made of some silky material, and he appeared barely out of his teens: a spattering of acne glistened on one cheek. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “The campaign job. I don’t wanna wait until I graduate. I already read all the materials you gave me. Twice. I have time. I can start now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In every class, an Executive first presented the day’s material, then the material was reviewed—and sometimes the review was reviewed—and then the students were given a quiz over the previous day’s lesson. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure,” she said, giving me a perfunctory, patronizing smile, “that you’re Princeton material.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was no radio in the trailer, and the only reading material was a construction industry journal with boring articles about hurricane-resistant roof sheathing and antitermite treatments for plywood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I must say that I admired the efficiency with which she whipped the material back and forth under the massive electric needle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When a cell divides, its genetic material divides within it and is partitioned to its daughters. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I had previously used George for such purposes, but the document in question did not contain such material. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each group manufactured its own tools from local materials. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When I entered a civilian writing career in New York City, I collected, around Harlem, a good deal of provocative material and then proposed an article about the cult to the Reader’s Digest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The back of the truck is covered with a hard black material. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Soldiers soon arrive from the hospital with hot water, brandy, blankets, and materials to make a mustard plaster. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Mustard gas as a mutagen has now been joined by a long list of other chemicals known to alter genetic material in plants and animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She always chooses the most bizarre reading material for flights. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z So I invented a Black Box Yellow Pages, which is a phone book that’s made out of the material that they make the black boxes on airplanes out of. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As he approached nearer, Jody saw that he was dressed in blue jeans and in a coat of the same material. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was plastered on all her campaign materials, along with lots of sparkly stickers and glitter. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “The material as a whole,” reported Kurchatov, “shows that it is technically possible to solve the entire uranium problem in a much shorter period than our scientists believed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Danielle was nearby organizing the arts and crafts materials that she and Anna had been working tirelessly to create. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z In a tiny cavity in her great body she was assembling the materials for a Green Beret. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We also have a supply of reading material, and we’re going to buy lots of games. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z People were enjoying classical music, certainly, but what this mountain of material demonstrated was a near fatal shift: in classical music away from the new to the old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The pursuit of the spiritual by way of the material. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We’d known not to expect much, and lest we forget, Father’s Christmas-morning sermon was all about having grace in your heart, which displaces the lust for material things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The work, as he put it wryly, involved “invisible materials being weighed with an invisible balance.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The packet was wrapped in slippery, greenish material and bound up with a strap. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If you examine a selection of the countless images available of Native people and their material culture, you would see that most focus on clothing, tools, weapons, and homes. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Truly a paradise could exist wherever material progress and spiritual values could be properly balanced. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry Sneider, Fischer’s former physical trainer, accompanied Ellsworth to the auction and Sneider’s son subsequently traveled to Budapest with twelve boxes of material. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Right now, you are a “professional student,” so as you read the material below, apply the criteria to your behavior and professional as a student. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A power plant based on element 94 would require perhaps a hundred pounds of the material, rather than the hundred tons thought to be necessary for uranium reactors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Enid Simdars embraced the strictures of Christian Science, a faith that taught that the material world and all the evil that attended it were illusory, that the only reality was spiritual. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Our materials being, you know, the dead frog and such. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d already called her several times that day saying he was coming to get the materials she’d collected related to her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection. That’s what I mean.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The newspaper office was broken into and valuable material destroyed; Lafe Edwards’ saloon was given similar treatment; but the general store was untouched. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The black man in the ghettoes, for instance, has to start self- correcting his own material, moral, and spiritual defects and evils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not exactly correct that you don’t have your brain. You do. You just don’t have the same material it was housed in. Now it’s in the Bio Gel.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They found pipes and other bomb-making materials in Herbert's car and front yard. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “He’s wondering what you’re doing with this material,” Ross said finally. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Artefacts made of more perishable materials—such as wood, bamboo or leather—survive only under unique conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The material’s supple, like fabric, and can be drawn back like a hood in case I don’t want it up full-time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All across the decks, crewmen called and labored under the hot sun, orienting sails, drilling for fire attacks, clearing deck materials as they readied for the fight that they hoped would come. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, this guy I met—Matthew is his name—works in one of the labs here, and he says they would be interested in looking at our genetic material for research,” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I helped Charley sort over the garbage, but there was no other written material, only the containers of prepared foods. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She increased the dimensions of the model, then showed Arachne how it could be created—strands of material woven into strips, then braided into a long cylinder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was absolutely nothing in the room, book, newspaper, or even writing materials; so I opened another door in the room and found a sort of library. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The problems of simultaneity do not apply to sound as they do to light because sound is propagated through some material medium, usually air. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the materials back into the cabinet, wipe off the table, raise the blinds, stuff my soggy volcano in a garbage bag, and go home to scrub the floors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They are rated as among the most dangerous materials of this type in use in the United States. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Yellow and brown stains of whatever curry or sandwich he’d eaten for lunch dotted the material. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Viruses reproduce by injecting bits of their genetic material into a living cell, essentially reprogramming the cell so it reproduces the virus instead of itself. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Morgan had visualized genes as “beads on a string,” but even Morgan had no idea what his description meant in material form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He’d gather five or six pages of good, quirky material and print up fifty copies. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z His arm came out of the hole holding some scrunched-up material. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “All the better for the change. I shall see and hear new things, get new ideas, and even if I haven’t much time there, I shall bring home quantities of material for my rubbish.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The only other book I noted—or reading material of any sort—was a paperback mystery standing upright between two Oriental bookends on top of the piano. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The material is not light; he didn’t think it could withstand being weighted down by a too-slow pace. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The material felt so good against my skin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Also, we worked on reports and materials that seek to deepen the national conversation about the legacy of slavery and lynching and our nation's history of racial injustice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was mostly backless, with excess material that drooped just above my waist. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We’ll just take all your materials and your samples of virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer is easy: he would carefully observe his environment to see what materials he could use to make a simple machine, like a pulley or a lever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was packed with piles of papers, journals, and reference materials, each standing two or three feet high. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Do you think he ever had to go and look for material? The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At first, soldiers were called on to provide the raw material, but such an arrangement was hardly conducive to industrial-scale production. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Everywhere I look, there are little circles of women stitching, making the most precious things they can out of scraps of material. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Black business owners who didn’t take the “right position” had their notes called in, orders dropped, supplies of vital materials delivered late or not at all. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Manet, ever the careful teacher, had taken care to describe the dangers of every material we used. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “At least forty gallons, Master Mandrag, depending on the quality of the material.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Our book is about our quest to live in all fifty states. We have plenty of material to work with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The bedroom curtains were made of raw silk, and she told Aunty Uju, ‘Ahn-ahn, it’s a waste to use this material as a curtain! Let’s sew a dress with it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The extra material bulged over the tightened belt, but at least she wouldn’t trip. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If a huge skull and crossbones were suspended above the insecticide department the customer might at least enter it with the respect normally accorded death-dealing materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Surely there is enough material left for that. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z How was the material packaged and transported from one body to the next? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Therefore the materials in the upper and lower mantle must at least occasionally mix. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I think Dr. Schultz had purposely had them made of some soundproof material. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At one end the loft was blocked off by roofing slates and old nesting materials. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The fact, you might say, is an epistemological shadow originally cast by a material reality: the printed book. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is perfectly material, but what it produces is a number, and a number is neither material nor immaterial. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One day, in talking to Moore about the drama program, I ask if Volpe’s choices of material ever concern him. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Inside, the garage was two walls of floor-to-ceiling tools, oil cans, carpentry and electrician materials. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A typical choice of “associated” material is charcoal from fires. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Satisfied with a job well done, the work crews stacked up their materials, and were hauled up to the ramparts in the large grain baskets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When she worked on the quilt, head bent, awkward fingers guiding the needle carefully through the material, she experienced a strange, tender feeling that was new to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I examine the sleeves again and the material next to the zipper. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Whether patients believed that TB came from sorcery or germs spread by coughing didn’t seem to matter nearly as much as their material circumstances. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And then he set about assembling the materials for a laboratory. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “And I’d like to offer my services to help your community rebuild. I can do the repairs at cost, and only charge for materials and labor.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He started to work, summoning fire to dry out materials and do a little cooking that otherwise would have taken days to complete. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In any case, each of the three superstates is so vast that it can obtain almost all of the materials that it needs within its own boundaries. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “You need to research real people, and people who you can find a sufficient amount of material about.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then he tiptoed carefully around the little inert figure of Miss Trixie, returned to the filing department, picked up the stack of still unfiled material, and threw it into the wastebasket. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are ribbons of electromagnetic material in the lining of the bookcases. The strength of those magnets will be modulated by our maglev computer based on the call number you input.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z There was no substitute for working with three-dimensional materials. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In it were pistols, ammunition, forgery materials, my notebook, and the Führer’s most beloved treasure, the amber swan. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Bones of domestic animals were important raw materials for artifacts of Neolithic peoples before the development of metallurgy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We weren’t equipped for it, we didn’t have the tools or the materials, and we weren’t a building crew, but without a runway, RAF Maidsend was defenseless. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Packaged foods in warehouses are subjected to repeated aerosol treatments with DDT, lindane, and other insecticides, which may penetrate the packaging materials and occur in measurable quantities on the contained foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Bows made of wood and plastic and metal and materials I can't even name. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A treasure trove of materials on cryptography, the library included both rare books and modern photocopies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Your results will be sent along with Lesson 2 and any supplemental materials. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The debate over the commercialization of human biological materials always comes back to one fundamental point: like it or not, we live in a market-driven society, and science is part of that market. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t have enough material to make armbands for all of them,” I say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They stitched uneasily, the needles faring through the dark material with a long gleam Hke falling stars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, even as he had come to accept the existence of genes, Morgan had remained perplexed about their material form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It is the kind of material that grips high school actors and audiences but terrifies school administrations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Clutching books and papers, we slogged from class to class, our arms wrapped around the material. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The article, which also included provocative material, caused a sensation, coloring many of the interview questions that would be fired at Bobby for years after. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "If I need some material fast or an idea fast," Kennedy said, "CIA is the place I have to go." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In what might be termed an experiment in psychological warfare, the attractant is combined with a granular material and distributed by planes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “They considered it hopeless to do anything more because there wasn’t enough material,” Elizebeth said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I had shredded many of them to transport it, but a lot of material remained—enough to reach around Panel A and be in contact with the hull. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He remained in Minneapolis until May 1886, when he left for New York City, planning to take “a part of the material there,” and to leave the rest in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Gran passed a box lined in black velvet material with two shimmering blades to Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They were autonomous units—material units—that carried information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z By using his knife to notch the cross-pieces to take the material, he made sure the cloth tie-downs didn’t slip off. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z They were ultimately released, only to be arrested a third time, charged with sending obscene materials across state lines. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Trees are great and beautiful machines, powered by sunlight, taking in water from the ground and carbon dioxide from the air, converting these materials into food for their use and ours. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our book is about our quest to live in all fifty states. We have plenty of material to work with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I slid then, slow and painful, ripping out my hair so that a clump of me stayed pinned to the tree—nesting material for low-flying buzzards. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “There are many who would be pleased to buy such good material.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z These materials were much more expensive than wood, and cost more to put up, and, thus, were beyond the means of poorer citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The material for a great epic is there, as great as the Iliad, perhaps even greater, but no poet came to work it over as Homer did the early stories which preceded the Iliad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They started in the middle of the city and worked their way outward until they ran out of materials. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Another is pottery, which may have arisen from observations of the behavior of clay, a very widespread natural material, when dried or heated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Ptolemies also promoted immigration from elsewhere in the Greek world, offering direct economic rewards as well as the material comforts of a lavish foundation where no expense was spared. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was a material thing that lived in a particular location, and a particular form, within a cell. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s like looking up and seeing the material of your parachute fray and flutter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Also, there are time constraints, scheduling issues, materials and resources, and perhaps curricular or administrative support. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It says “100% recycled materials” in a circle, around an image of a tree. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Now tell me why we have no papers, no printed materials written by this great artist about his lifework? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “They didn’t say. But they did want to know if he had ever offered me any kind of illicit materials. That’s what they called it.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole of it was eventually picked clean in the way a forest tree gets gleaned by leaf-cutter ants: nuts, bolts, and anything that might serve for roofing material trailed off into the jungle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z New materials_are constantly being contributed as rocks disintegrate, as organic matter decays and as nitrogen and other gases are brought down in rain from the skies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Not if you use tough fibers. If you were not made of resilient material, you would not have come this far. Just remember, you aren’t alone anymore—we’re here to back you up.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It is not a plausible source of raw materials: the freightage from Mars to Earth would be too expensive for many centuries to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Until then, though, Connie would give me insight into Tina’s likes and dislikes so I could shape myself into perfect boyfriend material. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In examining their deeds and their lives, one can see that they received nothing from Fortune except opportunity, which gave them the material they could mould into whatever form they liked. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The type for the next day’s Times—including more Pentagon Papers material on page one—was already set. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It can only make copies of itself inside a cell using the cell’s materials and machinery to get the job done. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The summary should be self-contained, almost as if the material being summarized had never existed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Shawn worked long days cleaning, cutting and welding the raw materials for the granaries, and once construction began he was usually onsite in Malad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then she very neatly folded up the wrapping, though it was just cheap, ordinary material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Although chemical manufacturers are required by law to test their materials for toxicity, they are not required to make the tests that would reliably demonstrate genetic effect, and they do not do so. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But cut open too early or after two days, nothing but colored watery material comes flowing out.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Now as a young adult I’ve realized that love is more important than material things. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Thinking about the source of sound production and materials will lead you to the field of organology, or the classification of musical instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Only now that we are about to destroy more than an acceptable level of genetic material are they deciding to intervene. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Room 145 was like a giant educational glacier, with layer upon layer of accumulated materials. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z With the exception of the story of Prometheus’ punishment, told by Aeschylus in the fifth century, I have taken the material of this chapter chiefly from Hesiod, who lived at least three hundred years earlier. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mud, sticks, leaves, and grass are our construction materials. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddy worked on the brain cure, using materials salvaged from the ruins or brought by city uglies willing to borrow from hospitals and chem classes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The economic changes making material goods cheaper have forced businesses to seek out new opportunities so that they now market to groups they once ignored. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By transmuting common uranium into a fissionable product that could be extracted chemically, Seaborg calculated, they could increase the supply of raw material available for a bomb by a hundredfold. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Instead, the surgeons believed that infections came from foul air, called miasma, which contained poisons given off by rotting plant or animal material. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a scream, like material ripping into two shredded pieces. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But people in laboratories are working on new materials, such as ceramic or carbon compounds, that could withstand such high temperatures without melting. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to feel the thin material and I didn’t really know what else I had to hope for other than that. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “And now for some good old-fashioned activism against Wilfrido Pipo,” Vanessa said, motioning for her team of student leaders to pass out materials. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I finished these before Christmas, so I started a hat of the same materials. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about that. I doubt he has much interest in material things.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When I met Dolores she had all the poses of the Black bourgeoisie without the material basis to support the postures. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Recombination is also a form of “mutation”—except whole chunks of genetic material are swapped between chromosomes.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There may be a vast chapter in the development of art here that is largely lost to us simply because Neolithic artists worked in wood or other impermanent materials. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A committeewoman wore charcoal sweaters and skirts of scratchy material and wrote notes on a bulletin board while talking to other committeewomen on the telephone. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The new leader, Sheikh Mujib Rahman, recently released from prison, asked countries for building materials to replace more than one million houses that had been destroyed in the war. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z From that material, the Los Alamos bomb makers would create the device known as Fat Man, the plutonium bomb dropped over Nagasaki three days after the Hiroshima bombing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He found that he could communicate his material daydreaming—and, properly applied, that is all advertising is. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fixers were designed to replicate under strictly regulated conditions, but the damaged Fixer replicates uncontrollably, at an exponential rate, using whatever materials are at hand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I piled on the material until he said, "That there's the scoop we been trying to find. That's what we want. You better stand back a little, 'cause I'm fixing to start her up." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Cholly, by his habitual drunkenness and orneriness, provided them both with the material they needed to make their lives tolerable. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they hunted for the materials that would bring their sketch to life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As long as they were clean and neat I had not thought the material or the existence of lace mattered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The Nile River valley, with its plentiful stands of papyrus plant, was long the primary source of this material in antiquity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and went over the propositional calculus, trying to visualize the truth tables for conjunction, disjunction, equivalence, and material implication. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The waste of such precious material cut Jethro like a knife. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will be leaving for Tarbean tomorrow to fetch necessary materials for the upcoming term. If it is there I will bring it back. The matter of the boy’s claim can be settled then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pick it apart, leaf by twig, stone by rock, until I have orderly piles of the material. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The material and dress pattern I had bought in Los Angeles for my mother was in good shape. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was a boy, even his mother questioned whether he was priest material. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The completed material was folded four times and glued together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Or as if their heads are sacks, stuffed with some undifferentiated material, like flour or dough. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Another soldier gave me a pair of wooden shoes and a blue-and-gray-striped prisoner uniform made out of a thick canvas material. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z This is definition of an arts-as-curriculum strategy, where the arts teacher teaches their separate material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew: that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Very little effort was made to calibrate the experiments with plausible inorganic Martian surface materials. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hayden, on the other hand, knew that such a hodgepodge of materials would result in an aesthetic abomination. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Since most letters were written on both sides of a single piece of paper, the material on the other side would also be excised. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Warden Cain rounded up fences and portable toilets, all of which he had available at the Angola campus, and sent the materials on trucks to New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “And I hate these shoes! And this miserable dress! I don’t care if it’s Eyllwe silk and I’m supposed to be representing my kingdom—the material’s been itching me ever since I put it on!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z An unusual number of husbands, fathers, and friends had come down to stay over Sunday, and they were being suitably entertained by their families, with the material help of Madame Lebrun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The materials we developed were generating positive feedback, and I became hopeful that we might be able to push back against the suppression of this difficult history of racial injustice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Of course they are. This test material is specially designed—” “It’s just a bunch of dumb, random facts,” Annabeth insisted. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Shadowing her stepfather and his apprentices, she learned how to select high-quality painting materials, create a pleasing composition, and interest potential customers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We know that Sequoyah received paper and other writing materials, the idea of a writing system, the idea of using separate marks, and the forms of several dozen marks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Silently she swore, then glowered at the material. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I'm not a materials engineer; my design for the bedroom isn't elegant. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had formed the volunteers into a living chain which constantly passed the defense materials along. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One year there were not enough men; the next, not enough material. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Flowing black pants made of a thick, warm material. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z All you had to do was hold a hot iron rod to a coil of solder, which was like a soft metal, melt it, and let the silvery material flow into place. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As they waved, Minli saw each of them had missing material in their sleeves. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z This, in turn, caused a spark, which caused some flammable material to burst into flames. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Inference learning occurs conceptually, where the student is able to identify, create, and improvise with musical materials already learned. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She got a square of thick wrinkled duck material with linen tape ties and sprinkled it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor beneath him was made of the same green material. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The spraying can often be done by men on foot, using knapsack sprayers, and having complete control over their material. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We were just another raw material, waiting to be processed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “But you pay for material things,” he explained. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our literature and our history are filled with stories of men and women whose will and inner strength nourished their rise from impoverishment to wealth, whether material, spiritual, or educational. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a tight fitting kurta with his jeans, and every time he swung the gada, she could see his biceps flex through the flimsy material. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z What material would perform best as a tamper? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles’s long-range goal was to write the huge book he had intended from the beginning, including all the material and evidence he had amassed and would continue to amass about evolution by natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The tents were made of camouflage material, which only made them stand out more among the dull red rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Aristotle argued that the actual material provided by females was menstrual blood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z By early 1937, the lab was regularly producing material for “two dozen physicists, half a dozen biologists, and several chemists,” as an early chronicle reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When they first arrived, the officers told us, inmates segregated here received no privileges beyond an hour of daily exercise—no reading or writing materials, no personal property. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Reggie organized it, managed it, and he put out some materials from AT&T about the risks of texting and driving, along with materials he had created himself—T-shirts, bumper stickers, and videos. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Other fairies joined her, using gleaming swords to sever the black material. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Needlelike claws were scraping at the toughened material of her uniform. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She had made a bunch of tapes for the ride and had brought reading material: The Guardian, the last two issues of Parkett. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There were people who felt virtuous about the affair who hadn’t had the material of virtue for a long time. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the lunar material, it is thought, came from the Earth’s crust, not its core, which is why the Moon has so little iron while we have a lot. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z All the heads were wooden, nearly human sized and huge eyed, but the bodies were of a wild variety of materials. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If Bagdikian could get his hands on the Pentagon Papers, would the Washington Post risk printing this same material? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Also, no material object may move faster than light: Thou shalt not travel at or beyond the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The capture of this material,” Groves reported, “would seem to remove definitely any possibility of the Germans making any use of an atomic bomb in this war.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Both because the material itself is stronger—chalk is just dust, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z At the same time other materials are being taken away, borrowed for temporary use by living creatures. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Or do you stay up nights writing your own material?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But those gathered seeds would have constituted the material for the unconscious first steps of plant domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I had to buy materials. And one of the men that works with me had an emergency. I gave him an advance.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You’ve smelled rotten eggs? That’s sulfur dioxide, released from the chemical reaction of rotting organic material. This is going to stink just like that.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The material of the scarf had a bit of all the colors her mom was wearing and a little burst of purple that pulled it all together. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He wore a pin-striped suit, which must have used enough material to make a tent. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Imagine you had a sample of material with a half-life of 30 seconds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They serve as a kind of packing material in which academics, bureaucrats, and corporate mouthpieces clad their subject matter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Narrowing her eyes at me and clicking her tongue, she pinches the material. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z For Portia he bought black woolen material for dresses and white linen for collars and cuffs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “My dear sir,” replied Mr. Collins, “I am particularly obliged to you for this friendly caution, and you may depend upon my not taking so material a step without her ladyship’s concurrence.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He wore gray trousers and a matching jacket-style shirt, tapered at the waist, with short sleeves and a large pointed collar, made of a thin but durable synthetic material. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Archaeologists have traditionally avoided tropical forests, because the climate destroys all wood, cloth, and organic material—except for ceramics and stone, there is little left to dig up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They were already knotted on top, and the material was very thick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The following chart indicates musical developmental ability by age, and will guide you in introducing musical skills and material that children are developmentally ready for. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He really needs to come up with new material. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In every case, the answer was clear: the transforming material was indubitably DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The materials for research were all around me, in the form of books assembled by your grandfather. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z You had to order a dress from Dessie months in advance, and you made twenty visits to her shop before you chose material and pattern. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Good material this time,” I heard him say as we got closer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I saw him again not long afterward and reminded him of my request and he said the material was on its way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler was one of the first people since antiquity to propose that the planets were material objects made of imperfect stuff like the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her weight didn’t make a dent in the material until both feet were planted and firm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With some more abuse of the emergency Hab material, I made straps and tied the cells down. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Of “truths” like geocentrism, the four elements of the material universe, or the body’s four “humors,” one classicist has asked Why prove them? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Each of them, by all accounts, makes only enough of its own materials to get along on, and the rest must come from me. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultimately it is scrapped as obsolete, never having brought any material benefit to anybody, and with further enormous labors another Floating Fortress is built. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the end, it said, she was “vomiting coffee- ground material,” which was probably clotted blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z After all, the necessary materials were literally at their feet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For a little shirt with barely any material? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Of course not. It’s just...I’ve heard talk that you study them. And I go up that way sometimes. To get materials for my puzzlers.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z To this reader, at least, it can hardly be argued that Mendel was unaware of the far-reaching implications of his study: he was trying to unlock the material basis and laws of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I made up a list of materials and took it to Dad, who was in the kitchen again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes these projects acquired construction materials by cannibalizing old monuments, thereby hastening the process of creating ruins. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But suppose I’m not that kind of material?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Polynesian material culture varied from the production of no more than personal utensils to the construction of monumental stone architecture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Knowledge and science must furnish the materials that form the body and substance of any valuable composition. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t think of any other way to demonstrate all three laws with the materials on hand.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I now clung to memories more than goals or material things. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Although these two are the least toxic of the modern insecticides, Dr. Pickett hopes by further research to replace them with safer and more selective materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although the Second World War marked a turning away from inorganic chemicals as pesticides into the wonder world of the carbon molecule, a few of the old materials persist. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Aristotle was wrong in his partitioning of male and female contributions into “material” and “message,” but abstractly, he had captured one of the essential truths about the nature of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Compounding my anxiety was the one deep longing that far outmatched any material wish: I knew I wanted to have children, sooner rather than later. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Schulwerk uses the native language, sounds, timbres, rhythms, melodies, and tonal material surrounding the child, particularly in its folk music repertoire. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Jack tells me, “There could be more material in Dennis’ view, but I am telling him you are doing your best.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was curious to think of carting in food and materials from all over the country. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z After Clayton said good-bye, we fastened on our hats and veils and went out to the hives, bearing armloads of black crepe material cut in giant squares. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In Doon’s box were dozens of small packets wrapped in a slippery material. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I quietly scratched at him through the material. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The material they had isolated would be the most important biological isotope of all, and the key to a wide range of research requiring precise biological tracing and dating. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’s very smart and very willing to help the cause, but not really firebrand material. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is political dynamite, which could provide material for explosive racial theories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z An example of a much more difficult invention is writing, which does not suggest itself by observation of any natural material. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had worked for a full span on the lamp and invested almost all the money I had on the purchase of raw materials. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nobody knows how she managed to get the material from her father’s store. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s said, often enough, that artists can’t live like other people, tied down to demanding families and expensive material possessions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My mind was a blank, and that was unusual because during therapy sessions I always had a great deal of material to bring out and talk about. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, the doofus had been on the receiving end of so many wedgies that he had elastic waistband material fused to the top of his head—pardon the exaggeration. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was also a common practice to disguise wood as another kind of building material. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She searched through piles and wandered through racks, pressing back hanger after hanger, until she found a cocktail dress made of a slinky silvery material that matched her eyes, with little chains for straps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I made my way back to the fume hood and started preparing my materials. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A few men wore robes made of satinlike material; some were red, others a brilliant purple. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A couple of centuries of material progress haven’t been long enough for us to see the final bill for our triumphs. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z We’ve discussed many ways of teaching in this book, and this section concerns teaching multicultural material and teaching to culturally diverse learners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Congress had recently passed a law that prohibited mailing obscene material. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “And you, being the Coalwood superintendent’s son, can probably get all the materials you need.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were “material,” no different from firewood, although somewhat more difficult to dispose of. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Every year Earth’s rivers carried massive volumes of eroded material–500 million tons of calcium, for instance–to the seas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We cast aside a great deal of material, some of it by writers of reputation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A group of guys started an "astral projection" circle, where they would sit around a card table and concentrate on breaking down all their molecules into subatomic material and drifting through the fences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It helped to be a wee disreputable when you were a young surgeon, especially when it came to materials for post-mortem dissection. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In such a humid climate it would take days for such a thick material to dry. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look at me, Mother. I’m five-nine and still growing. I’m not prima ballerina material.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Thankfully, Baba provided reams of dark- and light-blue material. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, artists do not work with ready-made parts but with materials that have little or no shape of their own. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that he had used inferior materials, siphoning the remaining cash into his personal bank account. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We must pool all of our resources, material and mental, to gain the respect that will enable all of us to walk the streets with the dignity of American citizens.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the next minute he would be warning my mother not to “waste money on school materials, because an education was a worthless thing to have as a black man.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Go back upstairs and get Dr. Sokel and tell him to bring some tweezers, disinfectant, and suture material. Move it!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The musical forms, phrases, harmonies and the poetic structure reveal a great deal of material apart from the content of the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Archaeologists date food production by radiocarbon dating of carbon-containing materials at the site. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To chair the panel devoted to the crucial issues of international inspection and control of nuclear materials, he named Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We did very little interviewing now, he was so busy on telephones elsewhere; but it did not matfer too much because by now I had the bulk of the needed life story material in hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Haydn's aim was the manufacturing of beauty and elegance in the material world; he was conscious that what he was doing was artifice, not a divine intervention. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “They don’t require much manpower, but we grow and raise things in large quantities there—animals, raw material for fabric, wheat, and so on.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure what to do about it, but I’m pretty sure it’s weird to say everybody gets money except the people providing the raw material.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z By carbon-dating some of Shady’s material, they helped establish that the Peruvians had uncovered the oldest known city in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Outside peoples already concede our material greatness and that we are well nigh supreme in manufactures and commerce,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They did not know the way to choose the right materials. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They tore at the material with beak and claw until it gave way. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He could not risk sending disinformation to Moscow—he wanted this second source as a backup to Fuchs’s material. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In Descartes’ system there is only one type of matter which, by its interactions and conglomerations, produces the vast diversity of materials that we experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Such crowds are only our raw materials, one of the raw materials to be shaped to our program." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The auditions move quickly, except when Volpe slows the pace with observations about the material. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Despite the absence of sudden and dramatic symptoms, one who handles such materials is unquestionably storing up toxic materials in his body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Out of the floating material that was left over, two microscopic grains floated close enough together to be joined by electrostatic forces. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This was teetering dangerously on the verge of gossip material, and the best kind of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Summary: Children’s creativity is at the heart of this book, and is one of the most important factors to consider when creating pedagogical material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “This is a neoprene material, like what wet suits are made of. The sleeve will create a vacuum between you and your prosthetic leg that will hold it firmly in place.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The chief part of it is a technical treatise on how to write poetry, but it also contains some prehistoric mythological material which is not in the Elder Edda. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z More dead jungle ruins flashed past, an astonishing amount of wealth and materials left to rot and fall back to the green tangle of the trees and swamps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She put on an iridescent dress with nubbly flecks in the material, which somehow matched her silvery heels. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A never-ending line of carts brought the raw material in—thousands of skins, goat, calf, lizard and snake skins—and took them away again tanned, dyed and finished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Minho was holding out a couple of pairs of tightly cut underwear, made from a shiny white material. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They looked the other way when he set aside scraps of materials. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Whatever Palmer learned, he fed back to the show’s producers and writers, so they could fine-tune the material accordingly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality, I am an ageless geek, with years of personal experience, a fiercely aggressive intelligence coupled with geek wit, and the education of the best online material in the world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “This program helps us to interpret the data in an understandable way. What you see here is a simplified depiction of a particular DNA sequence in Tris’s genetic material,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Secondly, there is no longer, in a material sense, anything to fight about. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I didn't have the patience to slow down and see that I had plenty of material to write about in high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But the hole wasn’t completely clear, some green material was spread across the opening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton came, on his father’s side, from a farming family that had just started to do well for themselves in a material way, but lacked any pretensions to intellectual achievement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Only the bedding and the towels were of a natural material. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not have many of the materials that the books discussed, but I learned through trial and error. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On their picnic table, he’d already laid out all our materials and drawn up detailed, realistic diagrams for Twig’s top two designs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The rest of the materials Tess already had at her house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The loss of my job did not evoke in me any hostility toward the system of rules that had barred my first grasp at the material foundations of American life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If the material weren’t so strange, no doubt it would have been easily mastered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Let’s take a simple playground rhyme as our material to teach West African musical and cultural values. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Are you trying to make fun of me, healer? What d’you think I am? Huh, writing materials! The idea of it!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Get yourself a proper chain, will you? Mrs. Patterson’s broke ages ago, and it was made of a stronger material than dental floss.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s even part of the supermarket building, because the wallboard, the flooring, and many other building materials are made with corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In 1943, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal of the Army Chemical Corps, located near Denver, began to manufacture war materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And as Howard Jones once wrote, “Hopkins, with its large indigent black population, had no dearth of clinical material.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There would be a large basement with hidden chambers and a subbasement for the permanent storage of sensitive material. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When Mr. Ferro called to let me know of the new materials, he asked for no trade, volunteering to do whatever I asked of him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was far too much material to take out unnoticed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Very valuable,” Kurchatov said of the material provided by the KGB. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z News was the intellectual raw material of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the film cameras chopped short and the theaters turned dark, and the print presses trickled down from a great Niagara of reading matter to a mere innocuous dripping of ‘pure’ material. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She had on a soft, rose-colored shirt, and a clean diaper made from the same material as Gregor’s bath towel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Fissionable material could be stolen from nuclear reactors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The pollution of water supplies with radioactive materials poses another problem. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He went out of the microscope room, closing the door behind him, and hurried down a hallway to the laboratory where he had worked with the material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m dressed in sweats with the extra material of the right leg pinned up, and I’ve just demonstrated “fall safety” to a physical therapist I haven’t worked with before, when my mother appears. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I wasn’t making a lot of money, but I realized that my ability to handle any written material gave me a versatility that many of my friends looking for jobs did not have. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Children can explore the timbre, production, and material of the instruments to come up with their own ways of categorizing them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The mask lay on a small huddle of silent white bones and material. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Mams had asked her to perform a chemical experiment that had to do with the decomposition of organic materials. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She had pried a large disk of sticky material out of the bottom of one of the pans and taken a bite out of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A patchy spot of blood had already seeped through the white material. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hence the age of material from an archaeological site can be calculated from the material’s carbon 14/carbon 12 ratio. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Since DDT was released for civilian use, a process of escalation has been going on in which ever more toxic materials must be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I never did stop in on the college counselor to tell her she’d been wrong—that I was Princeton material after all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Very good. Miss New Mexico, what salvaged materials do we have from the plane?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She was tasked with running assembly instead of Headmaster Clarkson, who was busy in his office with the materials Elle and I had sent. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The factory farms take the raw material, corn, and turn it into another product—meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In her eyes was a gleam of material interest I hadn't noticed before. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was wearing a traveling outfit—a long brown skirt with a kind of short cloak of the same material as her skirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the three girls and Marshall squeezed through the fence to Egypt, where Ken and Toby were already waiting, a great deal of the necessary background material was already beginning to take shape. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the limited variety of wild starting material suitable for plant domestication, even Africa’s earliest agriculture may have begun several thousand years later than that of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The Chancellor couldn’t think of anything specific for me to do,” she chirps in a high squeaky voice, “so I will be looking for raw material for nanotech. Do you know anything about carbon nanotubes?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were made of a shining material molded into fantastic shapes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Wormtail raised his new silver hand, pulled out the wad of material gagging Harry, and then, with one swipe, cut through the bonds tying Harry to the gravestone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was very easy for the pure, fine material to come together, but extremely difficult for the heavy, turbid material to solidify. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were maybe three students, out of thirty, who eagerly devoured the materials I brought in, and they were the reason I was able to come back every day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He went over to his racks of materials, selected a steel tube, and cut off fourteen inches of it with a hacksaw. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their smoky glow flickered redly over the scraps and tatters of building material, as if they were the last remaining flames of a great conflagration, staying alive out of pure malice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They require fundamentally different talents and attitudes toward material as well as subject matter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It may seem odd that I was constantly buying materials for my artificing over the river, but the truth was merchants near the University frequently took advantage of the students’ laziness and raised their prices. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The genetic code had to be written into the material of DNA—just as intimately as scratches are etched into pith. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A breeze lifts the light material, and I glimpse three babies sleeping side by side on a bamboo cot. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He spent much of his time traveling and gathering material for his books, but always returned to the comfortable old stone house for the actual writing. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With any luck, the territory would contain flint, jasper, or chalcedony, the raw material for spear points, meat scrapers, and other hunting tools. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I could always drive up and deliver the material in person, but Dennis doesn’t want it that way. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know exactly, but my guess is at least a thousand dollars—between the materials and the labor. Maybe more.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Another said it looked as though it came from the set of RoboCop, and another said that it looked as if it had been made entirely from recycled materials. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z No matter how ardently the giraffe’s ancestor stretched its neck, it could not convey that information into its genetic material. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He liked the classical genetic assumption that male and female cells contribute equal amounts of genetic material, even though the resulting analysis was perversely complex. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z All my materials were spread out on the floor, and I was busy calculating the proper dimensions for my gameboard. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z In contrast, Bill’s reasoning started from the seemingly arbitrary hypothesis that only a fraction of the male chromosomal material enters the female cell. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now, more than ever, material things held little or no significance. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps I will tell her in a future day, but presently this is dangerous knowledge, capital material, which can only serve to place her within the reach of hazard, even more than she is now. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fascinating to think about all the things you could learn there: Galileo’s acceleration experiment, the dissection of rabbits, and making materials change state in a test tube. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to insert new material as it popped into her head. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They covered the cesspool with dirt and removed old pinup calendars from the walls, averting their eyes as they threw the offending material in the trash. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And developers of the products that rely on human biological materials would be out billions of dollars. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a note on the window for me to fill the cars with the material piled in the hall and to proceed to Pordenone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z These new technologies could change the materials and means that shape the human environment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was okay when you were a little girl, but as you grew up, you were supposed to wear dresses and make yourself into marriage material. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I would say more about the houses themselves, but I lack the vocabulary for all the forms of wall finishings, flooring materials, light fixtures, fireplace equipment, porches, and statuary we encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I can already hear her whispering at the League meetings, I knew there was something not right about that Skeeter Phelan, hunting for those Negro materials... The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mrs. Johnson has been draping the rest of the material in the trunks across the table and chairs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Tell about your material. What do you use?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I use the fine material of my skirt to scrub my face of the snot and tears, the chains around my wrists digging into the soft skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “All of his other material possessions are to be auctioned off. If you were no longer friends, why are you the only person he left anything to?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Quarter will provide me with some material: a crusade for taste and decency, for theology and geometry, perhaps. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A new impetus for the project had emerged: fears of a shortage of uranium ore, the raw material for the production of plutonium bomb cores. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Although Geoffrey, Gilbert, and I grew up in this small place in Africa, we did many of the same things children do all over the world, only with slightly different materials. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z A warrior’s mother collects this material, makes the rope, and ties the arrows in a bundle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled out the materials we put together yesterday. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They did not want to run out of reading material before school started back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Two reasons were given, the first was that a “most material witness,” Hickock’s father, was at present too ill to testify. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His shirt is made of the same yellow material as my dress, but Portia's put him in long black pants. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In 2015, the agency declassified over fifty thousand pages of Friedman materials, including some of the items taken from the Friedmans’ library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What Uncle Chester had lacked in niceties—Aunt Ivy would be horrified to find not one doily in the entire room—he’d made up for in reading materials. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But, slowly, as the testimony resumed its snail’s pace, the games and reading material reemerged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The material is right in his sweet spot: a drama about human interaction, conflict, and betrayal. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It is the raw material out of which the industrial food chain makes beef or chicken or high-fructose corn syrup or maltodextrin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Morgan and Sturtevant extended that anatomical strand in the 1920s, demonstrating that genes were material units, spread linearly along chromosomes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They could not fathom its material form, its physical or chemical structure, its location within the body or inside the cell, or even its mechanism of action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They were made of some mysterious metal with no shine to it, some material developed especially for the Assassins. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His trousers sported multiple patches of various colors and materials, and his purple velveteen jacket had buttons made from—were those spools of thread? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The man’s hand comes up and grips Mark’s arm just as the material starts to rip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I know that doing his schoolwork is morally wrong, so I try to explain basic concepts before I hand over the material. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Second, the price of steel and other materials had been on the rise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z David sits in a wheelchair, his legs covered in a stiff material—to keep the bones in place so they can heal, I assume. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z General Electric alone had fifteen carloads of exhibit materials stored on the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gene patents are the point of greatest concern in the debate over ownership of human biological materials, and how that ownership might interfere with science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Tats says I wear too many layers, so I choose my thinnest shirt made out of T-shirt material. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Antain loved woodworking—the stability of the material, the delicate beauty of the grain, the comforting smell of sawdust and oil. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Soon the scholars were standing up from their tables and leaving their materials behind to go outside and gather in the entrance court. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From an engineering standpoint, clay should never be selected as the bearing material for a big earthen monument. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If you know how long it takes for potassium-40 to become argon-40, and you measure the amounts of each in a sample, you can work out how old a material is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “He said it wasn’t right for him to read this sort of material if I gave it to him.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The onions had protected them, like Styrofoam packing material. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Rather than normal meal kits, most of the food was cubed protein bar material, which would still be edible even if Iris failed to deploy its tumble balloons and impacted at incredible speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole asked, looking up toward tree line at the stack of building materials. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He had all the crucial material for his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Everybody on your team needs to know the material, inside and out.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A population of 4,000 was able to survive for 10,000 years, but with significant cultural losses and significant failures to invent, leaving it with a uniquely simplified material culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In particular, they can raise a child’s awareness of different moods and aesthetics, allowing them new modes through which to experiment with self-expression and also new material with which to enhance stories and narratives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Such reuse of old materials is not unknown, though nobody has ever seen it with a gourd three thousand years old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At last I unwound part of my sari, meaning to tear it, but the material would not tear: where my hands were it gave, limp and perished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but I want to set up a display of Klan material in a classroom,” he told her, coming up with the idea on the spot. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Assessment: How will I know my students learned the material? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I’m not stupid, I know the material,” Hudson says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In turn, we also saw that this extreme paucity of domestic animals in the New World reflects the paucity of wild starting material. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In this section are several addenda to earlier material in this chapter. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Reilly, I don’t want to pressure you,” Mr. Gonzalez said cautiously, “but I do notice that you have quite a pile of material on your desk that hasn’t been filed yet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Libra would be created by hauling material from the earth and the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were woven from plant material, like a Native American hut, but they looked pretty waterproof. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z For instance, there is much archaeological evidence for exchanges of people and material objects between Japan and Korea in the period A.D. 300-700. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All that day the rope gangs were kept busy sending down wood, spikes, cordage, tools and repair materials. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The main problem, Ernest concluded, was the difficulty of tracking fissionable material in the Soviet Union to ensure that it was not finding its way into weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I thought I could peg him easily; were I an actor, I would have all the material I required for my beginning method. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Could my fondness for materials have something to do with the fact that I am made chiefly of them? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She gathers materials for review and helps process the numerous checks and balances that monitor their research activities. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Yet new and more deadly chemicals are added to the list each year and new uses are devised so that contact with these materials has become practically worldwide. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Whether Thales’ conclusion was correct is not as important as his approach: The world was not made by the gods, but instead was the work of material forces interacting in Nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it might be the way you proved your knowledge of the material and moved to a more advanced class,” I said innocently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Remember what I told you: the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he mixed the dead material from the virulent strain with live bacteria of the nonvirulent strain, the mice died rapidly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Given the odds, “my staff refused to do anything more with it. They said it isn’t worth working on; there isn’t enough material. We can’t do anything with it.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She showed him some of her calculations—how the handcuffs could resist tearing under incredible stress, depending on the material used in the braid. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You were saying you respected your material and that you were an actor.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to spend all my time chasing down to the dump after advertising material.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Slow as their material and technological advance had been, little as they valued “progress” in itself, they had finally, in the last five or ten or fifteen centuries, got a little ahead of Nature. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A nurse offers to fold up the sari but, exasperated by the six slippery yards, ends up stuffing the material into Ashima’s slate blue suitcase. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “These other materials are very scarce, found only on the bottom of the ocean.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Everyone came to the Clinic, with the result that Luce had at his disposal a body of research material—of living, breathing specimens—no scientist had ever had before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His answer: assemble machines much smaller than living cells, materials stronger and lighter than any available today. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I place everything in a folder on my thumb drive with all my other application materials for early acceptance. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Ma tries to block my view with her body, but not before I figure out that the clump of paper isn’t just packing material—it’s a nest! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “No, indeed. I have a good comfortable dressing gown of Jaeger material.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z On this basis of material stability Orgoreyn had gradually built up a unified and increasingly efficient centralized state. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In math class, I went to the teacher and told him I would need help if I wanted to learn the week of new material I’d missed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have a lot of exciting material to cover today.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was one couch, and one fat chair covered in fuzzy striped material, and one big table, only Mrs. Murdo’s table wasn’t wobbly like theirs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "Meanwhile, you think about what you'll say. Did you look over the material?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was such a beautiful piece of material, I couldn’t believe he was doing that. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The creative process consists of a long series of leaps of the imagination and the artist’s attempts to give them form by shaping the material accordingly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Another reason is that children’s songs are uniquely structured to make them easy to memorize while containing basic musical and cultural material; language and codes that we come to recognize in all of our songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It seems not very material whether evergreen trees are transplanted in April, May, or June...’” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The materials for this story are taken from two poets, the Greek Aeschylus and the Roman Ovid, separated from each other by four hundred and fifty years and still more by their gifts and temperaments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched him scribble notes into his lab book and organize the materials, and within five minutes, we had a hot magnet, a cold magnet, and a magnet at room temperature. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “One package, many thoughts. If you have mastered the material, then the proper phrase will conjure it—like the magic words that coax a genie from a bottle. Do you see?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His Algerians, scores of them along with all their animals and material possessions, were already at sea, sailing for America and the fair—one year early. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z |
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