| 单词 | assigned |
| 例句 | First Sergeant Maples explained to the court that since 1946 he had been assigned to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he specialized in the training of combat troops. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 The astronauts’ offices were being moved into a brand-new building and I was assigned my own small office, with a big gray metal desk, several large bookcases, and a small blackboard on one wall. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fie was assigned quarters on my old floor, but he has so many mental relapses, he still basically lives in the hospital. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It must have been about the fall of 1951 when you were assigned to the 761st Engineer Light Equipment Company at Fort Lewis, Washington. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A rider could be no more than 5 pounds over the assigned weight or he would be taken off the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chubs patted my head fondly and continued up the dirt trail, back to our assigned cabin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z One day, though, when I was assigned seating duty, I saw Grandma head out of the service line with his tray and aim straight for the regular tables. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a lesser job, night-crew nurturing, assigned to those who lacked the interest or skills or insight for the more vital jobs of the daytime hours. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The commander had decided to take offense at the fact that the first female officer in Recon’s history had been assigned to his squad. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z L-and-P gallery, on the top floor, had been assigned to a brand-new officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were confident, and on their way to the assigned field they made fun of the competition—decked out with matching gear bags and all those silly-looking parents perched on the sidelines. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They fill out some forms at the Justice Building and are assigned a house. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Elisabet worries genuinely, in spite of our reassurances, that she and Anatole might have been assigned new first names, since theirs are European and “colonialist.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She assigned her class fun science, art, and history projects, and she wasn’t a yeller like the other sixth-grade teachers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He was assigned the duty of handling horses for walk-up starts in relay races and matches. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I could go on for days and days about everything I saw in his palace, but the meanest rooms there, which were assigned to the scrubdragons, were worthy of human emperors. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The squad we were assigned to came in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The most extreme example of this at Sing Sing was Wickersham, who seemed to be on duty every time I was assigned to A-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Interceptor planes were kept on alert, and 10,000 policemen were assigned to guard against any acts of violence or sabotage by enemy agents. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Helen Luther once watched a rider step on a scale, only to see that he was over his horse’s assigned impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “If only Leper had enlisted in the Army Air Force and been assigned to Parachute Riggers’ school...” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I made sure to stay well clear of Moonface after that, but somehow I always managed to be assigned to work duty near him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Each group was assigned a place in the world and then had to give a presentation like we were tour guides. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then as now, all racehorses were assigned a weight, called an impost, to carry in each race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He never sang them, just wrote them down diligently as if he had been assigned to or something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “You have until then to sleep. Turn left at the intersection in front of you and proceed to your assigned hab-unit, number 42G.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That day and for several thereafter, the kapo got Jack assigned to a coveted indoor job in the camp machine shop so he would not have to march outside or do heavy labor. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z When scythes’ numbers become lopsided, they are disciplined by the High Blade, and are assigned their gleanings for the next year rather than being allowed to choose for themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We’re quiet for a moment as a car pulls into the building driveway and parks in an assigned spot. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In November, not long after Park was assigned to the textile factory, four Bowiwon guards paid a surprise visit to the prisoners’ nightly meeting of self-criticism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z All day, the two siblings had wandered around the house, doing the assigned chores and scarcely speaking to each other. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I was assigned here, to the country’s top university, at twelve, four years ahead of schedule. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I know this isn’t what you had in mind when you assigned me this extra credit project. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She did a nice job, because I was assigned the handsomest boy in the neighborhood. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I assigned one of our new attorneys, Bernard Harcourt, to replace Michael on Walter's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And the next thing Finn knew, he was waking up in the bedroom Ms. Morales had assigned him, rather than the office, where he’d fallen asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you have a spouse? Could you apply for a child, and then—I suppose this would be against the rules, but—could you choose the one that would be assigned to you?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had recently been assigned to Michigan as a state epidemiologist, and suddenly he had been called to Africa. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were assigned to one of the huts, and we stood staring at each other in the heat as the sun poured down on our shelter. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z And to prove to Yossarian that they bore him no animosity, they even assigned him to fly lead bombardier with McWatt in the first formation when they went back to Bologna the next day. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After a man on my work detail was killed for moving too slowly, Uncle Moshe traded his daily rations to a kapo to get me assigned to a new job outside the camp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t figured out the assigned problems to my satisfaction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe other kids at other schools are luckier than I am and actually got assigned math problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z First, they concealed the horse’s superb form from track racing secretaries, who assigned imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, I found myself on the wrong side once again, assigned to a group of children and older workers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But the worst job, and the one I was usually assigned because I was new, was overseeing the steam table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The work assigned women could he just as difficult as that assigned men. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to the Apollo 11 crew, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The party leader demanded that writers be assigned the task of producing pamphlets for the use of trade unions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday, after Ms. Fender had announced the section leaders, she’d assigned the rest of us our chairs based on how good she thought we were as musicians. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Keesing had a good laugh at my arguments, but when I proceeded to talk my way through the next class, he assigned me a second essay. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I started out trying to read this novel I’d been assigned, but we lived in a tragically thin-walled home, so I could hear much of the whispered conversation that ensued. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z After the execution, it may have been the reason his secondary school teacher made sure he had food, put a stop to the hazing, and assigned him to an easy job on the pig farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I watched him unravel a misunderstanding between cabin mates, take suggestions for dinner, and give his opinion on whether the security team needed more kids assigned to it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Officers who weren’t assigned to galleries had time at the end of the shift to laze around and chat a bit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their uniforms were bright yellow and Ben hunted for Number 5, the boy Coach Spinks had assigned to him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Samantha—Sam—and I were both assigned to Cabin 27, along with the rest of the girls from our bus that were classified as Green. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We were assigned too many pages to read in one night and too many tests in one week. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Far down the course, his assigned lane was going to carry the Husky Clipper under the railroad bridge right at the point where water swirled around behind an abutment and flowed back upriver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A date was set for the island’s disciplinary court, and a magistrate from Cape Town was assigned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, every researcher claimed or was assigned an element from the periodic table as an experimental target, with the most senior staffers getting the most promising substances. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Each of the six remaining teams was assigned its own desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “There’s no tracking label on the inside. You’re assigned a unique tracking number when you register a book with Book Scavenger,” she explained to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally, “Think you’re too good to do the assigned reading, Mr. Vega? Did you have something better to do?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Fiona grins and gives me a wink as she moves to her assigned seat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Afterward, I was dusted with DDT and given clean clothes and assigned to a sunny yellow cell to relax until the lice died. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z My cell has assigned me, along with Sonia, also a university student, to this apartment above a little comer store. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunks were assigned based on alphabetical order, which put Sam directly above me—a small mercy, seeing as the rest of the girls were nothing like her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Even though in ELA, for our personal memoir project, Mr. Finkelman assigned Dante as my critique partner, which meant he had to read my first two paragraphs. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Long ago someone broke off the inches nineteen through thirty-six and assigned these to Methuselah for the conduct of his affairs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Al Shepard, the chief of the astronaut office, assigned each one of us a specific area of responsibility, in which we were to train ourselves to become experts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Leslie took this opportunity to tell me that he had been assigned to me and a few other boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “There were two other girls assigned to this room but they both requested transfers.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Among them were the thirteen Navajo code talkers whod been assigned to the First Division and saw combat on the Gilberts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal and Aron were assigned to the seventh grade because of their age, and they learned every shadow of its picture—Laocoon completely wrapped in snakes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we were assigned to groups for the day's labor. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There a United Nations relief organization assigned us to a displaced persons camp in Wetzlar, Germany, in the American occupation zone. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I was assigned to run errands and wash eyeglasses after they had come from the rouge-smeared machines. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When I arrived in her class she assigned me my seat and said that she was going to give me a fair chance to show just how good I could be. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning, Jack rose at five A.M. and reported for work, never knowing where he would be assigned that day. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The coach walked us to the locker room, assigned us a locker for our gym clothes, and showed us the shower room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z To make it easier for the handlers of top horses to plan for their race, Santa Anita officials had assigned the weights two months before, on December 15. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each file had a number assigned to it and seemed to have been saved in random order. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Riddle had been harboring a grudge against Pimlico since 1926, when the track’s racing secretary had assigned his colt Crusader 126 pounds in a major race—Crusader lost to a horse carrying 93 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The New York trip had told him that he had a very good horse in his barn, and until the weights were assigned for the hundred-grander, he intended to keep him hidden. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia had given him her camera and assigned him to be expedition photographer, but he forgot to take pictures. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then she completed whatever housekeeping chores Cousin Eunice had assigned before she went to fetch her family, played briefly with them, prepared dinner and made Cousin Eunice’s cup of tea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a big part of the class grade, and Tommie had been worrying about it since the day their teacher assigned it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Inside these folders, you’ll find your buddies’ schedules, as well as a paragraph with a little bit about the person assigned to you. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We got six new brothers in the platoon and two were assigned to our squad. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been assigned to work at the Goupil branch in Brussels, Belgium. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was assigned a late shift at that time and never finished working until mid-evening. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was from a men’s regiment of fighter planes who’d been assigned to protect the Pe-2 bombers on their next mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He claims that the abbot assigned him his role because of his zeal for eradicating sinful thoughts from children’s heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Which was, of course, nearly impossible once they were assigned the same tasks in the afternoon, day after day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He thought that when it came time to be assigned his true name, Messenger would be the choice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Kelley was assigned to a helicopter piloted by Major Jones, a tough, seasoned pilot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Jack had been assigned to assist a Catholic electrician who was rewiring the home of a Nazi official. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z An outrider, a mounted attendant assigned to catch loose horses and assist injured ones, galloped up and grabbed Seabiscuit’s bridle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The new project Mrs. Newman assigned is not as interesting as I’d hoped. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We stood in the dark and cold for hours; we were counted, counted again, randomly abused—verbally, physically, or both—threatened, counted again, and finally assigned to work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In December 1942, the women of the 587th finally completed their grueling training course and were assigned to fight on the Don Front, one of the areas of battle aggressively defending Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The department’s “location pay,” meant to help compensate officers assigned to Sing Sing, is considered a joke—about fifteen dollars a week. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a half hour of mandatory singing, they marched off to their assigned farms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Besides the four names assigned to him, he has two more strips. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Once, last year, the language arts teacher assigned him a poem about this rough-and-tumble guy who couldn’t let people see the bluebird that lived in his heart. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was Rutherford who had assigned Cockcroft the task of splitting the atom and personally paired him with Walton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Into the doors and into the soft lights I go, silently, past the rows of puritanical benches straight and torturous, finding that to which I am assigned and bending my body to its agony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said to pay close attention to the news because he got a call today saying Melba’s been assigned to go to Central High with the white people.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For every letter in the English alphabet, a Navajo word was assigned. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been assigned just 109 pounds, and his jockey, Wayne Wright, had reduced himself half to death to make weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Haukelid, Kjelstrup, and the rest of the covering party went in first, taking assigned positions around the outside of the plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott was the new local agent for the Utah State Bureau of Investigation, assigned to the northernmost counties. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He assigned some of the blame for the incomplete landscape to himself, for failing to install a trustworthy overseer in Chicago after the death of Harry Codman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Whether you're chosen to be here or are assigned to one of the teahouses, I can bring you home at any time," Du Barry says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then he assigned his wife her part: next day she brought his bow and iron axeheads out to make a contest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Having been lucky enough to be assigned some of the best code breakers in America, he was not about to let them slip through his fingers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Most voices can be assigned one of these four ranges, and this gives the composer four vocal lines to work with, which is usually enough. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The women from Moscow who joined Marina’s group were all sent to an assembly point where they were fed and assigned to barracks in the old Petrovsky Palace. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Oshiro was assigned responsibility for the radio and told he could hand it off to one of the Vietnamese they were training, as long as he kept an eye on it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At the end of basic training, he was assigned his specialty: “Indirect fire crewman.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The instructor assigned others to lead them outside, where they could recover. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For they knew well that royal commissions were assigned at seemingly random intervals. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Only fifteen hundred field federal agents were assigned the enormous task of enforcing Prohibition. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She had married the journalist Roberto Suirez, who was assigned to the National Palace and, though critical of the regime, wrote the flowery feature articles required of him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She sat down in her normal assigned seat, which, unfortunately, was right across from Max. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z While I was in the midst of having another abnormal attack of fatigue, the United States Olympic Committee assigned us an official team psychologist, Jamie Harshaw. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Three thirty-nine, that was the number of the homeroom on my card; I was assigned to the third floor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For a reason I could not understand, I was assigned to the fifth grade. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But all of us in this room have had many murder cases assigned to us in the last several months. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1819, the Admiralty assigned Franklin to lead an expedition into the wilderness of northwestern Canada. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient pharaohs assigned surveyors to assess the damage and reset the boundary markers, and thus geometry was born. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As Smith had foreseen, since his stellar performance in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap Seabiscuit had been assigned the highest weight in virtually every race, at times carrying over twenty pounds more than his rivals. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z More startling than the label is the fact that she assigned it to him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He assigned a three-hundred-word essay every Friday afternoon without fail and issued a list of twenty vocabulary words on which they would be tested the following Tuesday. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We freshers now constituted the official House Committee and we assigned the seniors the most unpleasant chores, which was a humiliation for them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Confederates attempted to take control of Kentucky, a border state between North and South, Garfield was assigned to help push them out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Actually, he didn’t come because of you. But since they assigned him to cover the parricide trial, they asked him to send a dispatch about your case at the same time.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I decided to talk to youth groups, churches, and community organizations about the challenges posed by the presumption of guilt assigned to the poor and people of color. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Principal Peattie does not give a student who lacks the discipline to go to assigned classes the privilege of attending advanced classes.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Last night, she assigned me a task—come up with at least 20 possibilities. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As Boggs tells Finnick and me to report to the area that matches our assigned quarters — in my case E for Compartment E—Plutarch strolls up. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I had just been assigned by the relief system to sweep the streets for thirteen dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is undeniably Fall when I find myself being assigned, day after day, to Holly’s team. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa built a two-story playhouse in the backyard, where I played house and Luke took the roles I bossily assigned to him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Our attorney leaned over to whisper that the Griswalds would be assigned a public defender. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In Lake Charles, Louisiana, the public defender office has only two investigators for the 2,500 new felony cases and 4,000 new misdemeanor cases assigned to the office each year. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s a known fact that behind a book is always a good place for hiding and people-watching, so I pulled out my copy of The Outsiders, the book assigned to us in English class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Initially she assigned the devastation of Tennessee—the blaze and the disease—to justice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And then he assigned us fifty pages of reading for the next day—from a book called Religious Studies. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The hoot-owl miners were the safety and rock-dust crew, assigned the task to spray heavy rock powder into the air to hold down the explosive coal dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So I requested that I be assigned kitchen detail for the duration of my stay. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then in health class last semester, the teacher assigned us to be partners for a project on “Aging in America.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Looks like I found the answer to what happened to the girls assigned to the fine ladies of Baltimore. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I was assigned to a supply company while I waited for new orders. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Woodward was assigned to the Army Medical Museum, where he worked until his death, publishing many reports about medicine. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson, due to her husband’s involvement in the case, could not write the Sun Press’s story on the decision, so Sam Levi had been assigned the story instead. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In fact, only by standing on a wooden box could I reach the controls of the machine I was assigned to operate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Moniek was assigned to help repair the kennels while the dogs so feared by the prisoners were out on patrol. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z His future closed about him as he went Fifteen days to Dover was the time assigned to any felon who had taken sanctuary. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But Quirin and Heinck were assigned to the crew's quarters, where they had to wait until a bed was available before they could lie down to sleep. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Some of the men who had begun to watch out for me told me where the Schindler Jews had been assigned. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’m the Senior Wilderness Ranger assigned to you guys today,” says a lady in safari gear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Cole found himself assigned to a different room than before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z For their preliminary, the boys from Washington were assigned to race against France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and the crew they were most concerned about, Great Britain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Who were the ones talking about it—the former PSFs assigned there? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Okay. And we can be high priestesses of Isis who; are assigned to protect him.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, you must be responsible for the worst actions of other black bodies, which, somehow, will always be assigned to you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z You get to continue on to high school, and then you're assigned to a college. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She assigned me to the center gate and Q-south, the gallery next to her office and told me, “I don’t want to see nobody out where they ain’t supposed to be.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody ever asked to join her program—students were assigned to it after they’d missed so much school they were in danger of flunking out, dropping out, or getting kicked off the roster. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The curious zigs and zags of the proposed division gave Permian a clear edge over Odessa High in the number of blacks assigned to go there based on where they lived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If I came back a little later, Aunt Xi-wen and the others would be at work sweeping their assigned parts of the alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Soviet players were traditionally serviced by a team of seconds, each performing an assigned task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The value of some resources, however, is assigned by the most powerful people in a society. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Although I was assigned to a landing party, I was up there on the bridge checking signals with the other members of our code team whod be staying on board to send and receive messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well . . . that's fine, I guess," Mike said, "but you need to do your assigned work first. I asked for those satellite adjustments two weeks ago and you still haven't done them." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The family was assigned to an International Rescue Committee caseworker who would help them resettle in the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t catch the woman’s name; I just understood that she was the nurse assigned by the home. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall explained why, when the class gave a particularly loud groan at the amount of Transfiguration homework she had assigned. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Torrance hosted yet another discussion in her English class, instead of working on an essay she had assigned for the following week. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The numbers for these future aviation regiments had already been assigned. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I assumed Johanna was fine, had passed her exam, but simply wasn’t assigned to a sharpshooters’ unit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The examiner checked her identification and assigned her computer No. 12. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was deeply antagonized by these men, but he knew they were simply carrying out a job assigned to them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t recall when I was assigned this task, but I do remember the captain explaining it to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There aren’t assigned seats, so I usually just try to find a seat in the back where no one will bother me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Bridge and Sherm made sure they weren’t assigned to break down the last “official” act, which was a barbershop quartet of eighth graders. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Teacher Gu, what school was An Yi assigned to?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I just had to get assigned to a space flight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I continue to record my grandfather as I listen to all his stories, and I am suddenly so grateful that Mrs. Medina assigned this project. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Finally, she assigned seats in alphabetical order, last names first. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Allen was promoted again, and assigned to a new crew. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A colt named Stagehand, the early favorite for the 1938 Kentucky Derby, had been assigned just 100 pounds, the lowest possible impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Julian said, "I am assigned to Mrs. Olinski, Room Twelve. Are you nearby?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z We got assigned to be partners for sit-ups on the first day, and now we just partner up all the time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Finally Palmer assigned the decoration of the Woman’s Building to someone else, a designer named Candace Wheeler. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The men of the 10th Leningrad turned out to be friendly and sympathetic, and were assigned to help train the 587th in battle techniques in their challenging, powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These contained thousands of Chinese characters, with a unique four-digit number assigned to each one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The girl who lost her big toe in the mines at the age of eleven, Moon Sung Sim, was assigned to the textile factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I read through the website and figured out that he was assigned to Marcus because Marcus couldn’t afford his own lawyer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Davenport’s 1911 book, Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, was the movement’s bible; it was also widely assigned as a textbook of genetics in colleges across the nation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe his eyes: Though he had been idle for a year, Seabiscuit had been assigned 130 pounds; Kayak, 129. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every letter of the alphabet was assigned a combination of ones and zeros: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Without being assigned, without removing their boots, without baths and delousing and hospital pajamas, they were climbing onto the beds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Citizens were given dwellings when they were assigned spouses. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A Presidential candidate in 1980 was reported to have asked his press entourage how to convert % to a percentage, explaining that the homework problem was assigned to his son. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole point is that there was no common score, no assigned instruments, no blended harmonies. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A designated area would be assigned to someone for a specified period of time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, Captain Smith has been given the position that the Virginia Company assigned to him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Early in my senior year at Whitney Young, I went for an obligatory first appointment with the school college counselor to whom I’d been assigned. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Nearly every evening there was at least an update on the case—which, as of yet, had only recently been assigned a hearing date for March and entered into the docket as Chow v. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was also assigned his buddy—a man named Bruce Pawlak. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This was the case later that first week, when I was assigned to the State Shop along with DiPaola, Davis, and Colton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I got assigned to you because I play real sports too. Hackett thinks skiing is a sport.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, I was assigned to a unit moving inland. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They were assigned to a B-24D that looked like all the others. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked at the dirty ginseng specimen O’Dell handed me, thinking of God and whatever angels He had assigned to the BCMA. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Izzy, who had been playing violin since she was four, and had been assigned second chair even though she was a freshman, should have had nothing to fear. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each newchild was given to his assigned parents at the Ceremony that would take place in December. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Camellia, the queen has assigned you a personal guard." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After our first roll call, I was assigned to the stone quarry. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The jobs I had assigned myself gave me legitimate reason for going in and out of Kevin’s room at all hours, and they kept me from being assigned more disagreeable work. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In other words, assigned to the group deemed expendable. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The cocktail parties to which we were assigned were all in easy walking distance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He would go to his assigned tunnel and do his job quickly—once you got good at using your wrenches and brushes and tubes of glue, it wasn’t hard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A relatively large number of officers—eight to a dozen—were assigned to each meal because of the prison mess hall’s well-known reputation as a place where in-mates can “go off.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant once their fingerprints were received, they'd immediately get assigned an interview date and my sister would avoid aging out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I assigned this tension to the new environment of the island; any change, even positive, will make an animal tense. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "And I'm off to a good start getting assigned to you. You, Mr. Manhattan Doe, are becoming quite famous on this unit." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes, of course, the women left briefly, to wed, to give birth, or simply assigned to some other temporary task. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But any man the Nazis assigned to the Judenrat who refused was shot or hanged, so I didn’t see what choice they had. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Twitch was assigned Zero's bed, and Zero's crate. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Other people would live there now, couples newly assigned to each other, perhaps waiting for. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The touchstone of fraternity was my feeling toward white people, how much hostility I held toward them, what degrees of value and honor I assigned to race. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I am assigned to wash all the dishes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Riddle set a limit of 130, ranted at the Hialeah racing secretary when the horse received just that, then balked when another track’s secretary assigned the horse 132 pounds for a later race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he said, “They will not act as segregationists or integrationists, but as soldiers called to active duty to carry out their assigned tasks.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were assigned a hooch and found bunks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to restrict his riding to top horses assigned high imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So when Anna was assigned to build a Navajo hogan, they headed to Wal-Mart for supplies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Beds were assigned, clothes and bathroom things were passed out, dinner was served. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I came to work and focused strictly on the job I had been assigned. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, every officer and patrolman was assigned to work a twelve-hour shift. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The boys had been assigned to row in the first heat, at 5:15 p.m., and in lane one, the most protected lane on the course, though with such calm water it hardly mattered. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the immigrant depot they were now assigned to a plantation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Though Gold didn’t know the details, David Greenglass was an army sergeant assigned to Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been assigned to work the "nut desk" and didn't know who to expect on the other end of the line. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And a ridiculously beautiful game of dots that we play over lunch, with the different-colored markers Maya’s assigned to each and every one of us. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Minerva thinks they’ve been assigned to us to impress the OAS with the prison system’s delicacy towards women prisoners. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Math class doesn’t start right away, because we are assigned our lockers during 1st period. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Ah. There was surely a reason why I was assigned to attend you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At the dormitory the school official assigned her to a room with five other women, who were unpacking when she came in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a presumed grace assigned to my white predecessors, I knew it wasn’t likely to be the same for me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Inmates assigned to them had their clothing taken away and replaced with—in severe cases—paper gowns and hospital slippers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Katya was one of the four flying friends whom Marina had assigned so they could stay together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In fact, I did that pretty much anywhere I went unless the seats were already assigned. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Luther was assigned to a lumbering, uncoordinated colt named Vesper Lad, while Graham w'as up on Irish Princess II. At the last minute the trainer reversed the assignments. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to the Twenty-second Replacement Company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zinaida had worked in a textile factory for five years before joining the 122nd Air Group, and she was assigned to become a parachute packer for the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He also assigned him less arduous work and made certain that Shin had a warm place to sleep on the floor of the student dormitory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “All graduating students have a counselor assigned to them?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After the cyclotron, Lawrence would not receive another patent until wartime, when federal officials demanded that his inventive process for uranium separation be protected legally—and the patent rights be assigned permanently to the government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Miss Shaw, the teacher in the third-grade class I was assigned to, had steely gray hair and pointy-rimmed glasses and a stern mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Lisa was assigned the flute, and I returned home from a Scout meeting one evening to find my instrument leaning against the aquarium in my bedroom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s just your average takedown of Hollywood’s extremely superficial and stereotypical roles black women are assigned in the movie industrial complex that is basically ruining our lives,” I explain. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Hoover had already assigned White to investigate one of the first law-enforcement corruption cases to be pursued in the wake of Teapot Dome. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He asked again if he could read a different book—any other book than the one she assigned. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z My English teacher, Ms. Jacobs, assigned a journal project on the first day of school. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The superintendent assigned a detective to assist him, Detective John Schnooks, an old friend of Geyer’s. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If Archie drew the black marble, it would be necessary for Archie himself to carry out the assignment, to perform the duty he had assigned for others. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another previously close assistant of mine was assigned to do the job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Our first job was to hike a couple of miles through the jungle to our assigned camping area. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nately beamed in frightened surprise as they padded into the ward in their slippers and robes behind Nurse Cramer and were assigned to their beds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It's not like John and Mom can just pick up and leave their assigned jobs to flee with me, not without raising an alert. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I think it might be better for Rosa if you took your assigned seat.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When Coin says “wedding,” she means two people signing a piece of paper and being assigned a new compartment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They would be assigned to cabins on B and C decks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her brother had been assigned to a dinoriding division of the U.S. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Teams of students appeared to be assigned specific kinds of torture. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to the infantry with the understanding that I was going to play ball for Fort Devens. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve been assigned to Mercury Home Number Seventeen, Block Two,” the woman says, and hands us three key cards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But as soon as you complete your assigned task, you report to the team leader to be assigned to help someone else. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, when Ken, who was assigned to bring oil, wanted to know what kind, Toby couldn’t exactly say. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelley was assigned to his cell twelve hours a day, and taken out for twelve-hour work shifts, building fortifications and doing other heavy manual labor. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Each of the travelers was assigned to his own place. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The white community was particularly rattled when they learned that the car driven by the young firebombers belonged to the local antipoverty agency—and was assigned to Howard Fuller. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The regime then assigned identifiers on the cover of the cards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Tapia understood this and, even though we had assigned seats, would always let me move. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “We got a new directive from the city. All students will be assigned to schools by their residential districts. The teachers’ assignments have been invalidated.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch and Burger were assigned to the officers' quarters in the forward part of the submarine. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The teacher has assigned us a few chapters at a time, but I do not like to read books like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he could make sense of the algebra problems his teacher had assigned. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z We stood in front of our seats, as assigned, and on a signal from the choir director, we sat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to hauling sixty-pound bags of grain on my back through the snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There are several umbrellas in it: black, for the Commander, blue, for the Commander’s Wife, and the one assigned to me, which is red. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for me, Scott Kincaid would have assigned you to the Buenos Aires office ages ago. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Lots were drawn to see which player each Pepette would be assigned to for the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even been assigned to the American Cup yet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Kindly report to your assigned library cart,” said a soothing female voice oozing out of the second floor’s ceiling speakers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She was supposed to call first thing because Willow was going to be assigned a social worker and officially have her case file opened. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They were quickly removed from code school and assigned to be ordinary Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When I enrolled, there were already two other students at my school with the first name Wade, so I’d been assigned the student ID of Wade3. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You hadn’t been assigned yet. You were a bit of a problem.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Then, of course, after this years fifty are assigned, we start fresh, after the Ceremony, with new ones coming in gradually. It’s like a little vacation!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We get back to the work at hand, all of us practiced in our assigned tasks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He created the new post of director of functions and assigned Frank Millet to the job, giving him wide latitude to do what he could to boost attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The next day, she walked alone to the dormitory attached to the Birthing Unit and moved into the small bedroom she was assigned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the morning, Cora went to her assigned work with the rest of the girls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was assigned to the 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division, and was sent to Camp Radcliff in An Khe, Vietnam. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Students joined the demonstrations in growing numbers, cutting classes so they could appear at that day’s assigned meeting place. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ears back, the puppy yapped furiously at her, baring his teeth as though he’d been assigned the kitchen cabinets to defend with his life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Having ruled out a heart attack, the cardiologist, James Herrick, assigned the case rather casually to a medical resident named Ernest Irons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When she and her friends went to the assigned meeting place the next day, the room they met in was crowded with eager young women who’d received similar calls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Lori and Pauline are excused from vacuuming on account of their backs, which means you dread being assigned to a team with them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t quite enough showers for all the employees at once, so everyone was assigned a shower time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Before reaching Customs, each Hajj party was assigned a Mutawaf, who would be responsible for transferring that party from Jedda to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Regardless, it fell out that Katherine and I were saved the corporal punishment and instead assigned house duty for two weeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So Terry tells me you were assigned some kind of community service project. And she came up with the brilliant idea for you to help me clean my attic,” Vivian says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Before this, he had assigned me maybe two pages in each of three different exercise books every week. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, she used a map to direct family members to their assigned posts at the festival. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They stopped at their assigned spot, Compana Hill, a rise in the desert twenty miles from the blast tower. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, dinner is announced and everyone settles into their assigned seats. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I was allowed to fly airplanes again, and I hoped to be assigned to a flight crew, but my first job was to help with the flight of Borman-Lovell-Anders to the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he cautioned, I must stay where I had been assigned and avoid attracting any attention. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Cora assigned it to the shorter night rider, the one with the beard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In 1943, the family settled in Monroe, the seat of Union County, Noah’s assigned sales territory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z FBI agents were assigned to go to every hotel in Chicago. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope didn’t seem to worry about anything except for being assigned more work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Each of us was assigned to a different homeroom. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked the outdoors, and a particular friend of hers had been assigned Farm some months before; she hoped to spend the next part of her working life in the company of someone she enjoyed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On November 9, after three grueling weeks on the plateau, Poulsson and the team finally reached their assigned base near the glider landing site. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Every letter of the alphabet was assigned a combination of ones and zeros: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Look, I just wanted to get assigned to a different partner. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jonas has not been assigned,” she informed the crowd, and his heart sank. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There were twenty-nine other patients assigned to the ward, but they were all outdoors now, enjoying the day. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And while it was customary to require black patrons to sit in separate assigned sections when attending white theaters, this practice was at times overlooked. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z We were assigned to a dingy hut near the back of the settlement. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that I could barely read what I’d been assigned, barely form a complete sentence in classroom conversations most days—it was more how everyone acted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Park was assigned to the camp’s textile factory in the autumn of 2004. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The first day he came into the classroom I wanted them to sit in assigned seats so that I could get to know names. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z English teachers assigned the composition of short stories and poems. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Swann assigned Lawrence to design an experiment to investigate the effect, acknowledging cheerfully that previous efforts all had yielded inconclusive results. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The one assigned that number had to catch the ball to win a point for his team. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z In the second week, every student was assigned a supervisor to guide their research. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “So the next step in the process is to put down only what you actually had to do in your event, and then compare it to the shoulds and woulds you assigned yourself.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z If the wind was blowing on race day, whoever was assigned lanes five and six would likely start off with about a two-length handicap to overcome relative to the inside lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Let’s say there are 25 kids assigned to each of those portables. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After several warnings, he assigned me extra homework. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Who else would have assigned us a biting book?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Rachel and Adah were assigned any number of hope-chest projects to work on, but the domestic arena was never my long suit, so I was to focus on a single, big project: a cross-stitch tablecloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Women with physical strength were assigned positions as mechanics or armorers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Unh-uh. Sam Houston, in Texas. I did basic there and then went right into medical school. I got assigned to the hospital in Devens, but it got boring. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Inevitably, he was down when he returned to work the following Tuesday and was assigned to install some new hard drives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned a cell at the head of the corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Already they had assigned a different worker to remain at the Hatchery. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, Congress assigned the duty of guarding the president to the U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She wasn’t pleased when she found that the young women she’d assigned as sentries had made a cozy bunker for themselves in a pile of mattresses! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z After becoming a registered nurse, Adams was assigned to work at Fort Ord, in California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Cole’s father had refused to pay additional legal fees, and now a public defender would be assigned. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Since the chauffeur was sick they assigned him to take them and Meme was finally able to satisfy her desire to sit next to the driver and see what he did. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At twelve, when the selections were made and the future jobs assigned, the children's education took different paths. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Those who accept are assigned a guard who, as he leads the tourist along the iron walkway fronting the death cells, is likely to identify the condemned with what he must consider comic formality. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was assigned to help clean out the rooms for the new guests in the afternoons, since they’re going to be here next week, ma’am,” Ophie tried to explain. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z FBI director J. Edgar Hoover assigned seventy-two FBI agents to investigate the suspects Elizabeth had identified. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Hunt, formerly of the CIA, had been assigned to the group by Charles Colson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Leona said, “we will write a composition using the words you were assigned.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “In general, I adhere to the notion that things belong in the class to which they have been assigned—which leads us to the periodic table. No, no more about the pelican.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The eight teams were assigned work desks in the rotunda. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Had Max, knowing that he was to die, thrust him from his thoughts and feelings, assigned him to the grave? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We were each assigned a narrow cell with a cot, a crucifix on the wall, and a fount of holy water at the door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The brush factory where I had worked in the ghetto had been relocated to Płaszów, and I was assigned to the twelve-hour night shift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He pulls right in like he knows the place, honks the horn, asks the gatekeeper for a cabin, then heads for the one he's assigned. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Coach Mustilli had registered me weeks ago, so all we had to do was find my pool and head over to my assigned strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So just before three A.M., he checks into the Pennsylvania House Hotel, where he is assigned a double room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z As Sol Bloom’s Algerians neared New York Harbor, workers assigned to the Midway erected temporary buildings to house them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I went on to my room and read the assigned pages of Le bourgeois gentilhomme. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he was assigned to an army rescue crew. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit at the table assigned to the Everdeens and the Hawthornes and some other refugees, and shovel my food down, wishing for seconds, but there are never seconds here. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I lie across my bed, mindlessly flipping through pages of a poetry anthology my dad assigned me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There, I’d even given her a word bigger than the assigned ones. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z At the end of the third week in October 1938, Houseman assigned The War of the Worlds to Howard Koch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I recognized her as Miss Riley, a Concord College senior assigned to Big Creek as a student science teacher. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The counselors slept in F. Stanley was assigned to D tent. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I was reading Oliver Twist, one of the assigned volumes for our summer reading list. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the first morning of clearing, Gibrilla’s uncle assigned each of us a portion of the bush to be cut down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z What was not traditional was that this year the softest-hearted child had been assigned to look after them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It’s a trailer like the one my family was assigned to, but without a kitchen or living area. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Woolf weighed a lot more than the imposts assigned to most of these horses, but somehow he was able to circumvent the rule requiring riders to be within five pounds of the assignment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I don’t remember if there are assigned parking spaces, so just in case, I park far from the school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When we went over the Calculus review problems Mrs. Kurtz had assigned from day one, Megan got every one of them wrong. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Two years later, she and her unit were assigned at least one task that was utterly safe—creating new code systems for the Treasury Department. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She is not often assigned this role, though the twins are quite fond of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They assigned them names and assembled elaborate profiles of their personalities. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As if to tear my heart into even more pieces, I was assigned to clean out the apartment building where I had lived with my parents. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In the driveway, one of the Guardians assigned to our household is washing the car. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Lori’s teacher had stopped showing up around the same time Miss Page was fired, so Mom was assigned to teach Lori’s class. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to a tailor shop, and the work was manageable, but it seemed as if my former life—school, friends, time to play and read—belonged to another world entirely. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was assigned to teach freshmen with below-par reading skills, the head of the English department challenged me, saying, “Let’s see what you can do with these kids, hotshot!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When the work in the post office ended, I was assigned by the relief system as an orderly to a medical research institute in one of the largest and wealthiest hospitals in Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the grade got assigned an Egyptian artifact to work on for Egyptian Museum Day, which was in December. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then we would be assigned to a block. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z White’s men were assigned to safeguard the jury. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I could get you assigned to Washington—assigned to me even— teach you your way about.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, he refused to sit in the seat that I had assigned to him and he went to the back of the room and sat. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She already had a carer assigned to her at the time, and I remember it taking a bit of nerve on my part. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Two nurses, the one assigned to me and Nurse Ramirez, come over to my bed and check all my monitors. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Free hunting was a tactic the Soviet Air Force exploited in 1943 and assigned to experienced fighter pilots of exceptional talent. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Because of his mathematical and technical ability, Manfred was assigned to read radar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was important to her to see Abe assigned, to know where he would be next. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Right now he was posing as the Egyptian detective assigned to gather information about the museum heist the chameleon himself had pulled off in the first chapter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In the classes I attended, one of the students was assigned to take the role of the white racist, and to argue his points to the other students. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no assigned seating, and today Claire, balancing her tray of prepared food, had made her way to an empty chair at this table where the director was already sitting with several technicians. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was ready to be assigned to a permanent job inside the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It is said he was the doctor assigned to go to Sudan, and it is said he was afraid to proceed any farther. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was several distinct species, to each of which scientists have assigned a pompous Latin name. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We were assigned two of these for the twelve people in our family group; and our official family “number” was enlarged by three digits—16 plus the number of this barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As those days of May brought more and more physical punishment, for the first time in four months I was assigned a personal bodyguard to follow me from class to class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like I have said to you, she has been assigned to our bedroom. So the things in there belong to her. Not to Jews.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I joined the rest of the students shuffling into the auditorium and found my alphabetically assigned seat in the junior section. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The one assigned to our room, Miss Finch, gave her presentation two weeks before Christmas, wearing a bright pink turtleneck and glasses that covered half of her face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The evening’s speaker might be a graduate student assigned to explicate a recent paper from Europe, or a visiting luminary discussing his own work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The print and TV people already seem to know this because they’ve assigned skeleton crews to wait around at the house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I graduated, I stayed on at Edwards Air Force Base, and was assigned to the Fighter Test section. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was newly ordained, waiting to be assigned a parish, he told us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Litter was everywhere, with too few men assigned to clean it up. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For the next six months they were assigned to protect railway lines and other industrial targets near the border with Poland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Montez’s mounted trike battalion was assigned to Grant’s army. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At least I hoped that was the group I had been assigned to. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Two days later a new kid was assigned to Group D. His name was Brian, but X-Ray called him Twitch because he was always fidgeting. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Register by last names and get your quarters assigned.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Lema, the sixth grade teacher, greeted me and assigned me a desk. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The barracks they were assigned had a long brick oven along one end and deep trenches on the sides in which sleeping shelves were placed, like triple bunk beds, at impossibly narrow intervals. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in Chicago, Adam re-enlisted and asked to be assigned to his old regiment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I lay there with my books, finishing the small amount of homework I’d been assigned—just a couple review problems in Calculus. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “There’s no tracking label on the inside. You’re assigned a unique tracking number when you register a book with Book Scavenger,” she explained to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I know. But the principal has explained that in America everyone is assigned according to age. Ten years old means fifth grade. And we must observe the American rules, mustn’t we?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They had, almost all of them, yearned to be assigned a career involving transportation so that they could be trained to drive the equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A caseworker was assigned to the family, and it was decided that Gerald and Angel would stay with Monique for the time being. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each family will be assigned a house in the village. Those who do not get a house today will be built one tomorrow. Your first work assignment is to build houses for each other.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But this case was different, more personal to the cops assigned to it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was partly to avoid the assigned by their father that Farmer and his siblings threw themselves into Hernando High School’s extracurricular activities. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Each man was assigned to a crash station, which in Louie’s case was by the waist window behind the right wing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Had not the South, which had assigned me the role of a nonman, cast at him its hardest words? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Indian and Coloured women manned the department, and one of them was assigned to teach me the basics. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But somehow they made it into the air, flew to the assigned target, dropped their bombs, flew home, and landed safely. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was selected as valedictorian of my class and assigned to write a paper to be delivered at one of the public auditoriums. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They were assigned to a one-day work detail to load corpses onto a truck, then throw them off the truck into a common grave outside the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “I received my Assignment when I turned twelve. I was assigned Birthmother.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Women who did get assigned to another section were usually staffed on temporary duty and eventually returned, keeping the two offices full, at least for the moment. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Each moment was assigned; she knew precisely, at any hour, what she would be doing, how long it would require. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang and we marched to our assigned class, filed in in pairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Drake is the Republic’s best university, and seeing as how the best are always assigned to the military, our drill room is packed with students. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Everywhere they went, the girls were assigned places around him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ghetto authorities, unaware of the exchange my father had made on the side, had assigned them to this apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Get another locker assigned, find new books, get going— don’t waste time brooding or taking the hurt so deep inside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a job as a traveler for a book publisher, assigned to sell a single book throughout northwestern Illinois. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I mean the robot that happens to live in the homeroom I got assigned to.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Buzz Aldrin was assigned mission planning, which meant he attended all the meetings on that subject. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And this latest Jack and the Beanstalk bid for freedom, even though it had been handed to him by his father—assigned almost—stood some chance of success. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The tutor that was assigned to me was very intelligent, but not very reliable. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But mostly it was a joy—I had wanted to run up and kiss Sergeant Holmes when he assigned it to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it's safe, with only a few soldiers assigned to patrol that region. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Rather than being assigned to the US Naval Training School there on the campus, he was sent to the US Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Early that morning a boy began to taunt me as though he had been assigned that task. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were both Methodists, and I was assigned to his hostel, known as Wesley House, a pleasant two-story building on the edge of the campus. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Reverend Abbott was a young white minister from Georgia who was assigned to our church for the summer. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z That night, alone in the small bedroom she'd been assigned, Claire looked down from her window to the darkened, surging river below. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The PSFs assigned to their room had been so impressed with the sheer detail of his work that they actually let him finish. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We get assigned one of the six tables, staggered slightly diagonally so that we can sort of see the other teams. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Seating for World History isn’t assigned, but no one has budged since the first day, so it goes without being said. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I was the first of our group of fourteen to be assigned to a flight crew. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote the three pages Mr. Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then she would've cracked a joke about it taking me a million hours to do forty-five minutes' worth of work, which is why Doris assigned it to me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The boy was assigned a place far from his friend, in a tent with five other young men of about his age. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Republican leadership assigned him to the Military Affairs Committee. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After all the newchildren had been assigned parental units at the Ceremony, the Center was almost empty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I did this on purpose, I assigned myself and my partner to tree whoever was in Julie’s cell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Unlike the rest of the Net Sports Unit, which was haphazardly arranged, we had assigned teams for volleyball. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was assigned to a clothing charity in the Cow’s Guts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was just as sure that thymine was also wrongly assigned an enol configuration. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Early in her career at Langley, Dorothy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned to the Langley beat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It's not like Eden can just withdraw from his assigned school. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ignored by everyone, I sit in my assigned desk and listen to the whispers around me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The one assigned to Borman and Stafford and me was coming along nicely, and I was finally getting to feel at home in it and learn what all the switches did. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent the morning in assigned chores: gathering water from the rain barrels to boil, coaxing the small vegetables in the garden to stay alive, washing clothes, checking the trap lines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Griff left him there, and slipped inside the tent that Homeless Harry had assigned him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There, they would train for several months before they were assigned to combat regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Manit thought about the officers assigned to that side of the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Each one of us has been assigned a “buddy” to sit next to and interact with. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When it was time for work detail, we were assigned together to the gravel pit, where we worked side by side breaking rocks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He said he had on his desk a letter naming the persons assigned to kill him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack and his brother and mother were assigned to one room in a small house. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “A highly trained Auror, who has been assigned to you for your protection.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When it came time to divide the women into separate regiments, knowing how close these friends were, Marina assigned them all to the same squadron. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I can move into our family compartment, but Johanna’s never been assigned one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I told the students that as long as they were reading and/or sitting quietly at their desks, I wouldn’t force them to actually do the work they had been assigned. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “So when the syllabus assigned pages fifty through eighty-five, you didn’t think you had to read anything?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was assigned to a listening post, and later he worked for the Ministry of Propaganda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Feeling intense pain in his chest, he grabbed the phone and called the Secret Service agents assigned to the ranch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But, assigned to one of the vast eighty-eight-cell galleries for the first time, I found it hard to know where to begin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ain’t no black folks in the part of Heaven that I been assigned to and I’m bored. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In another verse assigned to Nezahualcoyotl this theme emerged even more baldly: Like a painting, we will be erased. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time I had finished the decimals that Ms. Ling had assigned, Big Rose had already laid the first story of her tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I’m your Sunshine Buddy. They assigned me to you in the office.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When they got back to their base, on the same day, they were assigned a training flight over the airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Kapasi was accustomed to foreign tourists; he was assigned to them regularly because he could speak English. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I was assigned a corner consisting of two boys in their teens. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes had assigned me several days in a row to R-and-W gallery, dispelling any thought I had entertained that he was starting to like me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran along the path near the cottage to which she had been assigned, calling to his friends, laughing, his unkempt hair bright in the sunlight. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Franek, the foreman, assigned me to a corner: “Don’t kill yourself. There’s no hurry. But watch out. Don’t let an SS catch you.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At seven that last night, our whole group was scheduled to entrain for London, where, as rumor had it, we were to be assigned to infantry and airborne divisions mustered for the D Day landings. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I think about what I'd do if Du Barry had assigned us this task. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks, de la O had recovered and was assigned to carry the radio for his commander. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The number on the white jersey each girl wore corresponded to that of the player she had been assigned for the football season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was assigned to this crew, I had gotten into the habit of carrying a little black notebook around with me everywhere I went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was reprimanded and assigned to only glean the rich between now and the next conclave. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Much more often, I was assigned to suicide watch, euphemistically known in the Department as special watch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I assigned something to one category when I really meant to assign it to the other category. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Davos and his sons had been assigned a place in the second line of battle, well out on the dangerous starboard wing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Students in a team-taught course save their papers under the name of the professor who assigned it, so I get a dozen email attachments named “pinker.doc.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The first night at National University, Freedom Writers were put in pairs and then assigned a mentor. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Journalists assigned to an issue often cover the coverage, creating the notorious media echo chamber. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In late 1998, a few months before Shin was assigned to the pig farm, the World Food Program conducted a nutrition survey of children, which covered seventy percent of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Medical personnel assigned to the Sixty-seventh Group or the 312th or the Twenty-third Battalion fall out and get in those buses over there. Everybody else stand at ease.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Alaric had even told them that Spares used to be assigned a Hall of Elders employee to follow them around and record everything they did. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He checked the blue Oldsmobile into the hotel garage and then, in the lobby, he checked himself in and was assigned a twelfth-floor room, to which a bellman accompanied him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But while the replacement legislation eliminates the requirement that people use the bathroom for the gender they were assigned at birth, it keeps state legislators in charge of future bathroom policies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And in early July, after a battle in the mountains, I was assigned to a six-man detail to police up the enemy KIAs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And Seanie added, “Why do you think so many of the first fifteen are permanently assigned to O-Hall, anyway? And everyone knows about those games. You just better look out for the consequence.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He hung his hammock in the room they assigned him and slept for three days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The men drank and the boys milled about, all speculating as to how many commissions would be assigned. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Metias did pick me once—once—for a mission last year, when all third-year Drake students had to shadow an assigned military branch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The next day everyone was assigned a poem to recite. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I realized this was the kind of vehicle Mr. Bykovski had been assigned to. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of being assigned missions, free hunters were allowed to go looking for trouble. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When we studied the seasons, Mrs. Brush assigned us an essay describing a winter holiday with our family and said the best one would be printed in the school newsletter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I had people I called Mother and Father. I’d been assigned to them.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One time, he was assigned to help build a sand bed for a railroad. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Each of us has struggled to excel at our assigned positions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Neubauer had never been happy about being assigned to the mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t like thinking about it, but Apprentices were assigned to their divisions for a reason. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Friedman had assigned us a term paper on the French Revolution. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Marina was growing impatient and was anxious about getting to her regiment, so soon to be assigned to combat and still without their commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z After being singled out as a lazy kfdtinvfm, I took to spending four hours a night on my homework, putting in even more time whenever we were assigned an essay. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Whenever the Jaaxes were assigned to a different Army post, the animals moved with them in boxes and cages, a portable ecosystem of the Jaax family. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In chess tournaments, contestants are not only assigned opponents, they’re also given, for each round, a color: black or white. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He is glad Madame Ruelle has assigned him this final task. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I must have irked him somehow to get assigned to Katie. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could get assigned to the main house, she thought, I would sneak into this room during every free moment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z On one trip that took place in the winter I remember that we each were assigned to a truck for the duration of the problem. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Whichever side of the selected subject was assigned to me, I’d track down and study everything I could find on it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned through the camp network that Pesza had also been assigned to a similar sub-camp on the property of the electrical factory where she worked. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Surviving the work assigned him was another challenge. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He was a very old man when I knew him, but as a young lieutenant just out of military academy he had been assigned to General Miles and he served in the Chief Joseph campaign. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Never. the barrack we had been assigned to was very long. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I shuffled into my assigned barracks on the men's side of the camp. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z M. Yoshoto assigned me to my desk, which was on the far, isolated side of the room, and asked me to be seated. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It would have been easier if the teachers assigned the teams, like Mrs. Shields did in social studies class for our Egypt project. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z On the maternity floor she is assigned to a bed by a window, in a room at the end of the hall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d be hopeless in that ill-fitting pair that 13 assigned to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He assigned each of the twelve notes in the scale a different colour, based on Opticks, Sir Isaac Newton’s 1704 study of light, colour and diffraction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Jake’s been assigned a fence security detail, so I haven’t seen much of him, either, but when he can slip away without suspicion, he gets me updates. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z After a while, he assigned me a job for the duration. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But the engineers in the group now assigned her the job of preparing the charts and equations for the well-received space technology lectures. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It all started about a month ago when I was assigned to read the The Catcher in the Rye. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Before I could ask Crosby what I’d done to set him off, he’d announced, “Once partners are assigned, there will be no switching.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because,” I said, “things belong in the class to which they have been assigned.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z To his delight, the suit was accepted as a constitutional challenge to state law and assigned to a three-judge federal panel. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Also, Handlon had assigned a detective to help Nye “case the pawnbrokers”; as he said, there was “always a pack of them in any gambling town.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He assigned several women to take turns watching her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was assigned to the signal corps of the Third Division. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to get herself assigned to work in a space suit in Level 4 areas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was only to keep Laila a step or two ahead of her class, not because he disapproved of the work assigned by the school—the propaganda teaching notwithstanding. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Namba had perished on the South Col, just twenty minutes from shelter, assigned to a summit party, and on May 16 he reached the top without supplemental oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The Sheriff’s Department has assigned someone to our case, Sergeant Edwards.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We were assigned a list of colors to study, not the hues, but the words themselves—“red,” “blue,” “green,” “black,” “orange,” “purple,” “white.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In my right hand was a piece of paper with the address of the foster home the Department of Child Services had assigned for this boy. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I also figured out why Theresa was assigned to be my guide. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The three girls sat outside in the yard until one of the women assigned them the task of washing glasses and stacking plates on the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The men arranged themselves before the conveyor belt and each was responsible for attaching his assigned component to the shape moving down the line. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After cheating death, Burger was assigned to Germany's political division, where he worked on journalism and propaganda for the Nazis. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On October 1, 1966, de la O was sent to Vietnam and assigned to Charlie Company, and Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I see. I think it’s best that I assigned you a story to write over the summer and not a poem. Still, I know a good rhyme can calm the soul.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She had ended up being assigned to Coddi, who was then a junior. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams and two of the other nurses were assigned to the 12th Evacuation Hospital at Cu Chi and shipped out on the same cargo plane as Denny. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’d been lucky enough to have been assigned a bed on the far side of the room, next to the wall. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Todd did so, too, and was immediately set straight by the guard who had been assigned to watch them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In previous wars against Indigenous nations, British commanders had assigned ranger groups specific missions, but to fight the Cherokee, both the regular forces and the rangers would target even the elders, women, and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I was given a washcloth and towel, extra underwear and socks, and was assigned to D-10. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Sitting in chairs alongside the six psych-unit cells most days, twenty-four hours a day, were the officers assigned to two kinds of special watch: suicide watch and drug watch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once or twice, when the normal process of evaporation is deemed too slow, I am assigned to dry a scrubbed floor by putting rags under my feet and skating around on it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it looked like a routine hassle: An inmate refused to sit next to the one adjacent to his assigned seat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went upstairs to practice the Dvorak piece Professor Christie had assigned me, and to work out what was bothering me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the process, Tom Stafford was assigned a crew of his own, and I took his place. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, the heirs seated themselves at the assigned tables. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some in her group—she remembered a boy named Marcus, who excelled in school and was assigned a future as an engineer—would continue on and learn various sciences. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For 4 weeks, she’s been giving me the class readings to look over ahead of time—3 short stories and our 1st assigned novel, The Call of the Wild. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I haul my stuff to the gymnasium and find my assigned spot. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z They worked as an assembly line, with each man assigned to specific tasks that he applied to one identical house after another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But after the Assignments, after childhood, people worked at their assigned jobs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were each assigned part of the hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I assigned a nickname to another of my inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning of last year she’d assigned an essay and an oral presentation on a novel we’d read over the summer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was supposed to call first thing because Willow was going to be assigned a social worker and officially have her case file opened. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There are no assigned seats—everyone crams in wherever they find space. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Irina was assigned to become an armorer, loading bombs and guns and doing necessary maintenance work. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was very similar to the work that Kira herself had been assigned, the repair of the Singer’s robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill Harvey, now home after nearly a decade in Berlin, was assigned to lead Operation Mongoose. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z During their visit to Auschwitz, which is now a museum, Uncle Sigmund shared his memories of being assigned to repaint the gas chambers after each mass execution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z All over the USSR, women who could fly were now assigned to train new pilots—many of them young men who’d be flying off to combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z John had recently been assigned to work at our local steam plant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I was initially assigned to the hospital ward but I will find a replacement, of course, as they will surely discover my talents are better suited in other areas. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The whole class had to memorize the poem, and we were all assigned roles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The man assigned to the bed next to Billy’s was a former infantry, captain named Eliot Rosewater. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Rodin was known to MI6, the Soviets assigned Blake a new KGB contact, Sergei Kondrachev, who worked in the Soviet embassy in London as a junior official in charge of cultural events. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After they are married, Khouy and Laine go to live at a labor camp where they have been assigned to work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you will be assigned to your barracks.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “What’s the matter with you, boy? Do you not understand that I have been assigned a royal commission? Do you not realize how much work it will be?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “I was just wondering. So ... a satyr is always assigned to guard a demigod?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He’d been out of the Academy only a few months, it turned out, but had already been assigned several times to the State Shop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to read the books he assigned to see if I could get the intense pleasure that he did from them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He must have been the officer assigned to transport Avery to the hearing, which made me worried about how Avery might have been treated on the trip, but he had seemed his usual self. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Lafayette had been assigned a Virginia slave named James Armistead, whose master had given him permission to join the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Turns out they are assigned to the lane next to us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Her steps dragged as she and Mama moved to join the queue of beastkeepers waiting to enter it with their assigned beasts. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When she was assigned a locker next to mine, I could indulge my jealousy four times a day. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone has at least one section of windows to blow out, but Gale’s assigned the real target. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The judge assigned my trial date and set my bail, and I was free to go. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In 1927 he was assigned to ride more horses, and once in a while he won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was probably assigned to watch over Warren and the cabin until summoned. He should come if we call.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I have been assigned to a career counselor, and I’m meeting her next week,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was assigned to Storage,” I said, when we were standing outside on the porch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She had been elated simply to sit in the pool and calculate her way through the data sheets assigned by Mrs. Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His official "cover" was as a scientific adviser, assigned to organize trips abroad for Soviet technical experts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Love always, Charlie September 11, 1991 Dear friend, I don’t have a lot of time because my advanced english teacher assigned us a book to read, and I like to read books twice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I stopped by but they said they didn't need me to help out because the newchildren had all been assigned.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Animals were sedated, cages were loaded and secured, feed was stored, bunks were assigned, lines were tossed, and whistles were blown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning of February, Mrs. Baker had assigned me Romeo and Juliet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I may even do my term thing on her if I decide to go out for honors and if I can get the moron they assigned me as an advisor to let me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I was assigned the role of Baby and lookout. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to the cafeteria, greeted her coworkers, ate the morning meal, and began her assigned tasks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The root woman was assigned the job of finding out if what he said was true or not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He could barely read or write and had been assigned to Captain Black as assistant intelligence officer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Tex and I had already swapped with our assigned roommates and were sharing a room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A widely touted theory assigned authorship to Scandinavian emigres, who later picked up stakes, moved to Mexico, and became the Toltecs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Alberto was assigned to reinforce the pen, which was then personally inspected by Father, followed by yet another talk with Travis behind closed doors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Georgia Boy had been assigned to another company in the second wave. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I was the next new man assigned to the tank I had the choice of the two empty bunks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The state, or the prison, or someone, had already assigned him a lawyer; he would be brought to trial next week. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “You are assigned three days of After School Detention,” said Principal Peattie. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When all the processing was done, Jack was assigned to one of the hundreds of look-alike sleeping barracks. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z After that we are split into teams and assigned sections to patrol. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The man assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson was too afraid to carry out his mission. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “This year’s summer program has already begun. The kids’ll already be assigned to rooms by now.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The two guards assigned to him and Spurge were standing stiffly, waiting with their pikes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “There’s Hubert Huxley,” said Jake as they made their way to their assigned seats in the first row of the bleachers. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The colt spent three years plunging around the track in devil-possessed rages and nurturing a vendetta against the hapless assistant starters assigned to hold his head in the doorless starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind coursed through the possibilities: He was busy, assigned more tasks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Its members most dreaded being assigned to an especially bleak sector at the extreme south end of the park below the Agriculture Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had never been assigned definite tasks before and I went to bed a little frightened. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice try. You’re not going anywhere until you graduate and get assigned to your own patrol.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When she returned from the long trip, before she had a chance to rest, Tamara assigned her to night duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He had not been processed in a traditional way, and was not assigned to Hunt for the long term. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “He thought he’d be assigned a spouse. He was on the edge of his seat. But they didn't call his name.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Three camaradas were assigned the difficult task of clearing the path of vines and dense foliage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Most of the guys who had come with us from Chu Lai were assigned to one of the row of hooches behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been assigned his own particular duty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To maintain the aura of technical consultation, Dulles decreed that no diplomatic staff would be formally assigned to the delegation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When I turn to look out over the deck, other crewmen are busy with tasks assigned by the captain, or just milling around. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He’d prayed to the Six that he wouldn’t be assigned a patrol shift tonight, but it seemed the gods either hadn’t heard him or hadn’t cared. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Plus, assigned parking spots right by the mill entrance for one whole year.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She assigned to Jamie the task of looking through the books of photographs of Michelangelo’s work to find pictures of Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us that he had reinstituted assigned seating in the mess halls, so that inmates couldn’t sit wherever they wanted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who read the thirty pages I assigned last night?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z About sixty percent of Shin’s class was assigned to the coal mines, where accidental death from cave-ins, explosions, and gas poisonings was common. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She was the first real Attendant, assigned to Martha Johnson, President Johnson's daughter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I was the only student who didn’t groan and carry on when Mrs. Henry assigned us another Shakespeare play. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ted Hall was aware he’d missed meetings with the Soviet courier assigned to pick up his final report. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As if Frederick understands already that both have been assigned to their specific courses, that there is no deviating now. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I think it was assigned in my English class last year, but I never got around to it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Since there was no liaison between the Brotherhood and the community leaders I assigned myself the task of creating one. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Police officer John Scott, assigned to the train station, sprinted across the large main waiting room to help Parke. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z During Kaede’s first year, she had been assigned a task suitable for a Chancellor’s daughter: sitting in the library and marking down the names of every student who came and went. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z One day in A-block, however, I was assigned to run the gallery temporarily assigned to one of my classmates, Michaels, whom I knew to be particularly lax. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole point of chest pain prediction is to make sure that patients who end up having major complications are assigned right away to the coronary and intermediate units. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I assigned him to God’s care and asked San Jose and the Virgencita to mind him as well, but still I worried all the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fear that she assigned to me was kidnapping. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When faced with an apartment full of boxes, I'd pretend to be an ant assigned to transport sandwich crumbs back to my colony. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z King wasn’t injured, and he and his party were assigned hotel rooms in compliance with the recently passed Civil Rights Act. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They assigned Mr. Montsisi to assist me in making preparations for the trip. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was especially pleased to find out I’d been assigned a “mobility assistant”—an aide of my own. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Sophia gave a brief goodbye gesture and returned to her own assigned room. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A second officer, assigned to dog the recruits, walked up and laughed at him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the first tasks assigned to the new technique was determining the age of the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His nephew, called Nephew since he was their only one, was assigned to drive Milkman out to the farm—as close as they could get. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when a potter died or his work fell out of favor was a new commission assigned. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit had been assigned 130 pounds, as much as 25 more than his rivals. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was yet one task remaining for Tree-ear before the emissary arrived, and it was not a task assigned by Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I was also assigned to a speech therapy class in Stuyvesant but found that if I didn’t attend, no one seemed to care. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z British intelligence soon learned that German commanders had assigned extra soldiers to guard Vemork, night and day. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That he hadn't been assigned—which we all knew, of course. But then—this was the surprise. She said he'd been selected.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help it if she’d been assigned to the goateed boy any more than Dimple could help being assigned to Rishi. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A regiment was usually divided into three squadrons of ten planes, with a squadron leader and deputy assigned to each. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Next note you pass puts you back in your assigned seat.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “The president assigned me herself. She decided the propos needed some heating up.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z |
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