| 单词 | assistant |
| 例句 | The assistant pilot tapped the first pair on their shoulders and Alex watched them shuffle over to the side and then throw themselves out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Because he thought of himself as careful and conscientious, he spent considerable time looking for his assistants. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The assistant superintendent, a man named Richardson, seemed nervous as he readied the noose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The locker room was hot and steamy, and Gaines and his four assistants were hardly euphoric. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you would like to see the skeletons?” tries the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. McCabe, the assistant principal, had a fleshy pink face and a look in his eyes that said Don’t mess with me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One month later, Ross Jones, assistant to the president of Hopkins, replied. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The only one who lived with the chaplain in his clearing in the woods was Corporal Whitcomb, his assistant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Laura Friendly, her assistant, and the troll stood near a table of auction items. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Gaines and the assistant coaches then left the locker room to let the captains address the team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, and I was promoted to assistant junior cold food prep cook! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z His friends and a huge crowd of students stood behind the assistant principal, their faces a mix of shock and worry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He waved at an assistant, who pulled a big lever. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Webb’s in the dugout instead of coaching third because he still wants to be around the players in the game during the game like he was when he was an assistant. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Another batch of film, shown to us by an assistant district attorney from an upstate county, hit even closer to home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In this building lived the bungling managers, Mr. and Mrs. Trepid; their assistant, Morgan; and thirteen children, ranging in age from six months to thirteen years. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Emilia was an attentive assistant, anticipating both my needs and his. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He demanded $60, the amount she would have earned as a dressmaker’s assistant had she been able to work, plus $18 for medical care. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I was her assistant a few days back when a young neighbor boy fell and broke his arm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The door opened and the vet assistant ducked inside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z To my surprise, he revealed that with the help of his assistant Wilson he had quietly been duplicating some of Rosy’s and Gosling’s X-ray work. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Spares usually came to games with their employers because they couldn’t function without their assistants, but were relegated to the farthest, most uncomfortable seats. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The assistant gunner was badly injured, and Allen was promoted to his position. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Oh! Well, I was kind of kidding. Mrs. G is my assistant.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “And then the assistant principal accused us of trying to break into the school. Or something like that.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She claimed that she had been given DNA for her own problem and would not think of herself as Maurice’s assistant. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “This is Raven. My virtual assistant. She’s a computer program designed to assist players in the scavenger hunt.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Two hours later, a physician assistant and an attending doctor examined her again and found her complaining of chest pain, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She arrives at an inn and gets hired as assistant to the cook. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Her face was wrinkled up, and she leaned in to the assistant principal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Write a letter for my signature and have Dahlia give it to my assistant. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He turned himself over to two of his young assistants, who bled him and administered the purge. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I pass the nurses’ station in the center of the floor, waving hello to a young nurse’s assistant named Sarah, who is smiling over the top of the new, sleek metal cubicle. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “My assistant and I will be perfectly safe. Don’t you worry one single bit.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Can I just add,” Calvin says, the clean-shaven assistant director at the end of the table, “that you should feel really good about that. That was really nice, Anthony.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Within its metal confines he raised holy hell, throwing himself around, exhausting the assistant starters, and reminding everyone of Hard Tack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Xenocrates had a full retinue of assistants and flunkies in the outside world to help him go about his business, but here in his home, he didn’t have as much as a single servant. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Apprentices, assistants, the lowliest workers in every trade—no matter what their status, it was the master’s duty to provide a meal for them in the middle of the workday. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Bosley directed a little more money into the program and made sure Volpe had an assistant as well as the energetic support of the music and visual arts departments. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Then he looks directly at the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But now that he’s assistant coach, she’s all by herself, and it’s much more noticeable and much more embarrassing. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I told Derek that he had to carry the camera home because he was my assistant and he dug it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He spent one whole morning . . . 10TH JUROR: He’s a fifteenth assistant, or something. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Patrice always had assistants to back him up, and a tranquilizer gun. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z After a week the physician's assistant opened my cell. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Coach Mustilli was working with the saber students, so those of us in the épée group worked with an assistant coach. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Coach Ellerly stormed the field with his team of assistants, and a swarm of players surrounded him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Human youth, why should I not find a different assistant to aid in this water monster’s recovery? One who I know and trust? What makes you special, human youth?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My security detail wore shorts and sneakers and ditched their earpieces, doing their best not to stand out as they trailed me and my assistant Kristin Jones through the store. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With William at the wheel, they headed for downtown Washington again so that Elizebeth could pick up a briefcase from her assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “No. I’m a research assistant. Have been for nine years. This is my lab.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But Jean de Satigny held him in mysterious regard and was training him to be his assistant in the laboratory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rømer was born at Århus on 25 September 1644, and after studying at the University of Copenhagen he stayed on there as assistant to the physicist and astronomer Erasmus Bartholin. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When Wilkins returned from vacation, he expected Franklin to join him as his junior assistant; DNA had, after all, always been his project. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z You have also located my game assistant, Raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The assistant director and the mineralogist exchange a glance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And the people who lived in the castle—not just the wizards and scholars, but the cooks and scribes and assistants as well. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Trout was talking to a Maggie White, who had given up being a dental assistant to become a homemaker for an optometrist. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a job offer at Harper’s Magazine in New York. As a... copy editor’s assistant. I’m pretty sure Missus Stein got it for me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His father always hired tutors or research assistants for him whenever Charles had to do a major paper or report. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z At his side he heard the assistant gasp in surprise. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I was twenty-eight, a project assistant, and he was thirty-four. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z During the war itself, William had to stand by and watch as his colleagues and assistants became military officers, then rose in rank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He brought the colt around to the front of the gate, had the assistant place a pair of tongs on the horse’s lips to distract him, then had him backed into the stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as all of this happens, the blonde casting assistant woman yells out, “Anthony Foster? Number ninety-one, are you here or not?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z One of the other girls says, William H. doesn’t have his assistant so Mr. Mason is going a little nuts. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aurelio is out sick today, so you’ve been promoted from junior dishwasher to assistant prep kitchen dishwasher. Think you can handle it?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z So they served as laboratory assistants for science projects and turned the kitchen table into an honors calculus class. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The vet assistant plopped him onto the scale and held her hands on either side of his shivering body without touching, trying to keep him in place. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His last assistant had come close to perfection, but he had ended up promoting her. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Chavez, the former assistant building superintendent, was one of my favorite classmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Linton walked out of the meeting and asked his assistant, Nancy, to put together the paperwork for the charging document. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Some of you haven’t played before, been in the spotlight,” said assistant coach Tam Hollingshead in those waning hours before Permian would take the field against El Paso Austin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant’s gaze rushed over her clipboard—my heart was pounding—before she called out in a cheesy-grits accent, “Peanut Wigglebutt?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Your assistant appears to be out at the moment,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For the first time, Beakman and his assistants didn’t make me laugh. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Teaching assistant. Professor Thomas had to leave a little early today, so I taught the rest of class.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he was excessively trusting of some of his speculator friends; and he only fired his assistant in the Treasury Department, William Duer, after Duer’s mixing of personal and public funds reached criminal proportions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Prison, said the department’s assistant director of mental health services at the Academy, was “a hard place to be crazy.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could help you find a new assistant,” Poppet offers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z During the night he slept among the boats on the river, and early in the morning, before the first customers arrived in the shop, he had his beard shaved off by the barber’s assistant. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, in the newsroom of the Washington Post, assistant managing editor Ben Bagdikian stepped out of a meeting and was handed a slip of paper. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Now you have been good children, and I’ll play anything you like,” says Meg, as she leads her assistant cooks upstairs, when the pudding is safely bouncing in the pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Not so, though, with young Howard—assistant manager Howard, as he is uniformly called— who rules over all of softlines, including infants’, children’s, men’s, accessories, and underwear. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My assistant at the front desk will take care of all the financial arrangements. Thank you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He'd been standing off to the side talking to Whit, the assistant coach. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Nancy would carry the hat- boxes into suite AA-5 and work on the monkeys until after midnight with her partner and a civilian assistant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As they stepped inside, he said, “I didn’t actually introduce myself, did I? I’m Jack. I’m Mr. Griswold’s assistant.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z General Halleck had shuffled the generals at Pittsburg Landing after the battle there, assigning Grant to an ineffectual position as assistant commander and taking command of the field himself. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He is going over a stack of papers with several nervous assistants, his manicured hands following the words being read out to him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet immediately tried to scurry back down the rope, but Count Olaf’s assistant was too quick for her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z A shadow, long and thin, like death itself with its awkward assistant, trying to bang my door down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I was a surgeon’s assistant in Insterburg. There’s a recommendation among my papers.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We had one female employee in the hospital—she was the ad-ministrator's assistant. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Nazario needs help. It would be good if he had you. You know, a smart guy, like an assistant, Chino.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “We would be honored to show you the collections, Sergeant Major,” breathes the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stopped working on it three years ago, when he married Linda, his administrative assistant. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Work all day and night if you have to,” he told his postdocs and assistants. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Applause rose from the audience; at the anteroom door, Malcolm X turned and looked back at his young lady assistant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The last was said to two students entering the room, one was the same assistant who had shown me here, the other was, surprisingly, a young woman. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The regimental chaplain’s assistant had been killed in action. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Coach Trent got hurt, it was never a thing that Webb became the head coach and Coach Rockford stayed assistant coach, because Coach Rockford didn’t want to be head coach. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Her mother ignored her; she was talking to the shop assistant. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Everyone watched as the assistants cooled down the Spirit Medium’s body. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I trained him as my assistant in the business of concocting and dispensing noise,” finished the doctor, mopping his brow with a handkerchief. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z An assistant who was already a senior ranked nowhere. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant was checking some request slips, and there was no one else around. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The trainer told him to demand that the start be made with a bell, not simply the traditional walk-up flag, and without assistant starters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mission was to decrypt the entire First Folio, and they needed another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In an effort to keep me noble, she was paying me less than she'd paid her previous assistant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then they went into the kitchen, where the assistant was just putting the final touches on Rosa. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After meeting with his new employees, he turned to Beatrix Halliday, his longtime assistant, and asked, “What do you think they re saying about me?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He told the assistant attorney general that it would be a tremendous loss. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Ernest called MIT’s bluff, informing Evans that he was welcome to hire experienced cyclotroneers from Berkeley to do the job, but warning that the good ones would demand at least an assistant professorship to move. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s office occupies a dusty third-floor corner that overlooks the gardens: walnut-paneled, overheated, decorated with pinned butterflies and beetles in alternating frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But to Nhamo’s horror, Grandmother accepted the dark bottle the assistant brought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said to a little group of his assistants that he wasn’t going to talk about his personal troubles, “I don’t want that to be the reason for anyone to come to hear me.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “My, ah, assistant, Chuck, made a run out for it. I understand Helen likes this sort of thing.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been hired not as William’s equal but essentially as his assistant, at roughly half the pay. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The assistant who had set up Nixon’s secret recording system also testified, describing in detail how it worked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I'm going to put your name on my British visa application as my research assistant,” she said quietly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Often she had no money to pay assistants and worked alone in the nearly empty valley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Everyone took seats, except for Robert Oppenheimer and his assistant, Robert Serber. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Anne put the books on the reserved shelf and pressed a buzzer, which would sound in the senior assistant’s office. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The trader called for his assistant to bring them bowls of sadza and relish from his kitchen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The medicine man was running, and his assistants followed behind him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "It is too bad the fish swims in such a humble home," one of the magistrate's assistants said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At the age of twenty-five, you have an assistant. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be an assistant coach forever.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z From a drawer inside the assistant director’s desk, she produces another key on a chain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I was on my way to homeroom when Mr. Kasigi, the assistant principal, flagged me down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When he stood up to keep running—one of the assistants told him to take it easy—his legs wobbled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Ah!” cried Rosa as Joao and his assistant were thrown to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before his departure for Europe, the university had granted him an assistant professorship at a salary of $3,000. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If ever she referred to his position, she used the phrase “doctor’s assistant,” as if the process of interpretation were equal to taking someone’s temperature, or changing a bedpan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, good. Your praetor’s cape is an inch too low on the left. There—that’s better. Where is my assistant? Julia!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason, our assistant principal never took Cap aside and explained to him that someone was yanking his chain. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The maids, cooks, assistant cooks, and pastry chef had all made themselves scarce, which meant there was no food to be had, and Gherland’s gullet was quite empty. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Georgie had a job but didn’t make much as an assistant manager at Downtown Donuts. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The official assistant to the crew manager was a member of the class below, and the following year he could come into the senior managership with its rights and status. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z At the other end of the room, Gaines’s eternal nemesis, Earl Miller, and several assistant coaches from Midland Lee sat on chairs with the inscrutable look of Buddhas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He hires an assistant to complete some of the basic woodwork, but he takes care of all the details himself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Every kite fighter had an assistant—in my case, Hassan—who held the spool and fed the line. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Park’s two assistants are having trouble keeping up with the line. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Remaining was a six-month-old baby, who was now brought to the Trepids’ room by their assistant, Morgan, a frail elderly woman. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z After eight minutes, Smith pulled out a carrot and thrust it in the hand of the assistant. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "When you get down there just tell Brockway that Mr. Sparland insists that he have an assistant. You do whatever he tells you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Colby reviewed the documents and asked his assistant to meet him at his home as soon as possible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mark, one of the bearded casting assistants, says. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Another dreamer,” said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boy walk away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But if that didn’t happen, she might go to school to be a dental assistant. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Darkness said, “Finding an assistant, such as First Turkey’s Seed Collector, takes two moon cycles. And someone would have to go to Changing Woman herself.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There are assistants on hand if we want to practice with a partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her business card said Executive Secretary, but she was part mother, part assistant, part gopher, part confidant. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The commandant’s assistant says, “You are very lucky, cadet. To serve is an honor.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And their mom has the nerve to say, “Are you looking for twins for the play?” and the young woman says, “Oh, I don’t know, I’m just an assistant in the casting office.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He strode back to the ceremonial stool and motioned for the assistants to administer the muteyo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The stadium turns hushed as an assistant hands him a sealed envelope. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My assistant's voice rattles through the phone speaker before I even have a chance to say hello. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At some point not long before his death, he told his former assistant Mary Kubicek that it was fine to release Henrietta’s name if anyone asked, since it had been so many years. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Big’s administrative assistant got a raise by hinting that shed found a candid photo of him and Natasha in a compromising position in the file cabinet at bonus time. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was Obinze’s mother’s favorite student, the only one good enough to be a research assistant, and had stopped by their house one Sunday to discuss a book. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When all the lights were out and the house was silent, Dr. Cuevas’s assistant, a sickly, myopic young man with a stutter, arrived. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, this is the standard work on the subject,” the assistant would say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They went back in and walked directly up to the assistant DA. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Fig always made a great test subject and an awesome assistant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z And she wasn’t the assistant school principal either, I add. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “Your friend called us first thing this morning,” explained the deputy assistant director, Mr. Struchen. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He imagined himself standing at the Governor's side as an assistant or an adviser, or whatever sort of jobs grown people had. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His assistant had a run in her stockings. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Another previously close assistant of mine was assigned to do the job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s taking everything inside of me not to jump in the car and hunt down this assistant principal right now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 “I’m looking for a beautiful assistant to help me out.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was not until i960 that money was somehow found to pay the expenses of one field assistant — to do work that could easily have occupied the time of four men. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were three pictures: one of the record crowd standing in line; one of the statue itself; and one of the director of the museum with an assistant. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The grisly murder of a popular local official—the assistant mayor had been beheaded and his body tossed in the Artibonite River—was making life even more complicated for Captain Carroll. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But Moss’s focus wasn’t on the assistant principal anymore. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The assistant coach is grabbing at the back of his neck, and he’s got clumps of slimy spit between his fingers. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My breathing speeds up as an assistant wearing a mask and surgical gloves approaches him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I had to say my piece before our assistant principal shut the whole thing down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She wanted to be his assistant director of Truman Drama. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I had about twelve students and assistants then. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Smith, my assistant principal and neighbor, had seen my strengths as a student and furthermore trusted me with his own kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Two assistants in black shirts offered sweating bottles of water, which the girls drank down in greedy gulps. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If there was a problem that needed his attention, he sent an assistant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z From 4 P.M. into the evening, I was lectured on military science by Colonel Tadesse, who was also assistant commissioner of police and had been instrumental in foiling a recent coup attempt against the emperor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening, so the story goes, the night telescope assistant fell ill and Humason was asked if he might fill in. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The author was Jo Ann Robinson, who had been up all night with two student assistants at Alabama State, feverishly running the flyers off on the college’s mimeograph machine and bundling them into packages. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The week before, the scratchy voice of the assistant on the speakerphone had told them that she was still sending out inquiries, but the situation in Afghanistan was getting worse. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The assistant director seems resigned to an impasse and pulls a thick perfect-bound stack of paper from a drawer and begins to read. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I watched as he and our other lead teacher huddled together with the four assistant teachers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My staff thought it would be a good idea, but we're smack in the middle of the campaign, so not even my personal assistant came with me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The assistant moves from the doorway and is replaced by a young woman in a stylish lace-trimmed dress. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Because I had always noticed this house, I found it remarkable when, through the recommendation of a casual acquaintance, the new owner hired me to work three days a week as her personal assistant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t worked since she got married, and before that she’d only been an assistant in the offices of a magazine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hype takes off his headphones, and his assistant ushers us into the studio. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Billy was a chaplain’s assistant in the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I could have made the team do more wind sprints, I wrapped up warm-ups and turned everyone over to the assistant coach and then I ran over to the coach’s office. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “He was here earlier today with his girlfriend,” she explains to her assistant. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ashoke has been hired as an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the university. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the school year, Mott left the faculty to move to a farm in Maryland with her husband to raise chickens, and Volpe applied to be assistant drama director. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Toby blocked everything else out until the intercom crackled and the office assistant’s voice broke into the classroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As a certified nursing assistant, or a CNA for short, she figured there’d never be a shortage of sick folks needing assistance. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Her mind remained sharp, but she needed an assistant to read to her and to help her with her writing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Eugene Connelley, the assistant FBI director, declared it was the "most impressive" sabotage equipment he had ever seen. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The assistant director sweeps his left: hand through his hair and releases a blizzard of dandruff. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They seemed, at times, to come and go almost daily, with the exception of Miss Trixie, the octogenarian assistant accountant, who had been copying figures inaccurately into the Levy' ledgers for almost half a century. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Master had poured some brantwijn for her, Mrs. Coulter said, “So, Lyra, I’m to have an assistant, am I?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And I wrote to my loyal assistants at my newly formed Muslim Mosque, Inc. in Harlem, with a note appended, asking that my letter be duplicated and distributed to the press. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! She’s not my mother! I’m just here helping her. I’m her personal assistant,” she said importantly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Gen was a helpful assistant but could be insufferable. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The assistant director picks up the bag and unties its throat and upends a wrapped bundle into his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z From a professor, she learns what happened: Alice, the administrative assistant, had fallen suddenly by the mailboxes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Or is that when the administrative assistant put the squeeze on Mr. Big? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandresh’s attention remains only on the man in the grey suit, and it does not once wander to this other man who bears a passing resemblance to his assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Frank’s letting me interview him tomorrow, but Carver Jamison just bailed. He was my assistant director!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Become my assistant again. You know—like when you helped me at the a cappella contest.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He informed him of the complaints he had received from the labor as well as from the other assistant managers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In no time, Seaborg became one of the Rad Lab’s reigning radiochemistry experts while also serving as Lewis’s personal research assistant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Before I left, she offered me a job, inviting me to join her staff as an assistant to Mayor Daley, beginning as soon as I was ready. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Applying to be the assistant drama director was a classic rookie teacher’s mistake. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z You have to take a pilot assistant with you when you ferry a Hudson. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The alethiometer was kept in a safe in there, and the senior assistant had to put it away himself, which he did with an air of solemnity that Hannah enjoyed very much. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Between flight cancellations and Farmer suddenly changing his mind about where he was going and for how long, his travel constant monitoring—a task that fell on the shoulders of his brand-new assistant at PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But I gave that up when I was hired as an editorial assistant three days a week at one of the biggest magazines in the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm X entered the ballroom at shortly before two o’clock, trudging heavily instead of with his usual lithe strides, his young lady assistant has told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't understand it, but there he was, smiling and leaving witrr the new assistant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Triple Crown winner was a hellion, repeatedly barging through the gate and dragging the assistant starter with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One Wednesday evening in July, her assistant knocks quietly on the open door to the laboratory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One of the smaller sitting rooms had been cleared for him and his wife and four assistants, one of whom was fanning him with a gilded fan although the air conditioner was on. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Fischer began collecting photos of other Hungarian girls he’d like to meet, and he recruited his new friend and assistant Janos Rigo—an international master and chess organizer—-to serve as a matchmaker. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And although my father was not a fisherman but a pharmacist’s assistant who had once been a doctor in China, he believed in his nengkan, his ability to do anything he put his mind to. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I had proven myself last summer when I was the second assistant junior lunch reservations phone operator. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If he couldn’t maintain Uraniborg at the level he wanted, with many assistants, printers, papermakers and all the rest, he wouldn’t maintain it at all. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “So you won’t mind proving my accusations are totally pathetic by emptying your bag. Imagine how stupid this shop assistant will look when there are no earrings in it!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z After returning back east, John continued to fret over the neutron flux bathing Ernest and his assistants. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The doctors seem to expect her to work magic on their orders, she said, and the certified nursing assistants resent her place of privilege. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He told his assistant and ammo bearer to each bring a spare machine gun for him, and as much ammo as they could possibly carry. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At its inception, the division had a roster of four faculty members, including John, who was appointed an assistant professor of medical physics and mostly paid out of the Physics Department budget. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You can scratch me off the list. I’m going to do the magic act with Siraj and the Great Timdini. They need an assistant.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In 1946, Wilkins was appointed assistant director of the new Biophysics Unit at King’s College in London. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Casting assistant girl goes, “Whoa, costume change,” smiling, amazingly, and then scrunches her face and says, “What’s up with your forehead?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Davis’s eventual successor was his former assistant, an electrician named John Hulbert. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director says, “This is absurd, Sergeant Major.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His object, I soon learned, was not to offer me an education so much as to prepare me to be his assistant. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "Lastly, this is your assistant coach, Coach Whit." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As her hands and her mind grew more crooked, Kate began to rely more and more on Joe Valery as her assistant in chief, as her go-between, and as her executioner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Tycho was sufficiently impressed that he suggested that Kepler might care to join the team of assistants surrounding the older man. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Anyway, even if he’d had an assistant, he would have washed these flasks himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “He said he would hire me as his assistant when I turn sixteen.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Aisha had a male assistant help me take my first steps that night. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When we moved to New York, she worked multiple jobs, from a freelance writer for magazines and television to a furrier’s assistant—whatever she could do to help cover her growing expenses. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The magistrate was silent for a moment, realizing the truth of his assistant's words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I came to this country from Syria nine years ago and have since then earned American citizenship and am assistant manager of the Pizza Pad on Highway 6.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z True enough, and this ability of Tree-ear’s was to serve him well in his new life as Min’s assistant. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Will you watch my table for me, my assistant?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z His chances seemed to improve again on May 10, when the FBI revealed the bugging that’d been done, at Kissinger’s orders, on the phones of his assistants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “And that you have chosen a path of less resistance. You’ve even brought me something fresh, an assistant to aid in our efforts.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And they found an ally in Liz Carpenter, the assistant of Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I stepped aside to avoid walking into the thread with which his girl assistant manipulated the boxers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Some years there were several good jobs, like greenhouse helper, timekeeper’s assistant, or messenger, and no bad jobs at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If she stayed on as Yedsha’s assistant dragon hunter, she could take them to places far away from Håkon, and then they wouldn’t find him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z One of their assistant coaches saw Luke and bent down to whisper something in Herrera’s ear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When Mike was a junior at Permian, his brother took him to meet David McWilliams, the Texas head coach, and an assistant later took Mike into the field house and showed him the weight room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My career as a personal assistant hit rock bottom one summer morning when Valencia greeted me with a flyer she'd taken from the window of an exotic-bird shop located on the corner. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And just like that, Adam Douglas, an assistant football coach at Wallace High, became the Perkins High School athletic director. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Secretaries or botanists, and once the director’s assistant, bring her back to the key pound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Luke worked out with the assistant coaches, both of them quitting before he needed to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To offset the solitude, I joked around with Lorraine, my assistant, a hyperorganized, good-humored African American woman several years my senior who sat just outside my office and answered my phone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 He was on vacation from his job in Assam, where he worked as an assistant manager of a tea estate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes two keys to open it, and the assistant director seems inexperienced with the lock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I will offer my services as her personal assistant. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Heidi walks up to the casting assistant and exchanges some words, her head shaking a lot and hands planted firmly on her hips. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z One day he’d walked by, and there they were — a girl, her parents, an assistant, looking disoriented and somehow ragged around the edges, as though they’d been torn out of a book. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, he got himself introduced to an assistant curator in a museum. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The assistant began bringing out buckets of beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a number of gloved assistants on hand to deal with the mess. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Others, assistants, were trained by Mr. Yacub to continue his objective. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re helping her now, kid. I’m glad Ma’s got such a loyal assistant. It’s hard to find good help these days.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The only witness present was his assistant as the Nineteenth Amendment officially became law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In June McNamara asked his assistant, John McNaughton, to start collecting classified documents for future use by government officials and scholars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “We represented ourselves. We appointed him as our leader... he and his assistants.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The other man, who had introduced himself as Rich Fowler, the vice president and legal counsel, but who Tuttle had introduced as his assistant, had been mostly quiet, leaning against the window behind his boss. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The assistant district attorney, a heavyset white man, approached them and asked how he could help. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My adviser told me that she knew the assistant director of admissions at Johns Hopkins, whom she wanted me to meet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Not even when three of his assistants and his beloved sister, Rebecca, died did he doubt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He was so quiet that Fitzsimmons’s assistant trainers once forgot all about him and left him in a van for an entire afternoon in brutal heat while they went for a beer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later, I sat across the table from Paul White, the assistant director of admissions at Johns Hopkins. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was run solely by the Trepids, with the help of their overworked assistant, Morgan, who referred to herself as Chief Gopher. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Four years later, Satchmo moved from his old neighborhood to Marlow Hill, after his mother had taken a job as an office assistant at a veterinary clinic. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When her attorney could not get her a settlement, she convinced him to hire her as an assistant. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I learned, however, from his wife, who seemed a decent, poor soul, that he was only the assistant to Smollet, who of the two mates was the responsible person. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z "Yeah. All I got to do is fight tonight. You, the assistant trainer, got to do all the worrying, right?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He would serve as an assistant football coach, and he would be allowed to form his own tennis team. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The assistant principal said, “Come with me, Nick. We’ll get you sorted out.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Beckany, the ringlet-haired casting assistant whose voice has steadily shredded into a total rasp today, is standing by the door, letting the last child out from her singing audition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Hype’s assistant leads me and Supreme to the studio. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Magicians, conjurers, etcetera. No need for lovely assistants at this time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She worked at a fast-food restaurant, rising to assistant manager but never making much more than minimum wage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Friendly faces came into view, some familiar—Gran; my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker; the vet assistant with a tower of pumpkin-orange curls—along with gobs of strangers gathered in the parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z After several hours the commandant’s assistant calls him in and sets down his ballpoint and looks across his desk as though Werner is one among a vast series of trivial problems he must put right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z An assistant attorney general then presented the State's arguments—capital cases on appeal were managed by the attorney general, not the local district attorney. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The instruments were the best that money could provide, and as the work of observing developed and more assistants came to the island to work with Tycho, a second observatory was built near by. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z At one point Speed and Wyche invited Gey’s former assistant, Mary Kubicek, to an event in the basement of the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Turner Station, to talk about how she grew HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A couple of his assistants even patted him on the back. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Your chairman recognizes the assistant chairman,” he said, nodding to Mother to let her know he had just conferred that title upon her person. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He has been pondering this ever since the review was placed on his desk, neatly clipped and labeled by his assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Felix Chavez, a courtly Puerto Rican from Brooklyn, had worked as assistant to a building’s super. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I probably forgot to tell you—I’m assistant head football coach at the Andrew J. McCorkle High School. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, when America went to war with Spain in 1898, after the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine, Roosevelt left his job as assistant secretary of the Navy and helped form the 1st U.S. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Ted helped me set up a studio downstairs so I could take in work as a free-lance production assistant for graphic artists. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lab assistants live on this stuff when they run experiments at night,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He could barely read or write and had been assigned to Captain Black as assistant intelligence officer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “The assistant state attorney believed that the children had been mistreated, but he thought that it was going to be tough to prove,” the reporter explained. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “It appears that you already know my assistant, Seed Collector. Explain yourself.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She got the job of building repair assistant, which was a good job for Orly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m Jenny Yen. This young lady to my left is my assistant and niece, Abby.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Over those first few days, Lazlo had to see to it that all the Godslayer’s delegates were set up with workspace to accommodate their needs, as well as materials and, in some cases, assistants. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The night that Dr. Cuevas and his assistant cut open Rosa’s corpse in the kitchen to establish the cause of her death, Clara lay in bed with her eyes wide open, trembling in the dark. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly across the hall from the Headmaster’s study was the assistant masters’ Common Room. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The photographer tried hiding in the bushes while his assistant distracted the horse, but again Seabiscuit swung his head around to stare at him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed the phone back to his assistant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She threw open her arms like a magician’s assistant. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The U.S. assistant attorney general, who oversaw the federal prison system, had asked White if he would take over as warden of Leavenworth prison, in Kansas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When I asked Mr. Becker about commissions, he said they were for salespeople and I was just an assistant. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “And Gib is an administrative assistant without peer,” Arnold finished. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He took it, studied it and passed it to his assistant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Perhaps Mr. Derby could use an assistant to help him keep his books. I can read and cipher, you know,” she added with a bit of pride. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After the doctor had settled himself down, he told his servants to untie Joao and the assistant. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought about becoming a dental assistant, but was leaning toward radiation technologist so she could study cancer and help patients who were getting radiation treatment like her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He might have requested an assistant to do such menial chores, but he was too jealous of his secret to let anyone into his laboratory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Late afternoon: In the office at Berkeley I shared with several other lecturers and teaching assistants, I was grading some papers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jazz and Doris nearly passed out from laughing so hard, but as the chef's assistant, I did my best to keep a straight face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A few years back she might have sympathized with the nursing assistants. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His assistant popped up next to him and took pictures with his phone, furiously typing after every picture. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Moss turned to stare after that, and Officer Hull was scowling at the assistant principal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He needed an engineer willing to go to Chicago and supervise the construction effort and thought he knew just the man: Luther V. Rice, assistant engineer of the Union Depot & Tunnel Company, St. Louis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With that blank filled, I took up my duties as assistant senior crew manager. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked in the kitchen under Alice, who preferred assistants who were disinclined to natter all day, to better hear her own voice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “He is sick. He mentioned First Turkey is coming over to diagnose. And First Turkey’s assistant needs a sash with a pocket or something.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But no, the assistant principal had to set Cap up for sainthood! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “You have a new assistant every time I visit,” Lainie remarks, after the latest version brings a tray with their tea and quickly disappears again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Samantha Peck, my mother’s kind and beautiful live-in personal assistant, had spent the night in the apartment, behind our locked doors. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It’s one of those white, knee-length clinical sort of garments that all chemist assistants seem to wear. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The assistant director says, “I have other matters to attend to, Sergeant Major.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The assistant director reaches for the handset, says “Sylvie” into it, listens awhile, then sets it down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When McNamara returned from the White House later that morning, he told McNaughton to thank his assistant for a job well done. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His work as a painter’s assistant required long hours. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early 1960s, Henry F. Dobyns, a young anthropologist working on a rural-aid project in Peru, dispatched assistants to storehouses of old records throughout the country. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘I shall tape it on tight for now and I’ll be up at your house with my assistant within the hour.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In Seattle, at about the same hour, Tom Bolles and his assistant coaches released the freshmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Now that you are an assistant professor, I didn’t think you would,” said Theresa, feeling among the shoes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “On rare occasions will one be an assistant. One must travel to Changing Woman and explain why an assistant is necessary. No, I do not have one.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Maxine tells him she works as an assistant editor for a publisher of art books. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of the boxes had broken open on the way, spilling hot uranium over the truck bed; Seaborg advised his assistants to wear rubber gloves to sweep up the detritus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Running system agent software was a little like having a virtual personal assistant—one that also functioned as a voice-activated interface with your computer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not long before my wedding, she’d been promoted to the role of commissioner in charge of planning and economic development for the city and had offered me a job as an assistant commissioner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I’m actually outside the gate right now,” the assistant said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Von Rumpel swallows the last of his tea and sets the cup very carefully on the edge of the assistant directors desk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It had to be what they’d told the assistant guard about the mayor. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The casting assistant with blonde ringlet hair and a hoarse voice gets up from the desk and walks over to us. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “If I recall, I told you to research it for me. In the role of an editorial assistant.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The assistant DA said he was sorry, but the wallet was still being used as evidence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The official who had led him in moved to stand at one side of the door in the stance of an assistant. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Toulouse-Lautrec stays for lunch, and he and Vincent have a big laugh together over an undertaker’s assistant they had seen earlier on the stairs. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I try not to picture Grandma Rose's reaction when I tell her Kareena wants me to be a budgetary assistant. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Furious at being blindsided by the appointment, Bush dodged Groves’s brusque queries about the state of the project and dashed off a prickly letter to Stimson’s assistant, Harvey Bundy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You aren’t,” his eyes burned at me from his grimacing face, “still the assistant senior crew manager!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir. I’m a production assistant. Jenny Yen over there?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I knew immediately what I needed to do, and that was to bench myself—to let Malia go see the next campus without me, sending Kristin Jones, my personal assistant, as her escort instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The assistant starter caught him and shoved him backward at the same instant that the field sprang away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a shortage of assistants in Camelot for the hanking, because there were so many people at it So Guenever began going with Lancelot to help him with the balls of string. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant pilot had climbed through from the cockpit. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Like a juggler’s assistant I produced the props, then silent and attentive I waited on my cue. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought about trying to find an assistant warden but realized that that might be difficult, and anyway, an assistant warden would be unlikely to tell an officer he was wrong in front of me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She locked herself in a back room and her assistant delivered the baby. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He gazed toward Mr. Jacobs, then back at Moss, then back again at the assistant principal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The assistant director resumes looking at his manuscript, though it is clear to von Rumpel that he is no longer reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I know we still do, but not like we did when I was an assistant.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Baba found a job off Washington Boulevard as an assistant at a gas station owned by an Afghan acquaintance—he’d started looking for work the same week we arrived. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Brother of my assistant, what do you think?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “It’s just me and my mom. She’s a nursing assistant at a hospital.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Late in the program Cody himself demonstrated some fancy marksmanship, dashing around the arena on horseback while firing his Winchester at glass balls hurled into the air by his assistants. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Father Mike, her son-in-law and my very own uncle, was by this time back from his years in Greece and serving—in an assistant capacity—at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His assistant, Anne Froelick, typed up his handwritten pages, adding her own edits. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Chian wrote notes on my interview report the whole time, while one of his assistants recorded the session with a tiny microphone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "It would be unfair to the other villagers," the king's assistant murmured, "and it would break tradition." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The principal and assistant principal and janitor and teachers all helped. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z You have also located my game assistant, Raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She started at Truman right after college, but it took her seven years to get the position of Volpe’s assistant director. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z My financial aid package at Princeton required me to get a work-study job, and I ended up with a good one, getting hired as an assistant to the director of the TWC. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Miss Thrush was grooming me to be second assistant to the ombudswoman there. The examination’s very difficult. I’ve been studying for twenty-one years.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "Bud Martin, Mr. Donatelli's assistant," said Henry, pointing at the thin man. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I took him to Stokes, because I loved it there, and because the assistant manager would always give me the unsold doughnuts from the bakery. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “But not only are they skeptical to begin with, Number Two and I—and a few of the other assistants—-are the only people who have understood him.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He detailed cars and was the assistant coach on the sophomore basketball team. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And my great-grandmother—my granny’s mother—was the magician’s assistant. They traveled all over the country. They performed magic together.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Technically, I have no assistant director and no boom operator. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Long before dawn the market space was lit by dozens of oil lamps as potters and their assistants rushed about in an anxious, eerie silence, preparing their stalls. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z If you are stumped by the final question, it might help to know that Coaching Principles was taught by Jim Harrick Jr., an assistant coach with the university’s basketball team. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Department of the Interior, so Walter White spoke to Oscar Chapman, the assistant secretary. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The shop assistant looked toward them more frequently now, but luckily a party of tourists came in and kept her busy for the time being. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When they reach the end, the assistant director laces his fingers across his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She would have been content as a doctor’s assistant, too, binding up cuts and bones. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Trixie has stood by Levy' Pants through the years,” the office manager explained while the ancient assistant accountant babbled something else about the turkey. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day, he serves as their telephone assistant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “And you,” said the mayor, turning to the assistant guard and shaking a thick finger at him, “watch visitors much ... more ... carefully.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “A Miss Burgess to see you, sir,” an assistant calls from the open door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Sir, on my way here, I was set upon by robbers. They—they destroyed my master’s work—” The assistant stepped forward in anger. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was class treasurer, an assistant librarian, a member of the radio club, and he appeared on the honor roll every year that he attended the school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad told me I couldn’t be an assistant again next year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She would kneel in her kimono and speak very softly in Japanese, while her young assistant would gracefully swing closed knees or bend her swanlike neck to the old geisha’s instructions. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It was our turn to be classroom assistants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z More realistically, he pictured a kind of assistant to the man-god, say a half step up from an apostle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon ran afoul of the Florida cracker who was assistant conductor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed along Klan information to the assistant attorney general of Georgia, an established Klan buster. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At night, a Lithuanian lab assistant slept next to the camera on a cot, listening to its constant tick, making sure it stayed stable through the night, waking every hour to refocus it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I thought you got out of acting,” I say, stunned, “because of annoying ringlet-haired casting assistants.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Taimanov arrived with a full Russian entourage: a second, an assistant, and a match manager, but even with all the help, he was, nevertheless, helpless. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Calvin the assistant director says, but maybe not. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The mom was an executive assistant in Long Beach and the dad was an amateur boxer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Silence, please!” the blonde casting assistant screams, bellowing over the buzz of mothers putting makeup on their girls; of boys singing scales; of every other child nervously retucking-in his or her shirt. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The frustrated assistant starter began waving a rope back and forth in front of the horse’s face to distract him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most schools promised terms appropriate for any new assistant professor of English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, explaining Personal Body Stuff to the assistant principal... Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The previous winter, he’d added a whole new level of delight to his existence when he started volunteering as an assistant coach for the Vipers, Sasha’s middle school basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A friend of hers has set up her own public relations firm and she needs an assistant. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A door squeaked open, and the vet’s assistant poked her head out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In 1937 they sent up an emergency flare for help; this brought them Laslett, one of Lawrence’s most valued assistants, who advised them that their magnet had been ill designed and misengineered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Francis,” she says to her assistant, “could you show Max something in the museum for a moment? Perhaps the beetles?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Years later Fitzsimmons would argue that the intense campaign through which he and his assistants put Seabiscuit gave the horse the seasoning that enabled him to race for so long as an older horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, he had more help than he’s ever had before: no fewer than two assistants; Mr. van D. and I performed our job well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That kind of genius status means that he gets a cushy job working in the science lab as a teacher’s assistant for his community service. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Soon afterward Holmes brought an unexpected but welcome gift to the family of his assistant, Benjamin Pitezel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The assistant principal dashed away and over to the ground near the entrance to the front office and pried a metal compartment in the wall open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The more projects his team of remote executive assistants engages in, the more knowledge they build up. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z General Russell also decided to call an assistant secretary of defense, just to get the Pentagon notified. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "My assistant had to remain in DC since this trip was so spontaneous," he says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He leveled the assistant principal with a glare. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was in the Gold House, led by an assistant principal named Mr. Smith, who happened to live a few doors down from my family on Euclid Avenue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The assistant pilot was leaning down, stowing away a piece of equipment. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She was unaware of the fact that Brown and his assistants kept referring to her in the letters that they sent to the Boston Abolitionists who were helping to finance his project. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Female personal assistant for busy sports coach in Ardmore, communication and interpersonal skills required. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I could use a young person like you as an assistant, if you were interested?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But we can sure find out. Mama’s the assistant troop leader.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently Adolf Hitler has a vendetta against tobacco, finds it filthy and disgusting, and his military police and their assistants are not meant to smoke at work. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I actually had an administrative assistant,” suit guy said. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew about Nigerians, he told her, he was an assistant professor at Yale, and although his interest was mostly in southern Africa, how could he not know about Nigerians when they were everywhere? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And if the card is empty, she groans and then looks around and shouts, “I need an AP!” which is an assistant principal, to come and take the kid out of line. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Around him was a raucous entourage of assistants, sycophants, distant relatives and assorted hangers-on. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “When it is ready he will need an assistant, and he has offered me the job.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. O’Flanagan was the assistant manager of the gin and a former merchant sailor, and he loved having a bird around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At least one of Carrel’s former lab assistants verified Hayflick’s suspicion. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From down six sets of halls, I can hear the mean Starbucks-dumping casting assistant shouting for the next fifty children to line up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The carpenter’s assistant grinned at this with mutton stuck between his lordly white teeth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a curious phenomenon, and Galileo passed the problem on to his assistant, Torricelli, who started doing experiments, trying to figure out the reason for the pumps’ curious limitation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The hunter called his assistants on the radio. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned to Malcolm X’s stalwart assistant Benjamin X, known as a highly able speaker himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The state engineer, Nelson Bookman, and his personal special assistant, Rudy Noyes, knew more water law than the rest of the state put together. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistants are graduate students who help Dr. Zamborska’s research while they study for advanced degrees. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he can’t be that ill if he managed to get up here. “My brother’s Crouch’s personal assistant,” Ron informed Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z ‘Are you sure you haven’t made a mistake?’ my mother said to the shop assistant. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In study hall, I received a note to go see Mr. Ivan Muse, the assistant principal in charge of student activities. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “What about those Monster Books, eh? The assistant nearly cried when we said we wanted two.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Chandresh joins them at this point, followed closely by his assistant, Marco, a handsome young man with striking green eyes who quickly attracts the attention of both Burgess sisters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Neither Rush nor his assistants could handle the press of sick people demanding his cure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There came the switchboard, the nasal assistant, a pause and the crackle of the long-distance line, then Jack’s neutral tone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Two assistant starters, almost certainly called in by War Admiral’s handlers, showed up to lead the horses to the walk-up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She told the courier to give the top priority cable to the new assistant. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Being an assistant would be good work, a voice in her head reasoned. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By this time several other of his assistants were filtering in and out of the small anteroom alongside the stage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After stepping down from that post in 2003, he started a company called B2K, with a division called Brickwork, which offers busy global executives their own personal assistant in India. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Towards evening he made friends with a barber’s assistant, whom he had seen working in the shade of an arch. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom handed him a cigar and proposed that he become his bodyguard and assistant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He sent his assistant off at once with a stretcher. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is Raven. My virtual assistant. She’s a computer program designed to assist players in the scavenger hunt.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His assistant approached me after the Sunday service and said I was wanted in the bishop’s office. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The employee lounge was a dank, windowless room where I found the pharmacy assistant, Linda, nibbling a crustless sandwich in the vivid “Line two’s for you. Whoever it is sounds freaked.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Soon a rumor started spreading that I was really an undercover assistant principal hired to keep kids in line. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And, my God, Calvin the assistant director is scribbling something on his notepad at the table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Diaz, look behind me,” he yelled to his assistant gunner. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He’s the assistant to the assistant, you know.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "The e-mail said I couldn't even tell my assistant." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1841, only two years later, an assistant to Daguerre, Andre Le Fevre, was arrested in the Tuileries Gardens for attempting to sell a gentleman a picture of the woman and the pony. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man seemed to be his main assistant. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later Edison told his assistant that his invention had no commercial value. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He offered Smith a job as a foreman, farrier, and training assistant. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant arrived with three large bowls of food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z John McNaughton was the secretary of defense’s main assistant on Vietnam policy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Derring, along with the lab’s health officer, James Tingle, and Rufus House, assistant to Langley director Henry Reid, hustled over to the building, where several West Computers were anxiously waiting in the lobby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Perry and his assistant were glaring at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you have need of shelter here in Songdo, my assistant will see to it that you are housed and fed until the boat sails. Your coming is greatly appreciated.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “He has all the qualifications I require in a lab assistant.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “You liar! You were on your way to the Frelimo camp. I heard you talking to your assistant,” Uncle Kufa shouted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z While I did this, I supported myself by being a nursing assistant in a nursing home. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him to wait in the regular triage line for a physician's assistant. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Big’s administrative assistant got a raise by hinting at bonus time that she’d found a candid photo in the file cabinet of him and Natasha in a compromising position. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We found the assistant midway down the drive, pacing next to her black SUV and wringing her hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I only walked around the room once, one hand clutching the wheeled IV stand, the other clasping the assistant’s forearm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Before, she thought it was the sign of a very good assistant, never accounting for how deceptive such an appearance might be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After several minutes and the efforts of three assistant starters, Specify finally stood still. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin around the assistant directors eyes stretches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Empty turtle shells stood drying in the corner, and the cook’s assistant stirred the thick soup bubbling over the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty much my mom’s sous chef growing up, which is just a fancy way of saying I was her kitchen assistant. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was the assistant to the village master arts man, the one responsible for the creation of all the dances and drum rhythms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the honor of spending a year as a special assistant to the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We’ll go at night when there are fewer people around—just a few lab assistants running experiments. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It would have just reminded her of their run-in with the assistant principal. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Turner saw a woman with a little girl at her side talking to a shop assistant who displayed a different shoe in the palm of each hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But no one could test the theory, because two years after Carrel’s death, his assistant unceremoniously threw the famous chicken-heart cells in the trash. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z ‘If he’s going to Repton, madam, he must wear these clothes,’ the assistant said firmly. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The second was Yale’s complacent refusal to accommodate its sought-after assistant professor’s request for a promotion to associate professor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Miss Bowen?” a voice says behind her and she turns, surprised to find Chandresh’s assistant standing in the doorway, watching her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Kulkarni suggested I hire a remote assistant in India to do all the research for this book. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad always told me that you can judge people by the way they treat waiters and assistants. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Ifemelu had met him a few times, an assistant professor of history who had lived in Congo as a child. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After I heard Dad telling an assistant coach that he, too, was “shocked by the news,” I couldn’t take it anymore. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Master Peale is closing up the house with his family and assistants inside. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reading one of Leslie’s books, and the adventures of an assistant pig keeper were far more important to him than Brenda’s sauce. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z With two Manchester graduate assistants, Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, he set about finding one, using alpha particles as his tools. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That’s why I volunteered to be his assistant and help out backstage. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Then there were lecturers, then there were assistant professors, then there were tenured professors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My face must change, because Rex Rollins says, “The assistant director, Anthony.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He asked a former assistant, Charles Eliot, now one of Boston’s best landscape architects, if he would come to help. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Many times I had said to my own assistants that anyone in a position to discipline others must be able to take disciplining himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The receiving physician's assistant, Mr. Bow, spotted lice in my hair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z As assistant editorial page editor of The Emory Wheel, he authored scores of commentaries. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In a flurry of activity, the vet’s assistant comes out and ushers Roger’s family into the examining room ahead of all the other people who are waiting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Also present were Major O. W. Hotchkins, chairman of the separate local defense council; Bart Johannson, an assistant to Major Hotchkins; and S. Austin Coney, organizer of the island’s Interceptor Command force. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Showing a natural resourcefulness, he had little money but got himself hired as an au pair, or domestic assistant, to a Franco-American family. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Achmad, an Indonesian government officer, was acting as the boss, because he and I were organizing an ecological survey for the government and had hired Wiwor and Sauakari as local assistants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By unspoken agreement, Tree-ear joined the other potters’ assistants one morning in the area between the beach and the village that served as a marketplace. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The first direct order for my death was issued through a Mosque Seven official who previously had been a close assistant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the further danger that if he put one of his assistants to taking DNA photographs, the B structure would also be discovered in Pasadena. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They were directed to a set of chairs, the same chairs Zeitoun had been questioned in, and were told to wait for a chance to meet with the assistant district attorney. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Calvin the assistant director says, standing to greet me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z David became a psychologist, earning a PhD in 1986 from Texas Tech University, and, eventually, becoming an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “What brings Mr. Sir Fig Newton in today?” the vet assistant purred. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I flew back to New York psychologically preparing myself to tell my Mosque Seven assistants that I had been suspended—or “silenced.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him trailed three young men, his new assistants. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We were in the principal’s office and there were a lot of people looking embarrassed, but the assistant principal was smiling and turning his head so no one would see it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He worked so hard that they made him assistant manager, and then manager. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The trader’s assistant brought out the hissing lamps and hung them over the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard him call an assistant over and tell him to organize a scrimmage. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that managers and especially “assistant managers” in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the tall muscular man next to Leo Tilden—his assistant, Sven, probably—looked fairly perturbed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I never tell him I’d rather clean toilets than be some man’s assistant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Dimple asked as they strode across the chilly lobby and showed their IDs to the residence hall desk assistant, who barely looked up from the text she was furiously tapping on her phone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At first she wonders what on earth Chandresh’s assistant is doing in Prague, as she has never seen him outside of London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I counted the money into Kaerva’s hand as his assistant saddled the big black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the expression dissolved and she said, in her small voice, “I’m not a midwife, just an assistant.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’m Joana. I worked as a physician’s assistant for a few years. I’m not German. I’m Lithuanian. Is that a problem?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He signaled an assistant manager, perhaps by telepathy, and all together we worked out a solution. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When we heard nothing, I asked Gay to contact the assistant state attorney. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He staggered forward and the assistant principal caught him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “I have never before, in all the numerous works for which I have been broadly responsible, trusted as much to the discretion of an assistant or co-operator,” Olmsted wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The assistant reached her long, bony arms inside and dragged out a limp, defeated Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The assistant looked as though he wanted to stop them leaving, but he barely came up to Hagrid’s waist and seemed to think better of it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You say your brother’s Crouch’s personal assistant? Any chance you could ask him if he’s seen Crouch lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Funny, it was for all the local businesses in the neighborhood. I’ll have my assistant look into it.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One hundred fifty a day sought him out; his five assistants each saw thirty patients a day. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He had taught me which plants made which colors and how to mix them to make more, and I loved being his assistant in both the kitchen and the field. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Which I’m not sure is an actual thing, since I’m going to be the only assistant there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Move it!” the assistant pilot shouted above the roar of the engines. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Years later he would ask Leo Nedelsky, one of his Berkeley graduate assistants, to substitute for him in delivering a lecture. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Aside from me, my brothers Harry and Hugo and my mother’s personal assistant, Samantha, were the only ones home. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Father Mike was the assistant priest at Assumption. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She is, when not in a delicate state, her husband’s assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he asked, “Who cut off the head of the assistant mayor?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z "I was told to tell you that Mr. Sparland said for you to be given an assistant." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His assistants were keeping up with it nicely. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This was his fifth executive assistant since Mrs. Halliday had retired. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "One thing I do remember is that he had a thing about socks," says the assistant manager, a fleshy, garrulous man named George Dreeszen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What?” barked the assistant principal in a very harried tone. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z After going wacko at the groundbreaking ceremony, Chuck E. Muckle got demoted to the post of assistant junior vice-president. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He signaled to the assistant to lift down one of the lamps. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With the war over, neither Congress nor the Army was inclined to spend much money on code breakers, so it was hard to hire another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The vet assistant crouched low, peering into the carrier. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The friendly young production assistant had just told him everything he needed to know. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “If their very livelihood depends on it, what do you think they’re going to do?” says Mariale Hardiman, a longtime principal and now an assistant dean for interdisciplinary studies at Johns Hopkins University. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I will send my assistant, Seed Collector, as well,” First Turkey said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “He does work for the government, Lester. I’ve bragged on him a million times. This is my sister’s boy. He works in the governor’s office...the assistant to the assistant.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He motioned for his assistant to bring over the list. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Both the priest and his assistant were IN, the board informed me in gold letters, which I could plainly see. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In my official capacity as assistant cultural attache, but on an unofficial errand, I attended the Warhol opening at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Since he had begun working for Min, the other potters’ assistants tolerated his presence, but a friendly greeting was still a rarity. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As they stepped inside, he said, “I didn’t actually introduce myself, did I? I’m Jack. I’m Mr. Griswold’s assistant.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the flare of the flame, his assistants saw a windowless room, roughly twenty-five feet square. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Beautiful,” Dr. Philobosian said, meaning me but looking at his assistant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At first, Latimer said, Pitezel took care of the horses involved in the construction of Holmes’s building, but later he became his all-round assistant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, we’re pulling up at school, where the assistant principals are waiting inside to sort us all into our homeroom classes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z To earn money, she took a job as an assistant librarian in Huntington. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was a Hollows Facebook phenomenon for a week until Mrs. Marks, our assistant principal, said anybody caught circulating the video would be suspended. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez had gladly given the assistant accountant an indefinite vacation. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I wouldn't do”—Pixie sounded dangerous now—“if I were a shop assistant, is throw around totally pathetic accusations.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She was a regional nurse who traveled a lot for her job, and he was a retired Air Force sergeant who now worked as an air traffic assistant with the Federal Aviation Administration in Houston. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then he handed the scroll to the assistant. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Seaborg had accepted an appointment at Berkeley as a full professor, with the authority to hire four assistant and associate professors and twelve salaried graduate fellows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But to my astonishment, upon arrival I learned that my assistants already had been informed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex took one last quick look at the assistant pilot, then kicked out with all his strength. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Trujillo scribbles a last signature and waves the assistants out of the room, then turns to his secretary of state. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s telephone rings, and he reaches to pick it up, but von Rumpel holds up a hand, and the phone rings ten or eleven times and then falls quiet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The assistant pilot was looking the other way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z So Humason took odd jobs at the observatory—electrician’s assistant, janitor, swabbing the floors of the telescope he had helped to build. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the lawyers who had to prosecute the case was assistant U.S. attorney Edward Wallace. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldstein was the assistant coach and he told the regular coach, Mr. Nipper, that I was there to try out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z From the window of the listening post in the Howard Johnson’s, McCord’s assistant watched the Watergate building through a pair of binoculars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We always brought him coffee when it was the freshest and hottest, and when one of the hatchery assistants bought doughnuts, we saved our father a jelly one, because we knew that was his favorite. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had the master key because another one of my summer jobs was assistant apprentice super for my family’s complex. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “One of our assistant coaches quit,” I say before she has the chance to say something about it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Later, Hale wrote a letter to an assistant chief of the tribe, saying, “I never had better friends in my life than the Osages....I will always be the Osages true Friend.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A small man in black flannel comes down the staircase apologizing in German; he says he is the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Within hours, at Kissinger’s request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began placing wiretaps on the phones of Kissinger’s assistants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z From behind his desk, the assistant produces a folded uniform—slate-gray, eagle on the breast, Litzen on the collar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She gives my leg a kick, and casting assistant girl says “whatever” and shows me to my place in line, two people ahead of the pretty girl with the flute. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “If I become corporation counsel you shall be my assistant.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m now Mr. Crouch’s personal assistant, and I’m here representing him.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The secretary, Mrs. Kay, even the assistant headmaster, Mr. Waters, with his tartan tie, avert their eyes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Lorraine, my assistant, gave Barack a knowing smile each time he surfaced in my office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z |
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