| 单词 | mission |
| 例句 | And indeed, introducing classical music to the masses became something of a mission for post-war governments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I pass a breadline—a long row of shabby dispirited people leading to the door of a mission. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z To everyone he knew he wrote that he was going on a very dangerous mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Big Ma took to hiding in her room when Mr. Lucas stayed to watch the moon mission. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Big Schoolboy also belonged to the Catholic Church, as did most of the members of our family now, especially those of us who had been to mission schools. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The immediate area secured, Stanton turned to his second mission, launching the investigation into the crimes that had occurred at Ford’s and at the Seward house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Cade Hernandez was our de facto commander in the Stop Trying to Make Us Stop revolution, our act of defiance against the quit missions. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Since we had both been to mission school, he would tell me stories about his own school days. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z From the moment I arrived on the island, I had made it my mission to seek some accommodation with our rivals in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, returning from a mission in thick fog, two Po-2s collided in midair. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Farmer also agreed to serve as a consultant on TB in Russian prisons for the World Bank’s mission to Moscow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But out of the thousands of them where was there one to whom he could entrust the mission and then take ease? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Before each mission and as we approached the target, I became a concentration of nerves and tension,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So had Scythe Curie when she had sent her on this mission. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z God had a mission for us when he put us here long before you blacks ever reached here from central Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z You cant go alone on a classified mission, June, he would say. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They even surprised navigator Tatyana Sumarokova on the morning of her birthday after her night’s bombing missions, presenting her with a bottle of champagne and singing her a song they’d made up themselves! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Beaumarchais had been a spy in Spain, where he had performed some secret missions for the king. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If he pleaded guilty, or admitted something he and others had convinced him he hadn’t done, or couldn’t be proved, he’d again put his mission in jeopardy, he’d risk letting down his family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It zinged through the air on its mission like a missile from a fighter jet. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z But that would have been a suicide mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that the flurry of activity leading up to this mission is over, I realize I have no idea what I’m facing on this trip to District 8. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ivy was so focused on her mission when she got there yesterday, she could’ve sworn it was a dull beige trimmed with a slightly darker dull beige like all the other houses. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “All right, how about something with his name in it, to remind us of our mission?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Of the nine Pe-2s that had taken off on that mission, only five returned, and everyone was sure that Masha and her crew must be dead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Word of Katherine Johnson’s role in Glenn’s successful mission began making the rounds in the black community, first locally, then farther afield. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Hungry Joe did have fifty missions, but they were no help. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Those were the two words I spoke more than any others when I was in mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Usually they just visit the mission—not way down here. Or maybe Father Rico sent someone to check up on us.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Bunderson explained that he needed the papers “just in case” he would need to deal with something while Reggie was away on his upcoming mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Perhaps he found me attractive. But most likely it was because he drank some cheap wine. I went with it. Didn’t want to compromise the mission after coming so far.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When that's complete, the mission will be handed off to the Ares 3 presupply team, who will monitor its progress over the following months. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It sure is,” Stella replied, jerking her hand away and quickly remembering her mission. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Finally, at the end of the month, he decided to risk a salvage mission. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She thought again of the bargain she and Baaz had just struck, the time she had left to complete her mission. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The instructor breaks us into squads of eight and we attempt to carry out missions—gaining a position, destroying a target, searching a home—as if we were really fighting our way through the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This time, she flew on NASA's Atlantis as a mission specialist. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Too many people would know of the mission. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Presumably Arthur Ashe knew that the success of his mission to South Africa would be measured not by the amount of his criticism of apartheid, but by how well he did in the tournament. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom offered to go over and smooth things out, but I think that Dad and I both realized that given her temper, her diplomatic mission might end up with a restraining order against our family. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In truth, she hadn’t even begun to think about what she might need for this mission, but a map seemed most obvious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Lima considered the looting a necessary part of the mission. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I think that saying prayers before each mission is a very moral and highly laudatory procedure, sir,” he offered timidly, and waited. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Instead of being assigned missions, free hunters were allowed to go looking for trouble. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Then, as he pondered the mission that lay ahead for him, he realized, suddenly, he could not fulfill it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then they started talking about the “mission trip” you went on last summer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They are not worrying about what their mission is or if they will be transferred. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Orr got knocked down into the water again last week on that second mission to Avignon. Maybe he’s unhappy enough to kill him.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Can you confide in me what the mission is?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “If so,” said the stranger with fierce certainty, “it is an immoral mission.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She flipped through the records more matter-of-factly now, on a mission. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t even care anymore about Mikayla or the failed mission. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You were supposed to call me yesterday. I thought we had a”—she glances at Zack and lowers her voice to a whisper—“a PIC mission.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But this time, I have a mission, though I’ve got to be extra careful on account of the censors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I started this mission with six square meters and I've used up most of that. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The saboteurs had all been instructed to kill any team member who acted suspiciously, to ensure that no one would destroy the mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He’d gone through a repentance process so he could cleanse himself of the behavior that would preclude him from going on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I now feel a sense of mission to win the championship,” he declared. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was on an away mission, disguised to infiltrate and observe another culture without violating the Prime Directive. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He also described how a Nazi saboteur should act while in America, so he would blend in and not draw attention to himself and the mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When a mission took them to the mountains, they carried mosquito netting, machetes, canvas tarps, and extra bug juice. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His job was to find the exact orbits and course corrections needed for any given mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian marched backward with his gun on his hip and refused to fly any more missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A slip on the moss, a misplaced step, a turned ankle, and her mission would end before it began. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s my car, after all, and my mission. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Dr. Cable had demanded that no one be told about her mission, even the dorm minders. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I assumed that a big part of his mission was to attract higher-quality students to Rider in order to elevate its profile and reputation, but his attitude toward Truman actually angered me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘I had to get some fresh air. That’s why I volunteered for this mission. Gods of Olympus, my hands are still shaking. See?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The incredible effort of moving the boy to Boston, then watching him die, later struck me as an object lesson in the difficulty of Farmer’s mission, perhaps in its ultimate futility. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Why do you translate the sermons for my father? I know what you think of our mission here.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But he understood the stakes of the mission, and he told Hoover, “I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Not only do we have a dangerous secret mission, but now we have enemies, too. Nice work, Kate.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Early March Missing in Action Father left home on a navy mission on this day nine years ago when I was almost one. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They were ready to go on their mission. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Between us we had to fly three hundred missions every night,” said pilot Nina Raspopova—thirty aircraft flying ten missions each. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “So the mission is this: Find the Ocarrion, and seize it. If the kidnapped orphans are already on board, we free ’em and commandeer the Ocarrion back to port.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For the entire project to succeed, each individual part of the mission—the hardware, the software, and the human—had to function according to plan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Come on, Harry, he was just showing off for Parkinson... What kind of mission would You-Know-Who have given him?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “The eighth graders loved my name for our mission model. I told them it was our destiny to win the competition, and that this was our child. They thought it was brilliant.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Despite his attempts to alter his destiny - joining the worst cohort, trying to change the camp traditions, taking the least glamorous missions and befriending the least popular kids - he had been made praetor anyway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still, the Underdowns insisted that our mission last no more than one year—not enough time for going plumb crazy but only partway, I guess, even if things went poorly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer I stayed with the company, and the longer I was away from Falconer, the less incentive I felt to complete my mission. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he’s had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, this has been my first mission, really. I did do some teaching of the scriptures in New Orleans one summer. Do you know New Orleans?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A handpicked squad led by him would carry out the mission. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I guess I should explain how Mars missions work, for any layman who may be reading this. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the High Hall, the mission was readying for departure. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, with his mission burning inside him, Guiteau sat down in his rented room and wrote out a letter to the American people. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “So you need me riding on your back for a reconnaissance mission!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “And what good are you? A sharpshooter without his guns. You’re completely extraneous to this mission.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After seeing the technical and nontechnical sides of the job, I began to picture myself working on a mission like this one. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The pilots who flew the suicide missions thought they were flying with that holy wind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Women’s Loyal National League had successfully completed its mission, and many people believed that women had earned the right to vote through this work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I have to be in my tip-top condition for such a mission. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As a junior lieutenant I had been in charge of a small unit made up of boys to carry out quick missions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I would only be "in command" of the mission if I were the only remaining person. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A walled adobe compound styled after the historical missions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I guess I did the shutdown as an homage to the mission Ares 3 could have been. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the next morning he would leave on a dangerous mission, even though he knew something terrible was coming down the pike, those words of Mr. Benedict’s had made all good things seem possible. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Benton, you have somehow lost sight of your mission as a Christian. I’m sorry, but we will not be sending you anywhere else.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Disclosing information about their secret mission was punishable by death. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “If all goes well on your scouting mission to the surface, you will have even more important work when you return,” she continues. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead he told her about Henrietta’s cells being used for the polio vaccine and genetic research; he said they’d gone up in early space missions and been used in atomic bomb testing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Let’s move out. Your mission is to locate and recover the bullion. Watch for booby traps. I didn’t trust Fowl when he was alive, and I definitely don’t trust him now that he’s dead.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The missions here suck and I'm getting preached to death. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Commander Jameson officially promoted him to fill my brother’s position, but Thomas has little power over what I choose to do on this test mission, and it drives him crazy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They think the same thing as most of your friends, that you were away all summer on a mission trip and then decided to transfer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The missions, the rote viciousness, will wear me down until there’s nothing left of the boy the Augurs stole fourteen years ago. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The men seemed to think they were on a mission from God to massacre us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But Dasch bitterly maintained that he had always planned on betraying the mission before his feet ever touched the sand in Amagansett. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I was embarking on a fact-finding mission, which I would combine with the pleasures of seeing the countryside and old friends and comrades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I worry our final mission to test what we’ve created might suffer without Epsilon-5 accompanying me,” I say, feigning disappointment. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Once night had fallen, I sent Bongo on her next mission. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That way if one or two probes had problems, we'd still have enough food to complete the mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When she debated the unit’s mission with him, he always overruled her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Even in winter, you can tell nature is on a mission to take it back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Colonel Cathcart is our commanding officer and we must obey him. Why don’t you fly the four more missions and see what happens ?” “I don’t want to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But then I remember that Mama is actually far away, and that reminds me of our mission. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Reggie was feeling high a month into his mission when it came time for his first missionary conference. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z After ten years of struggle he was a doctor and he knew his mission and he came south again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Their Yaks were ready for a combat mission—but no assignment came. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As Matthias brushed himself down, he related the object of his mission. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On one of Tonya’s missions, she and her aircrew were saved “more thanks to the weather” than anything else. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There were many more important missions waiting for me. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His golden eyes “Well, Nakamura. What did you think of the diplomatic mission?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When the typhus fever had fulfilled its mission of devastation at Lowood, it gradually disappeared from thence; but not till its virulence and the number of its victims had drawn public attention on the school. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The book included items such as the mission statement of the school, the honor code, the cadet resolution, and all of the military and cadet ranks. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z On ambush, or other night missions, they carried peculiar little odds and ends. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That her latest mission had been different, had shaken her somehow, so that the pieces of her had been dislodged and were now rattling around inside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And if Hellmuth’s mission succeeded, the Allies would face a stronger and more dangerous partnership between Germany and Argentina. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She played because their mission had failed, and now there was nothing else she could do. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t know the other four men or the one woman who joined in the mission. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Malcolm was a charismatic leader, tall and lean, articulate, good-looking, possessing obvious physical courage, a warm and ready sense of humor, and immense faith in his mission. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After the initial breakthrough, it became a mission of mine to find different ways to slip into Clancy’s mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But my mother was blessed that her village was one of the places where a mission school had contrived to stay open in spite of the government’s Bantu education policies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The botched baseball game doesn't make a dent in Didu's mission. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Designed for a mission of thirty-one sols, AL102 continued well past its planned expiration. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being the mission's chemist, he was also an accomplished astrophysicist. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You went to Piltchard and Wren after the first Avignon mission and told them you didn’t ever want to fly with me. That’s why, isn’t it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The precise timing of the Hiroshima mission was known only to a few physicists on the bomb team. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The radiators had all been refilled and the engines were running smoothly and were ready for the next defensive flight mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "The mission team's ready," Venkat said, looking at spreadsheets on his laptop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how Lily knows a priest in an ancient mission so far from Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z That plane, American Airlines Flight 77, left Washington Dulles this morning en route to Los Angeles but was apparently hijacked and turned back to complete its deadly mission. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Hyacinth thought about the Beiderman mission they had planned for that morning and was glad they were going to do something so nice for him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z More than thirty British bombers were lost and crashed in fog after a single mission in December 1943, an event known as “Black Thursday.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And when he was asked to show up in prison so the other saboteurs would know that everyone was caught and the mission was dead, he complied. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was a shrewd, soft-spoken man who was well-disposed to our mission, but his perception of the situation surprised and dismayed me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Clarkebury, Healdtown was a mission school of the Methodist Church, and provided a Christian and liberal arts education based on an English model. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the design of space missions is finalized many years before launch, and because of Vishniac’s death, the results of his Antarctic experiments did not influence the Viking design for seeking Martian life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She tucked everything back into her bag and continued her mission. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “We are going on a mission to drop a bomb different from any you have ever seen or heard about. This bomb contains a destructive force equivalent to twenty thousand tons of TNT.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They had come with a mission, and they would leave with a princess. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He’d never got around to filling in his sister on the mission parameters. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z That mission was supported by McKissick’s neighbor and colleague the Reverend Douglas Moore, now a board member of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “And then six years later, the Augurs brought you to Blackcliff. My father ordered me back from the mission I was on. Ah, Elias—” I start. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You know ... if you’d just take me along on some of your missions, I’d probably learn a lot more and stay out of trouble.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Everyone feels different on the inside. It doesn’t mean you have a secret mission.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Their mission was to bomb the German troops by day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When the news of the failed mission reached Hitler, he launched into a violent tirade. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And he knew that when the fighting flared up again, Nixon would likely resume the American bombing missions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wrote that MK was not ready for such an operation; even an elite and trained force would probably not be able to accomplish such a mission. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, I was supposedly on a mission to do just that—to reinvent Ryan Dean West—in my junior year at Pine Mountain Academy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They talked about their first mission, taking children, a brother and sister, out of the program and secreting them away through a series of friends and allies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She approached the bay window like a double-o agent on a mission to save the world. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z One of our first PIC missions was snagging the knife from his toolshed and then returning it, undiscovered. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Their children were deeply involved and inspired by their parents’ mission to encourage self-reliance and uphold a sense of empowerment for people of the African Diaspora. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bateson made it his personal mission to ensure that Mendel, once forgotten, would never again be ignored. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She’d held out hope that Jimmy’s hogs would lure Royal back in time, but he and his partners were still engaged in their mission for the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “They told me you were coming, but not until after the next scouting mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, Herr Beck. I understand. Yours is a secret mission.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Each day he faced was another dangerous mission against mortality. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Kappe welcomed them and stressed that their secret mission was just as important as any big battle on the front lines. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I have been selected for a very important mission to disinfect this land. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He sent Alvarez home to Berkeley to assemble a reactor design team and spread the word that the Radiation Laboratory had a new mission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was afraid that if he told her the truth, she might tell the bishop, or someone, thus ensuring he would stay home and be with her, and not go on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was annoyed because I’d wanted to stop at the art store for some pens for the field guide with the money my dad had given me—a ten-minute mission. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They wanted the Germans to know they were soldiers on an official Allied mission—that way, hopefully, the Germans wouldn’t retaliate against Norwegian civilians in nearby towns. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When Benton Sage found out that he would be going on a mission for his church that year, he was overwhelmed with excitement and panic. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The cockpit was oppressively cramped, forcing pilot and copilot to live cheek by jowl for missions as long as sixteen hours. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She plowed through the swinging doors that led to the dining room like she was on a serious mission. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This being the case, they decided to obtain several of the latter, and, having completed the mission, went on to attack a few more clothing emporiums—Shepherd & Foster’s, Rothschild’s, Shopper’s Para-dise. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of team is this for a mission so perilous? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In his mind, he saw the numbers, the shift juggling, the outright lies and borderline crimes he'd committed to put this mission together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That they saw no farther than that, that my mission was a means to them and not an end, was no great harm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Another thing I decided was that I would be as secretive about my mission as I could at home, and as honest about it as I could outside home, because that’s what was necessary. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But with only one operational success under its belt and with six Mercury missions to go—with the orbital flight still on the drawing board—NASA’s road to the Moon seemed unimaginably complex. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "It would have been worn by an official on an important mission, to grant them safe passage through the kingdom." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Sir, are you forbidding me to fly any more combat missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Aarfy’s buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For the next few weeks I stuck with Captain Carroll and other military personnel, continuing to write my story, more sympathetic than Farmer had been to their mission of nation building. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The day of the mission, things start to go wrong almost immediately. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, sir. I just assumed you would want the enlisted men to be present, since they would be going along on the same mission.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It'll give us a lot more time to get the supply mission together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure of the details, but she could surmise that he’d told someone at the Mission Training Center in Provo that he’d done something inappropriate in the lead-up to the mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This was going to be one of Nadya’s first missions in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The morale of both groups was so low that the mission was almost called off. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was his mission to upset, mash, and draw out the metal into the useful things that made society operate: nails, horseshoes, plows, knives, guns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Because, dear sir, my coachman and horses are away on a mission.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z My parent’s “mission” is on a planet outside our entire solar system, called Sagan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long until the machine gunner was killed on another night mission. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Thorn and Seven had snuck into their school’s potions room five days after their spy mission and were mixing ingredients together for a particularly volatile enchantment. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Julie smiled and slowly took the extended letter, then skipped off to open it in the privacy of the mission library. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They made over nine thousand solo flights in their fast and dangerous Yak fighters—about half of those were combat missions, and 125 were air battles. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The self-destructing tape never told the mission-impossible team how to complete their impossible mission, but the team always seemed to know. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I trailed along behind her as she barreled straight to the patient’s house, on a mission. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Little by little, I began to form a mission for myself. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z But first I have to survive a spy mission. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ridgeway apologized once again and took his leave and soon his gang crashed to the county road toward their next mission. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mature and ladylike at just fourteen years old, she was a person on a mission: she seemed to know exactly where she was going in life, with a sort of inward direction driving her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks ago, I would have volunteered to go on the suicide mission myself—and I did. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The sacred mission of the Triple Alliance, Tlacaelel proclaimed, was to furnish this vital substance to Huitzilopochtli, who would then use it for the sun, postponing the death of everyone on the planet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He’ll need a helper for the mission, someone who knows the town inside and out, who knows all the people, their habits and personalities. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Conscious of an inadequate night’s sleep, and of a delicate mission successfully accomplished, M. Poirot curled up in a corner and fell asleep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “As the nurse mentioned, some of us are on important missions.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He knew the satisfaction that came from fulfilling employment and loved the sense of mission and camaraderie that the military gave him. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had joined African Doctors for Africa, volunteering her time on two-week medical missions, and on her trip to Sudan, she met Kweku, a divorced Ghanaian doctor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The pressure became all the greater after William was selected for a new secret mission. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You don’t realize how important this mission to Albuquerque is.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sleek Phaiakian cutter, even now, has carried out her mission and glides home over the misty sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in the middle of intense mission prep. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was heading from Provo to Salt Lake City, the very drive, in fact, that Reggie had made with his parents after his first mission came to an abrupt end. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “If that creature lives through nine hundred Baptist missions he will have quite a lot to say.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a Shu wen ye. The Coin of Passage. This is a government mission.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The mission is designed to handle sandstorm gusts up to 150 kph. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By “her program” she meant the other channel, whose midday news show was more interested in the drowning of that secretary in Cape Cod than in the moon mission. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The rest of that night’s missions were canceled. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A golden opportunity for his scorched- earth bluster arrived when the AEC released its official mission statement for Livermore in June 1952. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He could not—he would not—renounce his wild field of mission warfare for the parlours and the peace of Vale Hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They came around a corner and Rowan saw their destination: some sort of compound made to look like an old adobe mission, completely out of place in the cold of MidMerica. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As a high school history teacher, it had been her personal mission to cart Dad and me around to every major historical site in the area. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Thank God all the air lines and valves are standardized across the mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet it’s not generally known, Milo, that I myself have flown only four missions, is it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Some of those twelve men had already finished their seventy missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don't think so. But he's been...strange. Quiet about this mission. Hiding the spy reports.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We are a busy and dynamic organization whose mission needless effrontery and harassment can only hinder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not talk about how much money we have, even after half of Papa’s estate went to St. Agnes and to the fostering of missions in the church. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know—this would really be wonderful—you might even serve as an inspiration to them to fly more missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Do we have time for a quick PIC mission?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Was she really expected to give him up again to another dangerous mission? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The conversation had to do with whether Reggie could complete his mission, still his stated dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then Powell made a mistake that jeopardized his mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t care if he was busted if they caught him; he was on a mission. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the Capitol. I want to be part of the rescue mission.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Anything that impaired or deflected that central mission was to be avoided at all costs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Isn’t a minute that goes by when he isn’t on some kind of female mission. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And the strain of helping to plan the mission, which involved outlining what they were going to do after arriving, had made him very tense. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I could never finish my mission for Simon Bass, but neither could I go on being a prentice, once they had learned the truth about me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I busted back into the house, a determined scientist on a mission. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Is it best for the men in the group who will have to keep flying more missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The man assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson was too afraid to carry out his mission. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because I am on a mission to honor her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I was fascinated with California missions and how the priests did such nice things for the Indians, civilizing them and all. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t mind, I guess. I’ve flown seventy missions without getting hurt. I guess I can fly a few more.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The prospect of scrubbing a mission because a solar cell got dirty was unacceptable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll fly more missions. Or maybe I really will desert and let them catch me. They probably would.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The mission was well funded with a total of $172,200 divided between the two teams. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z "Can Hermes function for five hundred and thirty-three days beyond the scheduled mission end?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was a character problem, and I realized that, at that point, it could affect potentially more than my mission. It could affect anything I had to say in court.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A total of fourteen unmanned missions deposited everything we would need for surface operations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission control man reported that one of the astronauts said, “It feels good,” although I doubted sitting on a million tons of rocket fuel could feel good at all. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Just a regular guy, church- going, on a mission, clean-cut. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The mission parameters don't give a specific location to dump the RTG. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Read has full authority to cancel Washburn’s mission if he thinks it too risky. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z As soon as one pilot returned from a mission, the ground crew quickly reloaded its guns, refueled it, patched up any damage, and another pilot would take off in it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "How many backup communications systems does an Ares mission have?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were chosen for this mission for a reason, just like us,” Dad said. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Hungry Joe had nightmares because he had finished sixty missions and was waiting again to go home, but he was unwilling to share any when he came to the hospital to visit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Paul Revere was over on the mainland carrying out his mission. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But this grim encounter made her more than ever determined to go through with her mission. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It amazed me even as it was happening how immediately I’d fallen in with this stranger’s mission, whatever it was. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Instead of trying to convert people, your true mission is saving lives.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Finding the kayak and getting the truth out once and for all was my mission. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Black people and white people moved about, each seemingly intent upon his private mission. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission schools trained the clerks, the interpreters, and the police-men, who at the time represented the height of African aspirations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But once the bailiff passed I made myself recall my mission: a need to get far from Stromford to some city or town that had its own liberties. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Almost before I knew it, the day came when I graduated from the mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Their engagement was outward; their community was big, their mission important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Since this is both a mission and a shoot, I’m about to ask who’s in charge, my commander or my director, when Cressida calls, “Action!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Only what, Chaplain ?” “Sir,” said the chaplain, “some of the men are very upset since you raised the number of missions to sixty. They’ve asked me to speak to you about it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “My mom had a top secret mission with the museum. She couldn’t take me.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He also mentioned their training at Hitler's sabotage school and how the focus of the mission was to sabotage war production in the United States. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He'd been playing Call of Duty all day, fighting against computerized versions of Nazis and doing everything he could, mission after mission, to not get himself killed along the way. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It was like they were planning a space mission or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then I really have to fly the fifty missions, don’t I ?” he grieved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I explain my mission in Minneapolis, although it turns out her niece has already briefed her, and ask her to tell me about her move to Florida ten years ago. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Smashing down the doors and using stun grenades to clear the rooms with deafening, multiple blasts, Wolf, Fox, Eagle, and Snake had successfully completed their mission both times. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z On each of his three expeditions to explore the Antarctic, Shackleton had failed in his mission. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z With enemy forces advancing, the Joint Chiefs requested permission to broaden the mission from merely guarding the base to engaging in what was described as “limited offensive operations.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On that first day of class, Kappe also told them that the second goal of the mission was to "stir up trouble" to turn Americans against German Americans, Japanese Americans, and Italian Americans. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And he hadn’t even landed in Canada to officially start his mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dasch felt nervous excitement at the thought of being considered for such an important mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Dr. Ezekowitz’s statement was typical of the small victories that kept Farmer’s spirits elevated and gave momentum to his mission. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The village had one crossroad, where the church and mission stood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mission was to effect an internal revolution rather than wait for an outside rescue. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As a public library, Mr. Lemoncello, this institution needs a board of trustees to oversee its finances and champion its mission.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z His mission was for us, and the name of this man was Karl Marx. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Just before encounter, the mission controllers were restive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no need for another scouting mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One of the mechanics in the 588th told aircrew who wore makeup while on missions, “You’ve gone out of your minds!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You were recruited by the CIA and have been out of the country on a secret mission.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She drives me to the mission because of Mother. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He joined me in the shadows of the alley and listened as I quickly explained my mission. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know the way it works, Benton. I’ve been on nearly fifteen missions myself. I’ve been all over the world. I know how these things go.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And in this moment, I can’t think about the mission, or the fact that I’m a spy, not a slave. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z You should be thanking me instead of accusing me of losing sight of my mission. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Their mission was to decrypt the entire First Folio, and they needed another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But what was clear to each of them was that their mission, Operation Pastorius, had been compromised from the moment they ran into the coast guardsman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then he said slowly, “I figure that your little ‘mission of mercy’ is worth a bucket of reward money.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is what I consider the mission of the church. It is fundamental,” the bishop says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Do you want to know what your first mission will be?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When the plane returned from its mission, it would land in the mud, get pushed back to the platform, and the whole process would begin again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “We obviously know the mission statement at Beecher Prep, Hal: we practically wrote it! Let’s cut to the chase—what’s going on?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “He has to fly more missions. He has no choice. Go back and tell him you’ll report the matter to us if he doesn’t change his mind.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A book about one of Lady Franklin’s rescue missions, The Voyage of the Fox, was among the nonessential stores and equipment left behind at Ocean Camp. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I have enclosed some additional literature about the Foundation, including our mission statement, a brochure featuring past activities and successes, as well as some information about our future goals, both short- and long-term. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Carroll said that we were going on another pacification mission the next day, then an hour later he came and told us that we weren’t. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he was a secret government operative whose mission was to befriend me and discover what I knew about the sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The Mars revealed by the Viking mission is of enormous interest—particularly when we remember that the landing sites were chosen for their dullness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His mission was to play as many masters as possible and to emulate the Soviets’ training regimen for the Yugoslav tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He called it our Quit Being Individuals mission. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Resuming my mission to find Emma, I learned from Hugh that she was on a supply run to the village, so I settled under a shade tree to wait. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I just know I’m not going to fly any more missions. They wouldn’t really shoot me, would they? I’ve got fifty-one.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Mother Paula’s mission was simply too risky; somebody, or something, would be waiting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z God would protect me, she said, because my mission was a good one. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Here they’d been afraid something terrible was in store for them—instead, their mission had leaped forward! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They were men who had finished their fifty missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The stuff with the mission, questions about his own character, in his own mind, weighed heavily on Reggie, more than he let on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In 1989, after completing a tiring mission, I took an extended vacation to the Caribbean. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The minister who had this mission before us and got kicked out for consorting with the natives too much. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When the regiment was flying combat missions, the armorers had to service the aircraft two or three times every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Still, it was enough to keep everyone in a seat as they pondered what Vogel told them. "... and then mission would conclude with Earth intercept two hundred and eleven days later," he finished up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's on the huge mission clock in the center screen." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Benton assumed that he had already been given another, better mission to serve his church. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He’s been all about the mission of shadowing me on my journey—getting me out of my home, going to and getting me out of the hospital, and soon coming with me to Lidia’s. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t scared,” Alvarez later said of his first combat mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If anything had gone wrong with the ferry job, his mission was to try again to destroy the heavy water before it sailed for Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "If it were a normal mission, I would be," Lewis said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What do you hope to accomplish with your mission? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Berg wrote up his report on the mission and sent it to the OSS. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Not having an experienced pilot would have meant death in more than one occasion on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “You are under arrest for intent to overthrow the government of this mission, murder the council members, and make yourself ruler.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This was the area where the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment was about to be sent on their first combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The last time I stood in this spot and stared up at this ceiling, I was on a mission to destroy the simulation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We felt the joy of a mission accomplished and the heartache of a lost comrade. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Each mission closed the distance, brought the fruit closer to their grasp. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He is the boy from the mission with the dirty hands and black hair. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The captain paces the upper deck, looking down on the crew, going on about the great importance of the mission, and the importance of this particular day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Even my test mission to track Day must’ve been a diversion to distract me while they tossed out any remaining evidence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Abandoning his mission, Atzerodt got on his horse and rode away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mouths opened to scream, but we were on a spy mission. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We planned to launch a foundation as well, one whose mission would be to encourage and embolden a new generation of leaders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On other missions, Oshiro was sent out with an observation ground team to track B-52 bombing strikes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He established a tradition that after a successful mission, each squadron would fly home together at a low height in an air-show formation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z To have a singular purpose, a way of putting blinders on until nothing, not time, or the crowd, or even his own pain, would distract him from accomplishing his mission. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “One moment, Sir Gawaine. I have to point out that the Church does not regard these people as prisoners. The mission of His Holiness which I represent is one of pacification, not of revenge.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, my advice to you,” he remarked, “is that you fly your sixty missions like the rest of us and then see what happens.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In July 1975, the United States and the Soviet Union had their first joint mission—a Soviet Soyuz capsule docked with a US Apollo module. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Conner was a senior and made it his personal mission to make every freshman in the school terrified to be caught walking alone or near the bathrooms, lockers, or trash cans. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Baker explained that the mission was not optional. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The program that opened up opportunities for astronauts, the US space shuttle program, ended in 2011 after thirty years of missions. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z At midnight, Tibbets gathered his crew for a final briefing on the mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suppose we let you pick your missions and fly milk runs,” Major Major said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You get the credit, Milo. And if a man wins a medal flying one of your missions, you get the medal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My friend Jeff said he was going to pull my computer plug out of the wall if I didn’t bring this mission to a conclusion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you were ready for the next mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “What will I say to the men who asked me why I refused to fly more missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The mission was surveillance only, and the Weavers were unaware of the agents until a dog began to bark. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Irina Rakobolskaya, the 46th’s chief of staff, could tell how difficult the night’s flying might be just by the way a nervous pilot smoked a cigarette between missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The messengers were returning from their mission, triumphant and overjoyed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn had both been very good to Yossarian, Milo said; hadn’t they given him a medal after the last mission to Ferrara and promoted him to captain? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m the head sheriff, and Dari is the mission analyst,” Twig continued matter-of-factly, and I wished she would stop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Wintergreen, was by flying the extra ten missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our use for the Weed is, of course, deeper than a simple spying mission, though it’s somewhat hush-hush even here around the old Order of the C.H. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She flew combat missions with little bouquets of flowers stuck on her dashboard. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But I thought of Abbey’s spying mission the night before, and what a disaster it could have been. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “No. This isn't a resistance mission. This was us messing up. Our own idiocy. We’re not going to drag him into it until we try to fix it ourselves.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Commander Jameson doesn’t believe I can accomplish anything on this mission— her lack of interest is imprinted in every word of Thomas’s response. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A reconnaissance mission reveals, however, that Alex has merely run back into the bed of the now dead and dry Colorado River. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sarf’s men among the Thirty-Three of course oppose any consideration at all of the Envoy’s presence and mission. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The mission: Start with fully charged batteries and solar cells on the roof, drive until I run out of power, and see how far I get. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in a race and knew it, because they knew from bitter experience that Colonel Cathcart might raise the number of missions again at any time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Crumpled over, shoulders shaking, Violet thought about how she must have looked at the funeral, at what her mission was. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was taking me there, to Gallup, where the mission school was located. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Walt was appointed test director and section head for the Surveyor 1 mission, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at their base, during the report they had to make about how the mission went, they joked with the 10th Leningrad pilots, calling them “brothers” or “old men.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Well, of course. Every team needs a head sheriff and a mission analyst.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Major Major sat down, and Yossarian moved around in front of his desk and told him that he did not want to fly any more combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As a boy he taught himself to read parts of the Bible in Hebrew, and before we came to Africa he made us all sit down and study French, for the furtherance of our mission. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mission was designed knowing that anything might need maintenance, so I have plenty of tools. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Before every mission, Duke, Nala, and Scruffy raced across a meadow filled with wildflowers to a stump. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But because ambition succeeds best when disguised by virtue, he wanted to furnish the Alliance with an animating ideology—a manifest destiny, as it were, or mission civilisatrice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I went on missions to inspect fallen trees that needed removing, talked to neighborhood pastors who were upset about traffic or garbage collection, and often represented the mayor’s office at community functions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z ‘By tracking me, you lost the statue. Now my friends are free to continue their mission.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In fact he was about to go on a drop-off and pickup mission that night, a “double Lysander operation,” as they called it, two pilots flying two planes to the same field. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We stopped and gazed up at the tiled roof, then down at the tall heavy doors that looked like they'd been taken from a mission. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The actual landing had been the one part of the mission that had been impossible to rehearse prior to the actual moment—and the most dangerous. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In their eyes, the nation’s history and mission make it unique and superior to other nations, past and present, around the world. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z At least since the unfortunate death of Mr. Nossik the school had given up on the recurring quit missions. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Some nights in the Caucasus were so foggy that the 588th’s ground crew had to fire flares to show the pilots where to land when they came back from their missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When did I decide on this suicide mission? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They were on a mission for the National Security Agency—the hush-hush government intelligence agency where William had worked before his retirement, and which he still sometimes served. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A mission is like a big church, so the name sounds good to me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, is that it? Give me their names, Milo. Give me their names and I’ll see to it that they go on every dangerous mission the group flies.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Priests come to the school to recruit us for the foreign missions, Redemptorists, Franciscans, Holy Ghost Fathers, all converting the distant heathen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea as an unofficial ambassador on a mission of peace but is taken into custody the moment he disembarks from the plane. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Not great,” said Harry, and he told her all about Lupin’s mission among the werewolves and the difficulties he was facing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In retirement, William had completed secret missions for the NSA, but even so, his ties with the agency had become fraught. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A cute present—but presumably the men didn’t feel the need to drop reassuring teddy bears off at other men’s air regiments just before a combat mission! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He finished his training just as the Korean War settled into a truce, narrowly missing the chance to fly combat missions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "The crew may have to fix things here and there, but they're well trained. Remember, Hermes was made to do all five Ares missions. It's only halfway through its designed life span." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Haupt wasn't told any details about the job, just that it was a secret mission that involved going home to America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She knew she shouldn’t follow him, but she was on a mission, and she had to see it through. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Laika followed along, enthusiastic about the mission to explore the abandoned prison. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My head held high, my shoulders back, my feet that glide block after block, on a mission, with a purpose. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She had no idea whether her body would contain the explosion, whether her cloak could smother the flames, but it was her best chance to save her friends and her mission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Here's my situation: The surface mission was supposed to be thirty-one days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t let that happen; he couldn’t let this mission end before it had even started. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Through the years she had watched Gabe grow from a mischievous boy into this quiet young man who now seemed to have a mission she didn't understand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The note was a coded message: The spy had completed his mission. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Especially the part where I wound up with stitches in my catching arm trying to complete the mission Uncle Jack gave me, and then I still didn’t give up until I completed it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Resolved to fulfill his mission, Charles Guiteau carefully stalked his victim. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Nobody wanted to stop a monthlong mission after only six days, but if the MAV took any more punishment, we'd all have gotten stranded down there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariner 9 mission that near-surface winds of more than 140 meters per second—faster than half the speed of sound on Mars—arose in that storm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already decided who was going to lead the mission. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s all the more reason that this mission must succeed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want me to take this mission because he doesn’t want to risk the men to save Darin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In modern spy talk, Honeyman was a “sleeper,” an agent under cover in enemy territory and awaiting orders, usually for a single, vital mission. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I be mission analyst instead? I like analyzing.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Only a few people inside the CIA and the White House had been informed about Powers's top secret mission, Operation Overflight. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Marina Chechneva would fly her plane so low on these missions that she was able to scream over the side at the waiting troops, “Take your ‘presents,’ brothers!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Yossarian was the squadron’s leading authority on internment and had already begun plotting an emergency heading into Switzerland on every mission he flew into northernmost Italy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But I stayed put, for in a litde over a week I was to leave on a mission that would take me to places that I had only ever dreamed of. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They asked what he’d done with the $7,500 or so his records showed he’d earned since getting back from his mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Because they captured Bologna, sir. Isn’t the mission canceled ?” “Of course the mission is canceled. Do you think we’re bombing our own troops now ?” “What are you waking me up for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He acted as if it was his sworn mission to drive the Walls family out of town. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The committee gave Lieutenant Schufeldt two and a half years to complete his mission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All the Ares missions use Hermes to get to and from Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Flaving a job that might help the mission snaps me into focus. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A pang of guilt hits me since I’ve fabricated said mission. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They had flown hundreds of combat missions and wanted to fly hundreds more. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She flew more missions during the war than most male commanders. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “The Apollo missions have already descended close to the moon’s surface. And you two have already succeeded.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Livingstone helped end slavery, opened Malawi to trade, and built good schools and missions. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z And that mission doctor at Kikongo must have found Father a sight to behold: a wild-haired preacher with a snake in his belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the saboteurs were to go off on their mission, Colonel Erwin von Lahousen, the chief of intelligence, hosted a dinner in the elegant private dining room of the Zoo Restaurant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe he does,” Reynie said, “but surely he wouldn’t let his feelings spoil the mission. He must have good reasons for including her.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Start to finish, including supply missions, a Mars mission takes about three years. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The guns were on their way to the drop-off point, the mission disguised as a school ride for us kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Besides celebrating, de la O had a serious mission. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And the impact of the Nazi saboteurs' mission to attack America lives on. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We have to meet as equals, with some mutual understanding and candor, before my mission can even begin. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “And there’s no use complaining about the number of missions we have to fly. If the colonel says we have to fly fifty-five missions, we have to fly them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He told Father Rachel would have to have the circus mission where they cut her so she wouldn’t want to run around with people’s husbands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t say so, but I gathered they were putting together supplies for the missions. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “The Weaver is still in Alke. That I can assure you. Where he is, I don’t know, and whether he will accept your bribe is another question. But go ahead, Anansesem....Fulfill your mission.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I didn’t come here on some suicide mission,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The woman passed the church and stopped at the mission door. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We would spend hours playing pretend games about missions to deep space, or landing on Pluto. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z This news seemed to prove to Booth the faithful Powell had carried out his mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No one guessed it was Fuchs’s “second compartment”—the one he used for his secret mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the team taped up a sign with a single handwritten word: Plumbers—a joking reference to their mission of finding and fixing leaks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Of course, Duke reminded Scruffy that they were on a mission, not a vacation. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z As such, I have helped the recruit find secret accommodation on board to assist in fulfilling his mission. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Mercury tracking network in and of itself was a project whose scale and boldness rivaled that of the space missions it supported. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I know it’s a risk, but...“When we go on the next scouting mission, you all have to follow my directions. If you do, I promise to tell you as many cuentos as you want.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In my neighborhood alone, hundreds upon hundreds of us are weaving our roots into the soil like knitters on a mission. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "And how often is the problem they find something that would have caused a mission failure?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of them live on mission stations or government reserves, or else work for whites as herdsmen on cattle stations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Frankie had come to the school today with a mission, and he wasn’t going to let Tad distract him from it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But he was going on a mission, too, his to Alaska. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "We're chatting with Marcus Washington, from the US Postal Service. So, Mr. Washington, I understand the Ares 3 mission caused a postal service first. Can you explain that to our viewers?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago, there was an American mission there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom soon received the orders for one of his first missions: he was to accompany his captain and his sergeant in pursuit of cow rustlers in Kent County, north of Abilene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Not only did William help oversee a massive expansion of Army code breaking, but he also played a key role in several high-level Allied missions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z More than forty rescue missions were sent from England, at least ten of them financed by Lady Franklin, the leader’s widow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Your father wanted out of Erudite, and your mother didn’t want in, no matter what her mission was—but she still wanted to be near Andrew, so they chose Abnegation together.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I would have to continue to seem a willing prentice until I could complete my real mission here. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Before we knew it, the Eiffel Tower’s arms were letting go of the rocket and we were all counting down with mission control. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z With the aid of his cigarette lighter, the mission was accomplished without mishap. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She let her mind connect dots between the accident and his failed mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Their ambitious mission was to open asylum shelters for defectors who crossed into China and to smuggle antiregime pamphlets into North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Ours is the closest thing to a sacred mission the modern world knows. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z What happened with education in South Africa, with the mission schools and the Bantu schools, offers a neat comparison of the two groups of whites who oppressed us, the British and the Afrikaners. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Would Mama and Papa send her out on such a mission? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Go back to bed,” she said each time they attempted a reconnaissance mission. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Milo, I forbid you to fly any more combat missions,” Colonel Cathcart declared in a tone of stem and inflexible authority. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Franciscans’ mission had begun with a request by Cortes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As a seasoned test pilot, Glenn knew that the only way to remove all danger from the mission was to never leave Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And if the mission was a success, Dasch was promised a powerful position in the German government. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z ‘Your mission to escort the Athena Parthenos - is important. But it’s more than that, too. This is personal for you. And for the Hunters. What’s your game?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Whatever those visions meant, I had to stay focused on our mission. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It definitely jeopardized our mission, but I couldn’t help it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Alsos mission’s job was to follow close behind advancing Allied forces in Europe, searching for any scraps of information about the German atomic bomb program. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “And make sure there’s nothing else from before. The Collective’s mission can’t be compromised by one child.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On January 30, only three weeks after they learned of Marina Raskova’s death, the 587th flew an independent combat mission for the first time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “We have completed our mission, and it is time for us to do what we were sent here to do!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Caden, I have fer you a challenge,” the captain says, “to prove whether or not you have the mettle for the mission.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Before beginning the mission, Dasch had argued furiously with Kappe that the saboteurs were to spend a few months acclimating and blending in before blowing up any of their targets. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z As for Jayme, she was headed to her mission in the Philippines, and then she, too, also wanted to go to medical school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But the mission came first and everything would follow. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Matthias, my son, I see you have restored the sword of Martin to our Abbey. Is your mission completed then?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Havermeyer, why the hell don’t you ever take evasive action ?” they would demand in a rage after the mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This was the next part after the spy missions. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to keep in mind that my entire life could be, and might well be, used in achieving my mission for the Ekumen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z His many work trips during Martin’s childhood were in fact abolitionist missions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He found himself ostracized in the squadron by men who cursed his memory foully for having supplied Colonel Cathcart with provocation to raise the number of combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I made it my life’s mission to keep up with him, even if I knew it would land us in trouble and me sometimes in tears. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Well, then, put it this way. There are some persons in court who are, in your phrase, in favor with the king, but who do not favor your presence or your mission here.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As he walked off, it occurred to me that in the course of a single night, my mission had become extremely more complicated. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “We shall say the office before it is time to set forth on thy mission.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z ‘Tm all packed now and I’m waiting to go home. I’ve finished my sixty missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So Mrs. V made it her new mission to give me language. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Jam’s voice faltered when she told him about Pet’s mission, the hunt for a monster in Lucille, and for a second the truth wanted to wing out of her mouth. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The letters we exchange are filled with hope and longing and a vague sense of the importance of the mission of the American troops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Charlotte explained the mission to her husband, and they drove from Los Alamos to Santa Fe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine having to come home,” she says of the idea of returning from a mission early, and under a cloud. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was his final mission for the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They had no sense of strategy or mission. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Super secret side mission or not, it wasn’t fair to make people come along on some shenanigans they didn’t even know they were signing up for. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Wickersham’s sworn mission, as any new officer knew, was to give new officers a hard time—to ride them, chew them out, dress them down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is your true mission. Your true mission may be saving lives.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But alive, he was invaluable to their mission, trained to use his amplifier gifts to sense Grisha power through touch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The history of our past voyages of discovery suggests that Voyager and other spacecraft reconnaissance missions will revolutionize our knowledge of this place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There were more levers, buttons, and gauges than the mission control center at NASA. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Campers left all the time on combat missions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A few days after they returned home from the failed mission, on a Sunday, Reggie went to church. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I'm in the city now and about to start the second part of my mission. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But after we're out, we get our own commands, our own missions. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Surveillance missions, mostly. We like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the fringe, in case it threatens what’s happening in here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Nothing could save the men in Pianosa from the mission to Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "We can go tomorrow, just us two. It'll be our first mission for justice." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The chaplain looked down at the open magazine compliantly and saw an editorial spread dealing with an American bomber group in England whose chaplain said prayers in the briefing room before each mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He has the same mission as always, and a new reason for working fast: he's feeling so weak he “can’t count on living for a great many years.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Possibly it was the work of just one person with a grudge—or a mission. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault,” Yossarian argued, “for raising the number of missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Let me go on alone. Lead them off. I’ll transfer the Holo to Jackson. The rest of you can finish the mission.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z For the rest of us—those who snuck in despite coming from the margins—the mission has to be to pull up others behind us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As expected, Anthony took charge and strengthened the new organization, bringing in a number of wealthy women to support the mission. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My mission was to persuade Daliwonga — a man destined to play a leading role in the politics of the Transkei — to oppose the imposition of the Bantu Authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the turn of the century, Africans owed their educational opportunities primarily to the foreign churches and missions that created and sponsored schools. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Men were tied up all over the squadron signing, pledging and singing, and the missions took hours longer to get under way. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m on a mission now: Raise the questions! Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was determined to get square with his Church and Maker so he could embark again on a mission, sometime the following year. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Party identified them early and bestowed them with important missions. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cooksey witnessed firsthand the conversion of a skeptic into a believer in April 1938, while he was traveling back east on what amounted to a sales mission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The chance she had been waiting for came in 1994, when she began six months of training for the Euromir 94 spaceflight, also known as the 17th main mission. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The focus of their mission was a man named Daniel Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z These fugitive dignitaries are both from the Batetela tribe and learned French in mission schools, but have no inkling of how to talk to the Kwango tribesmen who fish the rivers east of Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was such an important mission that Cluny had decided to come along and supervise it personally. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Of course they will. For this mission, I am an employee of the Order of the Clean Hand, our secret police. They are very powerful. They’re the ones who asked me to come here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z On one mission, he carried back to the British a crumpled piece of paper that he said he had found. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On July 28, 1943, Lilya sat in the cockpit of her Yak and dictated a letter to her mother while she waited to be given a combat mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Central Intelligence Agency was created in September 1947, its mission to combine all the nation's overseas intelligence operations under one roof. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I refuse to think about anything but today and my mission for Prince Dain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I think she felt bad about us working outside in the cold, but we were on a mission. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Our next guest is Dr. Irene Shields, flight psychologist for the Ares missions. Dr. Shields, welcome to the program." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of their pilots and navigators flew around ten harassment missions every night of the entire war in their flimsy open-cockpit Po-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Libby would say, still trying to cheer me up from this disastrous New York mission that will end as well as my family’s trip to Magic Kingdom did. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It's just starting to hit me how close I came to sabotaging our mission. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That was the code name for our secret mission to nail Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A squadron could be split into flights of three aircraft for smaller missions, too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Buzz Aldrin was assigned mission planning, which meant he attended all the meetings on that subject. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Spanish governor tried to recruit the Hopi to live in missions, their leaders told him not to bother: the epidemic soon would expunge them from the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like the boy I saw at the mission, he is tall and pleasant looking, but his hair is as white as the other boy’s hair was black. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I will,” I said, standing up straight like I’d been given a mission. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d woken up this morning revitalized, determined to see their mission through. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My father often left us for two or three days at a time, doing missions in even more remote areas. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Because Iris was an unmanned mission, there was no cap on acceleration. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got out in the hallway, I said, “We’re on a spy mission. Top secret.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Shut up about Mommy, will you? And the ironing. You’re only on this mission because I requested you! Now start acting like a professional or get back to the perimeter!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mamma was constantly on a mission to make Seema feel at home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On Hermes, we track time by mission days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 23, a squad of Alsos mission soldiers led by Lt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we leave Blackstone Prison, Lord Kensington brings me to the Department of Supernatural Investigations to be debriefed, same as the adult agents whenever they get back from an important mission. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Jack and Connor are still way ahead of us, laughing and speaking in pirate voices—off on a mission to find some gold in this gray landscape. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Later, I would make it my mission to show my dad I wasn’t avoiding the rides or scared of pools now or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “All you’ve got there is a scratch. He’ll have you back flying combat missions the day you come out, Purple Heart and all.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That same month, Marina Chechneva flew her five hundredth mission in a Po-2—her five hundredth mission in a little more than a year of combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the wake of these incidents, Congress passed a series of New Deal reforms that gave the federal government its first comprehensive criminal code and the bureau a sweeping mission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet now it was Jones who gave the orders and determined what their mission should be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He said he preached at a little street mission nearby. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed we have been scrutinizing your ways,” adds the captain, “and fiercely reckon that you be the ones to play a crucial part in this mission.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Powell explained his mission: He was a messenger with medicine from Seward’s doctor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shame. Her reprogramming will take up precious time. We could have used her abilities for the first mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I would utilize foresight, bravery, skill, careful timing, reconnaissance missions and the support of staunch allies to show her that I was the best possible boyfriend for her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re on a dangerous mission to save our ymbryne, and in no position to play babysitter to a clueless new peculiar!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “You let go! Gum Baby’s on a mission.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He recognized Yossarian as the drunk who had accosted him roughly at the officers’ club one night before the first mission to Bologna, and he swung his displeasure prudently to Dunbar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “If the prosecution were to tell a jury here in Utah that he’d lied to his bishop about something he’d done before going on a mission, then they might think he’s lying about everything.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That was the mission of John Blackburn, Virginia’s easygoing admissions dean, when he rented a car and took to the road in the spring of 2005. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She remembered that last winter, before the sickness began, she had seen Fishtail walking from the mission school. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Father’s mission had been a success in at least one regard: the Congolese loved our music. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘They succeeded in their mission. As of this moment they are alive. Whether or not they are okay - ‘There is still work to be done,’ Queen Hera interrupted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You’ve finished your missions and you don’t need the flight pay. Why don’t you ask for Chief White Halfoat’s job, if you can stand working for Captain Black?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “An entire Retrieval team? Maybe I should get back underground...for the good of the mission.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z On June 10, 1943, exactly a year after they’d flown their first combat mission, there was a special ceremony to celebrate the honor of being named the 46th Guards earlier that year. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The bishop looked just like Father Baraga, the priest who walked miles in his snowshoes to baptize, stealing souls from the other mission and also from the manitous. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Unlike academically oriented research organizations, the NACAs laboratories always strove to live up to the “practical solutions” of their founding mission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It's a thirteen-month mission, most of it spent many light- minutes away from Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Their charitable contributions finance dozens of mission agencies, religious broadcasters, and international service groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was standing at Ancient Roman mission control. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now she was going to have to lead them in their first bombing mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Wergin continued to try to talk his friend out of going on the mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I am assisting a young recruit on a very important mission for Gauleiter Koch. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her boyfriend had sacrificed himself for that mission. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His mission that month is to keep Lee informed of the movement of the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Other missions were more complicated and required special equipment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This powerful gang also acted out a deadly mission to vanquish outsiders. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How I lied about the mission, how I jeopardized everyone in pursuit of revenge. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He feared Dasch wasn't fit for the mission and the best way to deal with him was to kill him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Our mission is to hit him,” Bernard Barker briefed his fellow operatives, “to call him a traitor and punch him in the nose.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It’s becoming very clear: This is a failed mission. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Public interest in such a mission would be sizable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Padre, they do have to fly more than seventy missions, because we’re transferring Dr. Stubbs to the Pacific. So adios, Padre. Adios.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For the mission to be successful, Ken had to work quickly and leave no trace of his presence. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He needed to get through the mission and off this island before he faced the Whisperer again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They felt it was because their maintenance system allowed them to fly nearly twice as many missions each night as other Po-2 regiments, and they were extremely proud of themselves for outflying the men! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z To her dismay, Jones saw no reason for a change in mission. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The mapping was the most important part, since location and surprise were our two biggest assets on this mission. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Whatever his personal feelings on race, one thing was clear: Butler was a Langley man through and through, loyal to the laboratory, to its mission, to its worldview, and to its charge during the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She decided that the 46th Guards should change the way they flew their bombing missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “He selected you for a space mission? He’s learning to play ‘Heart and Soul’ on the piano and needs you to play the harmony?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You can’t keep running into the hospital every time something happens you don’t like. No, the best thing to do is fly the missions. It’s our duty.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My mission had been to deliver a speech that would win our case. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “If you don’t return from the missions on which I send you, I’ll have your friend, the captain”—he paused for emphasis—“killed.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She performed forbidden aerial stunts over the airfield when she returned from a mission and got away with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was going to be too late for the mission. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He was a man with a mission; what mattered was that he register for the right courses, that he attend the right classes, that he buy the right books. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Butler reached the car, Artemis had already returned from his mission. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Also I can’t say that the bleak aftermath of a special agent’s unsuccessful mission has anything to recommend it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Still, he rose every morning and set off on his mission, often dressed in the same tattered and soiled clothes he had worn the day before. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Sir, it just isn’t right to make the men in this group fly eighty missions when the men in other groups are being sent home with fifty and fifty-five.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Life-saving missions don’t wait for commercial breaks, you know!” she said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I can make a useful test mission of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, if you guys got up to anything while the mission was in progress, Lewis would kill you. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to forbid yourself from thinking that your plane will end up the same way. You concentrate on a successful mission.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ethan’s eyes are softer now, gently focused on mine, like the day I first saw him at the mission. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z In the stories, a ten-year-old kid superhero named Isaiah Dunn goes on tons of secret missions and gets his power from bowls of beans and rice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Under an innocent and misleading name, Nugent’s organization carried out all kinds of missions, dangerous, complicated, tedious, and sometimes downright illegal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There would be plenty of time for good new ideas to be incorporated into the mission plan. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrifying thought occurred to Colonel Cathcart: Suppose Colonel Scheisskopf had already bribed all the men in the room to begin moaning, as they had done at the first Avignon mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Catholic church, first on the scene and deeply dug in, sat in comfortable tradition while the missions were gradually abandoned and their roofs fell in and pigeons roosted on the stripped altars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sergeant told her to pass it on to someone else when she had successfully completed her mission. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was from a men’s regiment of fighter planes who’d been assigned to protect the Pe-2 bombers on their next mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z That was written in large letters on the big wooden sign in front of the mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Nattie came into the room with her back pressed against the wall like a commando on a black ops mission. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She doesn’t interrupt at first with words, but it is obvious she is on a new mission. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead of seeking a diplomatic appointment, Guiteau had a new, more important mission—one dictated by God. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “So the goal is to have DC perform as many missions as possible in two minutes and thirty seconds. That’s how you earn points. The more difficult the mission, the more points you earn.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Its mission takes it so far from the sun that it cannot be powered by solar energy, as other spacecraft are. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For forty years his mission was his life and his life was his mission. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When Jem explained their mission, Dill said, “If he’s been lost for that long, how do they know he’s alive?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She could appreciate nature after the mission was over. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Forty missions is all you have to fly as far as Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters is concerned.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He doesn’t remember my dad, but he makes it his mission to learn everything he can about Puerto Rican culture. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He saw Moxley Sorrel, walking briskly off on a mission, “corralled him,” as the Americans would put it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first goal of the mission was to sabotage America's light-metals industry to stop the manufacturing of products needed in war, especially airplanes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Back when I had first come to Chicago, Frankie had made it his mission to acquaint me with the city. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This was a mission, and all she had to do was what Pet had suggested: try to see more than she’d been seeing before. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I was alone, out of the cold, and one step closer to completing my mission. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I had the urge to kiss my dear girlfriends, the airwomen of our squadron, for executing their mission so well.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The spacecraft must pass through the outer edge of this radiation belt to examine Jupiter and its moons close up, and to continue its mission to Saturn and beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even on my worst day, a mission was something that I knew I wanted to do.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I guess it was there so families could do their laundry during long stays, but I had my own mission going on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that was when I had only fifty- eight missions,” he explained, puffing on his cigar luxuriously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For instance, the prosecutor agreed that there was no reason to bring in Reggie’s failed mission, and he had never intended to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This mission lasted 9 days, 5 hours, and 20 minutes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The process—their job, their mission—was the thing they had in common. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A few days later, back home from a mission for a second time, Reggie couldn’t eat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Now that you understand your mission and have a good start on your Morse code, Mr. Benedict would like for you to understand better what we’re up against.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The next day Colonel Cathcart was there, brimming with tough pride in his new outfit and celebrating his assumption of command by raising the number of missions required from twenty-five to thirty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Luke would give anything to go back to pretending to fly missions, when they crash-landed behind enemy lines. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Only the horror of having to go near him had prevented Soaphead from completing his mission. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though they were already flying combat missions, he made them drill in high-altitude flying and precision dive-bombing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Every mission involved the Mercury capsule, though the rockets—Scout, Redstone, and Atlas—varied. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Laughing, he said, “Totally okay. This gives me a chance to convert another unsuspecting human to becoming a Bela Lugosi nerd, which is my mission in life anyway. I’ll bring you the DVD tomorrow.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He looked on his work with MI6, to whom he passed thousands of KGB documents, as one small part of this important mission. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Now, April 14, 1865, Booth assembled enough men to accomplish another mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “They captured Bologna during the night, sir. Is the mission canceled ?” “What are you talking about, Black?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe you can bring a basketball with you on your first mission and make the first slam dunk in space.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Now those Marines were back on Hawaii, resting and training for their next mission. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t you want to contribute further to this great record by flying more combat missions ? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But she soon settled down and was lively and talkative—as if to distract us from the sad mission we were on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I now have one mission in life: avoid my parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He had sent five lordlings as well, whose names and high birth would add weight and honor to her mission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When I didn’t reply, Presto said, “I’m not offending you, am I? You’re not one of those Mormon kids on your mission, are you? In that suit of yours?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He told me afterwards that he remembered some bits out of the penny catechism, and a sermon which was once given when there was a mission at Camelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped up, folded my blanket inside my suitcase, hid it and started running the six or seven blocks down to the mission. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well, if it helps them on their mission of discovery, Ambrose, perhaps they ought to drink some more, eh?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And beyond the spotlight, her mission was changing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Milo was sure they would be charitable if he went to them to apologize and recant and promised to fly eighty missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a horrible joke, but Doc Daneeka didn’t laugh until Yossarian came to him one mission later and pleaded again, without any real expectation of success, to be grounded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "I don't care. Tell them you quit. Ask for another mission, somewhere where you won't hurt anyone. Because if you don't, you'll die, and skies only knows what will happen to the rest of us." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Stephen Clark, the legislator who brought the bill to ban texting to the Utah House, eventually was honored by being named an LDS mission president in Missouri. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Nice of you guys to join me, but this is my rescue mission!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A beautiful French spy escapes murderous Gestapo agents in Paris; in the North Sea, British navy sailors brave a suicide mission against enemy submarines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “But maybe we can get someone else to fly your missions for you,” Colonel Cathcart suggested. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You must find out all you can,” said Mr. Benedict sternly, “and you must report it to me, but you must take no unnecessary risks. Your mission is dangerous enough as it is.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Metias did pick me once—once—for a mission last year, when all third-year Drake students had to shadow an assigned military branch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Driving back to Los Alamos that night, the Serbers knew their mission had failed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be that I was a bit paranoid, given my secret mission, but paranoia was nothing foreign to B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Satan was described in his most intimate perversions in the Galician accents of this priest whose mission in this world was to rouse the conscience of his indolent Creole flock. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ATK built rockets under a contract from NASA, which in 1999 awarded Keith the Silver Snoopy Award, a prestigious honor reserved for people who show great dedication in bringing safety to flight missions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a very tempting offer, though how they would be able to keep their mission secret from Lupin if he were with them all the time he could not imagine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lee told no one about the mission that Washington had entrusted to Champe. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It took some convincing to explain my mission, but I spoke polite and firm and held out the bread pudding, and the children snuck out in their nightclothes and just about dove into the bowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks about his special mission, his unique talents, his strength, his strange, violent life and all the sacrifices he makes to live it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Army has a mission, which is to defend the country against military threats. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With the exception of the Dutch Reform Church, which supported apartheid, and the Lutheran mission, all Christian churches opposed the new measure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1095 Pope Urban II rallied the Christians of western Europe to set out on a great mission to take back those sacred lands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The look on her face is unmistakably mission accomplished. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Most of us get our flags pulled and land in jail, and the rest of us plot elaborate rescue missions. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Even though they weren’t flying combat missions, the air work that British women were doing was so impressive that the Americans decided they needed to check it out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Even Clarisse from the Ares cabin was there, back from her secretive scouting mission. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Manny answers, “People just think he said that. His mission was top secret.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z My intentions would be obvious, and all chance of completing my mission would be lost. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Special Branch of the police now made it their number one mission to capture members of MK, and they would spare no effort to do so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were my eyes. Your mission was to screen this army from the enemy cavalry and to report any movement by the enemy’s main body. That mission was not fulfilled.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Simon Bass had led me to believe that my part in this "mission," as he had called it, was an important one. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He came with a delegation and advised them bluntly to make each man sign a loyalty oath before allowing him to fly on a combat mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Soon, regular U-2 missions provided Eisenhower and the CIA with razor-sharp images of military bases, missile launching pads, and more. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Ian Rider’s luck ran out on his last mission,” he went on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z One mission, should I choose to accept it, and that was to defend the Thicket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "They don't have money to hire a lawyer, so I need to do something—that's our mission. I thought maybe Viji Aunty could give me advice. Would that be all right?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The detectives announced their mission: They were there to search the house for John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm a botanist and mechanical engineer; basically, the mission's fix-it man who played with plants. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us see, then, what is the nature of this special mission.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We’re putting together a supply mission to keep you fed till Ares 4 arrives. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The storefront mission had been renovated and expanded with the money from the inheritance. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The two regiments flew together until the end of the war, starting with the 587th’s very first combat mission on January 28, 1943. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Over traveler’s bread, cheese, dried meats, and sweet cider, he told me about his mission to help King Jerrold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like my secret mission is to find out where Daddy’s notebooks are, so I bombard Mama as soon as I climb into the car. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She went back on this mission through his hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “That way you can fly the four missions and not run any risks.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They worked as hard as their male counterparts, and they were able to outfly all the other Po-2 bomber regiments for sheer numbers in their nightly missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Something wet and salty drips into his mouth, focusing him again on his mission. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t anything important He just wanted to discuss the possibility of saying prayers in the briefing room before each mission.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Reggie’s ability to start a new mission, would be “a function of the type of crime, so I believe that if he is convicted of a lesser offense that would be helpful.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We wanted them to concentrate on their own mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, when I saw Mr. Reamer the second day I was at mission school, I spoke the polite Navajo greeting my parents had told me I should always use to an elder. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The central hub where the Director and Assistant Director oversee the missions carried out by our agents around the globe. We have outposts on every continent.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They knew what was going on, and they got to watch the Ryan Dean West suicide mission from the front row. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But it must seem like a real mission, not revenge. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Their weapons were the tradecraft of spies—the dead drop, the brush pass, the one-time pad—and their missions almost always had the same goal: to obtain vital information about the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "So if we skip inspections and testing, we have a one in forty chance of mission failure?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Lily isn’t driving me to the mission until ten o’clock, I continue to fill the morning with the task of walking. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “What’s so terrible about it? Milo, a man in my tent was killed on that mission before he could even unpack his bags.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If we broke the cells or rendered them useless, the Hab wouldn't be able to make power, and the mission would end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, they were his, and he was on a mission to stop the man from taking them. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “I was sent overseas as a pilot, and I should be flying more combat missions and spending less time on my duties as a mess officer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Just when I think I’m getting the hang of something, Asher will halve the time required of us to do certain missions or perform certain moves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was on the tail end of his own mission and would be showing Reggie the ropes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Kerling insisted that he didn't think the mission was going to be a success and wanted to escape to South America, where the Nazis were "running the show." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And now it was a man named Yossarian who was threatening to make trouble over the sixty missions he had just ordered the men in his group to fly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Said she saw an Abnegation woman get killed while she was on a mission for Jeanine and couldn’t stomach it anymore.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Although it would be fairly expensive, such a mission is probably within our technological capability. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the secret Snowden had spilled to him on the mission to Avignon—they were out to get him; and Snowden had spilled it all over the back of the plane. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And, besides, they assumed that Powers died in the crash—taking with him the only evidence of the U-2 flight's real mission. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Both to them personally and to my mission? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The expanded mission called for a new name: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "We'd need a lab. Usually they replace the vanes after each mission." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he shouts, “You were WRONG, boy! And the sooner you accept your complete and overwhelming wrongness, the sooner you’ll be of use to me, and this mission.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Once we got to Hermes, four additional unmanned missions brought us fuel and supplies while we prepared for our trip. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to keep flying combat missions because of that dose of yours until they kill me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To this day, Jenna and I count that as our most successful mission. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Instead, Sam made it his mission to make the next three months unbearable for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The team had spent weeks preparing for their mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It's time to get back to our original mission. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fryer’s mission is the study of black underachievement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Not exactly an ideal location for a stealth mission, but with barely two hours of moon time left there was no time for an overground jaunt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Nor did he seem very concerned with that particular mission. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The thief could consider his mission to have been successful. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z A civilian observer was a dangerous liability for the platoon—they’d have to watch out for him when they should be focused only on the mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Stannis had come north with no more than fifteen hundred men ... but if he told them that, his mission here was doomed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Though we don’t know if she flew combat missions, she was without a doubt working as a pilot on the battle lines in a war zone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z With Knowlton dead, Washington had no way of knowing exactly what went wrong in the planning of Hale’s mission. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z End of mission called at 10:46 hours EST. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She acted like she was supposed to be walking out out of the building in the middle of the day, like she was on some kind of weeping/half-dressed/ drippy-bag mission. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I hated to skip out on the best part of the day, our PIC mission. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z My petty mission no longer seemed to matter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In early April 1966, Charlie Company, along with Alpha and Bravo Companies, was sent out on a prolonged “search and destroy” mission, Operation Abilene. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But I would want to be very sure before considering a returned-sample mission. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Milo, you can’t fly sixty-four more missions. You can’t even fly one more mission. The whole system would fall apart if anything happened to you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He found out the next day at a meeting at the Ritz Hotel with Samuel Goudsmit, a physicist who was the scientific head of the Alsos mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will have to abort our mission if you are injured.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If Akhi had been with us, he would have been leading this mission, but he hadn’t been able to make it to Paris. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She once said that Paul never let himself lose his temper when it might jeopardize PIH’s mission, but I saw tonight that he might lose it to make a mission happen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He tries to show them he is fearless, but each time he goes out on this mission, he is always afraid of losing his nerve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were pulled into the television screen like JimmyTrotter’s had been as he hoped for a glimpse of the astronauts instead of those simulations and the broadcasts of mission control. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He showed his clear commitment to them by flying with them on many of their combat missions, which quickly gained their respect and admiration. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “What do you think accounts for the success of the white man’s mission in Africa, Richard?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He would do whatever it took to accomplish his mission. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Henceforth, rover experimental missions will be "Sirius" missions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mission schools, black people learned English, European literature, medicine, the law. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “This kid was on an LDS mission, and that is highly regarded in this valley. We knew we’d have to pull him off the mission,” he recalls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon the pilots and navigators of the 588th were flying a dozen bombing missions or more in a single night, far more than the men in the other Po-2 regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “The Minors have declined their contract, on our advice. It may be years before this mission resumes.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a sudden, horrifying thought: What if she only married him because she was supposed to, as part of her mission in the city? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The adults’ voices relayed the serious intent of their mission. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was parked a few doors up from our apartment, so I assumed that the officers would drive by in pursuit of some urgent mission. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The 125th Guards paused in their bombing missions for one joyful, hopeful moment to celebrate the new year of 1945. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All those night missions, why they were basically training sessions so that he could be here for Ernie’s fourteenth birthday! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Werfel guessed, “Scent, probably. One vork knows your smell from your spying mission. And the others probably were given something from my house to sniff.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Feels he fulfilled his mission to keep me alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Curtis, who had on Sunday proclaimed the Apollo mission an ungodly endeavor, said he’d be taking Wednesday morning prayer service off so he wouldn’t miss the liftoff. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Come in, mission control,” Fern said in her walkie-talkie voice, then used another voice to say, “This is mission control, over.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He told me not to fall asleep just because I was on a mission of peace. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because it’s the holiest place in all of Fjerda and not essential to our mission.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This made Haupt suspicious of Burger's motivations for returning to the United States and raised doubts about his loyalty to the Fatherland and the men on the sabotage mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z You know—where you have to solve a problem to avert a disaster using only what’s on hand, like the three astronauts did during the doomed Apollo 13 mission. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Philip Caputo, the young lieutenant who had led his platoon on some of the earliest combat missions in Vietnam, walked into his executive officer’s tent at U.S. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But the commanders were eager for a big victory, and the 46th Guards were sent out on a bombing mission twice as far away as their usual targets took them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the Army, an important job is called a mission, and a mission is always carried out by a team, and every team has a leader. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been ordered out many times on “search and destroy” missions after planes had sprayed the herbicide Agent Orange to kill any vegetation in their path. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Zach had Cap’s combination, so we made it our mission to see that he never opened the door without finding something bizarre and/or gross. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The 586th’s main mission in their dangerous Yak fighters was defense. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, come on. You can tie them again later, after the mission.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already seen in Rob’s mind that despite what they claimed their mission was, they didn’t have any qualms about offing a few kids if it meant getting the ones they wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They didn’t bother me, because I had a mission. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If I wanted to know about how the external mission of the ANC was faring, I would ask, “How is the church?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not my mission to listen to her before the vulgar herd either: I mean to have her all to myself. Is there a fire in the library?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Only a few Navajos had been accepted as U.S. soldiers, all of them men who had been to mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “They might even take turns flying your missions for you, Milo.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But the others lost their lives defending me on a mission I fabricated. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I don’t feel too happy about flying so many missions either now that it looks as though we’ve got the war won. I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If I hurried I could get breakfast at the mission. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But that day was the first day I saw myself in a new light, with a new mission. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So I told him the mission: When they were digging the king’s new wading pool, they found some old, buried goblin treasure—a giant gemstone carved with some kind of a story on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He saluted me for the special mission that the pass defined. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “My pilots, flying a mission to tempt the enemy to follow. Watch.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In their three years on the front lines, the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment flew more than twenty-four thousand combat missions in total. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You said the ship was too old-fashioned for the mission, and what you say makes a difference around here,” he tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Remember in fourth grade when we made California missions and yours was from scratch and everyone else used kits from the craft store? We don’t know how to build a house.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I tried to focus on the mission, but the whole thing suddenly seemed blurry and illogical, as if we’d skipped a couple critical planning steps along the way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z At the age of 16, Tycho’s mission in life was already clear to him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Some even forgave him or her in the interest of truth, feeling that the thief had a very important mission that would have pleased Vermeer himself. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Captain Piltchard and Captain Wren left his name off the flight schedule for the next mission and reported the matter to Group Headquarters. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Emboldened by the rescue of the hedgehog, Matthias was about to suggest that he and Constance, together with some hand-picked helpers, venture to undertake a rescue mission to St. Ninian’s Church. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He tried to say the words exactly as Ampai had said them during their nightly missions together, but somehow it didn't sound the same coming from him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The thoughts merged into the Beiderman and their brownstone and her basement, and Isa felt so lonely and lost that she didn’t know how their mission to win him over could possibly succeed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This mission from Dain is the only thing keeping me from being haunted by what happened the day before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In May, the semester over, he came home to go on his mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’d have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the mission in time for breakfast, if you were one minute late they wouldn’t let you in for food. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In an open letter to township residents and policy makers, he criticized “idiosyncratic alternatives” to public districts, many of them “owned and operated by large national corporations whose number one mission is to enrich shareholders.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Smith was sent on alone, farther east, on a different mission. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On one mission, his entire platoon was killed in an ambush, and he was severely injured. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Erm...brain fluid, I think. We had a pressure leak on the last mission. But that’s plugged now. And the officer lived. Down a few IQ points, but alive, and he can still take liquids.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Washington dismissed the requests as sentimental, pointing out that if Andre had succeeded in his mission, it might very well have turned the tide of the war. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Gaylyn even wondered about how people come home after a failed mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I declare Sirius 2 to be a successful mission! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are only ever thirty agents per outpost. They take on only the most dangerous missions.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I trusted Christina to take up this mission when I thought I would die, so it seemed stupid not to trust her now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth could have stood there all day looking at the statue, but she had only accomplished half her mission. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Protecting his daughter was a life mission he remained dedicated to. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Mostly to raise funds and to make certain the institution fulfills its mission.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z If I didn’t get any food now I’d have to steal something out of someone’s garbage or I wouldn’t be able to eat until the mission opened for supper. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z This isn't anything like a normal Ares mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the spring, the family worked through a process that was both bureaucratic and spiritual, aimed at getting Reggie back on track for a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z By its very nature it would have produced vast quantities of radioactive debris, but for conscientious mission profiles only in the emptiness of interplanetary or interstellar space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission would study the effects of space on a geriatric astronaut. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The explanation was simple: clouds had covered the target before the planes could bomb it, and the mission to Bologna was still to be flown. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I think it would be considered a highly successful mission,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Yossarian emitted a long, loud, croaking gasp of protest when he trudged in tiredly after a mission and found them already there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This is part of the Weed’s mission—not just to deliver the carving, but to observe the goblin city and to tell us what he sees. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Over the following few weeks, teams of Soviet soldiers sped through Germany on an Alsos-style mission of their own. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But because it had taken so long to deliver and master the powerful Pe-2 dive-bomber aircraft with its aircrew of three, the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment still wasn’t flying combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Her mission is clear—monitor, contain, and control. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z On their first few aggressive missions together, the French pilots didn’t even realize that the pilots and navigators of the Pe-2s’ crews of three were women. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “That averages out to almost one combat mission every two months. And I’ll bet your total doesn’t include the time you bombed us.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They had a position for a car detailer because one of the regular guys, Tyson, was about to leave on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Yossarian sighed drearily and began brooding about the rumored mission to Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The news spread first along the mission grapevine and through government employees and among the diplomats at cocktail parties, and finally the rumors began to reach Europe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, Terminus, we’re here on a mission of peace. We’d love permission to land so we can—” “Impossible!” the god squeaked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And one of Erudite’s missions as a faction was to become both—essential and enriching.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was clear to them that I was a guy on a mission, and they knew what it was. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “My calling, my mission, my motivation and my very existence, is to create trades. This for that! Reciprocity!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Opinion was divided among whites over whether the youths were on a training mission or were actually trying to cause damage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z So if Hitler sent any more saboteurs to America, he would fear that the mole would let the FBI know, and that mission would be thwarted too. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t exactly help their mission to offend the other Messengers, but neither did he wish to be split up from Kate and Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It certainly wasn’t the welcome I’d been hoping for or expecting, but I tried not to let the lack of warm smiles and encouraging words from my teammates deter me from my mission. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Pathfinder mission ended because the lander had an unknown critical failure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the jargon of space exploration, the Mars 3 mission was preprogrammed, not adaptive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're not the only guy who wants satellite time, you know. We have Ares 4 supply missions coming up. We need to concentrate on Schiaparelli crater." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time she’d visited Bellhaven for a mission, the reek of fish made her gag if she got too near the docks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, one night after a bombing mission, their aircraft got stuck at their intermediate airfield without food and low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “We could abort this mission right now and still make a fortune in patents.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "If you have nothing, then this mission is a failure—" "Sir." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I made it my mission to avoid Selena as much as possible in the cafeteria, but it was like the fates conspired to bring us together in the worst possible place: Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Viking mission, which had been informally scheduled to set one of its two descent craft gently down on the Martian surface on the Bicentennial of the United States, July 4, 1976. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d get on a ship, sail to the West, and the mission would be accomplished. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The KGB pressed Powers about every detail of his mission, from the technical capabilities of the U-2 to the altitude of his flight and the identities of his fellow pilots. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally he allowed, “But you do know your mission here was not sanctioned.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it possible that he was carrying out some secret mission completely unknown to me? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Eight days since I went to the mission. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He leaned over the bridge’s rail and spoke into it like a spy on a double-o mission, as if he didn’t want anyone to overhear. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still think the mission is a terrible idea,” he says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Because I’m on a special mission for President Coin. I think Boggs was the only one who knew about it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The only thing happening was a lot of radioing between mission control and the astronauts. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Even though the mission had totally and completely failed, their words made me hopeful. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If you want to be popular at Camp Half-Blood, don’t come back from a mission with bad news. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He called it his mission in life, to make his girls smile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d had to have told someone he didn’t have any problems, such as premarital sex, to bar his place on the mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "Will we be able to maintain engine power for the rest of the mission?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "We can delay their mission if JPL gets the payload done in time." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus recent American and Soviet missions to Venus seem to have provided verification that the greenhouse effect is indeed the reason for the high surface temperature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was aimed at maintaining Reggie’s reputation and paving his path to return on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We also had a hundred little things to take care of before we flew, such as designing a mission emblem and naming our spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had died at night, on a reconnaissance mission. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And what could be better and more in line with the Miss Teen Dream mission statement than having them find that we have tamed and beautified this island? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I know she had the ring before Dad served a mission—which was expected of all faithful Mormon men—and spent two years proselytizing in Florida. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t tell them what their new mission was and warned them never to ask. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 3, 1942, three pilots from the 586th took off in their solo Yak fighters into a snowstorm on a mission to escort a VIP away from the Stalingrad Front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Just when we were about to leave that idea alone, someone said, “That would make it even better because that’s where the Freedom Riders started their mission.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Everything had been organized and, by 6:00 a.m. the next day, the mission had begun. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, when dark fell and the temperature dropped below freezing, everybody got ready to fly bombing missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They say he will try to take over the whole mission if he is not disposed of. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “There are strong winds in the habitable zone which come in eight-hour cycles. Nothing we are unable to time our scouting missions around.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sheer volume of training for a space mission is astounding. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1820 it was abundantly clear that they had failed in this mission, with Jefferson himself the most visible symbol of the failure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Until a drüskelle had accomplished a mission on his own and been granted officer status, he was required to remain clean-shaven. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “No, the dynamic is different here— everyone does what they can to support the mission. Everyone is valued and important.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Because that’s your mission. Your mission is to love the fighter pilot, cook good meals, police up the house, and raise superior children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the only component that causes a complete mission scrub if it's not working. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Masha always tried to get Galya to distract her in the air on the way to a mission, to take her mind off the hard and terrifying work that lay ahead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “What about a motto or a mission statement on the back too?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Jogging through the dark and sleeping alleyways, skirting pools of streetlight, he imagined he was a toy lead soldier come to life, following Sergeant Beans and Private Mutto on a mission behind enemy lines. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The governor also gave Washington another mission: Get intelligence on the French. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That was our little matchstick-eater’s mission, and he carried it out to his master's complete satisfaction.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On her fourth flight of the day, Lilya and another pilot were returning from an escort mission when two German aircraft appeared from behind the clouds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Let us follow in the footsteps of these pioneering missions, and visit another world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He paces the living room, the way he used to do when a mission on a video game wasn’t going his way. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “There’s a rumor in my squadron that you told them you weren’t going to fly any more combat missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Not even on the missions ?” “I guess I just don’t have brains enough.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now the men distributed the guns and bombs, and their squad leader went over the details of the mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Fifty missions,” he repeated, still shaking his head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Brunner came into the hooch and told us to saddle up, that we were going on a pacification mission. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s taken months for our operative to gain his trust If he doesn’t pick you for the Commandant, your mission’s dead before it begins. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that he’d just been volunteered for a likely suicide mission, the coach looked grateful. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With the details of the secret mission finally revealed, Kappe introduced the two main instructors. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was the secret, no doubt, of the extraordinary political career he threw away for my sake; it was also the explanation of his belief in me and devotion to my mission. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But Miguel looked at him as if he were an old lunatic and proceeded to explain to him that he had a mission to fulfill and could not flee. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even after his official retirement in 1955, the NSA had continued to send him on covert missions to Europe. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Langley put all available resources behind the $80 million project in 1960, putting the final pieces in place just before December 1960, the originally scheduled date for the first suborbital mission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Not long. Just enough time for us to pack up some supplies for the rescue mission.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Yet Con believed the Queen was asking them to undertake a suicide mission, though Kaede argued that he couldn’t predict the outcome. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Fortinbras was no light threat, I knew, for his mission was to reclaim lands that his father had lost to King Hamlet in battle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z All over the USSR, women who could fly were now assigned to train new pilots—many of them young men who’d be flying off to combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But it was late into the night and I had pulled my sisters out of bed on a spy mission that wasn’t worth a whipping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Then I’ll just keep flying missions until the war ends, I guess. Some of us have to survive.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Two paces ahead of me, Bobby Gene was walking like he was on a mission. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This would all cause trouble later, but for now, the young pilots of the 586th were busy getting used to flying real combat missions—even if they weren’t at the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "We have found the most splendid fool," he wrote Cressen, a fortnight before he was to return home from his fruitless mission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The next morning he went to police headquarters to brief the city’s police superintendent on his mission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m glad we survived our perilous mission to Home Depot.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This African patriot had helped found the organization in 1912, and casting my vote near his grave site brought history full circle, for the mission he began eighty-two years before was about to be achieved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had tried their patience all evening—indeed, ever since they’d met her—and the prospect of her joining them on a dangerous mission had them worried. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z However, in Japan, all the newspapers made it sound as if their kamikaze missions were great successes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as Oshiro was concerned, it was all dense, dangerous jungle when they were out on reconnaissance missions known as “recon.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He went endlessly from house to house and spoke the mission and the truth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z NASA’s first orbital mission, and the debut of the all-important tracking and communications network, shimmered in the near distance like a heat mirage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Did he really have no clue that I knew about his night prowling—about his nocturnal missions? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The fact that he’d previously lied about their coupling, and hadn’t done the spiritual work to put it behind him, ruled out his participation in the mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I go, "So the Black Knight was a Cub Scout, huh?" and Freak laughs and says, "That way. We go to the East on a secret mission." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Franklin and Deane sometimes sent Bancroft on missions to London, not knowing that this gave the double agent a chance to report in person to the head of the British Secret Service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Elijah’s mission is to return “the so-called Negro” to Islam, to separate the chosen of Allah from this doomed nation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “What’s your problem with me? I get that you don’t like magicians. Guess what? No one does. But you’re the only person who’s made it their life’s mission to annoy me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Those who knew Malcolm X Shabazz personally wanted to be sure that the negative myth around his memory would be erased by portraying the truths of his mission, and the depth of his heart. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have broken the atom secret with our Manhattan Project. We beat the Nazis. Your mission is scrubbed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When they landed, they discovered that their plane was so full of bullet holes that they couldn’t fly another mission that night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was glad his unit didn’t carry out “search and destroy” missions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Flying combat missions for General Dreedle is not exactly what I had in mind,” he explained indulgently with a smooth laugh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our chance for a subtle reconnaissance mission had just been blown. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Fern, suddenly back from playing “mission control,” said in Ma Charles’s voice, “Don’t you call her a liar.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The dull name cloaked the agency’s glamorous mission. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We’ve survived this before. We will survive it again. Trust that there is always someone who has taken the greater good as mission.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t want the movement to be distracted by any issues that could interfere with or sidetrack the mission. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "Ares 3 was a failure, but we can salvage something from it. We're funded for five Ares missions. I think we can get Congress to fund a sixth." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish success to your mission, Mr. Ai. He—Estraven—he believed you came here to do good, I know. He believed it very strongly.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But if it had been a few years ago, Matthew would have found a way to make something simple like that feel like a secret spy mission. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Dobbs was in even worse shape than Hungry Joe, who could at least fly missions when he was not having nightmares. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To perceive that blowing up the drum will be the only way to achieve my mission. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was an expensive undertaking on a dubious mission, but I would feel as if I’d done everything possible if I met with Dean O’Neill and made my pitch face to face. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can't confirm it, but I think he's planning something else. Something big. Something that doesn't involve Darin. But how can we save Darin and take on another mission? We don't have enough men.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This was the Fowleses’ other awful news: Father had walked or hitchhiked all the way over to the Kikongo mission in an agitated state, bellowing that his guts were on fire with venom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By this time, Soviet cosmonauts flew and shared missions with astronauts from other countries. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She sees the lonely motel room that speaks to a mission. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “He always raises the missions. You know that better than I do.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He selected you for a space mission? He’s learning to play ‘Heart and Soul’ on the piano and needs you to play the harmony?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The mission is a ghost town now, and the agricultural station also nearly deserted. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And we did not find out until the following year just how effective Cade Hernandez’s Quit Being Individuals mission would actually turn out to be. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Custer leads the Union cavalry on their search-and-destroy mission against the Confederate column. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Consider what would happen on a normal mission if the regulator valve broke. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If a mission seemed especially hazardous, or if it involved a place they knew to be bad, they carried everything they could. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not you. He was investigating Ethan and the community project at the mission. Making sure the risk factor was minimal.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Well, in a sense. However, the mission I am on overrides all personal debts and loyalties.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Knowing that now they might be flying a suicide mission, they decided to land with their bombs still attached to their plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I am sent on two more missions to get information. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She worked through every minute of what was programmed to be a three-orbit mission, coming up with numbers for eleven different output variables, each computed to eight significant digits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The next was about the latest mission to Mars and showed a robotic probe collecting specimens from the planet crust. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “So your mission, basically, is to make sure there’s no more surprises between now and the Mother Paula’s groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mission crept back into her head: her job was to figure out where a monster could be in all of this. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Our mission may be over before it has begun.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Father Olufemi would have picked the strongest, fastest, and keenest warriors for such a mission, and they’d prove their worth once in the jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I happen to think Axelroot could get us some food too, if he tried, but he has been making himself scarce for months now, supposedly because he’s on some top-secret mission. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They redesigned the spacecraft, fixing flaws that had been exposed by the disaster and redoubling their focus on every possible detail of the next nine missions, each a step in the stairway to the Moon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z No one had ever traveled to the New World on a purely scientific mission. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was mere luck that Uncle Son didn’t go on the mission where Father was captured. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z This mission was too important to trust to an amateur. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mission fails if she is not found quickly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Gum Baby’s on a mission, Bumbletongue. Where is the sign? Gum Baby knows it’s glowing around here somewhere.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I may have failed on my diplomatic mission, but I have so much to tell my people!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z That way, if people were transferred or killed in combat, there were always competent airwomen ready to fly the open-cockpit Po-2s on their nightly harassment missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “After all, we can’t simply send you home for refusing to fly more missions and keep the rest of the men here, can we ? That would hardly be fair to them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One of my tasks for the mission was to see how plants grow here, in various combinations of Earth and Mars soil and atmosphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forty missions,” Hungry Joe announced readily in a voice lyrical with relief and elation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her mission in this one was to fill every moment of Kwang’s waking time with events and meetings and meals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trials I put you through are to burn away the chaff. To purify you. Make no mistake, boy, you are the brightest hope for this mission. All of my hopes are on you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "Five hundred and thirty-three days to their mission?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “How far away is this mission? Do you get there on your boat?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was understood that we were on the same mission. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Many of the other men have seventy missions,” Milo pointed out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But they never used large RTGs on manned missions until the Ares Program. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “He thinks he's a hero, helping you with some spy mission for the Reich.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a mission that would motivate and frustrate her all her life. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A short ambassador flanked by tall policemen, on a terrible mission deep into the bowels of the Kottayam police station. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The 125th Guards operated in the German region of Prussia, flying aggressive missions along the southwest of the Baltic Sea from January to May 1945. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But at mission school they had other beliefs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Colonel Cathcart increased the number of missions and returned Hungry Joe to combat duty, the nightmares stopped and Hungry Joe settled down into a normal state of terror with a smile of relief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Harry felt that nothing but action would assuage his feelings of guilt and grief and that he ought to set out on his mission to find and destroy Horcruxes as soon as possible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “There’s talk about a change in the mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And she continues, after a few more sentences, that the sum of the misconduct of Reggie and his allies enabled Reggie to go on a mission, which could somehow protect him from justice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And any person they told about the mission could face the death penalty as well. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But this reference to our getting “bigger” reminded me of my original mission. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Should they go home now— having accomplished the mission for which they had been summoned—or were they to stay and undertake the siege of Boston? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did not dare speak to you of the mission with which I knew you had been entrusted, in case he used Legilimency against you,” continued Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With tall, white walls and arches at the entryway, La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution looked like an old Spanish mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After all, King himself was speaking, first and foremost, as a preacher, fulfilling an emerging mission of religion: preaching the social gospel of justice and equality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Over time, through such innocuous routines, Seacrest accomplished the first part of his mission: lulling KGB surveillance teams into dropping their guard. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z By the time Colonel Cathcart had raised the number of missions to fifty-five, Sergeant Towser had begun to suspect that perhaps every man who wore a uniform was crazy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I smack my forehead; there’s totally a charging station with retractable cords in the dugout, but even going back to charge for five minutes would add fifteen to my mission. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Years before they send someone else to this mission, I thought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He could imagine the man’s complaints when Carpenter suggested that he stand in whenever one of their gang was too besotted, or incarcerated, or otherwise unavailable for their nocturnal missions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I want him to know that Trub and I completed our mission. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Such a mission would reap enormous scientific benefits, even if there is no life on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "It would be safer to leave the Ares 4 crew in Hermes and only send the pilot down with the MDV. But that would mean giving up the mission, and they'd rather risk death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The intensive press coverage of his mission and his arrival in Toronto had generated thousands of tips, all useless. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Before he even bothers to try his slice of cake, Uncle Phil sets out on a mission to find the perfect spot in his house to display the painting. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Neubauer had never been happy about being assigned to the mission. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Either the O is docked out in the harbor islands somewhere or mission is aborted. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was like old Mission Impossible reruns on TV: Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to get inside this computerized robot, discover how it operates, and neutralize its effectiveness. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z That night, several of the flimsy open-cockpit Po-2s took off from Engels on a practice bombing mission—dropping concrete “bombs” on a parade ground at another airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “But you can resolve it. And what else can you do? You don’t want to fly more missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “She hates me, mate. I mean, straight up, hates the Casanova. But I’m going to wear her down. It’s my mission. It’s like my old man says: ‘There’s nothing more exciting than a challenging woman.’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Svetlana's second mission allowed the Soviet Union to best the United States yet again. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z In previous wars against Indigenous nations, British commanders had assigned ranger groups specific missions, but to fight the Cherokee, both the regular forces and the rangers would target even the elders, women, and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I went down to spend a few days with my father, and I made it my mission: This weekend I will get to know my father. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That mission continued, but now he had a new one: breaking into the secret messages of foreign powers whenever American security required it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The final space shuttle mission ended when the Atlantis landed on July 21, 2011. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He also planned to go on a mission, and wants to start a family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Each mission presented myriad pathways to disaster, starting with the notoriously temperamental Atlas rocket, a ninety-five-foot-high, 3.5-million-horsepower intercontinental ballistic missile that had been modified to propel the Mercury capsule into orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z My mission was to multiply twenty-four times nine. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can get someone else to fly my missions for me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was embarrassed to admit it: I wanted to see him again, not to evaluate his wound but to discover his name, his mission, and why he had taken the drawing from my suitcase. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I meant to give her a Night Out, but when I picture this scenario it makes me think of Mata Hari on a mission. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z All children get nervous on their first day at a new school, and all secret agents get nervous on the first day of a mission. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But that’s exactly whom I want to speak to him about I Did they talk about the number of missions Yossarian has to fly?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She was clearly on a mission to get his face in her cleavage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But if it had been a few years ago, Matthew would have found a way to make something simple like that feel like a secret spy mission. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “The fifty-five missions the colonel now wants all of you to fly.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A defect that slightly weakened it, though it would not cause failure on a normal mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Bugs said, “We’ll go down to the mission. There’s bound to be someone there that knows about where we can hop this train, then we’ll be on the lam together!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “I instructed my half of the army to relieve your half of the army of their weapons as soon as their missions were completed,” says Evelyn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You mean to see this mission to save your brother through to the end. No matter what the cost.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z That could add to the danger of the mission to capture Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom likes to make fun of his career as a jarhead—his “extraction missions,” because technically he worked as a military dentist and never actually left his base. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z American independence became his ministerial calling, a mission he pursued with all the compressed energy of a latter-day Puritan pastor whose congregation was the American people. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I looked around when I was inside the mission with my parents to see if maybe the accordion-man was there, but he wasn’t. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She had seen the astronauts around the building, of course; they had spent many hours in the hangar downstairs, preparing for their missions on a simulation machine called the Procedures Trainer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z William was in Europe, part of a high-level Allied mission to scour Nazi strongholds for intelligence secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We can go on a PIC mission and melt all the makeup in Rebecca’s pocketbook. The stove top’s probably still warm enough.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Yet for nearly three years, the entire 46th Guards flew their night bombing combat missions without parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Squad Four-Five-One, you have been selected for a special mission,” he begins. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Polina was a new pilot on her very first bombing mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was to give it to Paul whenever and wherever his mission ended. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you mean that, having arranged this audience, you haven’t spoken in favor of my mission to the king, as you—” I had the sense to stop short of “promised.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The lines are grooves or cracks, their origin still being debated long after the mission. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The drive took us up 1-15, the same route he’d driven with his parents when he came home from his first mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Because I’ve snooped around a lot. Gone on reconnaissance missions. Paid off informants. I’m real nosy when it comes to presents.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the name had an austere Anglican cadence, to my ear at least, which yearned hopelessly for England and was dead to the sweet dark rhythms of the little mission towns. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “But she was still able to carry out her mission in Abnegation.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After using him for one last, vital mission, they clamped down on him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We agree that swing sucks and maybe would have discovered a few more points of convergence, only I’m on what a certain Key West rock jock likes to call “a mission from God.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There could be only one conclusion, in Harry’s opinion: The mission, whatever it was, was going badly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He had accomplished his mission of completing high school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “But it’s really not bad, Milo. Not bad at all, when you consider all your other valuable contributions. Five missions, you say? Just five?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’ve never felt anything like the white-hot rage now churning inside my stomach over the fact that this Jacob guy succeeded in his stupid, life-breaking mission. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z There’s a murmuring in the room, like the buzz of excited bees before they embark on their morning mission to the garden, but it’s quiet in Maddy and Stephanie’s station. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Except for the captain, no one knew they were transporting saboteurs on a secret mission to America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There had once been missions to colonize Mars, to explore Jupiter’s moons, and even to launch to the stars beyond, but every mission had ended in utter and disastrous failure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Thank goodness the UN and the Red Cross kept up their relief missions, flying over Pochala and dropping loads of food, medicine, and clothes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Tomorrow's mission: transfer Rover l's battery to Rover 2. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you hope to accomplish with your mission?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z While I was encouraged by the old man’s sentiments, I was nervous that others had discovered my mission as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point in time Kilanga was a regular mission with four American families and a medical doctor who visited once a week. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Today has to be a scouting mission for when we all can really run. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her mission accomplished, Mary and Lewis drove back to Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But yeah, I'd just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn't be bothered. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Caesar had been planning to invade Parthia at the time of his death, and Mark Antony made Caesar’s mission his own. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A nearby mission objective, a sun that may have planets, is Barnard’s Star, about six light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you want me to tell you ?” “That I’ve flown enough missions and can go home.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After the meeting, a network of two thousand women set off on a nationwide mission to collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I have a new mission for you: Find me a way into Blackcliff, a way no one else knows of. Do that and I’ll be able to get your brother out.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Two years later, when Blake was only twenty-five years old, MI6 sent him to Korea, on a mission to establish a new network of spies in the Far East. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even though the pilots didn’t have to fly during the day, the huge strain of the nightly combat missions affected their ability to relax. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z From the Eroica symphony onwards, Beethoven self-consciously became a composer with a mission: he would change the world through his art. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Cars roll over the bridge on shadowy missions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For the second time she reminded Cora of the lessons in reading and writing, which were optional but recommended, in keeping with their mission of colored uplift, especially for those with aptitude. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In this way the sacred mission of the Triple Alliance became translated into a secular mission: to obtain prisoners to sacrifice for the sun, the Alliance had to take over the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Had he watched and laughed as the foolish little girl went off on impossible missions? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When someone came home early from a mission, everyone in the community knew about it, and people would suspect the reason. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Steven, it looks like Matt Medic is out of action.You have a new mission! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If it’s true that I play a crucial part in this mission, then he will help me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As far as Allen could tell, it was a complete suicide mission, the ten of them being dropped into the jungle next to a battalion of hundreds of enemy soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At the same time, Reggie wasn’t just a member of the Church, he was a poster child for many of its best-regarded attributes: clean-cut, churchgoing, family-focused, committed to going on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by eager teen Mormons, each preparing to embark on a mission, Reggie’s lifelong dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z During the launch phase of the mission, a computer in the Atlas rocket, programmed with the launch coordinates, communicated with Mission Control. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z One of Doherty’s sergeants, Boston Corbett, volunteered for a suicide mission: He would slip into the barn alone and fight Booth one-on-one. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbert endured perilous missions in which he saw friends get killed or seriously injured. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because he has lied to law enforcement. .. and he has hidden behind an attorney, he will not have any consequences for his actions as he is now on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But Twenty-seventh Air Force says I can go home with forty missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The mission doctor gave him quinine and vermifuges, which would give pinworms a run for their money, but likely not a green mamba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After more than four years in court and dozens of prosecutors, thousands of documents and tens of thousands of pages of testi-mony, the state had failed in its mission. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many letters came into the mission from children in the States who wanted to write letters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On a discovery mission, searching for something I hadn’t even realized I wanted until now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Buzz’s muscles were flaccid after the Apollo 11 mission. forte. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The S.O.E. picked five of the best men for a special mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she felt ashamed that she was too afraid to do the first mission, even though all her siblings wanted her to. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Somehow, I don't think they will appreciate that a fellow slave knows all about my mission. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z What they found was disturbing: in mission after mission, noncancerous cells grew normally in orbit, but HeLa became more powerful, dividing faster with each trip. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Today we’re on a mission, and we shouldn’t let anything stop us from doing what’s right. Today, we need to work together. Otherwise, this whole thing could blow up on us.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My daddy is a general, and I know what he’d say if he were here: We need to do a recon mission, see if there are any more survivors, and tend to the wounded.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Soon the young women on the training mission couldn’t see a thing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Yossarian ran right into the hospital, determined to remain there forever rather than fly one mission more than the thirty- two missions he had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z |
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