| 单词 | official |
| 例句 | Everyone cheered: the spectators, the cheerleaders, the band, the players, the officials, the parents running the hot dog stand, the policeman, me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Or, more accurately, rumor because there was never any official report. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The official statement said that proposals to change the way gender is listed on government documents “should be considered on a case-by-case basis by the affected federal and state agencies.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was not until the next summer that Father got the paperwork straightened out and the proper demon officials bribed, and then he sailed for the Middle Kingdom to bring back Mother. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Just after Pollard swung aboard, a paddock official waved him back so another horse could precede him in the post parade. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could issue an official pardon, given the circumstances. The boy . . . he’s not even of age.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He had been deported quickly, before local officials could take his testimony. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “This makes it more official,” he told Bridge. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Ask a park official what they are doing about it and he will say, “We are monitoring the situation closely.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “The point is to have our people sign. The point is to make an action together. Signing a petition will draw us together. It’s a kind of official beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the co-chairs of a citizens’ group, with no official recognition, all Ann and C.P. could do was turn over the suggestions and hope for the best, and that is what they did. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I am shocked, Miss New Hampshire. You are a real Judas. When we get back, I intend to make a full report to the pageant officials and have you replaced with your state’s first runner-up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The official term for the practice was “gavage.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The officials of the press had even arranged to pay my hotel expenses, and they would hear no objection that I made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The refugee officials theft divide and ration us salt, water, rice, fish, and sometimes chicken. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, the official took the letter and moved behind me as if for protection from Jimmy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The official name for it was hydrotherapy—the purpose was to keep the wounds clean and prevent infection. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Luckily, the school officials we check in with don’t seem to care. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z No official bedtime, twice my pocket money, and for Julia’s eighteenth she went to Tanya’s Night Club in Worcester with her thousand and one friends. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Word of the assassination has brought a number of government officials to the Petersen House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then the music started, and the brides had their first official dance. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, another official appeared and showed Bobby an arrest warrant, stating that he was traveling on an invalid passport and that he was under arrest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That meant an official audition committee was established instead of a conductor making the decision all by himself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In the back was the Catholic railroad official. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s approach to security pressures in the bomb program soon evolved under pressure and the omnipresence of security officials in his life. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes they also had to deliver urgent messages, or provide a fighter escort for important officials who needed protection in case they encountered armed German aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But though the press and track officials were skeptical, the public was not. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their deaths brought the official murder toll to nine—quite a large number for any footpath, no matter how you look at it—though in fact there probably have been more. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All I had with me were the clothes I wore, a few photographs, my official immigration papers, and fourteen cassette tapes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He said economic change could solve food shortages, and he dispatched officials to study Chinese-style capitalism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z What will it be like to have an official team scrutinizing my plays? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I lowered the gun and turned instead to brace Miig, who was bent over with his hands on his knees, pale with the shock of seeing a school official. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “But it's true. I saw. They gave us...they gave us the body. Special privilege for a Government official.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “The inaction of the city and bus officials after the Colvin case would make it necessary for them ... to meet another committee, infinitely more determined,” he later wrote. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As a first step in this process, in March 1611 Galileo set off on a visit to Rome, as the official scientific ambassador of the Tuscan state. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Alexander’s official descendants, his infant son Alexander IV and his “half-wit” half brother Philip Arridaeus, were quickly pushed aside. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She was angry not only with the reporters, but with the Treasury officials who encouraged them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Some of them are as large as bricks, but each one gets progressively smaller and lighter, until I finally see the first edition of the official glasses propped up at the end of the shelves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I wonder how many extra years that official stole with that one bite,” the stonecutter said, laughing as he brought the rice bowl to his face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She tried to talk to prison officials and gave interviews to the press to draw attention to Ian’s plight. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Almost everywhere I look, I see official players that I recognize. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By now the new science of bacteriology, pioneered by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, had convinced most public health officials that contaminated drinking water caused the spread of cholera and other bacterial diseases. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The club’s president held the official title of the Ripper; its members were mainly journalists, who brought to the club’s meetings stories of murder harvested from the city’s streets. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Rader pointed out that aside from any non-sanctioned matches, the official match for the World Championship would be in 1975, and it would consist of Bobby against whoever qualified through the Candidates system. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s not technically a job, nor is it an official government title. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They weren’t in official cheerleading uniforms—they were wearing matching tracksuits—but somehow it was obvious that they were cheerleaders. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Since Jamie was official treasurer of the team, it was he who approached the man behind the cage window at the post office. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Douglas Moore had always intended to enlarge their direct-action protests to include other cities and states, but neither of them had set an official starting date. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Then a voice on the official loudspeaker boomed out, “California by two feet.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A few minutes later I walked down the stairs, the Story Box on my back, to give my first official performance as Anansesem to the most dangerous audience I could ever imagine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I could stand up and demand fair and just treatment by law enforcement and our elected officials. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I pulled back onto the road and sped after the parade of official vehicles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But despite the suspension of our official talks, with the approval of the leadership, I met privately with Mr. de Klerk in Cape Town in order to keep up the momentum for negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1923, after the Smith bombing, the Osage tribe began to urge the federal government to send investigators who, unlike the sheriff or Davis, had no ties to the county or to state officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My first official win in a championship game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A group of laughing, smiling minders ushers them into the Hub, where their official visit begins. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As they lined up next to the German and Italian crews, Olympic officials went down the American line, hanging gold medals around the boys’ necks and placing small laurel wreaths on their heads. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I wonder what happened to that official. Executed later, do you think?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Of course you could toboggan,” the first official said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z By universal agreement among school officials, it had been decided not to disclose the location of the coin toss to the public. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first course of action was to march to the asylum and demand that her children be turned over to her without any official mumbo jumbo. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z And the documents revealed a vast discrepancy between what government officials had been saying publicly and what they knew to be true. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z An official from another state would later tell me he was with the commissioner at a corrections conference and sat next to him as he read it near the swimming pool, moaning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had another appointment with Dr. Doris today, and even though school doesn’t start back up until Monday, this felt like the official end of vacation. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You ready for our first official date together?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That is why chiefdoms devote so much collected tribute to constructing temples and other public works, which serve as centers of the official religion and visible signs of the chief’s power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “At one point, when Bobby was talking to Davis, who was in Iceland,” Saidy said, “Bobby made a reference to one of the Icelandic Chess Federation officials as being ‘stupid.’ Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z An official order was made for women pilots from civil aviation and Osoaviakhim to report to an assembly point in Moscow, where Marina would take charge of them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Army also endorsed eugenics, making it part of the official curriculum for Army officers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The voice was silky, not young, and very official. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Like the majority of American law-enforcement officials, Dewey is certain that capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and he felt that if ever the penalty had been earned, the present instance was it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z However, Hyde was not part of the official team and his observations attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There had been media coverage, official inquiries, oversight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Both sides were making a good-faith effort to get the negotiations back on track, and on September 26, Mr. de Klerk and I met for an official summit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning that very month, Harvey's wiretap commenced recording thousands of classified conversations among Soviet and East German military officials. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was working on several of these cases, including one in Gadsden, Alabama, where jail officials claimed that a thirty-nine-year-old black man had died of natural causes after being arrested for traffic violations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There is, of course, an official explanation for all of this: crime rates. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The punishment against us was never enunciated as an official policy, but it was a renewal of the harsh atmosphere that prevailed upon our arrival on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I promised silently to tell him everything once N and I made it official instead. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some officials were, he said, from the county. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, and out of sight, the official starter suddenly emerged from his shelter, holding a flag aloft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Are you really surprised? I suck! I'm sorry, but I suck, and we've all known it. Now it's official. So let’s stop pretending.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z If a petition gets enough signatures within a thirty-day window, the White House will issue an official response. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Sam, I’m so sorry about Frightful. I thought it might happen eventually, but I hoped that those officials who knew you and your way of life would let you keep her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The crackdown inspired by the War on Drugs has resulted in unprecedented punitiveness, as housing officials began exercising their discretion to deny poor people access to public housing for virtually any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The carriage door swung open and out stepped a man with an official government uniform, followed by a woman wearing a gold-flecked dress. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As the population of the ghetto continued to diminish, officials began to reorganize those of us remaining. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Jack had been assigned to assist a Catholic electrician who was rewiring the home of a Nazi official. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought about the visitation officer, the Department of Corrections officials, the men who were paid to shave Herbert's body so that he could be killed more efficiently. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The emissary and his entourage spent the night at the home of the local government official. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials, he explained, often point to the racial composition of our prisons and jails as a justification for targeting racial minorities, but the empirical evidence actually suggested the opposite conclusion was warranted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “So is it your official job to answer the door?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Station officials gave in to their viewers’ demands, dropped the convention, and went back to broadcasting the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You will step aside, please. I am an official escort!” announced the sailor who accompanied us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I learned that the Chicago Muslim officials were further displeased with me because of the newspaper reports of me in die Cassius Clay camp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They act like I’m the official representative of the black race and they owe me an explanation. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He stood at the foot of the bridge that spanned the river, the bridge that citizens were allowed to cross only on official business. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you’ve begun to question our officials’ disregard for court rulings, their prying into our personal activities. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her late husband had once been friends with many Japanese officials, but that was before Japan and the United States had gone to war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Because today, it was official: he was a Grand Failure. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He was going to take the state officials to the mat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A short time before three o’clock the rumor spread that the official train would not arrive until the following day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t official, but Evelyn’s brothers let Michael walk to school with them, and they weren’t friends with him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The Klan was all-powerful because many of them were rich businessmen, lawmen, politicians, or even city officials by day, though they were dedicated to getting rid of us by night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Desperate to stop such an alliance, Wentworth begged Franklin to talk to British officials and end the war—on British terms. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He flicked at flies with the official staff of his office—some sort of stiffened animal tail that ends in a silky white tassel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had seen him save the officials and he had asked to see no one. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Prison officials responded much better to private overtures. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Correctional officials had plugged the electrodes into the chair incorrectly, so only a partial electrical charge was delivered to Mr. Dunkins's body when the electric chair was activated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z US officials had known that the Soviets would eventually be able to build a nuclear weapon, but the nation's top intelligence experts estimated that the Soviets' nuclear capability was still four years away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Eventually, an immigration official asked Bobby to accompany him downstairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Or maybe it’s by street. No one knows. It’s not official.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A cluster of the CIA's top officials waited for Yurchenko on the tarmac. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z City officials asked a state court to ban the car pool, claiming it was an unlicensed transportation system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn both saw him as he ran away. The official report says you stopped a Nazi assassin from killing them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If anything, hiring outside lawyers seemed to provoke Monroe County officials even more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Having a representative there from Iceland, although Saemi wasn’t an official, helped Bobby somewhat to make a credible case that the country was considering asylum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The German people also lost their right to privacy, so government officials could read their mail, listen to their telephone conversations, and search their homes without needing a warrant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And that’s why this was going to be his official new Greatest Birthday Ever. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The city agreed and gave him an official proclamation from the mayor’s office. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I asked, unaware that this was the first official time of so many to come when I’d receive the prorated orphan discount. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Among his first official acts was killing two of his own brothers to avoid future family problems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The official joined another column of courtiers dancing in the opposite direction and soon disappeared from sight. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure. People who don’t know her well—the government, her boss. We all have our official names, and then our nicknames, which are like secrets that only the people who love us use.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “He's a bit young for you, Rosemary, and I doubt he's on our official guest list.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That spring, she told the Treasury officials that from now on she expected them to shield her from journalists. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So that the companies can wrap themselves in some sort of official cloak, the names are recorded in books which are registered in the Library of Congress. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That does not mean that government security officials invariably found Lawrence cooperative, especially when their suspicions fell upon Rad Lab members he considered indispensable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Yet, as officials scoured the various cases, they thought that they’d found an exception. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was relieved to have a steady job and an official place to go. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was urgent, the official went on, to “get this patient to some reputable hospital for diagnosis and treatment free from the interference of her husband.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The election officials sat at a long table with ballots on it, and also big wooden boxes for the votes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Moscow officials reminded their West Coast agents that they’d been sent a list of scientists to cultivate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He hands me our official wandering notebook and a pen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Marsha and our team were thrilled, local officials in Baldwin County less so. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The attention flummoxed state officials, who were still struggling to cast North Carolina as “different” from the Deep South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After those first weeks were over, there was an official day when I cooked and we had a celebratory meal with other Sudanese friends. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline appoints me official art director of the paper chain, which means I’m going to have to do most of it and supervise the rest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He’d been arrested earlier that year while in charge of another air force regiment, for endangering the life of a top government official by failing to fly with him through a dust storm. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I pick up my sample collection bag, hoping it will also help me look official. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the American flag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The warden’s library is a big dark room with heavy red drapes drawn closed and floor-to-ceiling books—the kind of official volumes with thick indexes Natalie likes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Liberals and conservatives, traditionalists and reformers, white-collar officials and blue-collar miners, all remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected all different opinions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Security officials were physically attacked by several students,” Sullivan says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z To get out of North Korea, more than half of the refugees said they paid cash to bribe officials or buy help from professional smugglers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Now they learned that they needed official permission to treat every MDR patient they found. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The most oft-cited story was that an American consular official with connections to the CIA had tipped off the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seattle’s officials and leading citizens, however, were convinced that the city was about to explode. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I opened the drawers of the secretary table and looked through the large boxes of official papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The official program dedicated dances to particular officials and guests. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Cofield sued guards and state officials connected to the prisons he’d been in, and was accused of calling the governor of Alabama from jail and threatening to murder him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Church officials set him up with young, amply endowed women—all Church members—but since no physical intimacy was permitted, Bobby soon grew disillusioned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ranks of folding wooden chairs have been placed along the right side, for the Wives and daughters of high-ranking officials or officers, there’s not that much difference. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite official disapproval, the stunned British eagerly exchanged knives and guns for Indian canoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mayor Harrison joined Ferris on the platform, as did Bertha Palmer, the entire Chicago city council, and an assortment of fair officials. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The two men recorded this information on the official quipu strings. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I’d almost forgotten that he’s also an official player in the game—but now I’m close enough to him to pull his data. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ever since then, she has refused to come unless I issue an official invitation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z All around us, other gymnasts were performing their routines, and officials with clipboards were tracking them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Recently school officials had issued a warning about students who initiated attacks. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom’s knack for promotion caught the attention of other fair officials, who came to him for help in raising the exposition’s overall profile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t think the taxpayers would be too keen on hearing that their elected official traveled in unrivaled luxury while they were forced to ride in barrels pushed along by clanking old engines. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Our teams are scattered, warming up in groups, helping Kyro deliver things to the various officials and field judges. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Guns had been outlawed for everyone but Government officials long before he was born. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z What they realized was that although no official restrictions denied blacks access to northern institutions of advancement and power, for most blacks this freedom was only theoretical. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A high official conducted the ceremony and he talked too long about philosophers and models of virtue. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The German officials didn't check to see if it was true. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The official verdict was murder, but no murderer was ever found, and the evidence was also consistent with suicide. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Some players rushed onto the stage and tried to lift the joyful Petrosian to their shoulders, but they were stopped by officials. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sass took Haupt to the German Embassy and introduced him to an official. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly self-conscious, Patrolman Mancuso rang the bell again and assumed what he considered his erect, official posture. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the Washingtons appealed for justice, city officials denied them at every turn. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She knew that many DAR members disagreed with the organization’s official policy, and she did not want to condemn the entire group. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z One last approval form from a school official has to be turned in. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “And if we get a teacher to supervise,” Carlos said, “we could make it an official club on campus.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was so keyed to go that if a paddock official rang the saddling bell, he would lunge from his stall and drag his handlers toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a place impossible to enter except on official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Maxx had promised to arrive by 11:40, twenty minutes before the official start of Speaker Day, giving him time to learn the speech and everything. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z All sorts of people went about their business—tradesmen and soldiers and officials and many monks. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Though officials lengthened the time between races considerably, the wagering lines were so long that many bettors never caught a glimpse of a pari-mutuel window. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Many government officials believed that the anarchists were sympathetic to the Communists who had taken over the Russian government and were determined to make the United States their next target. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Bridge and Sherm made sure they weren’t assigned to break down the last “official” act, which was a barbershop quartet of eighth graders. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z To get Argentina’s government to cooperate, they had to confront its officials with proof of what the spies were up to. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When they crossed the finish line four and a half lengths ahead, their official time was recorded as 10:11.2. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Yes, the party was sent out by us,” a senior school official said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “It’s so nice to see old friends! Our socializing these days is so official, this government-house event today and another one tomorrow.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After celebrating his courtroom victory, C.P. went back to serving the Klan, leading the weekly meetings, organizing the Youth Corps, and meeting clandestinely with city officials. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And maybe the before-mother never gave her an official name, maybe she never even held her, maybe she decided to give the baby up before it became something other than a red squalling it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Our training officer com- merited on the fame of the building, how corrections officials from around the world came to visit it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the principal could give you an official hiding. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He’d heard that the Communists were targeting mostly police and government officials. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Inside his braincase sensations were being reviewed, evaluated, before any official reaction was given. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead, its top officials insisted in 1958 that William turn over any such documents in his possession—even the ones that he himself had written. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z School officials said it was for their own protection, but it sounded like punishment and discrimination to me when Qareeb came home and told us what had happened to him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But in Alabama, Kennedy noted, “Governor Wallace has refused to respect either the law or the authority of local officials.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On Ellis Island the officials asked her, “What year did your husband cut off his pigtail?” and it terrified her when she could not remember. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and imagined old Senora Cardoza, our eighth-grade teacher, being questioned by one of the new government officials. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She begged the officials to return us in time for Christmas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Hacking into a regular Warcross game has never been done—but an official championship tournament game? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Other than a few FBI officials, Hoover had only shared this intelligence with America's closest ally, Great Britain. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Its committees have grappled with the question of technology addiction but haven’t made it an official diagnosis. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Farmer had been to the prison before, but an official still warned us, “Don’t get lost. This is not a good place to get lost.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Technically I wouldn’t be earning a salary—instead I received a training stipend from USA Fencing, the official organizing body of fencing in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z To the best of my knowledge, for all the talk this question has engendered over the years, there have been very few attempts within the profession to formulate an official answer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “It has all its official labels, the stamp of approval. I assure you it’s the real thing.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Catherine says, her glasses on the tip of her nose as she rearranges Henry’s thick hair, “You’ll thank me when you’ve not got a great cowlick in your official portrait.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We need official permission to take them on the quest,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The official assistant to the crew manager was a member of the class below, and the following year he could come into the senior managership with its rights and status. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The officials of the tannery had increased as well. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z No police or officials are around but, even so, a shadow crosses my heart. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But if they shared Elizebeth’s Enigma decrypts with Argentina, they feared that the country’s many pro-Nazi officials might share them with the spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Marina’s home city of Moscow now became the capital of a nation so new that it hadn’t even given itself an official name yet. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z After the U-2 incident, CIA officials approached Donovan to act as an unofficial broker in a spy trade of Abel for Powers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the official keeper of the world’s time and arbiter of all things chronological, planned to be swamped by the revelers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In a later proceeding, a government official asked her, “How did she go?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Going back to Berkeley, however, I returned to a campus where I was still officially designated a minority— still considered by university officials to be in touch with my native culture. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a mile below the railroad bridge was a new automobile bridge on which stood dozens of additional officials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was in Peshawar, staying in a room at a hostel with three other men, trying to get the media and the regional officials to understand what was going on in Swat this whole time. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The official muttered under his breath and finally seemed to make up his mind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The official who had led him in moved to stand at one side of the door in the stance of an assistant. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The prison officials then responded with aggressive force-feedings to keep the women alive. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As any student of American history ought to know, though, Lincoln did not deliver the official Gettysburg address. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To avoid the usual loud noises and whistles of approaching trains, officials notified trains coming south on adjacent tracks to stop as the president neared. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Back at Del Mar, officials supported Howard, stating that the accusations that Seabiscuit had been restrained, or that Howard or Smith had told Woolf to do so, were ludicrous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Americas had two empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, which resembled their Eurasian counterparts in size, population, polyglot makeup, official religions, and origins in the conquest of smaller states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His fans included some high-ranking city and county officials who called to thank C.P. for saying publicly what they felt but could not say. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t you forge some official orders on that mimeograph machine of yours and get us out of flying to Bologna?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But if I make no progress with my official—my proper—research, I’ll be asked to leave the group and let someone else have my alethiometer time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They all studied Shona, the official language of Zimbabwe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The official cause of Henrietta’s death was terminal uremia: blood poisoning from the buildup of toxins normally flushed out of the body in urine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I hope you will write, by the thousands, to museum officials, to newspapers, to those in power. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He had made efforts without success to obtain an official exemption. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The prison officials had pumped themselves up to carry out the execution with determination and resolve, but even they revealed extreme discomfort and some measure of shame. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Washington said nothing whatsoever about slavery in his Farewell Address, sustaining the silence that the Congress had adopted as its official posture early in his presidency. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out that neither crew, nor any of the official judges, had ever really had any doubt about the outcome. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Using Penkovsky's data as a guide, CIA officials came to a shocking conclusion: The Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba were close to being fully operational. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to let anything spoil my first official pledge. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As a senior KGB official with colleagues and admirers throughout the Soviet government, Gordievsky could not simply be arrested; the KGB had to find solid evidence of his treachery or force him to admit it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to make it official, and she wasn’t sure she wanted official. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z American government officials, the press, and the public expressed their disappointment with the delays, many impugning the agency’s judgment and competence. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The man had visited Judge Tennyson that afternoon and made an official request, although the judge had been enjoying his customary Friday whiskey and might not remember. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes it seemed that when you were into a thing with schools and officials or just about anything that wasn’t happening in the hood you couldn’t even figure out what you were going up against. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Their official motto was our whole school for Christ. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We waited in the lobby as each hotel official went off in search of his superior to see what could be done. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Every lunch is your official favorite,” I say, grabbing one of his onion rings. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I asked to meet with the attorney general or whatever official had final decision-making authority, and he said that he would see what he could do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z State and federal agriculture officials characteristically shrugged off individual complaints as unimportant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That had all passed now with his disgrace, and what on the part of the school officials had been an attitude of contempt blunted by tolerance, had now become a contempt sharpened by hate. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He planned to be away from the seat of the federal government for fifteen days or so and did not take any official papers with him. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Everyone from Woman to Woman is here because Sabrina made this an official monthly outing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Her official employer, she learned, would be the Treasury Department, which oversaw both the Bureau of Prohibition and the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Fortunately, this sally port was used mainly for official vehicles—prison vans, state-police cars, ambulances—and it was a weekend day, so there wasn’t much traffic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This modus operandi wouldn’t have been workable as officials scurried to arrange a host of details for the World Championship match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He talked to informed people, officials, ambassadors; he read reports, even the fine print and figures, while I in my slipshod manner roved about with actors, gypsies, vagabonds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I had been at Hampden only a few days, I was already accustomed to the official accounts of financial hardship, of limited endowment, of corners cut. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A highlight of the week was the official opening of one of our most exciting projects, TACARE, a Tanzanian reforestation, conservation, and education program. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Adolf Hitler had entered the regatta grounds, followed by a large entourage of Nazi officials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Tensions rise as the Southland enters the third day of the Tap-Out, but government officials say relief is on the way.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The second scroll is a long narrow photograph of the graduating class with the school officials seated in front. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z About three or four officials from the Black Tennis Association were also present. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretend to be groggy when Mom knocks with official wake-up call. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Any American who knew what we did,” he said, “would consider it his official duty to get the Papers to Congress and the American people.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Though the official class convened on Saturday morning, kids were welcome anytime. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Back at the Hotel Loftleidir, Lombardy and officials of the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My cloak knot is indeed a Canto knot, a sturdy knot that military officials like to use. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Around 12:30 p.m., prison officials led him from his cell to the courtyard and up the scaffold steps. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After a day or so, you would meet your family and your official period of visitation began. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Every time Faizah fenced, we had to have official paperwork from the New Jersey Board of Education with us, which stated her hijab was for religious reasons and she was eligible to compete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She was the store manager, so the first time he saw her she was wearing a name tag and looking very official. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Most unnerving is a line of new constructions—an official whipping post, several stockades, and a gallows—set up in the center of the square. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z More difficult interviews followed—by other reporters, and then by a gaundet of scowling officials at the Ministry of Tourism. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Suppose it is a real rescue party, an official group of some kind? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When Army officials wrote directly to the Friedmans, the letters never reached them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was given drugs to stop her blood from clotting and to control her blood pressure, treatment that Woodhull officials say is standard for the type of heart attack she was having. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She told a Treasury official that she wanted to lobby for a law making it illegal to mention government workers by name without their permission. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had sought advice on the issue from a number of cabinet members and government officials, but no agreement had been reached. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Adding to the insult, the Tokyo lab’s director, Yukio Nishina, already had received permission from occupation officials to restart his cyclotron for biological and medical research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For example, the fraction demanded that the Daily Worker and the New Masses, official periodicals of the Communist party, be put on sale at all meetings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that any defecting official betrayed both himself and his position as a leader and examplefor other Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Amidst the recriminations and finger-pointing from the doctors, scientists, and prison officials, one might have expected the demise of electrocution technology. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment ago, I learnt from an official that the lights would be switched on 'fairly soon', and so I have decided to sit down here on this bench and await the event. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Later, a federal official questioned the man who Hale claimed had typed up the note. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z White took over as the warden of the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, where he led an undercover operation to catch officials who, in exchange for bribes, were granting prisoners nicer living conditions and early releases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The grisly murder of a popular local official—the assistant mayor had been beheaded and his body tossed in the Artibonite River—was making life even more complicated for Captain Carroll. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He used them to put pressure on racing officials and owners he couldn’t influence with charm alone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For it to be official, your arm had to feel the sting of Farquar’s knuckle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The permeability of North Korea’s border tends to improve when border guards and local officials can accept bribes without draconian punishment from higher-ups. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I had not been in my cell long when I was visited by the commanding officer and a number of other prison officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Student organizations would hear about it and talk to school officials about bringing the exhibit to campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The galleries that overlooked the ballroom were outfitted with opera boxes for fair officials and socially prominent families. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were wary of an attack from another rebel group, or of official forces arriving. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Government officials in Port-au-Prince told the peasants that their pigs would be replaced with pigs purchased in the United States, from Iowa farmers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She would know about things like official documents. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Agents fanned out across the country, tailing unsuspecting government officials, listening in on private phone calls, opening mail, and photographing the men and women named in Elizabeth's confession. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Millet and other fair officials had expected high attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I might as well wait for the official word from the lawyer. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z What campus officials had implied about them—through the policy of affirmative action—the students came to believe, seizing upon the idea of belonging at once to academia and to the society of the disadvantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later, Oppenheimer was back in Washington to continue his talks with top officials. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scattered over lawns throughout the neighborhood were dozens of copies of an anarchist pamphlet that advocated death to all government officials. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And so the official was taken away and the emperor finally received his peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Prison officials had shaved his head and all the hair from his face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I’ve been trying to give him my official sincere apology letter all day, but there hasn’t been a time when he’s been alone. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It took several days for officials to deliver food. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As the Washington boys backed their shell into position, the official in the stake boat for lane three reached out a hand and laid hold of their stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Since the beginning I was writing down everything and thus committing—if I so wished—all of our movements to an official and secret memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned to Florence in triumph in June, having brought glory to the name of Tuscany by his reception in Rome, and having, as he thought, received some sort of official approval for his work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z ICF officials quickly conferred with Chester Fox, owner of the film and television rights, who agreed to remove the camera. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The spoils of the win were eye-popping: a golden trophy, a brand- new bicycle, and a spot at the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, as the official representative of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The problem is not that public officials steal, the problem is that they steal too much,” Okwudiba said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A short while later, we were in our hotel room, when an official from the Foreign Affairs Department knocked on our door and presented us with a suitcase. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t think of any other prominent officials who are minorities.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he won’t show mine, the one that’s supposed to be mine, as I’m no longer in official existence, for now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The only other official bell at the track was attached to the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad's official job in the Republic was to clean up after the war- front's soldiers, of course, but there were always hints that this wasn't the only job he had. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “But is it official? Is there an official document somewhere that declares ‘Sticky’ to be your official name?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A posse of officials—I recognized the museum’s director—and a single photographer made up a farewell party. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Classmates was the term which one government official might use for another official who had passed the government exams in the same year as he. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The official name for the tricks is a “mnemonic device.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Regulations required that the authorities provide some official procedure for acknowledging our complaints. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Ms. Hawkins always says, As long as I am here, and at least two of you, then we are considered an official club. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “But that piece of paper is not an official document!” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “It’s the peculiar archives, where all our official records are kept.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And wherever housing patterns loosened slightly, officials gerrymandered school districts to keep them racially homogeneous. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She could figure out the words “stink” and “slave” and “cargo” and that the man who had come on board was some sort of official from the land they were heading toward. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We can be sure, then, that if Eratosthenes brought any of his own books from Athens, they would have been thoroughly examined by the king’s officials. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The docks at Cape Town were swarming with armed police and nervous plainclothes officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Muhammad would punish his officials more readily than the newest convert in a mosque. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought us into the line for Party officials. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the meantime, both coaches agreed that a crew from San Antonio would officiate the game, with the stipulation that at least two of the officials be black. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Oppenheimer acknowledged, he should have reported the approach promptly to Manhattan Project security officials. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the same day, Bliss told reporters that “the wound looks better than at any time yet,” and the official bulletin described the president as "somewhat restless” and "tranquil.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She fishes under her counter and pulls out an official looking form. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She returned a few minutes later with a large pot of codfish and ackee, the official dish of Jamaica, and a large helping of grits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He would be his own secretary of state and trust his son’s quite impressive knowledge of European affairs more than official reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We watch the official presentation deteriorate as it’s peppered with choice shots from the propos. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My fitful work assignments from the relief officials ceased and I looked for work that did not exist. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The officials agreed to consult Riddle at his home in Pennsylvania. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A certain World Bank official implied that Alex’s brashness and outspokenness turned off many people. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Johnson was traveling on the official presidential plane, Air Force One, when he was told about the Special Report. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The coats—he could tell from their medals and insignia—belonged to high Nazi officials. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I go up to my room and look for Mango, whose official name is Mango the Magnificat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A law-enforcement official pressed him about his brother: “You understand he is the last person seen with this woman, Anna Brown?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z South Korea’s safety rating was downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and Canadian officials informed Korean Air’s management that they were considering revoking the company’s overflight and landing privileges in Canadian airspace. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In my official capacity as assistant cultural attache, but on an unofficial errand, I attended the Warhol opening at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the announcer called my name and the official placed the medal around my neck, it was bittersweet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Top Soviet officials like Fitin lived in terror of Joseph Stalin. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s official: an all-Black team has made it to a Dixie Youth Softball Association section championship. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Parents, students, citizens, school officials, and public officials of these areas met their responsibilities in a dignified, law-abiding way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Although she submitted applications for food stamps and aid for dependent children, the welfare officials told her that she was ineligible because her children were no longer living with her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The Diamondsteins arrived on the Friday afternoon before the official start of the school holiday. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Kathy composed herself, hoping that perhaps the other two officials hadn’t heard her clearly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She hated Frank for making this woman official witness to her humiliation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The news reported that Polish government officials had gone to Germany to meet with that country's leadership to try to avert war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Just recalling the indignities he had met as a black man seemed to expose some raw nerve in this highly educated, dignified official. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Forest Service officials declared they had acted on advice that 1 pound of DDT to the acre was “safe.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But there was a van outside her house, an unmarked vehicle that nevertheless said “official” in every line of the gray unwindowed metal of the bodywork. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I was apologizing again to the daughter for what the court officials had done the day before when suddenly there was a commotion at the courtroom door. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My mother's parents were part of the small merchant class that caters to officials, Peacekeepers, and the occasional Seam customer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Arm stabbed a button to call up the Praise Singer’s official residence, a place he hadn’t lived for years. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson was not present when Lincoln died, so the cabinet sent him an official notification of the president’s death and of his succession to the presidency. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once we even put one in the coat pocket of a Nazi official,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She showed me evidence of yet another time the department officials met to discuss the inappropriate discipline in the Moss foster home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z These databases are then used by police and prosecutors, as well as by employers and housing officials—an electronic record that will haunt many for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He said he would report them to their supervisors, the Nazi officials he knew at the factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Museum officials had days when they had to scurry, protected by police, through noisy crowds to get to work. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that I had to write to someone to register my find, some official in Washington. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The result is a system of stratification based on the “official certification of individual character and competence”—a form of branding by the government. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z An official collection song had this line: “We collect bones, scrap metal, rags, false teeth, and paper bags.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Then came another letter, this one to school officials from an irate fan who ripped into her for standing up too much during games and blocking his view. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I wore a sleeveless aubergine dress to Barack’s address to the joint session of Congress and a sleeveless black sheath dress for my official White House photo, and suddenly my arms were making headlines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The New York Daily Mirror was demanding that racing officials step in and investigate the horse’s condition and either call off the race or assure the alarmed public that Seabiscuit was in good shape. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided I had better prepare six other East Coast Muslim officials whom I selected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at work, Mr. Kreuk has actual work for me, the kind my official job entails. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He went to school one day and officials there, believing he had been victimized, would not let him return home. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t the final, final books, but Jack had said these advance copies would be like a dress rehearsal before the official performance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When my parents finally got official custody papers with legal instructions from a judge, I guess that sealed everything. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But just as fog didn’t stop them from flying and an official reprimand didn’t stop them from using their own maintenance system, exhaustion and anxiety attacks didn’t stop them from fighting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Clusters of chatting officials smile at me when I pass, and my name is scattered through almost every conversation I overhear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “That was a C.I.D. man with a fractured nose. He came down here from the hospital on official business. He’s conducting an investigation.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At least, not an official one, with numbers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he should take the kid straight to the hospital, or a doctor, someplace official, someplace right. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the problem with being an official prison chaplain, it seemed to me, was that one had to accept the values of the system and could not, as a matter of practicality, question anything. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are restrictions on the official competing players—some worlds allow players to fly around or swim underwater, while others must obey virtual gravity. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Laila had been to funerals before where she had seen women like this, women who relished all things that had to do with death, official consolers who let no one trespass on their self-appointed duties. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Monday night’s homework always took forever, because the spelling words were also vocabulary words, and Ms. Udell insisted that each student write an official dictionary definition of each word before using it in a sentence. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There were no official- looking adults or uniformed Arkansas National Guardsmen inside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s standing in a way like he’s part of the official proceedings. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jo Ann Robinson, E. D. Nixon, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others continued to meet with city and bus officials, consistently pressing for black drivers, courteous treatment, and a revised seating plan. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Once more he was put on its official personae non gratae list. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I asked a Canadian official who they were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Encounters some canal officials who can speak a little English. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sweltering race day, special trains and buses poured in from San Diego and Los Angeles, filling the track with well over twenty thousand people, many more than the track’s official capacity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Garner passed, Caesar and his family mourned and tended to the farm, awaiting official word of their manumission. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This wasn’t an official do but something personal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Talking with me privately, one group of Nigerian officials told me how skillfully the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At these schools, the officials at least appeared to be fair and attentive to all the children, regardless of their color. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The article speculated that the stewards’ “secret investigation” may have revealed “the identity of the race figure who gave Woolf his orders,” but that the officials were not telling the public. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And McNab was still on the mound, even though the official game was over. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They went to the jail to meet with the assassin, though officials turned them away. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Day after day, officials questioned hundreds of children, one at a time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The children had official criminal records that followed them throughout adulthood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The course of this central relationship is one that is hard to tease out of official investigations and even prisoner memoirs, but my sense is that it has evolved little, if at all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That same year, CIA operatives made contact with a senior official in the Soviet Foreign Ministry who was stationed at the Russian embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z From his Sea Island, Georgia, retreat, Governor Faubus urged our leaders and school officials to allow a cooling-off period before resuming integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the following days, the other official teams have their first round of games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Usually the guys with the megaphones would just be reminding us that we had to come and re-register ourselves with the camp officials, something we had to do every couple of months. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff and the railroad officials return and greet the general manager as though he were visiting royalty. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Security officials said that only some of the gunmen were from the Muslim Brotherhood. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But the official in charge of making the call ruled it a completed pass. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of every lawyer, every judge, every public official with whose name he was familiar—but the thought of each one of these white men was bitter in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z That appearance felt like our official welcome to the games. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z White went out of his way so that Hale’s wife and daughter never felt slighted by prison officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The KGB alerted an official from the US embassy, who joined Marti at the table. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The official death toll in the four months of violence stood at about four hundred; the unofficial figure was twice that. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In Albuquerque, she’d started school on the official first day of school in August, and now she was starting school again in San Francisco, almost two months later than the rest of the kids. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If most white Southerners balked at recognizing the obvious, some federal officials acknowledged the changing times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was high time that someone official educated the poor villagers on the benefits of orbs and the powers of the Governor, That was one part of the reason Nok's father had decided to come. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The two senior officials had been meeting to explore ways that the CIA and KGB might work together, now that the Soviet Union was crumbling from within. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “There will be no unpleasantness with the police,” the first official assured me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He exiled him and his officials from the city and harmony returned. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After this murder Oliverotto mounted his horse, paraded through the town, and besieged the chief officials in the government palace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She knows that tonight I will be handing over the member listing of the ggeh, my remaining official duty before I leave them all forever: Hoagland, and Jack, and even John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a hug, tight and official, and said, "We'll be back from my aunt's on the twenty-eighth. Take the train down and we'll go to shows." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The warden and officials in President Woodrow Wilson’s administration didn’t want to be held responsible for the illness or death of Paul or any of the other hunger strikers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Do you think there’s a point where we made a choice—parent of the year or Ministry official of the year? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z A few days later the official adoption papers arrived. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Masterpieces by da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Raphael now hung in the private apartments of Nazi officials. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "Shouldn't we wait for our first official beauty appointment together?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It’s the least official final exodus off Earth you could imagine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly a school official showed up, and Minnijean was whisked away, while we were hustled out of the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the one “official” spot that didn’t make Mom feel like crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Although we were dealing with officials whose competence was no greater than our own, their authority was founded on and protected by the color of their skin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale had remained close with the county prosecutor and conferred with him and other officials about Anna’s murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He watched as the police official rummaged through the contents of the briefcase, examining each item. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z II When civil rights leaders first demanded the admission of minority students to higher education, academic officials could have challenged their critics to seek the more important reform of primary and secondary education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard hoped to talk Belmont officials into another match, but they wanted no part of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “In China, my father was government official. Scholar. One-hundred-percent honest type.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z No official body count, no reliable numbers of physical assaults, and no definitive records of worker jailings without due process truly document the violence of the struggle for workers’ rights. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z We’d have paperwork by the end of the week to make the club official, which meant that, for the first time in my life, I’d be involved in an extracurricular activity, which felt strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z For several years, the size of the fund remained concealed from university officials. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The noisome fumes of the stink bomb forced officials to evacuate the school. nonplussed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They would get top officials at the CIA to tell the FBI that Watergate had been an intelligence operation, a matter of national security. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was exciting, this prospect of becoming one of the city’s most important officials. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Queen, who was used to the tantrums of her senior officials, ignored him completely. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, some of the Icelandic officials were convinced that Spassky was the better player and that he was going to defeat Fischer rather easily anyway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Besides the official chronicle of Redwall he also kept his own personal volume, full of valuable information. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Within minutes of the official start time, we were running hall sprints, doing frog jumps and bear crawls until sweat was pouring from every inch of our bodies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And beneath the official questions, an unofficial one: Who the hell cared about another dead Afghan kid? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite their collective experience, Chestnut and Boynton failed to persuade local officials to release Walter and couldn't prevent his transfer to Holman. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They asked the three young men working as election officials to register them to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Next to him stood a high prison official who had just arrived from Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Chess Federation officials needed to know where he was at all times. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In 1938, Nathan Newbold, a white educator who served as North Carolina’s top official for black schools, circulated a prophetic warning, which, like all other such alarms, was ignored by the white populace. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The racers got into place and waited for the official song to be announced. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The woman in the seat next to me whispers that the Battle of Stalingrad is over and the Nazis lost—their first official surrender of the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I never dreamed that the Chicago Muslim officials were going to make it appear that I was throwing gasoline on the fire instead of water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I could justify to my organization discussions with the other officials, but not Barnard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I suspect, from what most American officials say here, is that it’ll be a long war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She could be an official non-virgin and I wouldn’t even know it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z School officials also cited the presence of the Arkansas National Guard as another reason. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He, however, sent out feelers to individuals who he thought might be sympathetic to the Klan viewpoint, people in positions to help the cause: policemen, firemen, low-ranking city officials. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The physiological manifestations of fear, the racing heart, the torched armpits, went on in him without official acknowledgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Reyburn kept the official notes on the president's condition, which were used to make public announcements. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z By the fall of 1942, this was making KGB officials in Moscow very angry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Politicians and law enforcement officials today rarely endorse racially biased practices, and most of them fiercely condemn racial discrimination of any kind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When we got to steps of the library, the official program began, and I received a handful of official awards and proclamations from various city officials as well as artwork and letters from local artists. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Belching exhaust, the driver saluting or warning with a series of blasts on his horn, it is an old army bus, the official name brushed over with paint that doesn't quite match. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The company was ordered to provide to the trooper, as an official of the state, records associated with the number 435-XXX-3739. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Training facility” was not an official designation, the superintendent would later explain; it was just the way things had worked out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, if the museum officials found one thing, they wouldn’t necessarily find all. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that P. W. Botha had created something called the State Security Council, a shadowy secretariat of security experts and intelligence officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An official of the Department explained that “an aggressive methods improvement program” showed the lower rate to be effective. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Only officials were not wearing the Ihram garb, or the white skull caps, long, white, nightshirt-looking gown and the little slippers of the Mutawaf, those who guided each pilgrim party, and their helpers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No official or private concern seems to have been felt about the fire ant as a menace to crops or livestock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Belmont officials, anticipating the largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, had worked themselves to exhaustion and spent $30,000 to publicize the race and prepare the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed different from your typical school official. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One of the state officials walked over to the guard when she left: the room and pointed at his watch. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z First, let’s consider the absence of overt racial hostility among politicians who support harsh drug laws and the law enforcement officials charged with enforcing them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Track officials carried Graham up to the jockeys’ room and dumped him on a saddle table, where he lay moaning and incoherent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The best way to effect change on Robben Island was to attempt to influence officials privately rather than publicly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A brief official bulletin repeated every so often said simply that order was being and would be maintained along the Eastern Border. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I know what Dad means about feeling overwhelmed, and he's right—it's a relief to have a few more people on the official Save Bobby Phillips Committee. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By the early twentieth century, Bigheart and other Osage knew that they could no longer avoid what a government official called the “great storm” gathering. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "You are official guests of the People's Republic of China. You have been preauthorized to bypass customs. I can take you to your hotel immediately." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The ration board, the police, the officials—they’re all either helping their fellow citizens or denouncing them and sending them off to prison. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One housing official roughly poked a young woman’s abdomen to determine if she was pregnant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And although the hair of the first class of colored nurses was declared unseemly for the official Bellevue nurse’s cap, there are thirty-five of them now—all dedicated and superb in their profession. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff returns to the lot with railroad officials and makes noises about vagrancy laws. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z During the brief break, on instructions from CBS officials, Orson Welles was told to step out of character and explain to the audience that the program was a play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z One man mailed an eagle feather, suggesting that Garfield make a pen from it to sign his first official document after he recovered. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In Ken's case, he cultivated an image of an unassuming embassy official, interested in learning about Moscow and raising his children. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It seemed too complicated, as if each one of us were really two people, one who was loved and the official one who, I assumed, was not. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Theo and Jo are making plans for their official engagement announcement back in the Netherlands when a telegram arrives from Gauguin. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On everything from official census forms to sworn statements, she put her birth date down as 1893 instead of 1892, and she went on doing this for years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Brown gave passes to journalists so that they had access to officials in the building. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He's wearing a navy-blue uniform with some kind of official patch on the arm, and his cap has a gold shield on it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Even though it wasn't on the official agenda? And the princess will probably be upset?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z By afternoon, word had spread that a group of women had registered to vote, and many people disagreed with the election officials’ actions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I could see it all and I knew that even the officials and the older men would despise me as though, somehow, in losing my place in Bledsoe's world I had betrayed them . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The official death toll of the Osage Reign of Terror had climbed to at least twenty-four members of the tribe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In his official report to Burnham Colonel Rice, commander of the Guard, wrote, “With the tens of thousands of employees and the millions of visitors, it must be admitted that our success was phenomenal.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Public housing officials are free to reject applicants simply on the basis of arrests, regardless of whether they result in convictions or fines. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The salary—$164,000 in today’s dollars—was vastly more than Washington could match, as university officials in Seattle immediately made clear. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I've got two kids in a high school that has more guns than books, so I know all about complaining to officials and such about things that need changing. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jairo felt his face grow hot and then he saw someone who looked official pointing in his direction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But if you stay in the burning building and die and nobody ever identifies your ashes, the official verdict will be that you probably tried to get out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So reported the government officials Mr. Benedict had persuaded to raid the Institute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There were only three types of communications that arrived by post: packages, official business, or letters from the eccentric—the only type of people who still wrote letters. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Joe Sullivan was given a June 2014 release date that was changed by Florida officials twenty days before his scheduled return home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Hitler’s secret police, the Geheime Staatspolizei, or Gestapo, hounded Catholic priests, nuns, and other church officials, instructing priests what to say in their sermons and classrooms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Notice that the man on the official seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is shown wearing only a bunch of leaves. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z New ore deposits were discovered in western New Mexico, and procurement officials expressed high hopes for a scheme to extract uranium from phosphate processed by fertilizer manufacturers in Florida. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Which made Eleanor feel bad about feeling so bad about her own body . . . and which also made her wonder why she was the official fat girl in the class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When racing officials offered a fantastic pot of $50,000 for Riddle to pit his colt against Exterminator, the only horse who might have made Man o’ War work for his winnings, Riddle declined. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But they may have gotten the idea when it was announced that CPS officials, not the teachers, would administer the test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Dr. King thought the officials were digging their own grave. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The BTF was funded by some of the country’s major corporations, and was administered by a multiracial body of officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by chess officials, players, journalists, and the merely curious, and within hours of touching down in Yugoslavia he was at the board playing, analyzing, and talking chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z These cases, Justice Department officials concluded, could only be tried by the state. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z From this meager beginning had sprung the ineffectual squadron commander who was now spending the better part of each working day in Pianosa forging Washington Irving’s name to official documents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Todd made his official visit late in the week, coming over from the chemical laboratory with several younger colleagues. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I know my date of birth: my parents told me, it is recorded on my birth certificate, my driving licence, my passport, and in all sorts of official records. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A plain-looking boy sat on a tufted stool near the entrance, apparently in some official capacity. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His father, who had been a public official, ended up running a “teahouse” in Hiroshima—something like a cabaret. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z State officials added five more years to Joe's sentence because they claimed to have miscalculated his "good time." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Instead of holding political criminals for life, these camps briefly incarcerated— and occasionally tortured—traders who failed to pay bribes to security officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Lila is the best graphic artist in our group, so she created a cool graphic with the words Diverse Voices, which is our official club name. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Upon my return to Cambridge I had expected to hear from the States about my fellowship, but there was no official communication to greet me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Until now he has seen radios only in glimpses: a big cabinet wireless through the lace curtains of an official’s house; a portable unit in a miners’ dormitory; another in the church refectory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mobs of people, beautifully dressed, were floundering through snowdrifts and the great black official cars chugged through streets clanking chains. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In theory, a drug-courier profile reflects the collective wisdom and judgment of a law enforcement agency’s officials. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “At least that was the official story. But things were not ever pleasant for them there. Minnijean Brown got expelled.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though we were known hunters, it wouldn't have been good to go carrying a 150-pound deer through the streets of District 12 in daylight like we were rubbing it in the officials' faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z From the corner of my eye, I see another black-clad official standing next to Thomas. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She picked up a lovely gold-patterned robe and said softly, “This was a government official’s uniform. I remember my grandfather wearing it.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then CBS officials allowed in the reporters who had been clamoring to interview the two men. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As far as tens of thousands of private citizens and many government officials were concerned, these strikes were not simply motivated by hopes for higher wages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Oh and Hen Siedler the mining official sent a note congratulating you on your successes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Like my daughters, I was cultivating a private life to go along with my official one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was afternoon by the time they got to the last round, and Mrs. Olinski sat shivering in a windowless room in a building big enough and official enough to have its own zip code. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Others found themselves at the mercy of Nazi officials, farm owners, and farm superintendents. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He summoned the “Overseers and Guardians of the Poor,” the only official group then dealing with the poor of Philadelphia and surrounding areas. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Prison officials moved her to solitary confinement and treated her like a psychiatric patient while they decided what to do with her next. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Finally, CBS officials helped Welles and Houseman escape out a back door so that the press couldn’t follow. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From the start, even before official orders came from Erhenrang, they treated me well. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “We have to have them or we can’t be an official wildlife habitat.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z They were there in an official capacity, hired by the Department of Homeland Security to help maintain order. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After scrutinizing my client’s shoulders, which sloped down sharply, he nodded to the other officials and upheld the appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Herr Becker was referring to the Nazis’ claim that the riots were an unplanned uprising in retaliation for the murder of a high-ranking Nazi official by a Jew. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, he had also learned something that was not in the official curriculum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Chambers made a stunning accusation that day: He charged a man named Alger Hiss, one of Washington's most respected government officials, with spying for the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Stepson’s death was usually included in the official tally of murders during the Reign of Terror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For campus officials came first to students like me with their numerous offers of aid. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the mention of the top Gestapo official, the soldiers exchange a quick look with each other and hurry toward Ollie. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Speculation about whether June will get an official announcement of royal courtship. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In all only 120 bodies would be recovered, though officials estimated that nearly 300 people perished in the flames. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Oscar Otis had discovered the trainer working Seabiscuit by moonlight in 1937, racing officials had been growing increasingly frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The informer, Floyd Wells, might easily have invented his story; such tale-telling was not infrequently undertaken by prisoners who hoped to win favor or attract official notice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sherlock, this is Rosa,” I say, making the official introduction. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Later, they promise, Snow will make an official statement. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z While the official center of the government remained in the executive and congressional offices at Philadelphia, the truly effective centers of power were located in two political partnerships based on personal trust. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If I had told what really happened, one of the officials might say we couldn’t go back. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It all became official when my mother and father married in a small ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As Cole points out, “such profiles do not so much focus an investigation as provide law enforcement officials a ready-made excuse for stopping whomever they please.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some state officials expressed happiness and excitement that an execution had taken place, but I knew that none of them had actually dealt with the details of killing Herbert. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Millet had some extraordinary ideas for events in August, including an elaborate Midway ball during which fair officials, including Burnham, would dance with Dahoman women and Algerian belly dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Unable to wedge them back into the grandstand, officials herded them into the infield. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to the lot, Rosie is standing some distance from the menagerie with the general manager of the Nesci Brothers, the sheriff, and a railroad official. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The craft union officials also sought the help of the president of the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He could get help from his neighbors, from the patrollers, probably even from whatever police officials the area had. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t that official. It just happened. Got up steam.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The next day she skipped an official lunch at the Administration Building and again dined unannounced at the German Village. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They bought this concession from the cemetery officials and sold the wire frames to the florists who used them over and over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll contact the quiz team officials and let them know about our special circumstances,” he says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The right bribes had been paid to the right officials, and their ship should be ready to sail. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Someone suggested that Arlington Park officials would demand that Smith work Seabiscuit in their presence before his next scheduled race, the July 4 Stars and Stripes Handicap, to see that there was no “monkey business.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One day a visiting official saw one of her performances and ordered Aleksandr Gridnev, “She will be arrested for forty-five days for a violation of flight regulations.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A police official convinced them to send representatives inside the school to check. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He can smell a city official a mile off. You watch—he’ll have the mayor eating out of his hand by noon.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The caller was a track official, who told him that a New York bettor had sent $5,000 to wager on Ligaroti, challenging Howard to put up $15,000 against it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The meetings with city and county officials, the back-channel support from polite Durham society, the swelling membership roles, the new Klavern hall—any one of these taken individually was a significant feather in C.P.’s hood. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t even an official game—it was a preseason scrimmage—but the stands around the rink, the three quarters designated for Fullbrook fans, were jam-packed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Two years after the meeting in Alligator Woods, on August 29,1793, the leading French official on Saint Domingue realized that there was no point in opposing Toussaint and his armies. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He follows past company houses and the sentry at the bottom of the hill to where the mining officials reside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Journalists asked Fischer why he’d accepted the offer to come to the Philippines on his first “official” visit when he’d turned down similar offers from other countries. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “We have one more official tour stop to make,” Grandpa Nyles said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z We actually had to give an official interview to get rid of the lot. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Besides, I had known my fair share of corrupt officials both in the Levee and back in the old country. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I was brought to the Head Office, where I was confronted by prison officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, to be on the safe side, I wanted somebody I didn't know and wouldn't go on knowing—a kind of impersonal, priestlike official, as in the tales of tribal rites. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It may have inconvenienced some charging bellowing officials but for us it made of Washington the most beautiful city in the world, a quiet place. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Any other team on spaceship Earth would have worried about Julian's defying an official of the sovereign state of New York. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff and railroad official exchange nervous glances. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Wearing a black-and-white crash helmet and the official race T-shirt, Levi Jr. sailed across the line at a relatively blazing seventeen miles per hour. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I can’t really discuss it,” Justice Strauss said, “because it’s official business. But I can tell you it concerns a poisonous plant and illegal use of someone’s credit card.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He was driven out of Sing Sing through the very gate I sat astride, in an official van that was soon hijacked by his confederates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just tucking the papers into my backpack gives me a rush, because this moment is the first official basketball experience of the year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As much of a warning as that was, it still didn’t sink in as deeply as it should have—because the official responses were, well, literally, a drop in the bucket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Belgium absolutely will, Nathan. This is the new official plan. King Baudouin invited eighty Congolese leaders to Brussels to chart a course for independence.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Coetsee said the government would like to appoint a committee of senior officials to conduct private discussions with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no official uniforms, but wore helmets of various kinds from army surplus stores, motorcycle shops and hard-hat construction sites, each bearing a small silver decal with “Sheriff’s posse” spelled out in black letters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She really wanted to get a Kaira DeLeon official tour T-shirt, but when they got to the front, they were told it cost twenty-eight dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “How was I to know wildlife officials from poachers?” he asked himself. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Fazlullah had set up a public court to enforce his edicts, and his men were now flogging or killing policemen, government officials, and other men and women who disobeyed him. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’m not the official Welcoming Committee for Judaism—but I recognize I’m all he’s got. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The consulate was comfortable, South Korean officials were helpful, and there was another North Korean defector inside the consulate to talk to. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was the most quick and thorough publicity job that I had ever seen the Chicago officials initiate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was walking out with the major, we came upon a young prisoner being interviewed by a prison official. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z More than 300 sharpshooters—“not all of them so sharp,” quipped one official—took aim on some 5,000 birds released on the Memorial Park soccer field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, the king. Did you think you wouldn’t see him? The Crown Prince told you the competition was to start today—this meeting will mark the official beginning. The real work begins tomorrow.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then—it seemed to me such an odd, abrupt change of subject: “You know, I’m glad I’ve been the first to establish official ties between Afro-Americans and our blood brothers in Africa.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of NAWSA’s officials began to worry that the Washington police had badly underestimated how many people would be lining the city’s streets the next day, watching the parade. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “So here are the official sides,” said Summer at lunch the next day. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Stop going to work in your official car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, as the official phrase had it, to rectify. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The official answer was that the sentence did not contain an error. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At the end of every prep session Mr. Dimming gave us another official quiz from national headquarters. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z No one, least of all prison officials, ever likes to have his authority publicly challenged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bureaucrats, party officials, army officers, and other well-placed government elites ended up stealing about thirty percent of the aid, according to estimates by outside scholars and international aid agencies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z French officials warned the Americans that their most secret information, including word-for-word reports on their conversations with Beaumarchais, were showing up in London within days. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the schedule is constantly shifting, derailed by our lack of a stamp from an official or delayed when Effie breaks one of her high heels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With all my attention on Operation Save Fig, I realized that I’d never emailed Thomas about Fig’s official diagnosis. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Finally, the first official day of summer break. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I knew that I had been adopted, although there had never been official proceedings to make the adoption legal. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The policy inboxes are overflowing since they released the official platform two days ago, and WASPy Hunter has been firing off emails like his life depends on it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But my photographs are being taken by an official Gestapo-employed French photographer! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And there are so many others who have come, like Pastor Stevens, Rabbi Weiss, local officials, my principal, and a bunch of teachers from my school and the others in the county. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When yellow fever returned to Philadelphia the next summer, Washington wasted no time in removing Martha, himself, and the rest of his household—along with his official papers!—to that safe location again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He studied British literature at Kim II Sung University, which is reserved for children of top officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For several days, Tennessee officials tried to use technicalities to overthrow the decision. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z With Hellmuth’s confession in hand, American officials told Argentina to break off relations with the Nazis or face the consequences. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The biggest challenge was there was no official marker on the country road that led to Hacienda Dorada. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was a union official, a deputy of Joe Puma’s, with whom I had had a two-hour lunch two years earlier, when I was first exploring this subject. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials, no less than the rest of us, have been exposed to the racially charged political rhetoric and media imagery associated with the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The official syllabus was still largely based on Aristotle, and Galileo dutifully, but without enthusiasm, taught the party line in his lectures. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was also an important official at the C.D.C., the director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been trying to come up with an official name for our business, and I think this is the best one so far. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z One of them spots us and approaches, a younger official following close be hind him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Given that he also knew many officials in Washington, he was considered an ideal messenger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And she kept getting calls from top govern- ment and military officials in Washington asking about hotel rooms in the area. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Southern governors and law enforcement officials often characterized these tactics as criminal and argued that the rise of the Civil Rights Movement was indicative of a breakdown of law and order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The album was a collection of construction photographs taken by Charles Dudley Arnold, a photographer from Buffalo, New York, whom Burnham had hired as the fair’s official photographer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Though the parking lot could hold fifteen thousand automobiles, officials knew that that wouldn’t be nearly enough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Prison officials never let you forget that you might hang. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I became her official suitor without having to perform any superhuman tasks because, despite her awesome beauty and her innumerable virtues, Rosa had no other wooers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But seeing the brick building makes it official: Summer is over, and this is where I’m going to spend most of my life for the next nine months. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything funny or clever, and, to be on the safe side, when he was talking to a prison official, whenever possible, he didn’t say anything at all. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All of them are officials of the church....Now go there and preach a red hot sermon about the proletariat. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Kathy told him about the calls from the missionary and the Homeland Security officials, how they had seen him at Hunt. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There are a couple of other wild cards dressed up in gray-and-white outfits—Demon Brigade fans, probably hoping their clothes will warm them up to the official team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Wyoming, a group of the wives of elected officials had worked behind the scenes to convince their husbands to support female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Instead of leaving with Joe, I remained and stood close to the official and every time Basner said something, I simply bowed and nodded to the official as if to verify what he was saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the official business winds down, I glue my eyes to Judith and pull her aside the minute she's not talking to anyone else. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Soojin’s dad already goes by George and her mom is Mary, so their names would just become official after they take the oath to become citizens. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A fever grips the German people as they learn that the official lies near death in a Paris hospital. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he read it aloud to the other three officials. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The officials looked up, expecting to see Greenberg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The one reserved for visiting officials. Besides, what can we do? It’s the country. They don't have the same luxuries that we do in Chattana—though that should change after this visit.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The officials in the lobby were growing more impatient and gestured at the visitation officer, who came back into the room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z How am I supposed to join the Bureau’s official search if I can’t become a Junior Agent? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “The thing was, it was all Government officials’ kids. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The mysterious “New York bettor” was in fact Lin, who had talked the track official into placing the call. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z President Cleveland arrived with his vice president and a retinue of cabinet officials, senators, and military leaders and their wives, children, and friends. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A richly appointed villa—No. 4 Tiergartenstrasse in Berlin—was designated the official headquarters of the euthanasia program. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The occupants of the bedroom change constantly, with clergymen, government officials, and other people stepping in for a moment to pay their respects. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We’d love a peek at the Ephemerides, the official war diary of the Macedonian army’s campaign through Persia, and basis for much of Eratosthenes’ eastern geography. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z After six months of paperwork and a background check, government officials—especially if they received bribes—would sometimes issue certificates to traders that allowed them to cross back and forth into China legally. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The first direct order for my death was issued through a Mosque Seven official who previously had been a close assistant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nazi Party officials, local leaders, and their families would have priority passage on the departing ships. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Four of five times along this part of the route, one rail official estimates, authorities don’t stop the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The NSA’s new director was in favor of the new policy, taking the hard line that “All official cryptanalysis is a type of activity that should be protected no matter how old it has become.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The official creed denies them, denies their very existence, yet here they are. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have not put your address down,” the official said. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1962, CIA officials learned that the Soviets might be willing to exchange Powers for a senior KGB agent, Colonel Rudolf Abel, who was then languishing in a US federal prison in Georgia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No official ever decided that respectable men and women were permitted to doff their hats and gloves in the 1960s or to get pierced and tattooed in the 1990s. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So he picked up his pen and wrote a new official entry. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now that the Secret Service would be protecting us for years to come, the agency selected official code names for us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In truth, as the official riot report later verified, the numbers in the Tribune were reversed—two-thirds of those dead were black. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I spot a lady official who is wearing the same uniform as the ones who took my mother away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The teaching that these private pupils got in Galileo’s home was often very different from the official courses that Galileo was required to teach by the university. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They left the Ministry in a black car resembling a hearse with official license plates. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea that a government official delayed their departure to join me because he wanted to fly with them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Smith traded testy words with the officials, and there was a long delay. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In August, city officials announced that schools would not open in the fall. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The two brutal casts, always inseparable in my mind from the official proceedings, seemed to be congestively considering whether they didn’t smell fire at the present moment. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He had never graduated from college but had fooled hospital officials into believing he was a trained physician with expertise in psychiatry. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Present at the Alamogordo test range would be almost every high-level official of the Manhattan Project, from General Groves down. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Schmid declared that the second game would start at five p.m., and if Fischer didn’t appear after one hour of official play had elapsed, he’d be forfeited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The young women called up this important official and told him they had a secret they could only reveal to him in a private meeting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was against the law to burn anything at that time of the year, but she said a ceremony was important in order to have the official opportunity to give that year to God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That country has so many political and economic problems that it is almost impossible for the officials to enforce any of the wildlife laws and regulations. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In one of the busiest corridors of the Stadhall, in full view of more than a dozen government officials, the Zemeni trade ambassador had stepped into a washroom. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I inquired of fishmongers, bakers, the officials who weighed the bread. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The guards, now he could see them properly, were wearing dark camouflage uniforms, but there were no official tags on them, nothing to say for whom they were working. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A Russian official ticked off the charges against her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He showed some identification to the four officials, and he used their phone. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The highest-ranking KGB official ever to defect to the CIA had simply walked away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite our conversations and all the public declarations that school officials could protect us, the truth was, things were getting worse by the moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Government officials tried to contact the army command center in Hiroshima. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Franklin and the French officials knew that many of the American soldiers who won the battle had fired French bullets from French guns. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody else in the family cheers and claps when she goes up front to receive her official papers and handshake. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This is where the official Warcross teams select the players who will be on their teams for this year’s games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Running from Mexican officials in southern Mexico, he fell into a puddle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The officials blew their whistles and began converging on her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z ‘They say,’ he began again, ‘my wits left me after I got hit on the head by that customs official. That’s what you think, eh, Mr. Sam Adams?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The punishment was popular among prison officials because inmates so feared it and because it left no disfiguring marks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the judge asked me, “Do you want me to sign the papers and make it official, Ashley?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We both knew that with the list in Hoagland’s care I had been finally taken off, that there was no official prerogative anymore, no high man or custom to heed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All right, it’s official, she needs an attitude adjustment. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Even the official ally of the moment is always regarded with the darkest suspicion. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Through my tears, I see a young man with a red armband beside the official. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked over my shoulder to see the group of mothers standing still, obviously unwilling to come after me with a school official at my side. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When a School Board official refused to listen to her and tried to throw her out of his office, Ann grabbed the telephone from his desk and hurled it at his head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Many Eurasian states and empires had official religions that contributed to state cohesion, being invoked to legitimize the political leadership and to sanction wars against other peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Tenzing Norgay and other eminent Sherpas signed a petition demanding that the government of Nepal conduct an official inquiry of the purported ascent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He studied “Lesson 1: Greetings,” and by the time he reached the official at the table, he was ready. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z During the Depression, he had served as an official in the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and he later moved on to a senior post at the US State Department. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z That’s when one of the attorneys told us that an elected official does not have to appear to answer a summons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie got news of her sister through the official accredited family reporter, the insurance agent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the drawing room and thought for an instant that they were chance visitors, all these official people who suddenly filled it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When he heard the loud crack of a tree branch and saw Fred scramble up onto the tracks, he felt there was no time to go get official help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The official smiled wryly and stamped the papers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Enclosed in several layers of brown paper was a strange, official- looking document, which at first she could make no sense of, and a letter in a strange hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I am the official baker for the carnival,” she said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Signing Washington Irving’s name to official documents was not much of a career, perhaps, but it was less monotonous than signing “Major Major Major.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m Black, Mom. African American. That’s what I put on my official school tests when they ask. I’m Black and I’m proud of that.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Some fencers keep close tabs on their rankings; they calculate their standing themselves even before the official rankings are announced. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One by one, the sixteen official Warcross teams choose their top picks from the wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe we should. Or maybe we could just make an official report on the whole scene—like, for current events tomorrow morning.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Several ran for public office, and there were two superior court justices, one municipal court judge, two members of the California state legislature, and one prominent state official. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But when Nat and Captain Prince went on shore, they found the custom officials conducted all their business in French. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Never again, as in the last centuries, would Ottoman officials arrive in the village every year, carting off the strongest boys to serve in the Janissaries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My status as a Dinka wife was now official. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She goes into the museum on Etiennes arm to talk with various officials, many of whom remember her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Eight men in official patterned clothes moved about a litter, a structure with a wooden base and ceiling surrounded by beautiful hanging cloth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It’s official,” announced Ms. Wolin, picking Tater up for a goodbye snuggle. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “A school official, who spoke with us under guarantee of their anonymity, said that the metal detectors were installed after a fight broke out on the second day of school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At his official residence in the city, Coetsee greeted me warmly and we settled down on comfortable chairs in his lounge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A letter to that effect was sent to Bobby in Belgrade, and upon announcement of the indictment, federal officials issued a warrant for his arrest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Taylor and the high church officials were the first to file around the bier to wave farewell to the departed and get a glimpse of what lay in store for all men. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Years later, when other men and women who’d served in the military in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War referred to their units, they’d call them by their official name or by their regiment number. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It’s best described as a ‘pilots airplane,’ ” said an American military official in a front-page article in the Washington Post. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Ortizes had at least fourteen children at one point when their official capacity was two. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In addition to serving as a plaintiff in the lawsuit against state officials, she gave a statement to police to support the case against the Mosses.’” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Hours later, Soviet officials met him at the police station and then hustled him onto a small airplane bound for Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They died within five hours of each other, on the fiftieth anniversary to the day and almost to the hour of the official announcement of American independence to the world in 1776. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Was he simply being a bureaucrat who didn't like the fact that a name had been crossed out without his official permission? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The old man looked at it for a moment, and then said in a rather agitated manner: “What is this? What is this piece of paper? It is not official!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We sued almost a dozen state and local officials and agencies. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It became his earnest wish to be declared the type specimen for Homo sapiens–that is, that his bones would be the official set for the human race. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z English would now take second place to Afrikaans as an official language. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think this discussion is a bit premature, don’t you? The school officials say they have a plan worked out. So let’s all hear what it is. Until then let’s have some peace and quiet.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rahim Khan told me Baba had personally funded the entire project, paying for the engineers, electricians, plumbers, and laborers, not to mention the city officials whose “mustaches needed oiling.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The guy even gave me a clipboard to put it on so it’d look all official. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z After the autopsy, after the police made her suicide official, after the funeral home had fixed May up as pretty as they could, she came home to the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, official policy after the fire actually encouraged the physical separation of the classes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z As for Goll, he claimed later at the official inquiry into the fire that he had waited for Lee to leave and then turned in the alarm. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Forestry officials, fearing that another season’s defoliation might result in severe loss of trees, decided to carry out control operations in 1957. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But there were countless other killings—killings that were not included in official estimates and that, unlike the cases of Lewis or Mollie Burkhart’s family members, were never investigated or even classified as homicides. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Removing slavery, however, was not like removing British officials or revising constitutions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “This road is for official business only! Take a left! Signs will lead you to the evac center!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They weren’t the final, final books, but Jack had said these advance copies would be like a dress rehearsal before the official performance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We march into the amphitheater to the applause of family, students, city officials, the Emperor’s emissaries, and an honor guard of nearly two hundred legionnaires. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z An official city commission looking into abuses by the Housing Authority later catalogued many of these problems. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Brown also telegraphed messages to other key government officials and the Garfield family in Ohio. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The election officials knew Henry Selden, a retired New York judge and Anthony’s ally in the abolition movement, by reputation, and they didn’t know what to do. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He said we should pray for the judges and city officials and the President to make the right decisions—to let us into Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cushing’s syndrome was the official diagnosis, possibly related to his MS and possibly not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In spite of these warnings, Galileo became the official guest of the Ambassador at his residence in Rome on 11 December 1615. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Actual reports were carefully sent outside normal channels directly to Nixon, Kissinger, and a small handful of other officials. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The official name for that Marianas campaign was Operation Forager. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, tomorrow, Friday, I’m back at school, but with the official notice that I can pop into the nurse’s office at any time if I feel depressed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In June McNamara asked his assistant, John McNaughton, to start collecting classified documents for future use by government officials and scholars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Venal local officials sought to devour the Osage’s fortunes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z With passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Johnson now had the right to act in Southeast Asia without first getting an official declaration of war from Congress. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Up on the speaker’s platform, we ministers and other officials of the Nation, entering from backstage, found ourselves chairs in the five or six rows behind the big chair reserved for Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The only people allowed inside the club tonight are the official Warcross players, the employees of Henka Games, and a smattering of Warcross fans who were picked by a lottery system to attend. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A sign from the carriage ride on my first night as an official Belle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anthony was prepared: With a copy of the US Constitution in hand, she read the Fourteenth Amendment aloud to the election officials. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Starting in 1846, the Chicago harbor was designated by an act of the United States Congress as an official port of entry. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This was going to make it all official. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Major Major gazed next at copies of official documents addressed to him to which he had been signing the same signatures. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z On March 22, 1621, an official Native American delegation walked through what is now southern New England to negotiate with a group of foreigners who had taken over a recently deserted Indian settlement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Let us begin,” he says, his voice suddenly sounding very official. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z An official at NCC collared Clement at the back of the auditorium and told him he had lost his mind. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For the first time since the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it seemed to Kremlin officials that America had revived the threat of actual nuclear war. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Track officials appeared to feel little obligation to them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A high-ranking Ministry official like Mr. Crouch deserves unswerving obedience from his servants —” “His slave, you mean!” said Hermione, her voice rising passionately, “because he didn’t pay Winky, did he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He had agreed to be their official Quiz Bowl coach because he really didn’t want anybody tearing down the school, either. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The morning of our first official game begins with Asher ramming his wheelchair repeatedly against my door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I pull down books, shake them by their spines willing something to fall out—a forgotten lab result, an official diagnosis. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After all, if none of the criminologists, police officials, economists, politicians, or others who traffic in such matters had foreseen the crime decline, how could they suddenly identify its causes? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mustafa ended up staying home too, and we both helped to spread the word about the meeting that Mama and others had set up with county officials. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For my first official game, Frank signed me up to be lead bowler in a team of four. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She certainly was a lucky woman: a respected restaurateur, wife of a state official, and mother of the cleverest kid who ever lived. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the UN officials would pay the rest of us a surprise visit in Burundi and ask questions about our family, again checking that we were who we said we were. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then he strode through the cordon of officials and began to pass the athletes, separated from them by a rope line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And now the official does something I never expected: she smiles at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As a student, I had been taught that South Africa was a place where the rule of law was paramount and applied to all persons, regardless of their social status or official position. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee, whose identity was confirmed by South Korean intelligence officials, worked for three years along the China-North Korea border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Once the resolutions were agreed upon, they were sent to officials—and some were even acted on. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “A lot of them know now how much worse it was than Hiroshima. So I’ve got to put something about it in my book. From the official Air Force standpoint, it’ll all be new.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But then I start sweating straight through my billowy new shirt, and could probably use an official moment alone with my deodorant. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, I just found out that we are going to be an official class our senior year of high school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Like many officials, the county prosecutor owed his election at least in part to Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I took the cookies and headed to the basement, ready to start our first official band practice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Word spread that the President had died, and no one believed the official version that he had committed suicide. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Briggs calmly took a paper from his pocket, and read out in a sort of official, nasal voice:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z An official of the building found his demeanor troubling and told him he could not enter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We’d fretted about finding boys to be our official escorts, but Mamá had a lot of comadres and they had a lot of sons from which to choose. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My aunt stepped towards us; her broad shoulders gave her an official appearance, as if she were wearing epaulettes, and representing all our parents. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A Sudanese high official hugged me, “You champion the American black people!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With all the government officials, doctors, scientists, and church people present, all seeking the truth as to whether Bobby was Jinky’s father, it seemed impossible that the exhumation was performed improperly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You may only return to the body you’ve identified if you are accompanied by an official. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Because that was the end of the official tour, but there are a couple of things I really love about this building, and I only share them with people I suspect will care.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn't know if that were true or not, but Henrik had an irritating way of sounding official since his father was connected with the government His face was round and he was chubby. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther spent the afternoon sitting with Graham, offering him water and pleading in vain with officials to get the boy to the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, as the highest official of our district before the Cultural Revolution, he was often taken as a companion target to struggle meetings against his junior officers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She could never do that, never fill out official forms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Southern state court judges and all-white juries were all too willing to rule in favor of “defamed” local officials, and state authorities had won millions of dollars in judgments this way. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z An official with a clipboard danced up to them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Since five hours—the official adjournment time—hadn’t yet been reached, he took a loss of thirty-five minutes on his clock. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sass led me to the government office, where there was an official wearing a suit, shirt, tie, and jacket. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Arriving in Savannah after an overnight trip, Marian and her mother were greeted warmly by school officials and were put up at the home of the college president. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z On official business, it was she, not my father, one would usually hear on the phone or in stores, talking to strangers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that Papa had become rich, he got invited to a lot of official parties and functions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The room fills with a small army of elected officials, all of whom wish to witness the historic moment of Lincoln’s death. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z These private eyes leaked to several local officials that Morrison was working with the bureau, then went so far as to detain him on a trumped-up robbery charge. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Bribes and gifts to officials such as Boyle were routine, while the nature of the work gave him inside information about land that became available at knockdown prices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “He needs to stay out of official business.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As we approached the official, Sass warned me in a low whisper, “There will be no need for you to talk. I will explain.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Englishman was John Dowland, a Londoner and exact contemporary of Shakespeare who spent some of his most fruitfully creative years as the extravagandy paid official lutenist to King Christian IV of Denmark. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was a decision so out of line with official policy that the colonel spoke out violently against it and rejected the homage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The National Guard was everywhere, and officials were insisting that the city was virtually empty. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In March 1954, she organized a face-to-face meeting of black leaders, city officials, and bus company representatives to complain about the way blacks were treated on the buses and to propose reforms. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z A week after that meeting, Ann and a small group of other Durham blacks traveled to Washington, D.C., to air their grievances before officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He explained that the Cadillac was the new official Walls family vehicle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, in a small convoy, we drove to Tuynhuys, the official presidential office, and parked in an underground garage where we would not be seen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now with the Olympics approaching, officials were planning to add a massive set of wooden grandstands built out over the water on the other side of the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If this tragedy had happened today instead of in 1963, Monday morning would have, no doubt, been set aside as an official day of mourning in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 He told the German officials that he was an importer in America, hinting that Germany somehow benefited from his work. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He actually looked pretty smooth and official, dressed up in his black leather jacket, combat boots, and beret. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z With the four officials beaming, he wrung my hand in welcome, a young, tall, powerfully built man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the prosecutor, far more than any other criminal justice official, who holds the keys to the jailhouse door. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For four dispiriting years, he had hectored government officials to place the program on the fast track. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Parole board officials maintained that their ruling was based on the grounds of Hale’s advanced age—he was seventy-two—and his record as a good prisoner. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z First, I would choose one of the kids in my official fan club, someone with no money and a first-level newbie avatar, and give her every item I owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now the official procession is approaching the stage, mounting the steps at the right: three women, one Aunt in front, two Salvagers in their black hoods and cloaks a pace behind her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “The colored school. The official story is that I’ve been real sick and my grandmother’s been teaching me at home. But the truth is, everyone knows.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you would like to make it official here and now, go right ahead.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the official team section, the Phoenix Riders let out another round of whoops. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The extra they produced fed the tiny minority of elites—kings, government officials, soldiers, priests, artists and thinkers—who fill the history books. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Because we had two weeks, we had my wife drop us at Caratunk, a remote community on the Kennebec River, thirty-eight miles short of Monson and the official start of the wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Burger prepared a confidential report, criticizing the Nazi officials in Poland. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z An official release by the state agency merely declared that the beetle had “put in its appearance” in the areas designated for the aerial attack upon it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Reverend Dr. J. H. Barrows read a blessing and benediction and then, at the request of exposition officials, read a speech that Higinbotham had prepared for the originally planned ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I also heard academic officials say that minority students would someday form a leadership class in America. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There were officials from the Virginia Department of Health and from Fairfax County. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A man who was shot while trying to get water from a tanker truck heading for a hospital, and—just breaking now—the first official death from dehydration in San Bernardino. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The synonym was official, authoritative; it was the verdict that the culture gave on a person like her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was already afraid that the stories I had written would not fit into the new, official mood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, I was at the Head Office meeting with Colonel Willemse when I saw Jimmy outside the office of another official. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Norfolk Prison Colony officials had become upset. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In her case, the government official interceded, and she survived. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The meeting between the highest local government official and militant black leaders was itself an important concession, an act of good faith on Grabarek’s part that surprised the black community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We made a distinction between academic studies, which were official, and political studies, which were not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Phillips moved to remove Stanton’s entire speech from the official convention record. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The official announcement—the fourth in less than two years—was considered true for almost six months because nothing further was heard of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This was not the Belgian Army, official conscripted protectors of white people, but a group of young men who held secret meetings in the woods behind our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ireland’s Jena MacNeil, the youngest captain in the official games!” they call out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, all the school officials present were giving us the same song and dance about our not responding to our attackers in order to maintain peace. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the approximately 40 New World nations, all now have an Indo-European language or creole as the official language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As far as thousands of private citizens and a large number of government officials were concerned, these strikes were fostered by Communist agitators, eager to throw the United States into turmoil. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The plan was to get the site cleared before bringing in the VIPs and the media for the official gala groundbreaking ceremony. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Much racial bias, though, would operate unconsciously and automatically—even among law enforcement officials genuinely committed to equal treatment under the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Every day more and more city officials failed to show up at work: judges and clerks, aldermen and secretaries. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Nothing is talked about here to-day except the strange coincidence; the officials of the Board of Trade have been most exacting in seeing that every compliance has been made with existing regulations. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Just recently, an official job called trash sifter had been created. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as the “Soviet Ark” had departed, the US State Department released its official explanation of why these 249 people had been deported. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z We strongly disapproved of the publication of any photos of our children that weren’t connected to an official event, and the White House press office made this clear to the media. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We rarely had translators to help us navigate anything, unless we had an official meeting of some sort. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As any official in the Nation of Islam would instantly have known, any death-talk for me could have been approved of—if not actually initiated—by only one man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them had a notion, these statesmen and officials who greeted me effusively, but I had none. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z No KGB official had ever taken a public stand against the organization inside the USSR. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His habitual absence emboldened the more brutal prison officials and gave them carte blanche to do whatever they wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cover of the official program of the National American Woman Suffrage Association procession in Washington, DC, on March 1913. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “The draft to determine this year’s players in the official Warcross championships?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even some high government officials have made appearances occasionally. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Malta and Nepal join the list of countries offering their citizens the choice of an official third gender. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He wore a crisp white shirt with an official seal stitched on the right sleeve. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “No propaganda work undertaken by the State Association and Party has ever achieved such publicity,” bragged the New York State Woman Suffrage Association’s official journal. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He was flattered and apprehensive, certain that some severe official would soon appear and throw the whole lot of them out like a pack of bums. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Six lashes and expulsion,” the Chancellor carried on in an official voice, ignoring my outburst. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "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 But the Clinton Engineer Works, the official name of the Tennessee site, looked to be in a class of its own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dad says Pleiades had been storing their ships in a massive underground facility at the old Denver airport—they weren’t supposed to leave Earth on their first official trip for another two years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the weekend of the fire, Lemos went to the asylum to get her children back, but was told that it was against official policy to release them just then. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Howard officials decided to challenge the DAR’s restrictive policy, beginning a crucial battle in the campaign to end Jim Crow social practices in the nation’s capital. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “You were down at the bottom, weren’t you?” he asked, not in the official courtroom tone he had used before, but in a friend’s voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1968, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prompted many academic officials to commit themselves publicly to the goal of integrating their institutions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The children also listened to special Hitler Youth radio broadcasts on official Nazi radio sets, called the People’s Radio. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Since black artists were barred from appearing at Constitution Hall, Howard officials decided to schedule Anderson’s 1936 concert at Armstrong High School, a black school with a large auditorium. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z His ominous official title would be “Coordinator of Rapid Rupture.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We have met a couple of times at official functions, including, of course, the last few parties. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A little of the official atmosphere seemed to have fallen away from him with the Newspeak words, but his expression was grimmer than usual, as though he were not pleased at being disturbed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Common sense would have told any official that certainly Mr. Muhammad couldn’t be running all over the country as his own spokesman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Surnames are just an additional means of identification, useful only to prevent confusion in official records. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then some highway official or other decided that what would be a really good idea would be to build a big, fast road between the two towns. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Now it was official, I finally had a brother! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Elected officials deduced that a strong percentage of kids reading below their grade level by third grade would be needing a secure place to stay when they got older. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The chaplain recognized the bathrobe and pajamas as official hospital attire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My sisters and I wanted to go by ourselves, not in any official capacity with an organization, just us—arriving as friends, not foreigners. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “As they used the song to taunt school officials,” Sullivan says, “the lyrics seemed to have encouraged students to violently take matters into their own hands.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Werfel explained, “He is under the protection of our beloved ruler, Ghohg. He is an official guest of the state.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Mrs. Waller had specifically requested Agriculture officials not to spray her property, because it would be impossible to avoid the pastures in spraying the woodlands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I moved around among outsiders more than most other Muslim officials. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never occurred to me they weren’t legit. But they should be easy to find. They were in an old green Chevy pickup with an official insignia on the door.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A Catholic railroad official who was his friend secretly got them for him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Want to make it official? I mean, call a meeting of the class?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, Twinkle Toes,” Writing Cop said to Train Ear, Jelly Bones, Boom Box, Beat Box, and Clayton, “Looks like you ballerinas have all earned an official escort to the ball. But first, the bracelets.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Scarcely one thousand natives remained on the peninsula, according to official figures; the disease had claimed more than five thousand lives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They hung around the burned house, offering to help in any way they could, feeling official and generally getting in the way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, important visitors to the prison are invited to take what one high official calls “a little peek at Death Row.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop, Log-a-Log! You have no right to strike a comrade! He was only stating the facts. Our Guerrilla Union rules clearly state that no member can be forced to venture beyond official shrew boundaries.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We have decided to uphold the official complaint of Mr. Lucius Malfoy, and this matter will therefore be taken to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There were some letters, an official one, and some others. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Mercy Watts's family got moved onto one o' them 'official sites' down Sevenoaks way. Rents, queues, lists, wardens. Council houses on wheels, they are.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the offices around him, official readers go through thick reports, boiling the information down to the salient paragraph. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only last summer he’d gotten an official warning that had stated quite clearly that if the Ministry got wind of any more magic in Privet Drive, Harry would face expulsion from Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Several had seen the eerie, dancing glow beyond the rooftops near them and, even without official notice from Schaffer, prepared to respond. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I made it eight of us, and they included a judge and an official of the Ministry of Education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His vigilance extended even to the design of the fair’s official seal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And the university officials who so diligently took note of those students in their self-serving totals of entering minority students finally took no note of them when they left. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Constitution Hall was opened in 1929, DAR officials had set aside a small section of seats in the rear balcony for black patrons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Many people break down for the first time in prison,” the official said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The city officials fawn for political reasons over school integration and then build barricades to stop residential integration-what hypocrisy! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Later, John Palmer, the half-Sioux lawyer, sent a letter to Charles Curtis, a U.S. senator from Kansas; part-Kaw, part-Osage, Curtis was then the highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It contained information, carefully coded, about everyone at Trinity, the kind of stuff that couldn’t be found in official records. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The new owner made my father the official liaison, akin to a translator, between himself and the Christian Poles still allowed to work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Have state or federal officials offered you immunity or clemency if you changed your plea?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z City officials threw up one stumbling block after another to delay implementation of the Court’s intent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe we should focus on Mr. Quisling’s cipher challenge for a little bit instead. Admit it—wouldn’t it make your day to see Her Royal Fungus with an official mushroom-top hairdo? Besides...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The board consisted of a magistrate and two other officials, all white. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The infanta was twenty-nine and, in the words of a State Department official, “rather handsome, graceful and bright.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He ruled that the demonstrators had a legal and constitutional right to carry out that march, and that state and local officials were forbidden to interfere. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant that within a day of the storm’s eye passing over the region, officials were making plans for the building of a makeshift outdoor prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The Dutch Reformed Church, born in the Netherlands during the Reformation, had spread throughout Europe and around the world, and even eventually became the official religion of apartheid South Africa. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It’s so different from his official, buttoned-up, and serious-faced serviceman portrait, which we also have framed on the mantel. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He gripped her arm as he led her through the shining building in which most of Endovier’s officials and overseers were housed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At the front of this motorcade were limousines carrying high police officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although still angry over Woolf’s suspension, Howard didn’t want to court more trouble with California racing officials by hiring Woolf for the Mexican race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The boast seemed justified to Jim and Farmer when they read the official data, which revealed a remarkably low incidence of TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Dante had repeatedly told school officials about his father's abuse, but no one ever intervened. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Denmark gives its citizens the choice of three official genders: male, female, and X.The White House designates a gender-neutral bathroom for visitors and staff. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The official order arrived in the Monday mail: the execution was to be carried out within twenty-four hours. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The headmaster sent my mom a letter the following week, making it official: I would not be invited back next year to Yancy Academy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z U.S. policy toward the tribes shifted from containment to forced assimilation, and officials increasingly tried to turn the Osage into churchgoing, English-speaking, fully clothed tillers of the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Did the relief officials realize what was happening? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In a matter of a few minutes, I was downstairs and rushing to where I had seen the four officials. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Stand back there y'all, and now echoed by an official tone, Keep moving, break it up. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They brought out the official square wooden table for the challenger to stand on, and from the moment Maniac climbed up, you could tell the Knot was in big trouble. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It would take time to compile official statistics, but he could see that the city was gone. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was enough that these representatives of official Durham confided in him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Montsisi, who now talked on my behalf, told the official that the deposit and the plane ticket would be taken care of. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the loudspeakers crackled back to life with the official results. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I always imagined my herald—their official name, not mine—would sound sympathetic and ease me into this news, maybe even harp on how it’s especially tragic because I’m so young. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z C. J. continued, “With the information we have, we are going to notify state and national public health officials.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The older official is tall, with graying hair at his temples and a chiseled jaw. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The “official status” of this negative credential differentiates it from other sources of social stigma, offering legitimacy to its use as a basis for discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe we should focus on Mr. Quisling’s cipher challenge for a little bit instead. Admit it—wouldn’t it make your day to see Her Royal Fungus with an official mushroom-top hairdo? Besides...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The officials walked around the camp, burning the drugs in front of people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was all shiny boots and official uniform. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The note was stamped with the school’s official seal, attesting that he was a full-time student and only thirteen years old. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after that, he formally asked ABI officials in Montgomery to conduct another investigation into the murder to confirm Mr. McMillian's guilt. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "When will the queen release her official announcement regarding toilette-box allotments?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z These officials were quite unable to recall situations where cooperation had not taken place “at the Washington level.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Dimming unseals the official test and opens to the first page. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “The worst thing is there weren’t any witnesses. And I’m no official timekeeper. I don’t think it will count.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never been able to find any official reason why we were returned to Florida a second time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z During the years that I stayed in the Norfolk Prison Colony, never did any official directly say anything to me about those letters, although, of course, they all passed through the prison censorship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After the article appeared in print, however, top Army and Navy officials were livid. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d look like a princess, and it would have been my official introduction into Cuban society. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z By the next morning, Friday, she felt she had completed her official duties and was ready to begin enjoying herself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In this unusual case, Mormon officials needed to get more information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Though the government official pushed for their prosecution, no one was ever charged, and the identities of the citizens were never revealed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even so, it was presented delicately, not as part of the official agenda, and only after the committee addressed several other formal agenda items. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But beyond the grubby clay-and-straw houses and the concrete official buildings that surrounded them in Engels, beyond the daily flights and mechanical drills, what was going on in the world? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Following the swearing-in of Andrew Johnson as the seventeenth president, Stanton had issued a reward for Jefferson Davis and other Confederate officials, naming them as assassination conspirators. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His service as wartime governor of Virginia had ended disastrously when British troops burned the capital as Jefferson galloped off and into official disgrace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We met with the district attorney, filed papers with the judge, and consulted with a variety of local officials in an effort to achieve a new, constitutionally acceptable sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Also, I could no longer bear the pain of meeting with contemptuous stares and oaths from black tennis officials and spectators. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not seen as an unusual request from a senior KGB official like Yurchenko, who regularly toured the city to meet secretly with agents he was running against the CIA and other Western powers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After our first few days at the quarry, we made an official request for sunglasses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Interviews with residents and city officials were played. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Mostly these men were all so desperate or confused by the time I appeared, with my neutral Swiss-accented German and comfortingly official checklist, that they were often gratefully cooperative, if not wholly bewitched. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z City officials boasted there hadn’t been a Klan hanging of one of our people in at least ten years. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown was a union worker and a former Klan official who had changed his ways and offered to infiltrate the Klan. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Fudge subsided into what was clearly an aggrieved silence, but it was broken almost immediately by the portrait, which suddenly spoke in its crisp, official voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That assertion attracted the full attention of law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I had begged bread from the officials, I had wondered dimly if the outcasts could become united in action, thought, and feeling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been a low official in the Nazi Party, but high enough, by Army Regulations standards, to fall into an automatic-arrest category. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Léopoldville and Stanleyville have been shut down with riots and strikes, in case you haven’t heard. The old official plan did not go over so well.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Although these men were our first official visitors, we regarded them skeptically. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Smyth was a former chairman of the Princeton physics department who had authored an official history of the bomb program released to the public following Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I beg your pardon,” the other official said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t even cry yesterday when Bev and I said our official goodbye. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The past was rushing down that long corridor towards me, a flood of memories, sweeping me back as I struggled to keep up with the little official. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, CIA officials privately believed that a pilot could never survive a high-altitude ejection from the spy plane. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The same passport official now began raising other obstacles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cell phone industry officials said that the fact traffic deaths hadn’t soared meant that distraction from electronic gadgets was being overblown as a threat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I entered the office to discuss the matter, but before I could even open my mouth, Jimmy had barged in and loudly said to the official, “Give me my letter!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In England the fact not only became linguistically commonplace; it also became institutionally entrenched, for the Royal Society’s official aim was to establish new facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But there was a problem: One day I listened approvingly to a government official defend affirmative action; the next day I realized the benefits of the program. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Belmont officials grudgingly agreed to consider it, and there was talk of rescheduling the race for the fall meeting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His family maintained that he was beaten by police and jail officials who then denied him his asthma inhaler and medication despite his begging for it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Several types of exploitation or attacks may potentially be conducted throughout the hurricane cycle—hostage situations or attacks on shelters, cyber attacks, or impersonation of emergency response officials and equipment to gain access.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “What race do you put on your official school forms?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I hesitated for a moment, reluctant to discuss political matters with a prison official. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Anthony and fourteen other women took the oath and had their names added to the official voter rolls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z First Ladies showed up in the news, having tea with the spouses of foreign dignitaries; they sent out official greetings on holidays and wore pretty gowns to state dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Eisenhower made it official on February 7, when he offered Stassen a consolation prize of a position elsewhere in the administration. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In this case the official cause of death, he wrote, was anoxia—a deprivation of oxygen to the brain—as well as an acute disturbance to the composition of the blood. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Satisfied that she was, the official sneered at her, “It felt good going in, but it’s going to be hell coming out.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The California Turf Writers Association, recognizing that a lack of official information had created this absurd situation, demanded that the stewards clear things up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each farmer has his own plot by the marsh—nothing official with papers or signatures, just a piece of ground you always know is yours. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z A few check marks and initials on the chart to make it look official, and then I'm out into the hallway. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see how well our natives live?” a government official would proudly tell a bus full of incredulous American, Japanese and European tourists. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile a delegation of Ministry officials, including the Minister of Magic himself, was being accommodated within the castle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He sits on the official Warcross Committee, those who choose the teams and worlds that will appear in each year’s championship tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And if during the night at one of the frontiers the Customs officials should require a piece of luggage to be opened?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In Canada there were black men who were county officials and members of school boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z An official from the Labor Ministry visits Children’s House to speak about work opportunities at the mines. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There is always paperwork, of course; some official up the chain catches a whiff and wants a percentage. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the other walls are lists of statistics about each official Warcross team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Technically, Gale and I could be whipped on a daily basis for poaching in the woods -well, technically, we could get a whole lot worse -except all the officials buy our meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z An official asked me a long list of questions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that Trujillo had been visiting some official’s house next door, and attracted by the shouts from our volleyball game below, he had gone out on the balcony. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true that a young Jewish man, grief-stricken over the Nazis’ mistreatment of his parents, had shot and killed the official, but the riots were not spontaneous. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks before, officials had announced which city would host the 1940 Games. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z From work, Helmuth borrows an official swastika stamper that makes each flier look like an official government notice, and his grandmother gets used to the constant thump-thump she hears each night at the kitchen table. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There was file after file of saved correspondence, memorandums and official announcements. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Mr. Murrow, of course. He gave me your file, and I delivered it here. Now you’re official.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Attorney General MacVeagh walked over to the Elberon Hotel and made the official statement to the press, bells were already tolling in city halls, courthouses, churches, and firehouses. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “So wasteful, so unnecessary. Anyone could see the game was over by that point. In fact, I was just about to issue an official surrender when they released those parachutes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I said, “Take my word for it—you be suspicious of all these American officials who come to Africa grinning in your faces when they don’t grin in ours back home. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His role was to keep the official scorebook and put down the code that marked every measurable moment of the contests: hits, runs, strikeouts, stolen bases, errors, wild pitches. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, they were all safely down, and James was excitedly telling his story to a group of flabbergasted officials. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My official friend count is down to two—and one of them has to keep it a secret that he associates with me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Born in Danville, Indiana, in 1915, Harvey's upbringing was a world away from the elite childhoods of most CIA officials, a fact he was conscious of throughout his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you really want winter sport,” the second official said, “you will go to the Engadine or to Miirren. I must protest against your being advised to go to Montreux for the winter sport.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Robert Todd Lincoln went on to a stellar career as an attorney and then public official. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z At Mqhekezweni I had met many white traders and government officials, including magistrates and police officers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The belief in parental power is manifest in the first official act a parent commits: giving the baby a name. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I could have told them that, if they'd asked me, of course, but now it was official. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This second witness gave law enforcement officials what they needed to charge Walter McMillian with capital murder in the shooting death of Ronda Morrison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 The driver must be a high-ranking official, for war rationing means that only important Nazis have ample access to gas and food. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z When Uncle Al discovers that city officials have yet to itemize the Fox Brothers baggage stock, a handful of nondescript horses get spirited from one stable tent to another. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Jewish resettlement official with the Joint Distribution Committee who met them when they landed in New York City on June 24, 1946, suggested Kansas City as a destination. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I used my down days, those free from official business, to tend to Sasha and Malia and their lives, before going back “up” again—back into hair, makeup, and wardrobe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Cody upstaged the fair again in July, when exposition officials rejected a request from Mayor Carter Harrison that the fair dedicate one day to the poor children of Chicago and admit them at no charge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When he was thirty-one, he piloted a flight to northern Iran to pick up a high-ranking official. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It's all in retribution for the Jew who killed the Nazi official in Paris. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z We practice public speaking and how to converse with top government officials and important businesspeople. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of one, a high- ranking official with red tassels and a commander's hat stands waiting. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z To assure maximum attendance, Mayor Harrison had signed an official proclamation that urged every business to suspend operation for the day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In part this new skepticism reflected the superior technical knowledge of his official overseers, who now included trained physicists with knowledge of nuclear physics that equaled or even exceeded his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bobby wrote to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo asking them to send a member of the diplomatic staff to the detention center so that an official could accept his citizenship renunciation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After a couple of weeks, prison officials were so concerned that they sent him to the state hospital for the mentally ill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Justice Department official warned that there were more fugitives hiding out in the Osage Hills than “perhaps any other county in the state or any state in the Union.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A task force of over two dozen Philadelphia police officers, Baltimore City and County police officers, and ATF and FBI officials flooded their uncle’s narrow three-story row house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One of his last official acts was to lobby against a proposal to erect a statue in memory of Charles Darwin. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, uh, sorry about that. And yes, you’re definitely right. We will explore all of that in our club. For sure. And we can meet here in your class for clubs, right? And we’re official?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z That meant a great deal to the second official. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In the distance I saw a group of Party officials with their wives. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If you're in this unlucky category, the Republic sends officials to your family's home. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z After the launch has motored away, an official turns to the crowd. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This was probably the most dangerous part, because it was a violation of a major rule for any citizen not on official business to leave a dwelling at night. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But in school he learned Arabic, the official language of the Sudanese government far away to the north. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This is one of those moments where Mark has the ridiculous urge to say something about liking her, ask her out on an official date, reach out and take her hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The important foreigners and school officials sit in the front rows in their suits and fancy dresses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ford Hall had chemistry labs, and some administration officials worried that these radicals were making bombs in the basement. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only Mr. Brown, the genial, stocky, sandy-haired English teacher from New York—official school liberal, magnet for and friend of outcasts. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It became official when she came to say good-bye to me before I left for the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Not only were both suspended for the rest of the meeting, but the officials recommended that the state racing board ban them from all California tracks until January 1,1939. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His story was a counternarrative to the rhetoric of fairness and reliability offered by politicians and law enforcement officials who wanted more and faster executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When she heard about his plans for the conference and the official naming of Henrietta Lacks Day, she was ecstatic: finally, a scientist was honoring her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t the way you talked to a high official,” he later said, “if you wanted to get another visit to his office.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Except that English is its chief lingua franca and Newspeak its official language, it is not centralized in any way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On the morning of August 18, a stiflingly hot day even by Nashville standards, elected officials gathered at the statehouse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Do you think you could play like that for the rest of the season? As an official member of the varsity squad?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Having made a special case of Ernest Lawrence in one of his first official acts as Berkeley’s president, Sproul was not about to skimp on his new star’s research budget. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He liked it so much that for the rest of that afternoon he did the same with all the official documents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But although Royal in name, the London-based society was a collection of private individuals with no official source of funding and no obligations to the government. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She reaches inside her pouch and pulls out an official Seaward Pines Academy envelope. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As soon as Milton pulled up to the booth, the official signaled him to pull over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That is what the commanding general of the Sixth Marine Division put in his official report. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had to wait ninety days before the adoption was official back then,” Grace’s mother said, and Grace noticed for the first time that the straw in her iced tea was chewed into ribbons. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z For months, Bigheart and Palmer and other members of the tribe negotiated with government officials over the terms of allotment. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We landed and entered a terminal where officials took us into a room to issue us special papers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials assumed the role of drug “experts,” emphasizing the need for law and order responses—a crackdown on those associated with the drug. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was nothing official about it, just a wall of crumbly earth surrounding a pit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z All the officials at the airport carried guns. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In a Massachusetts community the town officials purchased a weed killer from a zealous chemical salesman, unaware that it contained arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His identity as an outsider, a Northerner, and the nature of the crime seemed to generate heightened contempt from law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One such application is to coding theory, which allows government officials, bankers, and others to pass classified sensitive information without fear that it will be unscrambled. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We take a taxi home, which seems very official. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The coroner immediately convened an inquest, during which a jury heard testimony from Daniel Burnham; Frank Burnham; officials of Hercules Iron Works; and various firemen. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Speaking in Arabic, he was talking with some airport officials. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were government officials, including the city's coroner and the surgeons general of the Navy and the Marine Hospital Service. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Caputo moved quickly through the chaotic streets to one of these spots and crowded onto one of several waiting buses, packing in with about seventy other journalists and U.S. embassy officials. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z State Department so they could be shared with Brazil’s officials. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The President had sent a telegram to Governor Faubus saying he was sure the governor, the National Guard, and other state officials would give full cooperation to the United States Supreme Court. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lin was listed as the official trainer of the horse, but the actual conditioning had been done by Jimmy Smith, Tom’s son. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But an official came here, along with a troop of armed men. They say the youth is very dangerous. He’s been declared a wolf’s head. There’s a twenty-shilling reward for his taking dead or alive.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z After the group finished with me, they planned to see both Oliver in Lusaka and government officials in Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The official story was that she needed someone to tutor her young son. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ptolemy III Euergetes wished to borrow from Athens the original manuscripts or official state copies of the great ancient tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The official announcement of her expulsion was a dev-astating defeat for us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a novel experience: my comrades and fellow prisoners were now official visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t we promise to stop doing this if we ever started to sound like nerds? I think today’s conversation is the official marker of that moment.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the next staff meeting, Janice gives us the official last word, come directly from John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For weeks, our move to America continued to feel unreal—until the officials took us to a health clinic, where we got tested for things like HIV and tuberculosis. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z This was hardly the goal in the mind of the Chicago school officials who conceived the lottery. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There was still an official vehicle on the scene, but what was left of the pickup and the box truck had been taken away. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Afterward two of the three immigration officials went into the little yellow house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It made other Muslim officials jealous because my picture was often in the daily press. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, we received an official notice from the school telling us that they had withdrawn their invitation to re-enroll in the fall. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “There are sixteen official Warcross teams,” the announcer now goes on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The day after the April 15 hearing, Bunderson wrote a memo following a long conversation with a local lay official in the Mormon Church, Rod Merrell, who was the president of the Shaws’ region. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “We are not politicians,” countered white tennis officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A far more important line evolved by way of the Aramaic alphabet, used for official documents of the Persian Empire, into the modern Arabic, Hebrew, Indian, and Southeast Asian alphabets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Prison officials weren't allowing Joe to have regular access to his wheelchair, and he had fallen repeatedly and injured himself. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z County officials say they eliminated the springs out of concern that bathers might become gravely ill from virulent microbes thought to flourish in the thermal pools. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That the money was his own, and that he lacked official authority to hire Olmsted, were two points Ellsworth failed to disclose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Their hands are cuffed and they wear color-coded jailhouse jumpsuits: yellow for maximum security, blue for minimum, and red for administrative segregation, which is the official term for solitary confinement. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The day I begged bread from the city officials was the day that showed me I was not alone in my loneliness, society had cast millions of others with me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhetoric of “law and order” was first mobilized in the late 1950s as Southern governors and law enforcement officials attempted to generate and mobilize white opposition to the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "We will not countenance any aggressive violence. Understand? Nor attacks upon officials or others who do not attack us. We are against all forms of violence, do you understand?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fifty-five years old and had six official kingships and dozens of petty states under his control. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For years, we had been able to talk for hours a day; now we had to make official requests and appointments, and our conversations were monitored. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The official history of the fair estimated that a quarter of a million people packed Jackson Park on Opening Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, politicians, law enforcement officials, and journalists routinely create the false impression that most people branded criminals have been convicted of violent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I could hardly get through my official birthday dinner that Sunday afternoon and our usual Sunday ride. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Not long after the election, an official invitation arrives at the hotel, addressed to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of those who traditionally kept such count—ministers, sextons, and city officials—had either fled the city or been ill themselves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z To make it easier for the handlers of top horses to plan for their race, Santa Anita officials had assigned the weights two months before, on December 15. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our date for our swearing-in. It’s official—I’m going to be a citizen!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I remember the panel that questioned me—a group of six psychiatrists—and the official who'd led them, the man named Chian, who had a uniform adorned with medals. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Government officials working for the Office of Indian Affairs were also concerned that Mollie was slowly being poisoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For the next hour, Anthony and the election officials debated the issue. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Second, the official religions and patriotic fervor of many states make their troops willing to fight suicidally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are no official reports as yet of injuries or fatalities. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We haven’t heard any “official” news about the contest since that first assembly way back in January. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Philadelphia health officials have issued a warning bulletin about the influenza epidemic. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There are twelve velvet chairs arranged in a circle, and in each sits an official in full black uniform, his or her shoulders adorned with shining gold epaulettes, sipping from delicate glasses. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "I saw the queues, the shortages, the filthiness of public lavatories, the bureaucracy, the corruption, the red tape, the rudeness of officials, the impossibility of obtaining redress when one had a complaint," he remembered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While the Mark I was still undergoing this shakedown procedure, Lawrence spent his time soothing official doubts about the MTA by citing the continuing threat of a shortage of fissile material. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In this room, Army doctors and officials discussed outbreaks of virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “He is in a very sour mood,” one official commented. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "You are the official Belle of the Chrysanthemum Teahouse, Camellia," Madam Claire says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We passed through several roadblocks to get there and three different security officials conducted a body search on me after the wires in my jaws set off the metal detectors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Early Tuesday morning, King met privately with an official from the Justice Department who proposed a token march as a compromise. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z With the development of chemicals of broad lethal powers, there came a sudden change in the official attitude toward the fire ant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were also invitations to address conferences of college administrators or government officials. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It say I’m a official South Carol-liney slave catcher. Best job God created.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z An Indian official wept in his compassion “for my brothers in your land. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If Booth talked, too, he might reveal valuable information that implicated the highest officials in the Confederacy. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the official meeting begins, the women eat and sip tea, and catch each other up on the community happenings. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Though it is not widely known, the prosecutor is the most powerful law enforcement official in the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Yossarian, they can prepare as many official reports as they want and choose whichever ones they need on any given occasion. Didn’t you know that?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We tried to keep all the major groups happy, so the next thing we knew we’d made eleven languages official languages. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When the announcer finishes introducing the wild cards, the spotlights sweep to the area of the stadium where the official teams are sitting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Since then, bribes from traders have kept police and other security officials from enforcing the law. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Instead, you had to consult the official telegraph books. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But as soon as she left and took a job with first the Navy and then the Coast Guard, military officials suspected her and her husband of leaking secrets to each other. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "And I'm quite excited to see what you can actually do. It will be such a relief to work with an official Belle again." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Realizing that no one in America had thought to write a formal description of the lumbering beast, Cuvier did so, and thus became its official discoverer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Barred from the ballot box, Southern blacks had no say in electing government officials, the times, they were a-changin’. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In Chicago, city officials did nothing to soften the idea that the fire was caused by the city’s poor. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z As is our custom, the women looked after the children on one side of the field, while the men and boys huddled closely on the other, smoking cigarettes and shouting insults at the officials. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z War Admiral was slated to run in it, and though Suffolk Downs’s officials made no effort to invite defending champion Seabiscuit, Howard had already entered him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Never taking her eyes from the pages of her magazine, Cathy said with an annoyingly false note of concern, “Ibtihaj, it was nothing official. If it had been, I would have told you.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Puritans saw the Indigenous people as incapable of salvation but still in need of aid, as the colony’s official seal suggests. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials rarely admit to having acted for racial reasons, leaving most victims of discriminatory law enforcement without anyone to sue and without a claim that can be proven in a court of law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The official led the way deeper into the palace grounds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He melted and I swallowed Him and now, at last, I was a member of the True Church, an official sinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It is official business,” Sass would say, taking it from the postman, “and nothing for you to bother about.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You were right” were words you lived to hear your parents say, but Fig’s official diagnosis was nothing to celebrate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “We exhausted every possible means of getting protection on that day,” she said, “and we made it known to every official the immense number of women that were coming, and that they must be prepared.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hurt Minnijean’s feelings, given the heroic effort she was making to convince school officials to allow her to sing on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bongo,” I whispered, “I’m an official crime scene.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We saw officials stuffing people’s limbs into long white plastic body bags, just picking up different people’s limbs and throwing them into the bags. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z From what I could gather, the company had bribed a bunch of state officials in exchange for contracts to build a better sewer overflow system in Indianapolis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Like him not carrying my books no more made it official we were splitting up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Zita’s father was a diplomat and an official of FIDE, and Zita had other contacts in the chess world who might help her find a sponsor for a Fischer–Spassky rematch. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the contest of wills ended after officials agreed that if Bobby would play this time, they’d make the pairings in public the following year. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the first official game of the championships!” we hear through our headphones. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was my uncle’s idea to use the Veritaserum—we slipped it into a visiting Ministry official’s drink. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z In broken English, the official explained that I would be taken to a place right at the airport. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One administration official went down to the basement and was alarmed by the men and their military equipment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It even got the 587th a mention in the Fourth Air Army’s official history. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The minor officials with whom I was able to win an audience thought me mad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One problem is that the official tolerance levels are set for adults, not children. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Or maybe they think I’m the official school narc.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In typical cases, there are no official policies authorizing race discrimination in jury selection still lurking around, arguably in effect. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He’d collaborated with grassroots leaders, everyday citizens, and elected officials, and almost miraculously it had yielded results. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s been on and off, I guess. I don’t know. It’s starting to become more and he wants to be something official. And it’s so stupid because, yes, obviously that is everything I want but...” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My mother named me after the street that we lived on: Waverly Place Jong, my official name for important American documents. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Riddle told the Arlington officials to hold their offer open. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, in our happy mood, Meng, Eang, and I walk to an open field to watch the movie that the camp officials are showing that night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Southern officials responded by going on the offensive and suing the newspaper. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now it was official: the woman who was born on Aviation Day, born to be in the air, had died in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His quote read that area officials suspected alcohol was a factor in the drowning of the thirteen-year-old. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z All of the players gathered together after the match to pose for the official photographs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He typed the essays, using the carbon paper to make multiple copies on the red paper, and stamped each one with a swastika to look official. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Since there was no official way to help reunite families, everyone had to figure out their own course of action. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z My companion coughed and cursed the court officials and the judge who had sentenced him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not have a passport?” the immigration official said with disdain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an official press conference last week. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I will outlaw bad moods—especially for my official ladies-of-honor—when I am queen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “You know, I don’t think it’s appropriate for Melody to be here. This is not a recreational activity just for fun. The purpose of this meeting is to choose our official team.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “And might we ask what happened to the old official plan?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I organized it on a spreadsheet so, you know, it would look all official and you wouldn’t get confused like you did yesterday.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On one of my venturings in the yard full of activity below, I had noticed four men, officials, seated at a table with a telephone. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pageant official also says not to mention rash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Arlington Park officials made a point of warning the public that if it rained, Seabiscuit probably would be scratched. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was obvious the sergeant resented my audacity, but he grudgingly produced an official document. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Party officials and important Germans would also share cabins. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I congratulate you,” the first official shook my hand. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And yet here was a Reader’s Digest story providing a tip-off for any Japanese official who happened to see it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mining officials were eager to recruit labor in the countryside, and the chiefs had authority over the men they needed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Somali Bantu presented an extraordinary challenge for resettlement officials. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z However, official records of union people like Fannie killed over decades of worker strikes are spotty. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z And for his part, he wasn’t about to contact Cache County officials. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z By tradition, this new flag would not become official until the Fourth of July. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Because Rodin was known to MI6, the Soviets assigned Blake a new KGB contact, Sergei Kondrachev, who worked in the Soviet embassy in London as a junior official in charge of cultural events. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Now the official class leaders and politicians could be seen taking charge, assuming as a matter of course their control of these walks and fields which had belonged only to us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, even though they’d done a terrible job the first time, Pickett Engineering won the new contract—apparently by bribing state officials. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “It is a very nice place,” the official said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “This is your official warning. I’m going to talk to the referee next.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He began lobbying officials there to include the various second-line antibiotics on their list of “essential drugs”—a list that the ministries followed and allocated money for in their budgets. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Farther along, beyond their comparatively modest houses, the street broadened and the grand villas of judges and officials rose on either side in the midst of large gardens and vineyards. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When the 60 Minutes piece aired months later, local officials were quick to discredit it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ANC officials toured the country, talking to the branches about the campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But this did not prevent the Inquisition depositing an unsigned, un-notarized and unwitnessed set of ‘minutes’ of the meeting in the official record. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The city of Hampton changed its official seal to depict a crab holding a Mercury capsule in its claw, adopting the motto E Praeteritis Futura: Out of the past, the future. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All college students are being asked to sign an official statement to the effect that they “sympathize with the Germans and approve of the New Order.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z So J. T. paid his employees $9,500, a combined monthly salary that was only $1,000 more than his own official salary. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The breaches threatened the lives of agents and created insidious doubts, with officials questioning each other’s loyalty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He picked up the official card once more. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I beg to differ,” the other official shook his head. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was small and cramped, with the thirty-two competitors, their coaches, officials, medical staff, and volunteers crowding the space. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Beyond the football game was the only sign of official activity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My parents were never really married, by which I mean they never bothered making their relationship official with any church. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The next official step is negotiation. And finally, when the eight-hour time limit is about to run out, and if no solution can be reached, a bio-bomb is detonated, contained by the time-field.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The forty-page report was quickly denounced by Korean Air officials as sensationalized and unrepresentative, but by that point, it was too late to save the company’s reputation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Just as Catherine was about to reply, Mr. Dimming announced that the official tryouts for the quiz team would be held in one week. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When a whole week had passed thus, the tannery officials called a meeting to announce that those who did not return to work would be replaced. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z People experienced a sense of invulnerability and well-being by attending rap sessions, outdoor flute concerts; enjoyed having an official excuse to compare nightmares or break down in public. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was now official; I was one of the top four women’s saber fencers in the entire United States, earning me a spot on my first national team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Most of the official documents that came to Major Major’s desk did not concern him at all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now she had her own private firm where her job was to write presentencing reports, an official counsel for the judge about where a sentence should fall and why. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Champe “stole” some official papers from Lee as part of his cover, hopped on a horse, and headed for New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tag was in his official company khaki uniform, a company badge in the shape of a star on his jacket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The letter said that “state and county officials are planning to attend,” and that “they are currently working out an emergency relocation plan that will be presented at this meeting.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t! You need to get in bed,” she said in her most official voice, the one her brother usually listened to. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A spot of grease had been dropped some time by a careless official on it. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z With no other options, the officials asked if they could borrow Smith’s homemade bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Palsson began visiting Bobby at the jail and met with some of the Japanese officials to see what he could do. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In 1867, at the dawn of the Reconstruction Era, no black man held political office in the South, yet three years later, at least 15 percent of all Southern elected officials were black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The drawing of the lots to determine who’d play what color, scheduled for noon at the Hotel Esja, attracted hundreds of journalists, officials of the ICF, and members of both the American and Russian sides. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We freshers now constituted the official House Committee and we assigned the seniors the most unpleasant chores, which was a humiliation for them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, USA Fencing officials and my management team took the matter seriously right away and took it to the highest levels of law enforcement. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Not every president commissioned an official china setting, for instance, but I made sure we did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It took a year for a senior class to be added to the school, and even then officials deliberately limited classes to vocational training, and not precollege education. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No city officials, however, braved the crowds to come. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The second article discusses the failings of choosing government officials based on their faction, asking why only people who define themselves as selfless should be in government. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Soon after this Arthur Goldreich and his family moved into the main house as official tenants and I took over the newly built domestic workers’ cottage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the weekend and the official start of spring break. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Then, holding back his tears, Dalgard hurried to his own office, where he found a group of officials from the C.D.C. waiting for him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The official suggested a more discreet way to handle the problem. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the last few months, we’d hosted dinners and gone to Kennedy Center performances together, but it was almost always in an official capacity and with lots of other people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As Mexican officials call out their names, the migrants step out of large cells, some with open-trench toilets brimming with feces and urine. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Wasn’t he there at the request of a city official, after all? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Even so, plenty of personal pictures and videos of gleanings are uploaded to the Thunderhead, providing a guerilla record—which is so much more exciting and enticing than anything official. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One night I read to Gertrude about a jealous official who killed his wife with poisoned salad greens because she had taken a young lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Kondrachev was the only Soviet official in London who knew Blake's actual identity or his role in British intelligence. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Marina Raskova was given the Soviet Union’s first state funeral of the war, with Moscow city and Soviet state officials in attendance, a thundering salute of guns, and an air force flyover. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But knowing the hallmarks of classic style will make anyone a better writer, and it is the strongest cure I know for the disease that enfeebles academic, bureaucratic, corporate, legal, and official prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He fed her the apple and stroked her mane and said he was making it official, her name was Night. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The only district officials who saw me that day were Schultz and his secretary, and neither of them had ever met me before. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z A common tenant complaint concerned invasive attempts by officials to prove that single women were living with men—a violation of both housing and welfare rules. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Quietly officials made it clear that Burnham and Root would be the lead designers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A single afternoon could hold a couple of official events, several meetings, and a photo shoot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Then how could he tell you the man was a spy in the first place? En’t that an official secret?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At the dormitory the school official assigned her to a room with five other women, who were unpacking when she came in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I only had a few months before I became an official teenager. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Accordingly, she submitted her query on the official form, and the following day she received a note inviting her to meet the cataloger, Harry Dibdin, in his office at eleven a.m. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The presentation of the declaration was now an official part of the proceedings. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were addressed to government officials: the attorney general and the secretary of labor of the United States; a Supreme Court justice; and two of the nation’s leading financiers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Fire officials tell us they believe the collapse of World Trade Center 7 is imminent. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z A high police official came up to me, saying “Get those people out of there.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten years ago, when Anatole received that first letter stamped with the new, official seal of the Presidency of Independent Angola, it looked like dreams could come true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If no official charge has been made, Papa won’t be jailed but put under house arrest at one of these hotels. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re not allowed on, there are Guardians now, there’s no official reason for us to go down those steps, ride on the trains under the river, into the main city. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He instructed York to pack his bags for a trip east to quietly sound out scientists and government officials about locating this new group at Livermore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The figure I’d seen in the Tokyo Dome is one of the official wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But there's tension, too, and on November 7, the radio crackles with news reports about a young Jew named Herschel Grynszpan, who has shot a Nazi official, Ernst vom Rath, in Paris. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The county medical examiner was called in, and within thirty minutes he declared that until the influenza ran its course, the entire town of Manifest would be under official quarantine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mine would be the death of the Arab, senseless, anonymous, recorded only by the official records. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There’s exactly one school week left before exams, as next Friday is the official designated day off to study, so he tells us that he’s going to cram the history of war into four days. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Because the Agency had no high-level agents in East Germany, Rolph's cable was America's only official source of information about the impending collapse of the East German communist state. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The official temperature is often much less relevant than the absence of central heating. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I wondered if they listed that as their occupation on official forms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A silence so profound that, like the left foot of the President’s secretary, it erased portions of the official record. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Prime among these was a narrow strip of concrete on which she had affixed a camera to the railing of the platform where Nazi officials would preside over the ceremony. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We were assigned two of these for the twelve people in our family group; and our official family “number” was enlarged by three digits—16 plus the number of this barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It told of a “historical counterrevolutionary,” who as a local official before Liberation had killed two Communist guerrillas. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the relief station with the promise that food would be sent to me, but I also left with a knowledge that the relief officials had not wanted to give to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t all official business, and that suited me just fine. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He, too, put me at once in communication with the proper officials, and I saw that their tally was correct with the original invoice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z That extra quarter-dollar would mean two more meals for my sisters, a fraction of a train ticket, or part of a bribe to pay off corrupt officials. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Once she signed the official document, the wedding was legally valid. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z After the cyclotron, Lawrence would not receive another patent until wartime, when federal officials demanded that his inventive process for uranium separation be protected legally—and the patent rights be assigned permanently to the government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There would be no official repercussions—no sergeant had seen what happened, and Orrico hadn’t turned me in. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An acquaintance of mine who went to Sing Sing on an official visit had to leave his copy at the gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kingdom of Armenia, for example, established Christianity as its official religion in 301, and Armenians held on to their religious independence even when they were subsumed into the later Persian and Arabic Empires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His report made it to the desk of the head of the FBI's Counterespionage Section—but, lacking specifics that could spark an investigation, the official locked the report in an old safe in his office. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At that point, there were no policemen, no officials, no one to help us, just my butchered tribe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then Esperanza and top officials from both countries on the border would descend on Opium and try to install Matt as leader. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Butler had picked it up for a song from a government official after the ivory poacher’s execution. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I watched everyone do their homework for the test, using the materials provided by officials. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z This fact is not advertised by police departments, because law enforcement officials know that the public would not respond well to this fact in the era of colorblindness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A couple of days before the official school closing, my father was going to Peshawar to meet two video journalists from the New York Times, and I went with him. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Holmes promised also to take care of all the legal details and to record the transfer with city officials. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It stood for “IN,” the official post office abbreviation for the Hoosier State. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It was here, in what Chicagoans called a “streetcar” suburb, that stockyard supervisors chose to settle, as did officials of companies headquartered in the skyscrapers of the Loop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Stanton, who has witnessed the execution with other officials, lets the bodies dangle for twenty minutes before pronouncing that he is satisfied the condemned are dead. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The company had an official policy of always using clean needles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If she crossed the intersecting road here, she would continue along the river path and pass the large barn that housed official vehicles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By his official induction into the underground railroad, he had been its instrument for some time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then when this crazy lynx started following me around the woods looking for handouts, it became his official nickname for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But here, with no official Henka Games employees overseeing it, anything goes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She and Levi had gone to the local Chevrolet dealer to fill out the entry form and pick up a copy of the official rules, which read like a familiarization manual for an airplane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “A Cold War perspective I shared with most of my fellow officials.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It’s to prepare you for writing an official scythe’s journal. Whichever one of us gets the ring will be legally obligated by commandment six to keep a journal every day of our lives.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The officials at the school were accommodating, however, and instead of chastising him for his sometimes shoddy work, they awarded him a gold medal for becoming the youngest grandmaster in history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The only official record tells us the date on which he was baptized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I took my complaints to more senior officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We among Mr. Muhammad’s officials, and his family, kept the situation to ourselves, while we could. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening, he and his colleague had dinner with some local United Nations officials, where McCormick drank at least half a bottle of scotch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that’s my official job, yes. But I don’t define myself by my corporate identity. In my spare time, I run this!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Their names were added to an official registry. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After my previous experience on the horns I had familiarized myself with the Rerum Codex, the University’s official rules. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m not surprised—I always knew something was wrong; I just didn’t know what it was, that it had an official name. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One high official told me, “Our informed leaders and many, many others know otherwise.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was in the midst of having another abnormal attack of fatigue, the United States Olympic Committee assigned us an official team psychologist, Jamie Harshaw. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Chinese ambassador to the United States attended, along with prominent government officials and civil rights leaders. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Just ahead was the Sun Gate, the official entrance to the city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The establishment of another official body for communication and not action was, despite C.P’s opposition, unthreatening enough to receive even Charles Steel’s vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “School officials say there were concerns among students regarding recent security measures,” Sullivan says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They had spent the previous four weeks taking it in turns to don the Invisibility Cloak and spy on the official entrance to the Ministry, which Ron, thanks to Mr. Weasley, had known since childhood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The sailor, Alfred, snapped the papers from my hand and handed them to the official. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Caesar was a powerful man and conquering hero of the Roman Republic, but at the end of the day, he was merely a public official. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’m sure he does. But he doesn’t live there. I can take you and show you, or any officials of any commission, exactly where he lives.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was a grown man and some sort of official, and she didn’t dare say a word. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For Bobby, the Geller statement had soiled the first official ceremony of the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But it was necessary, because we all hoped that meeting would signal the beginning of the school officials’ willingness to do something about the incredible increase in attacks against us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For several anxious months, city officials drove themselves crazy trying to figure out who was leaking information to UOCI. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As a respected and valued counselor to both kings, he accompanied them on their travels and was usually to be found by their sides during important meetings with government officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After listening to the chief, the magistrate rapidly made out the necessary traveling documents and affixed the official stamp. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lurz began reciting: “I, Deborah Lacks ...” Within moments she had an official medical record request on a torn piece of paper. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Neighbors told Robinson what they saw but were too frightened to make an official report of the crime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The federally guaranteed right to vote gave them the opportunity to elect officials who would protect all the other basic rights guaranteed by federal law and the Constitution. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many consultations with the Game Department, whose officials were concerned about the salmon runs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was not Emissary Kim, but he was garbed in a similar robe, wearing a different hat—some kind of official of lower rank than Kim. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Not only might it alarm her, but our behavior could also alert school officials to her failing health. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought she was going to witness the official signing of the Nineteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The sophomores, on the other hand, had won by the narrowest of margins, and they had caused their coach a good deal of heartburn while he waited for the official results. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a relief to know they could finally write books and appear in newspapers without angering security-minded officials. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They perked up, though, when city officials began passing out free cigars, wine, beer, and orange juice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The visit had a more official purpose and that was for me to choose a name for the child. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to my grandfathers' graves or my mother's childhood home or the site of their first official date. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The specter of yellow fever had incited a normally peaceful group of individuals to violence, and Staten Island officials did not want that mob to turn its fury on them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “She gets the point. Rise, my daughter, official architect of Olympus.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I think if you look at it closely you will see it is an official document from City Hall.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z For this, he chose to blame Donald Cooksey, who, as the longtime associate director of the Rad Lab, served as the official keeper of the Lawrence flame. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By the time Elizebeth and William first saw the letters, British and American officials already knew the broad outline of the plot, and many Indians who had worked with the Germans had been arrested. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Otherwise, she adds, it might have been official, a complete meltdown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom clears her throat and says, “Okay, family, before Lola starts, I have an official announcement to make.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, the United States might develop into a nation of laws and established institutions capable of surviving corrupt or incompetent public officials. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “No one, sir. I mean, different folks took me in, but I didn’t have anyone official like that.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Now that the bomb could not be used against the Nazis, doubts arose. Those doubts, even if they do riot appear in 16 6 official reports, were discussed in many private discussions.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With nothing left to watch but the official government tele-vision channel, we were all but cut off from the outside world. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As an official member of the team, the majority of my competition expenses like airfare, food, and hotel would now be covered. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He genuinely believed the accusations against him had been a serious misunderstanding and that once officials talked to his family to confirm his alibi, he'd be released in a couple of days. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I also pick out the bodyguards scattered among the officials. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z But I was surprised at the wanton display of grief which spewed forth once his death became official. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Though never accorded any official title, Handel contributed grand anthems and orchestral suites for the Hanover Georges, from the Water Music to the Music for the Royal Fireworks, for the rest of his life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z During the Civil War, several Southern military officers, as well as a handful of officials in the Confederate Secret Service, considered plots against Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then change the law,” black tennis officials insisted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That what the official manual says, Juan? They can do cool stuff?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z When Farmer told Alex what the official had said, he was outraged. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The job did not include official quarters, so he lived at a hotel. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In violation of United Nations resolutions, North Koreans have also sold rockets and nuclear weapons technology to countries including Iran and Syria, according to U.N. officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The postmaster would argue, reasonably, he’s got no other way to support his family—his pay envelope arrives empty each week, with an official printed statement about emergency economic measures. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Fearless as she was, Dorothy would have approached Henry Pearson even if she weren’t a manager, but the official title of section head lent her additional authority. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But he knew, as every Muslim official knew, that every nickel and dime I ever got was used to promote the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in October 1916, Wilson came out and declared his official support for female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He made accusations of official corruption, talked about his involvement in the Pittman murder, and revealed his earlier attempts to recant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had shaken the Chief Elder’s hand, smiled politely at the audience, taken her official Assignment papers, and gone back to her seat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Anthony V. Bouza, a former top police official in both the Bronx and Minneapolis, discovered this when he ran for Minnesota governor in 1994. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials refused to investigate her claims of innocence prior to sending her to prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before some of those bitterly , opposed to court-mandated desegregation were told by a local official that Hurd had an arrest record as long as a football field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes nearer honesty than any Orgota government official I know. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You might have to move to Poland, then. It’s official. She’s leaving next month.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Army saddled him with writing an official account of their wartime code and cipher operations—“all the histories and data and things—the final say.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As a senior KGB official, Gordievsky knew well the penalty for sharing Soviet secrets with the enemy: a long sentence in a prison camp or, more likely, execution by firing squad. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was waging yet another battle with school officials to get permission to appear with the choral group in the Christmas program. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z US space officials dismissed the Soviet's plans to put a woman in space as more about besting the United States than any scientific interest in women in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “So don’t count on our players showing up to save your hide,” retorted black tennis officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Listeners were convinced when they heard familiar names of roads and towns, as well as comments by experts and officials. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z With crowds of people, heavy traffic, uniformed officials shouting and directing, it reminds me sharply of the Syrian border. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He was, after all, medical director of Zanmi Lasante, and thus had the authority to make changes to the official policy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Because Mexican racing officials were not bound by the mandate that every horse carry at least 100 pounds, they could give Seabiscuit 130 while assigning other horses fewer than 100 if they needed to. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The state’s official news agency labeled as “human scum” defectors who told stories about the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Security officials said that only some of the gunmen are from the Muslim Brotherhood. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The emissary addressed the question to Yee, the local government official at whose home he had spent the night. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z To Swope’s distress, Riddle sent a similar telegram to an Arlington official, who rushed to New York to meet with him the same day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the sixteen official communiques sent on the thirtieth of April, 1944, is a missive to Berlin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The event had been traumatic for the Hollywood Park officials and seemed to make them overly concerned about Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At 3:30 officials from the International Olympic Committee, draped in gold cords and wearing tall silk top hats and coats with long tails, walked out onto the Maifeld and formed a double cordon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A high official and wealthy man, he lived in a style that has no equivalent in Karhide, even among lords of a great Domain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I was able to read in detail about the official reactions to my opposition to the Law Society’s actions because we were receiving a daily newspaper just as if it were delivered to our door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sit, sit. And watch. I'm on my second official date with suitor number one—Alexander Dubois from House Berry." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Asher will expect me to hang around for team-bonding time, especially in the weeks leading up to the first official game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed in great detail. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It noted full moons and crescents and the official change of the seasons. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Russian doctors and health officials—male and female—all wore olive drab uniforms. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Nothing’s official, but everyone knows Connor is the one joining Richards’s ticket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They looked so official, so important—who was he to say they weren’t true? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I believe that you will regret leaving Locarno,” the second official said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We were required to show our identification to any official or soldier who requested it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Of all immigrants in New York City, officials say, Mexicans are the poorest, least educated, and least likely to speak English. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z While American officials knew that Soviet troops had already landed on Cuba to help Castro's government, they had no idea that Khrushchev was quietly assembling a nuclear arsenal on the Caribbean island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Along with it came a package of papers from her attorney for Nan to sign, making Nan my official guardian. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z In spring 1938, Austria is reunited with Germany, and near the end of the school year, a Nazi official, an SS officer, accompanies Herr Vinke to class. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “But white sports officials across the country are working around the clock to get the government to act fast.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of its officials characterized the whole program as “ill advised, hastily conceived, poorly planned, and a glaring example of riding roughshod over the responsibilities of other public and private agencies.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stalin had a tremendous blow up,” recalled one top official, “losing his temper, banging his fists on the table and stamping his feet.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The senior police official, not in uniform, blue-eyed, with a narrow, flaring nose and inexpressive lips, eyed Rick, then reached for Rick’s briefcase. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In many countries it was a capital offense for anyone but the official astrologer to read the portents in the skies: a good way to overthrow a regime was to predict its downfall. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was better for her to believe the official version. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was cut to the quick by the official discharge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His official "cover" was as a scientific adviser, assigned to organize trips abroad for Soviet technical experts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Except for a handful of doctors, government officials, and family friends who would enter the Petersen house, that glimpse of the president ascending the stairs was the last time Americans saw Abraham Lincoln alive. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From agencies as diverse as the Bureau of Engraving, the US Post Office, and the Department of the Navy, Wilson officials conducted a rout, purging the rolls of high-ranking black officials. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Owens and the Brown Bomber were great heroes in our world, but what school official in the white-goddom of Little Rock had the right to decide that those two men must be our only heroes? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Straightening his back, he pronounced the official words. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z For over sixty years, the official history of Elizebeth’s World War II unit was buried deep in the “sealed tombs” of the government archives. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I had looked white officials in the eye and stood up for my people. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z An official came out of the unfinished terminal building nearby and shook Richard’s hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There had been some reporters with cameras there early that morning, interviewing officials. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One day, on the phone with a State Department official named Mike Forrestal, Ellsberg quoted from a cable that had just come in from the American embassy in Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The school officials told us to stay here in lockdown.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It had been mailed in Barcelona, but the envelope was addressed in conventional blue ink by an official hand and it had the innocent and impersonal look of hostile messages. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Aimee had been selected as the official coach of the USA women’s Olympic team the week before, which meant she’d be out on the floor with us in Rio and very involved in camp. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z These officials had never believed him before, but their former skepticism had crumbled under the weight of new developments. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom wasn’t at the game tonight, which meant that all night Dad was free to yell at the officials, which he did. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I persuade a city official to open a hydrant so we can water them, but they’re still without hay or oats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Brief everyone in the morning. The official word is that there were no survivors. Operation Peacock goes on as scheduled.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The president, a small, thin man with paper-white hair, gives the official welcome from a balcony above us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Fine. Now, which one of these quality specimens would you be interested in? Keeping in mind, I don’t sell the Manchurian Fire Throwers. Those are only for official pyrotectic displays.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Once this is said by the judge, in an official way, Dell makes a show by dropping to the floor like he's doing a split. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Uncle Al had the good fortune to be in the vicinity and was able to score a sleeping car and two flats for a song from railroad officials desperate to free up their siding. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In Albuquerque, she’d started school on the official first day of school in August, and now she was starting school again in San Francisco, almost two months later than the rest of the kids. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A high government official had told a joke on an airplane that had gotten him fired. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z When I talked with Johns Hopkins spokesperson JoAnn Rodgers, she said there had never been an official effort by Hopkins to honor Henrietta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You have to wait in the holding area. Go farther along the road to the left and give these papers to the official at the gate.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A court official, his coat covered with yellow dust, arrived with a man who wore a leather apron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We found court records revealing that the D.A. and the sheriff, who are county officials, had somehow gotten city charges and fines against Hooks dismissed, even though they had no authority in city courts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the sheriff considered himself the highest law enforcement official in Dallas County. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was liked and respected by almost all Tanzanians, including the Kigoma officials and my own field staff. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Track officials viewed any effort to create funds for injured riders as unionizing, and they were ready to ban any jockey who took steps in that direction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Canadian officials report in 1962 that the attempt has been successful. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Grandfather sat with two government officials, a lawyer, and Mr. Carris, who owned an export business. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden in the center of our apartment complex does not need the approval of elected officials to be transformed, but I want whatever I submit to the bank to appear very professional. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He stands at his spot at the turnstiles, counting down the minutes until Disneyland opens up again, marking the first official day of normalcy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When Farmer and his team intervened, proposing a very aggressive combination of MDR drugs—based largely on Farmer’s guesswork—they needed official approval from the Peruvian doctors before the drugs could be administered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I’m not her official apprentice—like she said, I’m just a temp—but I have nothing better to do right now. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He had come away from Vietnam sick to death of being lied to by American officials. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Church officials also let these women know of jobs that were available. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For all its array of officials, Siuwensin was a very small, plain place, sunk deep in rural torpor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z City officials would send out teams of crisis counselors to the Birmingham schools to talk with the students and help them cope with their confusion, anger, and grief. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the nation’s chief law official and legal counsel of the United States, Randolph was someone whose opinion held great weight. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Goebbels and Goring and the rest of the Nazi officials scurried in behind him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As Patterson increasingly became a liability to his institution, the school trustees were repeatedly pressed by lead industry officials to shut him up or let him go. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Five weeks later, on December 20—381 days after the boycott had started—two federal marshals arrived at the federal courthouse and served written notices on city officials that Montgomery’s buses had to be integrated. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “In the whole history of the Foundation, no grant had ever been made for a destructive purpose,” Fosdick observed unhappily in the foundation’s official history, “let alone such a lethal weapon as this.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They say that once when things got out of hand at the rodeo and the crowd threatened an official, the sheriff took care of it himself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine that you are a government official charged with procuring the funds to fight one of two proven killers: terrorist attacks and heart disease. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z |
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