| 单词 | perform |
| 例句 | Supreme and James watch me with amused expressions, and it’s as if I’m their pet, about to perform a trick. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Had to come see my new favorite rapper perform. Plus, your boy is the reason you here tonight, you know?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Running to the spacecraft, he hugged Landing Strut B. After a few moments, he broke off the embrace to perform another round of leaping celebrations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They hustle through the gates together, gulp fried eggs in the refectory together, march across the quadrangle, perform roll call, salute the colors, shoot rifles, run, bathe, and suffer together. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After the storm abated, the lone remaining astronaut performed a full inspection of the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, in ancient Greece, Aristophanes would write plays about how much of a dipshit Socrates was and perform them right there in Athens. Talk about cutthroat, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z King was understandably upset at the prospect of losing the opportunity to perform with Marian. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In the meantime, I had one more task to perform before bedtime. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By performing many transpositions on the same plaintext, and shuffling the columns, you can create a baffling message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “There’s a long-distance call for you,” he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was called a rapid Elisa test, and it was sensitive and easy to perform. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been asked to put together a dance piece to perform at the Beecher Prep Benefit Gala,” she started explaining. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It was photographed and then the surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Barnes, who had tended to Lincoln in the president’s final hours, performed an autopsy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The reason Henrietta’s cells were so precious was because they allowed scientists to perform experiments that would have been impossible with a living human. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They can be difficult to perform correctly and are avoided in music for beginners. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Finally the Chief Elder paid tribute to the hard work of her committee, which had performed the observations so meticulously all year. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I had just flushed and washed my hands while performing the strange task of looking at my bruised and broken face, but only in glimpses. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Band buses tended to be real cozy, especially after we had performed and were coming back to school at night. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And so what that Apollo 7 successfully detached from the Saturn rocket to practice the rendezvous they would have to perform perfectly for a moon shot? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As he places it on the microscope, his fingers are careful but certain; they are the movements of someone who has performed the same action hundreds of times. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes the one performing the action isn’t even mentioned: Hermione has been arrested. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You better start performing your own mental and physical inventory of sanity more frequently and consciously. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She had always enjoyed the theatrical aspects of her profession: performing, posing, composing tableaux, directing acts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They performed an autopsy on him, and when they opened his skull, they found a massive, fatal hemorrhage at the center of the brain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucy Jo, whom the principal had more or less ordered to perform this service, took an instant dislike to Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I am telling you, she needs nutrition if her mind is to perform at its best. You remember what I told you about how neurons use the energy delivered by your blood?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had thought up various roles in the circus for identical twins to perform once the children were old enough. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe everything the slave catcher said was true, Cora thought, every justification, and the sons of Ham were cursed and the slave master performed the Lord’s will. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The unusual time of morning to perform the exhumation was selected to thwart possible newsmen and curiosity-seekers from ogling the corpse and possibly taking photographs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I will tell you what to expect. Hard work, that is what. Hard work and more hard work. And punishment if you do not perform well and on time, without complaints.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They practically beg Roza to perform, and she sets to it, all talk and no substance. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I waited until the last of the students had left the courtyard, and Stargirl and Dori were performing for no one. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Various actors and actresses performed very dull dialogue and moved around the set, as Klaus tried to make eye contact with them and see if they would help. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z As Bear removed his dagger and laid it on the table, I said, “Will we perform here?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “No matter how poorly you perform, they will still choose one of you, for the spectacle alone.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Thus the artist’s hands, however modest the task they may have to perform, play an essential part in the creative process. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To solve this immersive three-dimensional version of Zork, I simply had to perform the exact same actions required to solve the original text-based game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They performed at the chief’s request at funerals and initiation ceremonies, when many Chewa boys become men. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Stella used to perform in a large and famous circus, and she still does some of those tricks for our show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actions performed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He couldn’t wait to see Subject One performing under pressure. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I walk through Washington Square Park, pausing to watch a group of young acrobats perform for tourist tips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “It is impossible to perform any act of kindness toward you two. Always the same phantasm! I merely kept all dials at equilibrium in accordance with the will of the Master.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He knows that there are Jesuit missionaries in the country who are said to be performing miracles, but he suspects they are frauds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s way more nerve-wracking for gymnasts to perform our death-defying routines against a backdrop of silence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Another big part of our community—and a personal favorite of mine—was an elaborate dance procession performed by the neighborhood kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The ward was filled with children who were sick and unable to walk or perform basic activities, like playing with toys. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But my father’s radio station wanted to issue a news release about his death, so it leaned on the morgue to perform the autopsy sooner. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z These students performed substantially better than they did in their old academic settings and graduated at a much higher rate than their past performance would have predicted. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If I am in possession of your bones, I can witness the miracles they perform—and surely, they will perform miracles! The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Growing up in a family of engineers, Valentina was comfortable in the sciences and performed well in all testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Voldemort had then turned his wand on Harry; he had performed the curse that had disposed of many full-grown witches and wizards in his steady rise to power — and, incredibly, it had not worked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Psychologists are still teaching animals to perform various tasks by punishing them with electric shocks every time they make a mistake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She had read about the Imperial Russian Ballet in Saint Petersburg, where the world’s greatest dancers went to study and perform. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Various skits were performed, and I gave a reading of a dozen or so verses from Tennyson’s “In Memoriam.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In performing this ceremony, Octavian appeared to declare war on Cleopatra and Cleopatra alone. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Each scythe must perform a quota of two hundred sixty gleanings per year,” Scythe Faraday told them, “which averages to five per week.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Of course, all the consequences had to be performed in the middle of the night since just playing the poker game after lights-out would get the guys into a lot of trouble. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She performed at every major black college, often for several seasons in a row. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I can so clearly see you demanding something from the performing arts that just isn’t residual there. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z To avoid the technical difficulties in actually performing the sum over histories, these curved space-times must be taken to be Euclidean. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet from time to time Arawn sends certain of them outside Annuvin to perform his most ruthless tasks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In Milan there were six theatres in which opera was performed regularly; in Naples there were five plus one more occasional venue. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The first night they woke up the prisoners at two in the morning and made them do pushups, line up against the wall, and perform other arbitrary tasks. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not just plays. Ms. Holly says it’s different types of singing and performing. Come on, it’ll be more fun with you.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z As long as the bullet wasn't causing problems, they didn't want to create new complications by performing a dangerous operation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Did he consider lines that he should have pursued—weigh whether he could have performed better? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha’s thoughts conquered those of the Samana; he had to perform what they commanded. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before I turned pro, the media frequently interviewed me and so I was used to performing in front of cameras. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A custom of circumcision school is that one must perform a daring exploit before the ceremony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They invented endless variations: but nobody who performed a variation had not also performed the basic experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I saw him move in my direction, ostensibly to make me take a turn performing his stupid experiment and instead I just stared at him, my face numb. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was almost obsessed with finding an opportunity to perform her music on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To do that, you really have to learn how to sing and dance and perform. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Jack Dunlevy told Armpit he got the contract to landscape the performing arts center. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z That was impossible, he was told, as a scene that required the full stage was being performed and there was nowhere to hide from the audience by creeping behind the scenery. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think that the best thing a woman can do is perform well her part in the role of wife and mother?” he asked. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The warriors, their duty performed, followed the hapless servants to destruction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Begin by learning the song and performing it in unison. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As the only black player on the squad, I was overly self-conscious at first and performed below par. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She performed a few high kicks, stretched her long limbs, then settled under a tree to get her beauty sleep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Now that he came to think of it, he had never heard of a wand performing magic on its own before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We’ve been presenting to our classrooms since yesterday, and this evening is the school-wide program when we perform for everyone, including our families and friends. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He lived in expectation of certain songs being performed as the faithful await the Messiah. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Yes, a miracle can be performed by a saint," I say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Frail-looking, delicately boned, the young man would not have wanted to be a soldier and in his heart would have feared performing badly in battle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The man on the stage, a slick-haired, bearded fellow whose white gloves move like birds against the black of his suit, performs simple tricks and sleight-of-hand misdirections. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had several tests to perform this time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the South Bronx, only about 16 percent of all middle school students are performing at or above their grade level in math. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Country Joe liked to get to concerts long before he was scheduled to appear so he could see everyone else perform, and Woodstock was no exception. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “In the name of Allah, I perform the ablution,” the Muslim said aloud before washing first the right hand, then the left hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But he and Baachan performed their own small ceremony every spring before the transplanting. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Dad almost flips out because he's never performed a big experiment without thinking about it for at least a year or two. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The band has yet to perform outside of the garage, but Bongo loves to sit on the roof and sway to their music. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Have you ever performed in front of an audience?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Gradually the performing range of the tune-carrying top line was extended upwards and higher, a process accelerated by the use of boys with high voices and even - heaven forfend! - women in some vocal groups. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “The queen asked me to watch some acting troupe perform one of her favorite plays tonight. Will you go with me? I could use a translator.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When the Guardians ceased performing their duties, it meant there was no one to supervise the place at all. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For three days we sat idle at the inn, waiting for the Lord Chamberlain's men to perform The Tragedy of Hamlet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A place where Chelsea can write the poems she’s passionate about, a place where I can perform roles beyond what is already imagined for girls like me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z She had performed smaller protection rituals before, but never one this major, or as important. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was right before Candice was to perform in a big Christmas play at church. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We ate the same food, wore the same clothes, performed the same chores. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet she was often ordered to perform jobs that would have taxed the strength of a full-grown, able-bodied man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z People performed all kinds of small rituals before they walked through that steel door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t the hunting magic they serve have been performed just as well out in the open? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he asks me if I’d like to perform on a new singing program he’s launching in a few weeks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At the end of the semester the Rock School would be performing a showcase at the Academy of Music, the same place where I had seen The Nutcracker. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z That, plus the fact that her earlobe was sore from the operation she had performed on herself, had her near hysteria. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the rigor of his calculations, it seemed that no one wanted to believe what he was saying, that an equation could perform better than a trained physician. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Griffith performed an experiment that, unwittingly, launched the molecular biology revolution. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There was talk of performing an operation on him later, one which might improve the circulation of blood to his brain. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, the algorithm would seek out a classroom full of students who performed far better than their past scores would have predicted and who then went on to score significantly lower the following year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was empty now, but there were small posters attached to the beams, advertising various folksingers and poets who would be performing over the next few weeks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Dear Lord, bless and protect this woman who has brought us her child to perform this sacred duty.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I guessed that the residents of the area were still in bed recovering from whatever indecent acts they had been performing the night before. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve both performed the operation hundreds of times. And when we met, I had just been named to the Committee for Morphological Standards.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In the same way, and perhaps quite unknown to us, other plants that we ruthlessly eradicate may be performing a function that is necessary to the health of the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Difficult do you call it, Sir?” the lexicographer Samuel Johnson once said after hearing a violinist perform. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to think about the vacuum upon which the nothingness had performed, but he could not. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z My father paused as well, then continued, “The city is your jurisdiction, sir. But we’ll perform either way. It will either be here or just outside the city limits.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In World War II, an extraordinary calculating machine commissioned by the U.S. military, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, could, each second, perform around 350 multiplications or 5,000 simple additions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I lean forward a little so everyone can hear me and say, “The Dreidel. The harder you spin it, the better it performs.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The cast last performed Good Boys in December. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Doubletree Mutt and Smasher moved sniffing along the edge of the brush, performing the duty with rigid ceremony, but when Jody whistled, their heads jerked up and their tails waved. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Something is not understood: the robbers and their strange commands, the lady and her gyrations, the tricks she’s compelled to perform, like a trained dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Michelangelo shrugged a great Italian shrug, which he performed both with his shoulders and his lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It occurs to me, furthermore, that bantering is hardly an unreasonable duty for an employer to expect a professional to perform. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z On another occasion, as Schindler strolled across the factory floor, he caught me away from my station, watching a complicated machine as it was being redesigned to perform a different task. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Though he does like to talk about social media as a vehicle for constructing and performing identity. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “It is some secret errand for the king, which if they perform well”—she paused, waiting for me to look up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The rest of the parts are played by students in whatever high school they’re performing at that week. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Don, of course, was a football player, which gave him special status among his peers regardless of how he performed in class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After performing that hazardous job for a few years and setting some aviation records, her career options began to open up. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence, perfecting his style of Big Science, already was involved less in performing experiments than in managing his interdisciplinary staff. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Near the end of my first day as a Poly face farmhand, when all I really wanted to do was lie down, there was still one more important chore to perform. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z That somebody may have you written across the pages of some magazine as a buffoon and a clown has got to play upon your psyche as to how you perform, how hard you’ll push. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z At Greenock they performed two concerts in the town hall to two thousand people a night. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Other visitors were not so congenial, and Tycho clearly did not always relish his role as a kind of performing poodle. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It was the music to the dance she'd performed just a few months before. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a critical sense, the police officers whom Klinger describes performed better because their senses narrowed: that narrowing allowed them to focus on the threat in front of them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Together they performed the peregrine courtship dance, swooping low, zooming high, then spiralling earthward. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Michaela, what a clever little girl you are! This is the Balanchine Nutcracker, performed by the New York City Ballet!” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Little did we know that even while we were discussing her performing in school programs, the Central High Mothers’ League was preparing to make a bigger fuss than ever before to exclude her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to perform the evening ablutions. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I was perched on my crate, listening to the monologue being performed onstage, when Charles appeared and sat next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For example, if we hear the Qur’an performed, it may sound like singing and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Any task Catelyn asked her to turn her hand to, Brienne had performed deftly and without complaint, and when she was spoken to she answered politely, but she never chattered, nor wept, nor laughed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Show us how a real champ performs the Heimlich maneuver." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For the last four years, he had been performing at concerts, antiwar rallies, and marches, but this would be the group’s largest audience ever. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He knew I wouldn’t perform and that was his way out. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and I am sure he will perform it admirably.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Of course, New Guineans tend to perform poorly at tasks that Westerners have been trained to perform since childhood and that New Guineans have not. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As if it was okay to rest sometimes, to not always act, think, perform. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But first Inka Yupanki presented the captives to his father, so that Wiraqocha Inka could perform the victory ritual of wiping his feet on their bodies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And then I hear her perform her usual pitiful check, to make sure the line is free. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At seven, she began playing the trombone, and when she was grown, she played jazz in bands that had never allowed a woman trombonist to perform with them before. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He performed a backward version of the loaves and fishes, trying to stuff ten thousand fish into fifty mouths, did the Reverend Price. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z May perform field lineman, switchboard operator, or other communication duties. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The spell I shall perform tonight requires it. A fitting end, wouldn’t you say?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Carrie Buck was asked a single question during the inquisition: “Do you care to say anything about having the operations performed on you?” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He performed research on defenses against hot viruses—vaccines, drug treatments—and he did basic medical research on rain-forest viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered their new friend a corner of the fudge on the edge of his greased knife, and showed him the trick that he always performed for anyone when he wished to be liked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Our technology can duplicate only a tiny fraction of the intricate biochemistry that our bodies effortlessly perform: we have only just begun to study these processes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My skills had improved under my father's tutelage, and I could now perform the tasks of a more experienced craftsman. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Most possible combinations of nucleotides are nonsense: they would cause the synthesis of proteins that perform no useful function. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood that by “bull” work he meant jobs that took little more than brute strength to perform. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Scythe Mandela told me that you performed well last night,” she told Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When I was just a bit slow in performing some duty, I was called a lazy black sonofabitch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While A. Mancuso was performing the arrest, three women, Club, Steele, and Bumper, emerged from the large crowd before the club and assaulted him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Only during fleeting moments did I allow myself to have fantasies of what it might be like to sing with the chorus or perform in the Thanksgiving program. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how do people perform that ceremony of parting, Jane? Teach me; I’m not quite up to it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Daft Donald saw some of the bodyguards scoop some up and hide them in their pockets.The priest performed the funeral rites. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The performing started after we returned from Ghana. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But we have been performing such experiments for only some thirty years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As I passed by, I glanced down the steamy corridor to see them performing their serious, womanly movements. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With the third hurdle behind us, we still had a couple of more tasks to perform before our day was over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, he wrote the libretto as well as the music, and drew up the specifications of the purpose- built theatre at Bayreuth in which it was to be performed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They have the ability to destroy enzymes — enzymes that perform necessary functions in the body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She performed well aca-demically; so well, in fact, that she was among just a few students from her grammar school fortunate enough to get admitted into Cambridge and Oxford. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z While they are performing their pattern, they are simultaneously listening and memorizing the new pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As Adams saw it, he had been prepared, by both experience and training, to perform a central role in the unfolding drama of winning and securing the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jonah got to see how the vehicle performed in off-road mud puddles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Using one of the turncoat’s exploits, I performed a quick hack that caused my eargear and hab-unit cameras to display the archived video from my first night of indenturement instead of a live feed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I told him I’d heard about so-called Mississippi Appendectomies, unnecessary hysterectomies performed on poor black women to stop them from reproducing, and to give young doctors a chance to practice the procedure. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z "In a manner of speaking. Our vet sent them over for Ginger, but since Arnold is performing today, I gave him some. We both use the same vet." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Was it not at the brothers’ direction that Maniac Magee performed these deeds? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina’s work, performed on the ship before that first extraordinary high had begun to wane, was nearly flawless. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Of course they felt more comfortable performing in public. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The following morning, I rose early, even before the sun, to perform my morning prayers in my hotel room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “The truth is, we don’t know much about him nowadays. Not where he’s living, where his band is performing, or why he hasn’t called or come home in almost a year.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Heqet and the Ancient mechanically performed the usual ritual of dividing what food there was, but their attention was riveted on Ranofer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Flavius performs some beauty miracle on my hair, managing to even out the front while getting some of the longer locks to hide the bald spots in the back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He performed this exercise proudly, with a little proud smile on his face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d be outside dancing and singing his heart out all day, so whenever Mr. Ray saw him, he would ask Brownie to perform something old-school. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The chorus and band performed a song called “Try to Remember.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With a quick motion Emily stabbed it, and while Shirley stared at the blood oozing out, her friend performed the same operation on her own finger. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The Communism I looked upon was impatient of extended processes, of results that could not be obtained overnight, of an act that could not be performed within a day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was an illusion, and all the tech magic she supposedly performed was actually Dylan here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The days between Christmas and New Year’s day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the stock. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “A lot of people don’t realize that children at a studio like mine can already perform more difficult tricks than many, many Broadway professionals can. Even adults. Isn’t that right, Shawn?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He performed concerts to the empty parlor, bowing to silent applause. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I have to take pills to help digest my food and perform breathing treatments. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I was just happy to have had the chance to perform again, in peace. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Pilots flying new planes could provide swift transport over otherwise impossible distances and heights, perform glamorous stunts and dramatic rescues, explore new territory...and, of course, embark on dangerous acts of war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Soon after, over the open theater in Corinth where a play was being performed to a full house, a flock of cranes appeared, hovering above the crowd. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had performed a mass sacrifice of approximately fifty animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, while Sansa was off listening to a troupe of singers perform the complex round of interwoven ballads called the "Dance of the Dragons," Ned inspected the bruise himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I taught her that particular trick. I do not think she understood the nuances of it, but it appears she performed fine regardless. Do you feel unsteady at all?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The second time, I performed much better, sticking all my landings and not wobbling or messing up on the beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We could still talk while performing the steps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If I were to ask you to perform in a play that I’d written, before a live audience with a month of rehearsal, I suspect that most of you would say no. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One part of Helen, though, still lounged in her pink-piped pajamas, under a shimmering silk comforter, clapping while her brother performed magic tricks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z More than a dozen eye tests were performed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Anya still didn’t have the ability to see the threads that were the key to performing magic. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I also had to perform all the actions that Broderick’s character performed in the film, in the correct way and at the correct moment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The different ways language becomes metaphorical, the different ways it performs, are given names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The early scientists did not even know how to perform a test for statistical significance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In friskier moods, she performed lazy pirouettes, as though to the accompaniment of my own music box, which I always brought to the roof to keep me company. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They would have to perform for their new master soon enough, he did not doubt, and he could not take another lash. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I don’t even dare to contemplate the fact that I might need to perform something unpleasant. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Beaumarchais had been a spy in Spain, where he had performed some secret missions for the king. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Communal learning lends itself to performing in a circle, and indeed most game songs are performed in a circle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “No! Don’t argue with us. We need her and she must perform her duty for the Angkar! She will return in the morning.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She needed to perform at a level that would satisfy her director’s high expectations—and her own. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “It is believed that dybbukim possess the living so that they may perform tasks they were unable to complete in life. What were those words he had you write, Alter?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Remembering Emma’s stories of performing in traveling sideshows with Miss Peregrine and the others, I turned to her and asked, “Are they peculiar?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her eyes were sparkling and her face flushed as she performed onstage for the first time, too stagestruck to realize she was a part of Olaf’s plan. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z We climbed the steps to the performing arts center. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Unlike much else composed in the 1940s, it is still popular and regularly performed both in the theatre and on the concert stage today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “So the goal is to have DC perform as many missions as possible in two minutes and thirty seconds. That’s how you earn points. The more difficult the mission, the more points you earn.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She was also a scientist, nun, poet, visionary and diplomat, and her music is still performed and admired now, nearly a thousand years later. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The first day of class was nerve-racking because I knew I’d be expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He understood the psychological pain Boobie was going through, how unimaginably hard it was to sit there and watch someone else perform with brilliance a role that had once been his. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But here he had to begin performing at eight and four-thirty whether he felt like it or not. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord does work in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Wopsle shut his eyes, and opened them again; performing both ceremonies very slowly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The chief difference between them and our modern scientific myth of the Big Bang is that science is self-questioning, and that we can perform experiments and observations to test our ideas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She never made herself noticeable, never spoke unless spoken to, performed what was expected and no more, and tried for no promotions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On my last day of competition, when I went out to perform my routine for the floor exercise final, the audience was cheering and shouting wildly for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Go back to the days when people camped out overnight for tickets with huge smiles on their faces, as if they were performing an important service for their country. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are looking for someone who can perform in the midst of a crowd?” she asks Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She’d been meaning to perform it for several moons now, but somehow there just never seemed to be time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In a very real sense, we are complicitous in their achievement, since we are the audience for which they were performing; knowing we would be watching helped to keep them on their best behavior. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Although millions of fever cases were studied and thousands of autopsies performed, not much new was learned about the disease during the entire nineteenth century. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When the play was being performed, Violet had watched the light controls carefully, taking mental notes in case these devices came in handy for an invention. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z When one actually tries to perform these sums, however, one runs into severe technical problems. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And the only way to avoid the possibility would be to throw the competition; to perform so poorly between now and the final conclave that they had no choice but to grant scythehood to Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She followed her and found Sosie stretched out on her back in the sand, watching the clouds and stars perform their own choreography. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "Our team might perform better out there if we're more relaxed in here, Coach," my cousin says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not performing at the festival. I would never perform in public for anything.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But she still doesn’t perform, and after every show there are complaints. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Otherwise, both computers, electronic and human, had performed like a dream. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “True, you would have learned in a performing arts class if you’d taken one. Pity.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Evidently, every high school student would now have to perform community-service hours every semester in order to graduate, effective immediately. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was supposed to perform today, but I saw him leave about fifteen minutes ago. He said he was going to the Fair.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Composers who remained in Germany and wanted to have their music performed had no option but to stay on the right side of the regime. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Following this cruelly mishandled execution, the state performed an autopsy—against the family's repeated requests. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She performed forbidden aerial stunts over the airfield when she returned from a mission and got away with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Turandot was performed to huge audiences from Milan to Buenos Aires in short succession. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The prince must go in person and perform the office of captain himself. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z After the poetry the musicians were set to perform, some players who had just joined the farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not Curt’s kind, with its need to dazzle, to perform. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If a black didn’t perform up to expectations, it usually had to do not with ability but work habits. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything at a recital is performed from memory. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They took gravel from the ground and rubbed it over their hands and arms, their heads and feet, and they knelt and performed salaat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Certainly, there are few genres of music that are performed equally across the board. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Through the practice of imitation, exploration, improvisation, and composition, students learn what music is by performing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z One day Kamen was summoned to the office of financial fuss- budget Don Cooksey, who instructed him to prepare a detailed requisition for equipment to perform chemical assays—and not to worry about the cost. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The deal was that if this thing would go away, I'd repay the world by performing some unexpected act of kindness. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Eleanor Holm was twenty-two years old, beautiful, married, and a minor celebrity, having performed bit parts in several Warner Brothers movies. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After starting his classmates in song, the young man stepped off his chair and joined them in performing a heartbreaking melody with tremendous care and precision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the end they were forced to perform this procedure out-of-doors, bleeding patients directly onto the paving stones of the road. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z By the front doors are metal detectors manned by large grumpy people who perform random bag searches. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Didi would arrive on my doorstep with the plate and I could tell that she simply wanted to perform her errand as quickly as possible, but I would do my best to delay her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Offstage, she watched them perform their elaborate Official Greeting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressures to perform at the highest level in sports and academics were higher. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Other boxes are specially designed for owls and for bats, so that these creatures may take over in the dark hours the work of insect hunting performed in daylight by the small birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He never performed any part of a song until it was finished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Their journey was performed without much conversation, or any alarm; and within four hours of their leaving Hunsford they reached Mr. Gardiner’s house, where they were to remain a few days. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Just when I think I’m getting the hang of something, Asher will halve the time required of us to do certain missions or perform certain moves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Named and unnamed, they were noticed moving about the city, performing the tasks other shunned. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “If you perform for them, you need to conduct yourself with dignity and learn to keep your elbow out of the soup.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She admired the older girl Hortensia to distraction for the daring deeds she had performed in the school. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z If Europeans and Americans could perform such feats, why not Martians? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Things like that, he thought, make you feel glad you performed your ceremony. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you have to see it performed live to appreciate it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was eventually performed whole for the first time in 1921, fifty-two years after his death. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Chris says he’s about to perform an original song called “The End.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She even hoped that it would perform the miracle of detaching Caroline from Eric, her Bahamian fiancé. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And when Marian performed before predominantly white audiences in the big cities of the Northeast and Midwest, reviewers who praised her voice often commented that she did not handle foreign languages well. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z What task would I set for him to perform? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Though Stewart continued to have her perform for his friends, she remained with him, hiring her time, for six years. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Because actors were not usually identified by name, the best ones performed in various roles without the audience knowing it. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Menial tasks in South Africa are invariably performed by Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Mams had asked her to perform a chemical experiment that had to do with the decomposition of organic materials. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And all of these jobs were physically demanding, some of them even damaging if performed month after month. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They performed a crazy kind of dance with their claws to scratch apart the caked manure and expose the meaty grubs within. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even if I didn’t always perform at the top of my class, I always felt that it was with those minds where I belonged, and felt the most comfortable. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rashid nodded and kept pulsing on her chest in a quick, steady rhythm with an intense look of concentration as he performed CPR. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Students who are performing this evening, please be back at five thirty. The play will begin at six sharp. Parents and family, I hope you’ll stay for the PTA meeting that will follow.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Wayne is not one of the Volpe actors who began thinking about performing at Truman in grade school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Josquin was asked to compose something in this friend’s memory, to be performed by the Ferrara Chapel Choir and quite possibly the duke himself in the role of tenor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Always take any chance you get to perform in front of an audience,” Ms. Holly told our class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I felt that somehow they expected me to perform even those tasks for which nothing in my experience—except perhaps my imagination—had prepared me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Now would come a lecture, or more accurately, an oration, because Scythe Goddard loved nothing more than performing to the gallery, even if it was just a gallery of one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Once a year, Robbie held a fancy recital so that her students could perform for a live audience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, Mr. Gaunt,” said Ogden, “to get straight to the point, we have reason to believe that your son, Morfin, performed magic in front of a Muggle late last night.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And speaking of performing, let’s get on to the audition callback, okay? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I expected her to perform everything from leaving the house, riding the bike, and getting thrown by the tornado and so on. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then we went to this square where all the buskers perform. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z That sounds impressive, except that Tjaden then went back and performed an even more heroic calculation, figuring out what the average degree of connectedness was for everyone who had ever acted in Hollywood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He must find out which play is being performed, so that he can select just the right moment in the show for the execution—a moment with few actors onstage, if possible. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Read it! Dumbledore had the Cloak, Hermione! Why else would he want it? He didn’t need a Cloak, he could perform a Disillusionment Charm so powerful that he made himself completely invisible without one!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z WL I was young, before I could tell numbers and operate a scales and so record the weight of my own excrement, the men of the house daily performed this calculation for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z However, flying in space was really only part of the duties that the first woman in space would have to perform. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z One of the reporters—he’d lived in Japan just after the war, training automotive engineers to write manuals—was reminded of the calm of a geisha he’d witnessed performing the tea ceremony at Nara. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I ascertained that they wished me to perform, and it behove me to comply, that I might avoid detection. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not interested in performing in his play, but perhaps we’re all worked up about nothing. Maybe Count Olaf really is just trying to welcome us into the family.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I blinked a couple times, because I didn’t want Sohrab to notice my mood was performing a severe Slingshot Maneuver. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They could perform glamorous feats beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Bride and bridegroom performed the Dance of Isaiah. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Susan, likewise, dashed out in the middle of the day if one of her sons spiked a fever or was performing in a preschool music show. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "Smart, yes. Empathic, absolutely. But the other children performed miracles. At least, so you all claim." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The charred and bloodied bodies of relatives remained where they had fallen, with no one to perform proper rites for burials, no one to say the prayers for the dead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z This I did not find remarkable, it often being the case due to the illness or absence of one of the younger servants that some small duties had to be performed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the first day we talked, he had just returned home from six weeks at a summer performing arts camp in upstate Pennsylvania. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Some years before, a child named Caleb had fallen into the river near here and the entire community had performed the Ceremony of Loss. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sasha played a mouse, dressed in a black leotard with fuzzy ears and a tail, performing her part while an ornate sleigh drifted through the swelling orchestral music and showers of glittering fake snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She had learned to accompany herself on the piano, and the more she performed, the more calls there were for her to sing in other places. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I knew that performing high-degree-of-difficulty routines was the key to taking my gymnastics to the next level, especially under the revised international Code of Points introduced in 2006. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z An old hunchbacked white man performed the wedding. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I would explain that it was our belief that Christianity did not perform what Christ taught. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have heard of you, too, children. They claim you are performing miracles. Healing? Soothsaying? Acts of strength beyond all credibility?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But then, he had more help than he’s ever had before: no fewer than two assistants; Mr. van D. and I performed our job well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When I was finished, I sat, and he performed the same office for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, Bull, and he still thinks that Ace and Sammy chowed down on your vomit. He said that he had never seen such a spectacle performed by officers and gentlemen in his entire life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When he couldn’t perform this role, he suffered. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Of course, she knew that when the next morning came she would have to set out again, and that this task would have to be performed every day until the rains came again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier in blood, for instance, performs one of the simplest and yet most vital reactions in physiology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Bridge and Sherm sat next to each other and watched as the kids took turns performing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z For the previous three days, he had done nothing but study every step of the operation he was about to perform. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The results are always more significant if the patient and I are alone when the psychosubstantiation tests are performed. External distractions have a deleterious effect on the ramified scores.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry had performed for six years in a row and told me it was a snap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Any occasion, even a riot in the making, would have been good enough to perform at. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing my wand away from myself into the deadly folds of the creature, summoning the memory of the day I had been voted President of the local Gobstones Club, I performed the Patronus Charm. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When we dug our foxholes in the yard, the monks did not seem upset or displeased, though the younger one performed a washing motion with his hands. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing she said to me was, “Simone, you have to understand you’re every bit as good as those other girls. Now you just have to perform as if you believe it.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The brain then must process the whole piece at once while still remaining focused on the one performing part. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Earlier this year, I was asked to perform in a dance choreographed by Mrs. Atanabi for the Beecher Prep Benefit. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “They performed a great public service in showing the people who did become frightened that they should not be so gullible.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I watched him perform extraordinarily good magic, with cards, to a group of kids. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, because they have learned to fear their trainer, they can be made to perform stupid tricks dressed in unsuitable clothes, day after day, night after night. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “And you will not be allowed to be a member of a Liberation Army performing troupe.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she lets out the smoke, it swirls and dances over all the candles as if performing for Ochún too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Moving people from one place to another made me feel as though I performed a valuable service, recognized and appreciated by the city at large. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Montgomery has a beautiful park that houses the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, which brings nationally acclaimed playwrights and actors to Alabama to perform Shakespeare and modern theatrical productions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "Suppose this Falconer sells the play to a printer, who publishes it and has it registered. Then the Chamberlain's Men lose all legal right to perform it ourselves." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Girls were admitted to the Chicken Coop free of charge, boys for twenty-five cents, but Joe and his bandmates paid no admission when they performed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My father watched proudly while we performed “Hit the Road, Jack,” “Where the Boys Are,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” and “Twisting the Night Away.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was never the one paying for the room, but still, I resent being made to feel guilty for requesting a service an expensive hotel is generally expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He had learned to perform magnificent upright charging displays. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The kit had had a Swiss Army knife, but Jack broke it performing an emergency tracheotomy on the dinosaur rock at the park. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He was uncomplicated and Ben had fantasized that if a surgeon performed brain surgery on Pinkie he would open his head to find it looking like the inside of a potato. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon learned there were certain areas I was au-tomatically allowed to perform in: scholarship, athletics, and school-time activities like the yearbook, the newspaper, and student government. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At the local recreation center Silly and I performed as the Shirondas in the annual fall talent show. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The members performed plays and dances and sang songs, all with environmental and wildlife messages. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the gallery, friends and family members sit and watch, the bewildered audience to a play performed in an unknown dialect of acronyms, Latin, and Old English. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Wilbur performed his silly antics; Templeton raced around to gather sesquipedalian words; the geese clucked around and were generally a nuisance. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And they performed with the Utah Festival Opera. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “For instance,” he continues, and I see that he’s in some kind of jazz sneaker, “I run a performing arts studio in Florida, for gifted children. Like my nephew, Shawn.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They were going to march, sweat, dig, carry, drill and tunnel, until they performed to his satisfaction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The defense had performed wonderfully, holding Carter to 14 yards on the ground and 117 passing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When Newton performed his experiment in 1666 it was probably deliberately designed to produce the elongated spectrum, an effect he describes as if were a complete surprise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even the vice minister of justice insisted on performing, and his was the best voice of all. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z An aura of manic purpose hung over the fields, for in them went forward a gleeful harvest performed by children only just freed from school. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Back in my hometown, slaughter had been something performed in yards or in the fields. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She performed the work well but often found herself restless and bored. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “August’s on his way. The bull’s performing tonight.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Or it was some kind of illusion, the kind they performed in the theaters off East Stave—a girl cut in half, doves from a teapot. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If Permian was to go to State, they would have to perform in ways that no one had ever imagined, rise to heights beyond even the expectations of the fans. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I had performed well at Duke on the college circuit, competing at domestic and international competitions was a whole different experience. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z All performed flawlessly, flying nice elliptical trajectories downrange to impact on the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle applies to more than just measurements performed by humans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She said she didn’t like people watching her perform. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Sheriff Moran asked me to perform two blood tests,” said the witness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a trick he’d often perform for school groups, if someone brought him a bit of orange nougat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a ritual Joyce performed once a month, and she always looked forward to it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I performed a few final tasks related to my escape plan, then logged out of the IOI intranet for the last time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Etienne tries performing silly experiments to cheer her: a vinegar volcano, a tornado in a bottle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes Hugo caught his eye and got the distinct impression that the old man wanted him to see what he was doing, as though the old man was performing for him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z In 1955 she performed in Israel and was particularly moved by her visit to Jerusalem and other sites in the Holy Land. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They had not been a sacred duty, performed reluctantly for the sake of Fjerda. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I am afraid of seeming either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It is difficult to look at pictures of black people performing in minstrel shows during the Jim Crow era. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z All around us, other gymnasts were performing their routines, and officials with clipboards were tracking them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The picture was taken the night my mother performed at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t need thumbscrews or knives to torture someone if you can perform the Cruciatus Curse. That one was very popular once too. “Right. . . anyone know any others?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It did not enter his head that a wizard might be ashamed to perform such simple crafts, for he had been a witch-child among poorer folk than these. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Secretly the cricket was very anxious to perform for them, but he had to have some encouragement first. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a ritual he could perform in his sleep, one for which his father had trained him from childhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your friend performs delightfully,” he continued after a pause, on seeing Bingley join the group; “and I doubt not that you are an adept in the science yourself, Mr. Darcy.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Wonderful smells of coffee and apple pie and hash and—would it be fish?—wafted through the house from the magical stove as though to prove how many separate wonders it could perform at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z These were the quiet hours before my parents demanded I be asleep—the hours during which all members of my family performed a small mercy and left one another alone for a while. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We were told at first that the hospital wouldn’t be able to determine the cause of death until Monday, when they would perform the autopsy. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His tone rolled out professionally; of the three of them at the Van Ness Pet Hospital, Milt performed the best in the matter of business phone calls. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I tried to perform my perimeter checks like usual, but by the time I’d left my locker, there were so many eyes watching me it became difficult to keep my panic down. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Two doctors, the brothers James and David Shoun, who cared for Mollie’s family, had been summoned to perform an autopsy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I wasn’t afraid to perform for anyone willing to watch me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At that moment every passenger, all of whom were white, performed a talismanic gesture. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The police and attendants moved calmly, surely as if they were performing a ritual and had forgotten the meaning of it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z "He told them you were going to Mont-Saint-Michel. And that you had some Jewish books. In exchange for his information, he got to perform for the king." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve never performed one of my nonhymn songs in public before. Much less at the high school Christmas talent competition in front of six hundred people, most of whom hate me.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I was sure they had performed the maneuver before for a lady or two. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Abortion was, and still is, illegal in Iran, but women were either able to find medical practitioners willing to perform one or would take the back-alley route. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When he walked to the lectern he rolled up his sleeves, as if he were a juggler about to perform a trick. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "In India, only a son can perform funeral rites for his father." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I start reading the article on Duke Ellington, how he performed at Carnegie Hall, how all of New York is in love with him. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They performed in local parades, and they were looking for some baton twirlers to march in front of the band. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As they perform their experiments, which make little sense to my primitive intellect, my mind wanders. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The rules are different for the complicated, coordinated, fantastically skilled manipulations we perform with our insides. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Volpe started rehearsing Good Boys and True in September, and it will not be performed at Truman until the week before Thanksgiving. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They also screamed as the salt water was thrown on them, and then they were forced to perform the same horrible dance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as though they were scared to perform any spell that might make the Roberts family fall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then they break apart and move to someone else, performing the same series of actions again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I think I was just overwhelmed at having to perform on this big stage in front of Martha. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As always, the best way to perform such notes depends on the instrument and the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This last service performed for his friend would cause Sverrisson years of enmity from certain members of the RJF Committee and others who felt close to Bobby during his Icelandic years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But if you perform so well that a rival company comes calling, you become a vice president and no longer have to work for your father. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He wondered if any of the men had cut themselves with a scalpel while performing a dissection of a diseased monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I even get to perform a little chamber music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “One time, this boy had J. Cole perform at his birthday party.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As a child, I pictured a naked child sitting on a modern toilet desperately trying to perform until it died of congestion. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I ever had to perform in a place this big,” he says, “I would throw up.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Two girls jumped up and tried to remember a routine they’d performed years earlier, doing the moves right there on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z By extending a low platform from one side, they created a stage for priests to perform ceremonies in full view of the public. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was reportedly the first man to send a car down into Death Valley and the first to push over the snowbanks of the Sierra Nevada, performing the feat on an annual basis. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This type of search will be performed by a licensed medical staff. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Shame, really. I heard the Crunks are performing The Tempest tonight.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I was halfway through my routine, when there, performing the moves beside me, was that girl Naomi. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z However, it is to the best interests of the great work which we are dedicated to perform, that he continue undisturbed in these vain hopes while remaining as far as possible from our midst. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was daydreaming so much about that car on my overseas assignment, it helped distract me from the stress of competition—which might be why I performed at those meets as well as I did. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I felt that somehow they expected me to perform even those tasks for which nothing in my experience—except perhaps my imagination—had prepared me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time for Will to become inconspicuous again, so he performed the magic that had deflected all kinds of curiosity away from his mother and kept them safe for years. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Blanca cleaned her face with Harem Cream, a pinkish grease that smelled of roses and was supposed to perform miracles on women’s skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His sons and daughters lined up like a squad, shiny as new dimes, performed their minor functions well. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every one of ’em knew my name and stopped for a moment to pay their respects when they came to perform. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her body had not performed that function well. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This was not an act performed in the heat of passion. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Said he wants to see me perform it and see how people react to it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was daydreaming about getting an ankle holster, too, and a lightweight pistol to go with it, when he abruptly performed an involuntary somersault across the sandy scrub. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “There is a way to overcome those influences. If Darkness is willing to perform a blessing, that is.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Does the figure mean that for exactly the same jobs that men perform, women earn 59 percent of the men’s salaries? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The conservative Durham Morning Herald had only praise for the mob, which, according to the paper, “performed its task quietly and in a well organized manner.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That bands would perform and young people would be dressed up on national TV showing off their booms and ticks. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The next time it rained during recess, it would be our group’s turn to perform. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The Executive Order prohibits U.S. persons from performing any contract in support of a commercial project in Yugoslavia, as well as from exporting services to Yugoslavia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I tried to think of other songs I could perform that were difficult enough to show my skill, but easy enough to allow me room for artistry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kerr gave an encore performance of “Spagoni the Toreador” for oldtimes’ sake, but the greatest applause of the evening went to James, who composed a song he performed for the occasion: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I perform my usual duties in the morning and retire to the back end when the crowd comes in. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “We are just agents of God picked out of all humanity to perform this unpleasant task. Do you think I like the fact that I have to do this, Ben?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Reverend Hunt performs the service, and we have a good meal afterward, with several chickens sacrificed for the celebration. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Do you remember the first village we performed in? You teased a one-eyed man.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He behaved as though he had performed those same tasks many times before. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Navid and I had talked about this so many times before: what it would be like to breakdance—to really learn and perform—but we’d never actually done anything about it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Soviet players were traditionally serviced by a team of seconds, each performing an assigned task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wanted, through his purity and excellence, to be able to perform some ordinary miracle—to heal a blind man or something like that, for instance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She performed sacrifices every day in Felicia’s behalf. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Disillusionment Charms should be performed daily, as their effects are apt to wear off. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto performed a similar move on the other side, snagging the right arm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The following day the king performed his plot to test the cause of Hamlet’s madness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “And my great-grandmother—my granny’s mother—was the magician’s assistant. They traveled all over the country. They performed magic together.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This time a Methodist minister performed the ceremony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No one would confuse the women who used mechanical calculators to process research data with the room-sized electronic devices that performed the same function. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The new division of labor meant that a worker only had to be taught how to perform one task. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Professionals perform effectively in teams and communicate effectively to individuals and groups through various means. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Rush then showed members of the Free African Society how to drain blood from a patient and they marched out to perform over 800 bleedings. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In Ocean Park I had taken tap- dancing lessons; my older brothers would coax me to perform for visitors, and it gained me a lot of attention. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The sexual act, although he performed it in a perfunctory wav, must have been largely unconscious, for him, like scratching himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The airport sounded with the din of Muhrim expressing their intention to perform the journey of the Hajj. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the patrons recognize Celia without her top hat and black-and-white gown, even those who watched her perform earlier in the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I have to go for prayers. If you need anything, ask your cousins,” he said, taking a kettle from the stoop and beginning to perform ablution. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I can’t believe that after the variety of roles I performed, he is most enthusiastic about me acting sassy and being an angry and emotional woman. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Regularly, each morning after he had finished his breakfast, she performed her self-appointed task, till he came to look for her ministrations as much as he did for Thornton’s. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z "That is one operation that has yet to be performed." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She may have been anxious to perform bravely and to prove herself both to her aviators and to her nation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They watched me in silence like I was performing magic. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Societies attribute masculinity to different genres of music, instruments, and what musicians should look like when performing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “That was one of the greatest magical feats ever performed in America,” I’d tell them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z El Patrons piggyback heart performed valiantly, but it was clear the old man had passed a kind of milestone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The person who was performing the introduction was telling the major that Billy was a veteran, and that Billy had a son who was a sergeant in the Green Berets—in Vietnam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Wayne, who performed a monologue from August Wilson’s Fences, wins the top honor and a grant of $500. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The audience leaned forward, eager to learn how this magic was going to be performed. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The next morning, when Cap was performing the dancelike martial arts moves by the dogwood bushes, my darling daughter emptied an entire wastebasket full of water down on his head. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The Shoun brothers, who had performed the first autopsy, appeared at the cemetery and renewed their search for the bullet. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was about 8:00 p.m., when people were performing the last prayer of the day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She loved music and had talent, and she played the piano, sang, and performed, in school and at home. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Indeed, he had performed it, fully staged before an audience at Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, as he’s performing this same ritual, a show he’s never seen catches his eye. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She was sure by now that they weren’t going to perform the operation on her yet, and sure too that her disguise as Lizzie Brooks was secure; so she risked a question. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Because life is so hard. No food. No clothes. The police. What’s the use of living without food? And Papa is always beating me up and making me perform rituals.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one, the Dauntless soldiers in front of me step away to perform one task or another. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Heather says the school board won’t let them perform Christmas carols or Hanukkah songs or Kwanza tunes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “You are such a jerk? Whoever told you that the whole world performs according to your instructions? That’s what started this whole mess—you trying to make poor Cap dance to your tune!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Under the radar, and without a formal charter, he had transformed Truman into something like a high school for the performing arts. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Instead of beating the blade aside, he performed a maneuver I had never before seen, and have not seen since. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Does she still perform on the quarter hour?” he asks, drawing a watch from his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She moves gracefully, with the confidence of someone used to performing, which is completely unfair to everyone else in the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z In the dance pavilion at West Port Jensen the night lanterns were kindled; tourists from Seattle poured forth from the excursion steamers to perform the Svenska polka, the Rhinelander, the schottische, and the hambone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It doesn’t seem right to screw them out of a chance to perform just because I’m more scared than I have ever been in my life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Soojin sighs as if my entire middle school future depends on performing a solo in Ms. Holly’s Blast from the Past production. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Every other task he performed was related to search and rescue. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Two young women stood back-to-back performing a slam poem called “Hir,” rotating to face the mic as they gave voice to a girl named Melissa and the boy inside her named James. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He believed he had seen transmutation performed; he evidently thought it likely that the anonymous stranger who had performed it, in his presence and with his assistance, was an angel, no less. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While standing before a white man I had to figure out how to perform each act and how to say each word. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was seventy-seven and thinking of having an operation, and she wanted it performed in the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On that evening masters were performing in rotation, one playing for about an hour, followed by another who’d take his place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There are other tasks they may be able to perform. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In fact, I was already dreaming of performing as an elite-level gymnast and making the national team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Binks reminded Genie of those people he saw performing on the A train, the people who just didn’t care about what anybody thought, just doing their thing no matter what. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Watching them play one-on-one was like watching two dance partners perform their greatest hits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z "It's a hard morsel for him to swallow. But even harder for Julian. They'll never let him go on performing." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z What is the expected number of tests the director will have to perform if he pools the blood samples? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped out as regular Rashad Butler: T-shirt, sneakers that I had to perform a quick spit-clean on, and jeans that I pulled up, then sagged down just low enough to complete the look. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These modes are easily performed on the xylophone and beautiful and interesting in their construction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I’d rather do a little performing than stand in another endless line at some office, waiting for a handout.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Really live, out in the real world, not just exist to perform as some kind of penance. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I was wondering which troupe he performed in.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On signal, they performed military-style parade maneuvers, which they had practiced in their home districts as often as four times a week for more than a year. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers are often heard saying women have their duty to perform for the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a job I need her to perform.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As I stood at the end of the vault runway, waiting for the signal to perform my optional vault, I felt jittery with anticipation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I thought I might have to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him, but his son smacked him on the back and he stopped gagging. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A New York medical school professor performed an experiment to track the bullet's probable path. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In other words, Cleopatra performed all of the duties of a queen, of a commander, and of a conqueror. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had al-ways known she would not marry—her twisted leg made it an impossibility; she could never be a good wife, could never perform the many duties required — but certainly she could manage alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In larger cities my troupe had performed in places not unlike this one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Well, that’s a hard thing to ask—see a little girl perform a miracle and not tell her parents or no one about it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I can’t. I have to perform,” she says, struggling with her stockings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The priests there could perform the ancient coronation rites to install Cleopatra as pharaoh. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I say eye because I instantly recognized him as the one-eyed man we had seen in the first town in which Bear and I had performed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z So now on nights when my mother presented her tests, I performed listlessly, my head propped on one arm. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He performed the operations while his wife administered the anesthetic. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In showing that many alchemical recipes can indeed be performed in a modern laboratory, these scholars have rendered apparently incomprehensible texts meaningful and reinstated alchemy as a laboratory science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Just to get a feel for the stage—because as far as we were concerned, we were going to be on that stage performing in a few weeks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Forbidden even to perform for himself before a mirror! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan is for Yelena to spend up to six months performing biophysics and medical experiments. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z An operation is performed within the month, at Staunton, but he begins to hemorrhage. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he performed at Ford’s one night in mid-March, his theater appearances are few and far between these days. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is the Ring Dance. It is said the crawlers perform it only in the greatest secrecy for ones they believe to be chosen,” answered Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh yes, the men will leave the room if a woman cantor performs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some elaborate masquerade they had performed to keep their true identities a secret? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Grammer was a rodeo star who had performed at Madison Square Garden and been crowned the steer-roping champion of the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then Hermione had performed a tricky little charm so that the paint flashed different colors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I felt vaguely reassured seeing her perform the ritual. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "I hope I have helped in some small way to put your mind at ease. If there is any other service I might perform, you need only ask." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Why not just use the verb that spawned the zombie in the first place, like appear or perform? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Transportation, ploughing, grinding and other tasks, hitherto performed by human sinew, were increasingly carried out by animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The last mile I performed on foot, having dismissed the chaise and driver with the double remuneration I had promised. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I have heard of various instances of a butler being displayed as a kind of performing monkey at a house party. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At what tempo is the piece to be performed? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Her breath burst from her in a huff, as if someone had wrapped his arms around her and performed the Heimlich. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The way the festival is set up, each school performing a full-length play is to be critiqued afterward by drama directors from other Pennsylvania high schools. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “My family. Please do me the very great honor of coming to see me perform the role of Walter Lee Younger in the Village Troupe’s production of A Raisin in the Sun.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They traveled, spoke with wise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned the Philosopher’s Stone and the Elixir of Life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or what it was like for the little girl who couldn’t perform at the school talent show because her parents received the Death-Cast alert while she was dreaming of pianos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Nicole was on the sidelines the following January as I performed flawless giants in competition as part of my bar routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Once a clock has started, it performs its tasks automatically, but it cannot regulate itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I loved how smart my teammates were, and how they could always be counted on to perform their routines with consistency, making everything look easy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic orchestra performed the soundtrack live on stage, while the movie played on a huge screen above them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z As always, Durham presented itself as a model of tolerance and racial goodwill in housing, but a Duke sociology student found real estate agents there performed the same tricks used across the country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To do this, we must perform the sum over histories for all possible Euclidean space-times that have no boundary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had, however, a duty to perform, so I marched bravely up the walk to Auntie Braxton’s door. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria before a rapt audience in Berlin, performing her signature aria from Turandot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was now determined to perform his duties firmly and without negligence. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I read a monologue from Julius Caesar and performed a short hip-hop play about the redemption of a former child soldier that I had written with Esther’s encouragement. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Past the flashing-lights door, behind which the other Misses Spink and Forcible performed their show forever, and she set off into the woods. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The Memory Charm may be performed by the owner of the beast in question, but in severe cases of Muggle notice, a team of trained Obliviators may be sent in by the Ministry of Magic. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As Turner states, the idea that the “performing arts” must always be performed onstage to be valid detracts from their use to develop and explore the emotional, cognitive, social development and human potential. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The sex hormones are, of course, normally present in the body and perform a necessary growth-stimulating function in relation to the various organs of reproduction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And my role, as her closest friend, was to give her silent support, as if I was in the front row of the audience when she was performing on stage. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't strange to see him pretending to crawl up the lockers, or for him to perform tactical movements like barrel rolls in the middle of the hallway. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Lucas Cader walked up to me as I sat on the steps of the gazebo, finishing corn dog number two and gazing over at the Baptist church choir performing on the stage. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “We took the best- performing Chinese data operators,” said Ohmae, “and now they are processing seventy houses a day.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Emily heard a careful tread on the stairs—Cecilia at last taking the flowers up to the guests room, a simple errand she had been asked many times that day to perform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The enormously complicated sequence of movements, each of which an oarsman must execute with exquisite precision, becomes exponentially more difficult to perform as the stroke rate increases. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Musicians performed on a stage set up at one end of the pasture while families sprawled on blankets. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Others seem to have performed the experiment entirely independently, on the basis only of written descriptions—Henry Power, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I even considered faking it, but then I looked at the sheriff’s deputy and grimly considered what it would taste like if he attempted to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There had been nothing special about it; it was an activity that he had performed countless times: throw, catch; throw, catch. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I turned away, ready to perform my good deed, but when I looked back down, there it was, bobbing to the surface in a fresh pool of water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Every night, it was said, he came creeping in under cover of darkness and performed all kinds of mischief. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Though I still performed my lowly duties, I dared to hope that my status at court was improving. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She transformed a book into a dove and enlivened her pencils and quills so that they stood on their own and performed a complicated dance on the desk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once we arrived we waited in the back of the school’s assembly hall and watched the acts that went onstage before us, different groups took their turns performing, flamenco dancers, Greek dancers, traditional Zulu musicians. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It’s a beautiful song, made more so by the fact that I’d only heard my father perform the whole thing a handful of times before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Today he came to my side with one of the drummers of the Regiment, which sturdy youth I have seen perform most astoundingly in the course of our dances. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Each one ...” “Very good. They’re all in the story. The names of some of the plays being performed. You’ve got a good eye.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The next day the hunter performed his trickery and lured the herd into an open ing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They were given names and relatives, and special responsibilities for the cosmic services they were expected to perform. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the pressure is greatest and the game is on the line, how well does he perform? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After a few times through, have the students drop the chanting and perform the piece using clapping only. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z June laughed five times when I performed it for her. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Students can learn to feel, hear, and perform the multi-part music from a very early age, and become progressively more advanced as they grow. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z All they needed was a stage, and they could perform one of those dark, savage little scenes from the Komedie Brute that the Kerch seemed to find so hilarious. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If you were to ask me how I performed in school the day after my round-robin bus rides, I would have to say that there was not much difference between my vegetative state and Nikki’s. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some singer I don’t know is performing outside in the streets of New York City. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He clearly played basketball in that same optimal range of arousal in which Ron Avery performed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Watched his mother perform a kind of ballet. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When the piece is performed, a musician comes onstage, opens the piano, sets a timer, and plays nothing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But there were the butcher priests, too, performing divination of animal entrails, and the Doomsayers on their stilts, crying End Times from behind their skeleton masks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He liked the thought of seeing his father perform the ceremony, and making the little twin clean and comfy. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She would also hold the ladder steady while Kelly performed from the top. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “She was also the first black person to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera,” Maxine adds. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But he also described machines for pumping water, sawing wood and performing other industrial tasks. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When Brother Jacques used the word a sixth time and a weary battalion of students struggled to their feet to perform their task, Obie saw a small smile play on the lips of the teacher. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my favorite programs features singers performing music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her in-laws shunned her for not performing her job. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He performed a clever experiment in which a single drop of white liquid, like cream, was shown not to lighten perceptibly the contents of a great pitcher of dark liquid, like wine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But somehow my father did not look as though a miracle had been performed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Your teachers asked me to be here today, because if things don’t improve, you might not be eligible to practice or perform with the All-City group. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She now had a single maidservant, devoted to her since youth, and an aging manservant, Jacob, previously of the stables, who performed all heavy labor about the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I kept ‘ ‘cased’ ’ in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In a showcase of shorter performances that afternoon, another high school performs a production number from Pippin. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In the space of two seconds, my mind has zigzagged from her unwillingness to perform, to her history with the elephant tramp, to her lemonade thievery, and back to the cabbage patch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Modern trials of the efficacy of therapies depend on the idea that an effective therapy must perform better than a placebo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z By then she had performed unfalteringly under the twins’ perspicacious scrutiny and had confounded all their expectations. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I preferred to talk my way out of things or to perform Cobbe's Traverse, that is to run. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun and Nasser performed their wuduu and their salaat, and when they were done, they stared at the guard, who was staring at them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And really, just like that, number eighty-eight performs a forward handspring, landing in the splits. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z How she spends her time when not performing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My being early would be, I hoped, an indication of both how badly I wanted work, and how promptly I would perform any assignment given me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to think about what could go wrong if she performed this ritual incorrectly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe you have to see it performed live to appreciate it.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The squirrel performed what looked like an intricate acrobatic dance, followed by several cartwheels at lightning speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In 1883, with rather grim determination, the German embryologist August Weismann had performed an experiment that directly attacked Darwin's gemmule theory of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Why did I always appear so dumb when I was called upon to perform something in a crowd? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it sounded like her math teacher that one time he had tried to perform a cappella but had stepped on a Lego piece. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The postmortem was not performed with modern precision, and it was controversial even at the time. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The things he did seemed right, as he imagined with his heart the rituals the cloud priests performed during a drought. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Every time his music is performed it lives again, fresh, newly awoken, sometimes interpreted surprisingly or unexpectedly but always experienced in the here and now. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin left us to perform our passatas, and drew Nick into a corner, where they had a lengthy conversation. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I had a hard time making up my mind about performing in front of a crowd. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But in concocting the elixir the Fairy Queen described and giving it to the fairies, she would certainly be performing magic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A repeat intelligence test performed by a psychiatrist confirmed the initial diagnosis of a “Low Grade Moron.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After five courses and a great deal of wine, Tsukiko allows herself to be persuaded to accept an invitation to perform in a not yet existent circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the top of the funnel, the golden bat hung in space performing an intricate, upside-down figure eight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There might be philosophical reasons for preferring one to the other, but an astronomer could happily use either to perform calculations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But what is important to Gilbert is not just book learning, or even the performing of experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Soon she was singing well enough to be entrusted with solos when the junior choir performed at the church’s main Sunday service. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Now she tied heavy rocks to her ankles and wrists but still performed the familiar motions without effort. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As a scientist, she believed that it was her obligation to perform medical research that would help alleviate human suffering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Merriam-Webster definition, which states “to speak or perform without preparation,” is highly misleading. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He pointed out that civilization is progressing and we remember who performed this deed or developed that technique. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Sylvester,” she said, “you have to perform good deeds for the contest.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Not only would it mean having my legs off in front of teachers, my grade-five classmates, and kids in grade seven, I’d also have to perform. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z For building disability awareness and as an educational tool for success in the performing arts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They were trained to perform a purely mechanistic job “watching meters and adjusting dials” from swivel chairs set before tall steel consoles marked only with numerals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He would go to work and perform his tasks in a somnolent haze. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z By fun, Ms. Udell was referring to the play version of Charlotte’s Web that the two fourth-grade classes would perform for the younger grades. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z That I moved and performed like her, too. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The shock of seeing the miracle performed had struck her dumb. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z White children in these schools also perform poorly. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He found out that the returning bee performs a wonderful “waggle dance” that tells the others exactly where to go. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet perhaps Hamlet knew, and he was performing for their benefit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They also believed camp life fostered a sense of camaraderie among young people from all classes, since rich and poor alike lived side by side, performing the same manual labor and sharing rations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Eleven: My performing career effectively ended the day my drug dealer moved to Georgia to enter a treatment center. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Napoleon’s surgeon, the baron Dominique Jean Larrey, performed the first operation. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Let me perform a quick taxonomy of our locker room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The last two Hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962, involved another 90 hours of performing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He performs his chores as quickly as possible, packs an apple in his bag along with his book, and heads off to his tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Honeybees become “wildly agitated and bellicose” on contact with it, perform frantic cleaning movements, and are near death within half an hour. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Guess it’s a good thing I plan on performing a demonstration anyway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z On the table were what appeared to be the remains of an autopsy performed upon a large bird, possibly a crow. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I can perform our daily drills better without it on, improper or not. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then, in mid-February, a Hazleton animal caretaker who will be called John Coleus was performing a necropsy on a dead monkey when he cut his thumb with a scalpel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would look up places on my globe and decide if I wanted to perform there or not. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And then she said, “We will perform ‘Just a Closer Walk with Thee.”’ Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Porgyand Bess suffers from much the same problem as Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice or Wagner’s Parsifal, both of which arouse discussion of perceived anti-Semitism because they are both still performed today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Now she fanned the flames by performing military dance exercises. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Artemis was performing a little field surgery on the fairy locator. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The scientists could determine if plutonium was present only by reading its trace radioactive signature; this was science performed not by observation but by deduction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Something we can hand out to kids who might be interested in performing or who want to see us.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In terms of texture, does the first example consist of four separate lines or voices, or should they be performed all together? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The hands that could make jets perform exotic gymnastics in the sky had a softness of touch and an inborn surety that made him an excellent outside shooter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z While her upper half performed, her bottom half upstaged her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had performed before appreciative audiences in concert halls across the United States. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They did not live in the house, but came of an afternoon, or stayed there often for some weeks to perform their virtuosic experiments, and then leave. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Early in the season, before everything had turned so hideous, L.V. had stood in the failing afternoon light and silently watched Boobie perform. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I travel with Volpe and a group of students one night to see another high school perform a musical called The Drowsy Chaperone, a very good show with a really dumb title. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “A murder has been committed. Certain actions have to be performed. That is all there is to it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He shared how noisy his new neighborhood was, and we laughed about the time we performed a dance routine to “Shining Star”—one of Dad’s favorite oldies disco hits. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At two places where we performed, we learned more of the search for me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Aaron said the first time the piece was performed, the audience got nervous—they whispered to one another and shifted in their seats, and some even walked out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If Archie drew the black marble, it would be necessary for Archie himself to carry out the assignment, to perform the duty he had assigned for others. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Testing and training were performed at temporary locations until a permanent one was found near the Chkalovskaya train station. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z "Why did He send Gwenforte back? And give us these miracles to perform? And put us through...through Hell?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When he judged that enough time had elapsed for Wiglaf to have performed the first part of the plan successfully, he crept into the crack himself. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I went up to my laboratory, but I didn’t feel like performing any experiments. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With hands over hearts, the class performed the ritual that ushered in another day at school. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Some modern musicians advocate performing such pieces using well temperaments, in order to better understand and appreciate them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now is when the crafty old devil is finally going to perform for us the miracle of dropping dead! The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt no pressure to perform, so I usually did fine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My father liked the rooster’s call because it helped him perform his morning prayers on time. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The symphony was performed repeatedly in Allied countries in the months that followed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Writing was performed after the fact; it was not the exciting experience of learning itself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although she already takes part in the daily parade and Spec, she has yet to perform in the show. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Most bands today don’t perform twelve hundred times in their entire careers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He realized the numerous ways that they could serve their country by performing socially useful tasks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As we talk, he is walking a circular route around the classroom, straightening and fluffing the upholstery on the couches and chairs, a ritual he performs numerous times a day, always in a clockwise direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The first was that they wanted the doctors and medical staff who had performed the operation, and all of the staff at the hospital, to receive some recognition for their efforts. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She held both palms up to face the sky, one gloved, one sleeved in bees, like a shaman performing some ancient ritual. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She had performed the test well enough to pass, but as the woman drove over to the parking place, she did not negotiate a corner properly and the back wheel jumped the curb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he could remove them in a procedure that could be performed with a local anesthetic right in his office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To perform in the sport he was born for, he had to be very thin, but to survive his disease, he had to maintain habits that made thinness virtually impossible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm tingling and restless, excited to rehearse and perform with a real, professional orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Select a song, then brainstorm different ways of performing the song using what you’ve learned. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was apparently a big deal that we even got to perform; some committee had whittled down a stack of submissions and chosen, of the many, only ten acts to be onstage today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z For example, characters and themes are given a short musical pattern, and every time that character or theme appears, the musical pattern is performed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And in any case, as she well knew, an American concert singer who did not study and perform successfully abroad couldn’t hope to have a distinguished career at home. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z This new phase of research required the irradiation of uranium on a heroic scale, with the goal of producing enough 94 to perform the necessary experiments. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The next day the Husky crews performed a time-honored Poughkeepsie ritual and visited each of their rivals’ shell houses to pay grudging respect to their competitors before taking to the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It clearly wasn’t designed for eating or performing odd jobs around the campfire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bagman did the smallest of double takes when he heard Harry’s name, and his eyes performed the familiar flick upward to the scar on Harry’s forehead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When they left, half the Pickwell kids followed them, begging Mars to perform his legendary feat of stopping traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The witch or wizard would perform a basic Flame Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling sensation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Neither had ever performed this simple maneuver, on land let alone in water, and it struck them at the same moment that there was room for error. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “According to Dauntless law, only Dauntless leaders can perform an execution. All five of our former leaders are Dauntless traitors,” says Tori. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The trick was in knowing how to dispose of people when you were through with them, and Gilly had had plenty of practice performing that trick. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But today I get to sit in a room and watch people perform. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Stopping time wasn’t just a matter of pressing the on button, there was a series of delicate procedures that had to be performed with utmost precision. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The line might be performed by any musician or group of musicians: a singer, for example, or a bassoonist, a violin section, or a trumpet and saxophone together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Della Porta was clearly intrigued, and if he did not actually perform a number of the experiments described by Garzoni which he claimed to have, it seems he did perform these particular experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This oil was the only thing needed to perform the ritual, that and the holy authority resting in my father’s misshapen hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They were in tucks of laughter at his antics as Sam slapped at his fur and performed somersaults with a comical expression on his face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Every step it was to perform was loaded into the on-board computer before it left Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been looking forward to knocking the rust off of these hands and performing an operation to keep your blood from flowing,” she continued. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, few musicians could perform calmly in the center of such a storm of song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He thought to shake the insect off, but did not want to interrupt the procedure he was performing. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In effect, as a hero who’d come to the island and performed great deeds, he’d become part of the Icelandic sagas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Off to one side, I played the music, while Bear performed in the center. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z First the orchestra performed, then the chorus, then us. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Mom have seen me perform, and afterward they always say, “Where did that come from?” and “We didn’t know you had it in you.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z It was freezingly cold, and this job of seeing off a distinguished stranger was not one to be envied, but Lieutenant Dubose performed his part manfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you one more chance before I send someone up there. You will not perform that vile sorcery here among these good people.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We’d just returned from Good Friday services at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, and were about to perform my favorite Biles family ritual—tie-dying eggs for our annual Easter egg hunt. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Inventors often have to persist at their tinkering for a long time in the absence of public demand, because early models perform too poorly to be useful. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The data reveal that black children who perform poorly in school do so not because they are black but because a black child is more likely to come from a low-income, low-education household. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Hammered the stage where the night riders performed their grotesque pageants and the wheeled platform that delivered the doomed men and women to the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Many of these people died, Carey pointed out, “without a human being to hand them a drink of water, to administer medicines, or to perform any charitable office for them.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was the saddest duty he had ever performed, Wood said, and he had never lost his respect for the fighting qualities of the Nez Perces. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The way she stood, the bright sash around her waist, and the two glossy braids falling over her shoulders made me feel that she had performed this ceremony in some distant past. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Since tribes thus lack economic specialists, they also lack slaves, because there are no specialized menial jobs for a slave to perform. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this misery Schindler had performed his magic. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Even sur- A Union army ambulance team practicing the gathering of woundedfrom a battlefield. geries were performed at the patient’s home. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Every day it seemed increasingly stupid to me that I’d be performing in a talent show for this terrible school, but I figured we’d just see it through. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then again, I never imagined I would save the Old West, perform for an audience in the desert, and solve a mystery. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And not just that, the subjects who performed better at the game had greater increases in dopamine. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She clutches her hand, performing an agonized dance while I blink, fighting to stay awake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Now that he was dead, they marked his passage to another plane in impersonal and almost tribal fashion—chanting, weaving mandalas, beating on drums, performing their own inscrutable and mysterious rites. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The New York Times subsequently reported that the two had performed well in class, but remained far on the outskirts of the social scene. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nowhere else in Europe and at no other time in European history has so much opera been performed as in Italy between 1815 and i860. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We were in Manila for two days, a question of fresh feed, new cargo and, we were told, the performing of routine maintenance work on the engines. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a simple way of discovering the last spell a wand performed, elf, did you know that?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Burdened with a number of small unmanageable packages and unabashed public adulation, he felt obliged to perform. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, because improvising music is far more complex than imitating basic patterns, the latter is required in order to perform the former. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He studied music as a graduate student, performed professionally with orchestras and ensembles, composed music, and conducted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I do not understand. You—you have performed extraordinary magic with that wand.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure, there will be serious consequences for me if I don’t perform to Goddard’s liking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “They will certainly be unable to tell who performed the magic,” said Dumbledore, smiling slightly at the look of great indignation on Harry’s face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He had received the results of the endocrinological tests performed at Henry Ford Hospital, and so knew of my XY karyotype, my high plasma testosterone levels, and the absence in my blood of dihydrotestosterone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I could use you both! And the sooner the Improvement begins, the sooner you’ll begin your new life. What better motivation to perform well, eh?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, I’m trying to be. That’s what I want, to perform in a jazz band. It’s why I came here.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge had been uncomfortable throughout the morning, annoyed by the sensation that he had not performed well, had not conducted the proceedings adroitly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And so the philosophers turned their minds to other things; later, no one could even remember the year in which they had performed this experiment, and no one wrote about it at the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And that he, a boy, could perform miracles. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Tending to the dead was an act of ultimate kindness, and such things were meant to be performed in silence, for an audience who would never acknowledge it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "If you did that, then it is just about the greatest miracle a person has ever performed since the time of Jesus." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But that the hand had a reason for all of this, and that only the hand could perform miracles, or transform the sea into a desert ... or a man into the wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When male pilots flew over their air base and spotted the women’s underthings hanging out to dry—a big clue that this was a women’s regiment—they’d perform noisy aerobatics in celebration. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When the Gule Wamkulu weren’t performing, they traveled the forests and marshes looking for young boys to take back to the graveyards. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I wished I could perform a skin graft on Tinkerbell, but that would have meant cutting her into pieces. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z May had not had a crying jag since June performed her tomato-throwing fit, and we were all holding our breath. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was playing by then in a Biddy Basketball league that had games every weekend and apparently had already tamed his nerves around performing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I act in them sometimes, but the real pleasure for me now is giving roles to other actors, watching them perform, especially the young ones. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In the driveway, Ma had already performed the puja with the silver tray, just as she’d done before his trip to Insomnia Con. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Young students were accordingly expected to learn an instrument and perform music daily, alongside gymnastics. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "A thing of power. Something like this can perform wonders and miracles in the right hands. Watch." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They toured the southern states early in the year, performed at cities in the Midwest and Northeast during the spring and summer, and also had invitations from Canada and the West Coast. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Once Vonetta began performing the history, not even the threat of a whipping from Big Ma could stop her, especially with Ma Charles egging her on. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In contrast, proteins—diverse, chatty, versatile, capable of assuming Zelig-like shapes and performing Zelig-like functions—were infinitely more attractive as gene carriers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z August’s body was found and removed last night, and they’re performing an investigation. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Could there be something special about our location in the universe, as if the Milky Way had performed some inadvertent but offensive act in the social life of galaxies? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was quite common for any white person to call on any black person to perform a chore. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there, after performing a series of blood tests, that the doctor in charge of Bibi’s case, exasperated, concluded that a marriage would cure her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The bolls were swelling on the plants, performing their miraculous transformation from hard green pods into fluffy white spheres. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I jumped up immediately, remounted the bar, and performed a perfect Tkatchev on my next try. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On closer inspection, I saw she was performing repairs to a cushion. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The blows to her face had left one eye swollen shut and performed a gross injury to her temple. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He maneuvered the machine as delicately as a surgeon performing an operation. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And this time he asked all the students who had performed tonight to stand up again for another round of applause. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Day after day passed, and Edward was aware of time passing only because every morning he could hear Ernest performing his dawn ritual, cackling and crowing about being king of the world. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Yes, it’s difficult to ascertain whether he is trying to arouse her or perform a breast exam.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z As a bonus following her Carnegie Hall retirement, Anderson performed that summer with her twenty-eight-year-old nephew James DePreist, who had been asked to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra at Robin Hood Dell, Philadelphia’s outdoor amphitheater. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Blaise Pascal was enthralled, and started performing experiments of his own, using water, wine, and other fluids. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In less than a minute they found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppins’s unpacking being performed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Then other instruments, notably sax, trombone and trumpet, perform similarly athletic interludes atop the structure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z An early experiment to answer this question was performed by Christiaan Huygens, very much in the Ionian tradition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What material would perform best as a tamper? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t tell him how I never wanted to work in any of those offices, or that I’ve also dreamt of performing on a stage I’ve built. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I felt shy about it, like I needed to prepare before I performed for him—if I ever would perform for him. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The kids in the Apollo cabin, who were the best healers, had been working overtime performing first aid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Once again, no thorough toxicology exam was performed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Surely, one of my faithful Death Eaters would try and find me . . . one of them would come and perform the magic I could not, to restore me to a body . . . but I waited in vain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A medic performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate attempt to save the life of a seriously wounded fellow medic, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z An ostinato can be performed using body percussion, instruments or with the voice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The tent full of people on raised circular platforms, performing tricks with bright white fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform and surely He has a special purpose for Mikey, fits and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Yet once the sixty-inch shook off its quirks in the spring of 1939, it began to perform as spectacularly as its designers expected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He clung to her shoulder, balancing easily, while she performed the routine evening chores that awaited her. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d done this for my mother and sisters countless times but never performed such an intimate task on a stranger. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z What Brunelleschi had discovered was not the vanishing-point or the distance-point construction; he had not engaged in elaborate measurements or sophisticated geometrical constructions, even if he had the competence to perform them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Woodward helped to perform the autopsy on Lincoln's body at the White House on the day of his death. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Four men, including the one in the janitor uniform and another with only one leg, performed the roles of soldiers and carried real spears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Vetch had been three years at the School, and soon would be made sorcerer; he thought no more of performing the lesser arts of magic than a bird thinks of flying. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I was the last gymnast to perform, and though I didn’t know it at the time, I only needed 13.833 to win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her tours of the United States and Canada alone took her to more than 600 cities, where she performed to over 6 million listeners in more than 1500 auditoriums. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The foremen would sometimes beat him and other workers who performed poorly, but not seriously and never to death. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He watched with the assurance of a parent who is in the audience watching his daughter perform. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “This is fiction, Ophelia, not a true history. Often we love to read of deeds and desires we would not dare to perform ourselves. That is the pleasure of a tale like this.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It’s a week before opening night, and we’re performing Oliver! twice in full costume during the school day: freshmen and seniors in the morning, and juniors and sophomores in the afternoon. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Following work performed in Germany by others, he discovered that the bacterium came in two strains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z By the next morning, Fina has decided that the figure we saw was not a vampire but was, in fact, a cult leader about to perform a satanic ritual, possibly involving human sacrifice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He was the headliner, performing after six other gifted young pianists. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z A good white farmer promised freedom and a piece of bottom land to his slave if he would perform some very difficult chores. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes new recruits were punished for something they didn’t do well enough, or someone in their platoon didn’t do well enough: cleaning their boots, pitching a tent, performing in drill competitions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Only the ruffled hem of her dress and her white boots give any indication that she is the same girl who was performing in the same spot moments ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At my first recital, held just a few weeks after I joined the JO program, we were supposed to perform basic conditioning exercises. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Some thirty universities were performing nuclear physics research on navy contracts, which in some cases accounted for 90 percent of their research budgets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But because the act had already been performed the courts held that the petition for an injunction was “moot.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The only way to lose that preferred standing, of course, was by not performing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From the very first time she performed the ritual, she had known that the connection between the two of them was different than what she felt with the others. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So he changed into a swimsuit and sat for a moment in a metal chair beside the pool, watching his healthy kids perform. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to seem like someone destined to perform as the Peacock in The Nutcracker. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and concentrated while the children, inexhaustible in their willingness to repeat a rhythmic, rhyming action game, performed the round over and over again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Accents are usually performed by making the accented note, or the beginning of the accented note, louder than the rest of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He didn’t know, couldn’t know, how he or his people would perform in a chaotic situation involving intense fear of an unpleasant death. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two girls jumped up and tried to remember a routine they’d performed years earlier, doing the moves right there on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I just managed to get one foot hooked on the spoke of a wheel as we performed a series of world-class corkscrews. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When are you to be married, and where, and who is to perform the ceremony, and what are you to wear, and is it to be a public or a private wedding? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t be. My dad says that men performing in non- traditional gender roles is good for feminism. He says it’s important, as an artist, to be in touch with his feminine side.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z We were asked to perform it two more times. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z At Nationals, I was also vault champion, after once again performing a strong Amanar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Indeed, armed with microscopes, cell biologists had become accustomed to a cellular world in which visible structures performed identifiable functions within cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had be come frustrated watching his boyhood chum collect accolades and public acclaim for his marvelous engineering while complacently performing atrocious physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Then we will perform ‘A Song of Peace’ together.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Alexander Robinson, the man who led the choir, recognized the youngster’s musical gifts and her eagerness to learn and to perform. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z "Is there any other service I might perform?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mooncalves perform complicated dances on their hind legs in isolated areas in the moonlight. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My well-trained muscles and bones were speaking to me, ordering me to perform. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She began to slip them one by one through her fingers, exactly as her father had done, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather, performing a family legacy of precise, codified, thorough worrying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Watching it rise, I performed a mental ritual: Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star; One of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I mentally sang my melody while performing my other duties. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Doctors performed the operation while he was in the incubation period after his exposure to Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had performed two rather substantial pieces of sympathy in quick succession and was feeling rather thickheaded because of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some young people took up the weapons abandoned by the guards and performed sentry duty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Confidence in experimental knowledge thus requires the natural/artificial distinction to be undermined and replaced by the conviction that by performing procedures that correspond to natural processes I can have true knowledge of those processes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Others in the barracks were performing the same slow unfolding. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know! You’ve got stage fright. I know all about stage fright. My uncle Bill says my dad has terrible stage fright and that’s why he lets other people get rich performing his songs.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Besides, Nott did not perform any experiments to prove his theory. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For three days he teased her as he used to do, and pulled her hair, and performed dirty Karaghiozis puppet shows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was confident, but the day before, we held a mock debate in which the journalist Allister Sparks ably performed as Mr. de Klerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night there was some kind of performance, including classical concerts performed by instrumental students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Our heads were filled with rules and anecdotes, but we lacked any real knowledge of how to perform the job that was ours as of today. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Such experiments were first performed in the early 1950’s by Stanley Miller, then a graduate student of the chemist Harold Urey. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, I bet we aren’t the only kids who wanted to perform at the talent show but got left out because Principal Rivera didn’t like what they did,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Special relativity, fully worked out by Einstein in his middle twenties, is supported by every experiment performed to check it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Save your japes for this evening, when you perform for our noble master. If you please him, you will be well rewarded. If not...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Darcy smiled and said, “You are perfectly right. You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you can think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Sourmelina, legs bandaged, lay back in her boudoir as Desdemona performed the first of the many prognostications that would end with me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hence a “dead” image lost its potency after the killing ritual had been performed and could be disregarded when the spell had to be renewed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Still other soil microbes perform various oxidations and reductions by which minerals such as iron, manganese, and sulfur are transformed and made available to plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Many international artists, most of whom I never knew, were performing and the event was to be televised worldwide. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like she performed some sort of southern reverse psychology that Genie had never witnessed before. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z All she knew was what she saw me perform in competition. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That’s fast, and you were able to perform that experiment quickly because you were able to concentrate on the task and block out distractions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He'd performed the ceremonies and rituals perfectly, according to Big Harm. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “About the history of the theatre . . . and the actors who performed here. Do you know anything about that?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Truman Drama will not perform for another three days.The kids attend workshops and scholarship auditions, watch the performances of other high schools, and go to dances at night. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Whenever I correctly performed seven actions or recited seven lines of dialogue in a row, the game would award me a “Cue Card Power-Up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In view of these limitations, and knowing Father's esteem for conciseness, I have listed here the revised round of duties he will from now on be expected to perform.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Let’s remember our duty and perform it without complaint. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In its many rooms, the men read their odes, or played the violin, or performed their philosophical exercises. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ten minutes left—time enough for Leon to perform, to play one of his games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One school choir's excitement about performing for immigrant children in Packingtown evaporated when the singers were pelted with stones by some neighborhood toughs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For his part, Norman Mackworth had been born in India, the son of a British eye surgeon who performed cataract surgery for locals. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She watched big scarecrow fingers perform the intricate business of pushing pearl buttons through holes too small for them, and she marveled at the power in Calpurnia’s hands. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Getting to perform there is a really big deal. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z After Governor Baldwin watched the lion perform, he was taken to Main Street and fed 25 pounds of raw meat in front of the Cross Keys Theater. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The hen had not performed a single grandmotherly action all morning. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z By the time they had their first burst of success in 1964, in fact, they had performed live an estimated twelve hundred times. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Another boy performs a cut from a Paul Rudnick play that is dead-on hilarious, but marred just a bit by one mispronounced cultural reference. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d perform Dhuhr early, as he often did when school was in session, then get in line after he was done. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The dining room gets quieter and quieter as the tributes file out to go perform. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The old man performed his usual adjustment of spectacles and peered at the paper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Samantha convinces Dylan to perform a duet with her, which just gives me all sorts of anxiety because Arthur is probably going to want to do the same, right? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z This will reduce the anxiety of having to perform an 8-beat improvisation in front of the group. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “And as the Irish team performs a lap of honor, flanked by their mascots, the Quidditch World Cup itself is brought into the Top Box!” roared Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The doctor who performs the extractions tells him he’s smoking too much and eating too little. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He paid the girl and then could not perform. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z People who performed great acts of physical, moral, or spiritual courage, often risking their lives or livelihoods. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the notion that much information is unreliable and needs to be tested, and yet he seems incapable of performing sensible tests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Auk XII, on the pad, was built to the design we had more or less standardized, but how it would perform loaded with melted rocket candy was a complete unknown. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z An athlete boasts that in Rhodes he performed the most astonishing jump and claims he can produce eyewitnesses to testify to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was major surgery: a type of operation hardly ever performed anywhere in the world, let alone a nation as small as Australia. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Once the lawyer had performed all the right rituals and pronounced all the necessary spells and oaths, millions of upright French citizens behaved as if the Peugeot company really existed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “They mean that Martin, carrying on through you, has a great task to perform.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “A pity. I once had a monkey who could perform all sorts of clever tricks. Your dwarf reminds me of him. Is he .a gift?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From his years performing on radio dramas, Welles understood that the actors’ voices and their words must be spellbinding. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Boveri’s hypothesis was corroborated by work performed by two other scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But there are some temples that a troupe will not pass by without performing in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day we were to perform the play, she was virtually in tears. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In Depression-era Europe, The Threepenny Opera clearly struck a chord: by the time Weill left Germany for the USA in 1933 it had been translated into eighteen languages and performed several thousand times. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I can perform the diagnosis meeting. If he’s diagnosed, who do you want to perform his N’daa?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “What did you say?” says the cab driver, or “Speak up,” so I have to perform again, only weaker the second time. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z An abacus is a physical tool for performing mental work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But I am confident - as I was then - that the sorts of elaborate and mysterious processes performed by someone like Mr Jack Neighbours had little or no discernible effect on the end result. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In the winter of 1952, a visiting committee had been appointed to review the work being performed at King’s College. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t even mind his coming back and shouting restrictions at me and making me perform rituals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “All three of you want to perform in front of the school?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The employees clapped and cheered as the girls came through, and it was almost like walking up the aisles of the hotel ballrooms where most of the girls had performed in various pageants. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Since Christmas vacation, Miss Riley had stopped standing during class, teaching instead from her chair behind her desk and asking one of us boys to come up and perform her experiments. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He must not be asked to perform tasks in any area where an error might jeopardize the success of our forthcoming conference.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z God forbid that we falter or recoil from performing our solemn duty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hall then took the bomb core back to his cabin, hung it up again, and performed more tests. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Meggie that he was watching the whole scene as if it were a play performed especially for him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every gymnast had to perform the same routine, which was set by the US AG and showcased all the skills you had to master for each level. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This one told her to perform headstands, that one to chant Vedic verses at specified intervals throughout the day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The best way of communicating the experimental philosophy was through making it possible for people to see experiments performed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, Sparrow, I’m not going to ask you to perform, I’m not that much of a monster.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z If I had any money left I’d light a candle to St. Francis and ask him if there’s any chance God could be persuaded to perform a miracle on my shoulders. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At one end of the table, a woman with short red hair and cat’s-eye glasses is talking about a Brecht play she’d once acted in in San Francisco, performed fully in the nude. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now each group will perform alone. No talking when you’re not playing. Be respectful and listen.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Rowan knew he wasn’t officially performing the gleaning, but to be an intermediary...the thought was debilitating. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z No amount of searching for aspirin powder or performing other menial tasks is going to be enough to distract me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I could probably have nailed one corner of it into the floor and disappeared within, performing all of Fiddler on the Roof as if under a summer stock tent. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Fig performed his interpretation of a disappearing act—crouching perfectly still. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Harry strode off through the heather, walking in a large circle with the distraught Hermione at its center, casting the spells she usually performed to ensure their protection. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Royal Society, after years of decline, in which it was short of funds and performing few experiments, was showing signs of a new enthusiasm for experimental science, but Papin did not benefit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even the woman who performed the last offices for the dead remarked to me, in a confidential, brother-professional way, when she had come out from the death-chamber:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Many wonderful and incredible things were reported about him; he had performed wonders, had conquered the devil, had spoken with the gods. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z During one ten-month period she gave 123 concerts in fifteen different countries, performing a repertoire that included over two hundred songs and arias in German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, and other languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They would have to perform under immense psychological pressure on the most prominent stage in the sport, in full view of the whole world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bliss asked Surgeon General of the Navy Philip Wales to perform the exam. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Two of them made a number of visits but spent more time performing autopsies on dead bodies than ministering to the sick. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Parker has thrown open the big double doors, and I look into the gym, where we will perform. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Much of America in the 1920s did not open its arms to a black singer performing the classics. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Too tight to perform any kind of trick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The most you can do is pray for God to perform a miracle and save at least some of them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She finally got out of the house again that night by performing an elaborate ritual about having to go to the library. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She’d been counting on Celia—who loved performing and attention and everything that made people exceptional at talent shows—to do the dance. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “As I already explained,” he says, “when we began our work, there were only a few Deltas still living. Before the Deltas, the Gammas performed those duties for the Collective.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For the minutes it took Lazlo to perform this feat, he was focused on it wholly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The opening phrase has to be attached to whoever or whatever is performing the action. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Students respond one measure later while continually absorbing the pattern currently being performed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Who exactly they were, or what service they performed, I couldn’t tell. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The pathologist subsequently performed an autopsy at the Department of Forensic Sciences laboratory in Mobile. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He instructs Felicia to perform a rubbing ritual to cleanse herself of negative influences. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well I mind, okay? I mind. I have no idea why you'd think I’d want to perform in front of the whole school. I hate this school.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z First, it was well known that working with scale models could often be misleading, because full-size machines often performed quite differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I went and performed a song from my tribe in my native language. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She learns surveillance techniques, performs backflips, and masters the removal of handcuffs and straitjackets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Fairly so. I performed a few brain surgeries that won me some small attention." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A further operation had been performed on him at the Emperor’s command that had had a distinctly calming effect. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In competition, we always performed the skills we’d practiced and mastered in the gym, because as any gymnast can tell you, there’s a fine line between being courageous and ending up with a major injury. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Once you had both keys, you needed to perform a complicated sequence of turns and rotations to open the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I knew the boys who tended the llama herd would be performing their own special ceremonies and customs in the days that followed to ensure the safety and fortune of our village’s animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “These were guys who had performed in the old environment at Korean Air for as much as fifteen to eighteen years,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Helping one another in their daily chores as they walk the path of life together, each performing her appointed task. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Neville performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “We can only do a few shows a night, and all we need are the kittens and hoops and strings and things. Anyone who doesn’t really need a tent performs wherever there’s room.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When the CD finished playing, I searched online for videos of Lola performing. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Instead, I spent most of my time in Base Camp brooding about how I’d perform higher on the mountain, especially in the so-called Death Zone above 25,000 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I had hoped that the group might stay together forever, but within ten minutes it was all over, finished, with each of us vowing to perform only our own work. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Originally, these plays had been performed in the Middle School auditorium. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This wasn’t how a senior on the national team was supposed to perform. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She performed as a soloist with many of the nation’s leading orchestras and became immensely popular with radio audiences, appearing regularly on The Bell Telephone Hour, a classical program broadcast weekly over the NBC network. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A poem and a magic trick performed by two hateful groupies just ain’t worth my time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It is appropriate to introduce a few concepts when performing songs and games with children, and also to experiment with these concepts, such as changing tempos and dynamics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps the woman was a spirit person and had come here to perform rituals with her fellow ogbanje. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d watched him sketch those blueprints, watched him perform the calculations, altering this angle or lengthening that beam. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dumbledore had wordlessly immobilized Harry, and the second he had taken to perform the spell had cost him the chance of defending himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The brunette from earlier, Becky, is called to the stage and she performs Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Anything that would require her to not perform. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A makeshift stage was set up at the south end of the basketball court, closest to the boys’ locker room, where we dressed and waited to perform. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The neuropsychologist James W. Prescott has performed a startling cross-cultural statistical analysis of 400 preindustrial societies and found that cultures that lavish physical affection on infants tend to be disinclined to violence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look George, Mr. Hoover and all of us know that you have performed a great service for our cause and we know that you did a courageous thing," Traynor said. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Some of the work was also performed at Woods Hole, where Morgan would move his lab every summer. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Whenever I flubbed a line or didn’t perform an action at the right moment, my score decreased and a warning flashed on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When Emma returned to her seat, I turned to her and said, “I don’t understand. You performed this for people?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mr. T had to do some explaining, and after a while we were let back inside, but Luke wasn’t performing any more experiments for us. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The first recorded experiment on air was performed by a physician' named Empedocles, who flourished around 450 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or a fist full of twenty dollar bills, and perform some magic trick and make it real. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a skill he had taught himself long ago, being unable to perform more vigorous work because of his bad leg. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Berti’s experiment had been performed in a public place, but there is no evidence that it attracted any attention. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I already knew how to do a basic six-step, which was exactly what it sounded like: it was a series of six steps performed on the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Kamara, the director of the center, gave a few remarks, and then boys started telling Bra Spider and monster stories and performing tribal dances. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I tell Feathers of each impossible task the king gave the prince to perform for his freedom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Roger Horchow, likewise, faxed all his friends about the restaurant his daughter took him to, performing the first step in creating a word-of-mouth epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had performed Farien the Fair a dozen times in the last month, and it had filled my young mind with intrigue and assassination. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They turn to each other and perform their rites. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Doctors often skipped the step of scrupulously washing their hands and fingernails with soap and water before treating a wound or performing surgery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, he wrote music for other people to perform. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He eventually regained his mobility, although the injury put an end to his ability to cut trees and perform difficult landscape work. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The company could not let her go on performing for long. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She performed at Armstrong before an integrated audience. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Bruce Springsteen wrote and performed a song in his honor called “41 Shots,” with the chorus “You can get killed just for living in your American skin.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps Mama was performing the preliminary protections now that Olanna was in London and would bury the medicine in the yard to keep it potent until Olanna came back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now there would be a question period, and before I would be allowed to have my dinner, I would be required to perform before this distinguished gathering. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet the greater part of the work of oxidation is performed in a theater far smaller, in tiny granules within the cell called mitochondria. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was hard work, though—Hatsue and her sisters would do a lot of it in their lives—stoop labor performed in the direct sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They noted that, as a talented actor, he had performed his part flawlessly. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Galileo, for example, despite performing exquisite experiments, never fully grasped the power of the experimental method, dismissing Gilbert’s work as not sufficiently philosophical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There were times when such scenes terrified me, but I have seen the ritual performed so many times that I now feel nothing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That David guy finishes his song and everyone applauds, and it’s not some faint applause either; you would think there’s a rock legend performing up there. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Barbarossa was enthroned in Ida's best armchair like a king forced to watch a bunch of mediocre actors perform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But man, who has but two legs, was never made to perform the service of four footed beasts. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The work she had done in hotels was play compared to the terrible labors she had performed as a slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A child can be the conductor of the piece, and set a tempo by slowly moving their finger along the “score” as other children perform their different parts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The TV musical The Cheetah Girls, about four girls in a band at a performing arts high school in New York City, had just come out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Empedocles performed his experiment with a household implement people had used for centuries, the so-called clepsydra or “water thief,” which was used as a kitchen ladle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The robe worn each year by the Singer when he performed the Ruin Song was richly embroidered. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As they waited their own turn to perform, he watched Yezzan and his guests. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To date there have been over twenty film adaptations and it is the second-most- performed opera of all time, after Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Does this mean they would all perform better on their reading tests? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “We’re equally curious, but it’s not knowledge we need to perform our job.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Openly, Bobby disparaged how he’d performed, but the Soviet chess establishment was dazzled by how he managed to place so high under such arduous conditions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On August 8, Dr. Agnew again performed surgery to open another exit for the pus. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A small minority of women supported themselves, some by performing traditionally male jobs. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Then Beatrice had performed an astounding feat— she’d lifted his bicycle by the sprockets and chomped a hole in the rear tire, like she was biting into a pizza. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate knew precisely who I was and I know that if he had asked me rather than Paul, I would have simply performed the errand and forgotten about it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, on Tuesday, August 9, our team did exactly what we had been training for so many years to do: We performed almost flawless routines and won team gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When we performed with the American kids, audiences were wowed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Children now grow up spending much of their leisure time hearing music rather than performing or making it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Crossing the turnpike from the Texaco—a feat that, performed on foot, demands both speed and nerve—brings you to more substantial sources of sustenance, including a Pizza Hut and a Shop-n-Save. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood back, breathless from our exertions, compelled as always to wait and watch the dreadful Carleton while he performed the ritual of inspection. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z From 1646 Torricelli’s experiment was widely performed, even though mercury was expensive and it continued to be difficult to get sufficiently sturdy long tubes sealed at one end. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She gets nervous—like, about-to-faint nervous—but Auntie still makes her perform. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z With a walk-up, War Admiral would have the added edge of performing a start at which he was superb and experienced, while Seabiscuit would be trying it for the first time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Easter we had to perform at the New Brown Church, playing our instruments or reciting a story from the Bible for the entire church congregation. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Now when it’s performed, people expect the silence. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Thousands of others had come to D.C. to perform in the many other events being held in the days leading up to the inauguration, and tens of thousands more had come to watch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The first day, we’d watched the gymnastics team perform in an intramural exhibition meet, and then we’d attended a football game. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “You want to be careful, Blaise! I saw this young lady perform the most marvelous Bat-Bogey Hex as I was passing her carriage! I wouldn’t cross her!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Their mechanics took a record player with them as they moved from base to base; one of them, Sonya Tishurova, organized a group who performed national dances from different states in the USSR. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Listening to Ellen, a stranger would have almost believed that the marriage, which subsequent events would indicate had not even been mentioned between the young people and the parents, had been actually performed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Some song about how “Jesus will” plays on my mom’s phone in the kitchen, and she hums along, not knowing that Jesus will have to perform a miracle when it comes to Aunt Pooh. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For this show, the Mercury team would copy a familiar type of radio broadcast—a dance band performing in a ballroom. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Jessie had been heading backstage to wish her good luck before she performed when she overheard Jefferson Jamison talking to someone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Andeg did, however, perform a great service in the winter cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "But it can also be performed by a charlatan! A trickster! I bet that jongleur sleeping out in the barn could dazzle our eyes if we let him." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z If we got into the talent show, we would have to perform in front of the entire school, in front of parents, and in front of Selena. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Anyone with access to a compass and a clove of garlic could perform their own test, which is why the unmaking of the old ‘fact’ was so important. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They divided the food preparation into separate tasks performed by different workers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z He preferred not to perform in large concert halls, as was increasingly the vogue, but rather in small salons and private homes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My love for Mike started when I saw a YouTube video of the first time he performed “Billie Jean.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But going into a containment zone to perform a necropsy on an animal that had died of an amplified unknown hot agent was something a little different. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And could I please be prepared to perform my same monologue for the team? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The boy is happy and performs very well in school. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Watching Burt perform a relatively simple forward one-and-a-half, the agent criticized: “Son, that was a sloppy tuck; you didn’t go into it tight enough.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To a greater or lesser degree, most members of the reporting team performed similar feats of tedious investigation before finding characters who would personify the statistical trends. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What is in fact performed and heard is a more lilting version of this rhythm, the lilt produced by a subtle reapportioning of the beats. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If Rocinante has been neglected in this account, it is because she performed perfectly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the doughnut toss and the march of the headless plush toys. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was ridiculous to think he could perform sorcery, Farmer said, but almost every Haitian believed in its powers because their culture had evolved in the absence of effective medicine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Boys who hung about and eavesdropped on the men’s conversations would be called upon to perform certain tasks—slaughter chickens behind the cooking huts, chop firewood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He hated allocating jobs, he wished he never had to depend on other people to perform some of the services necessary in his work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For my science project, I’m going to make a model of the moon’s surface and perform an experiment to infer how the moon’s impact craters were formed. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z For the first part of the audition, everyone has to perform their talent. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “If you can perform the miracle of flying, Uncle can perform the miracle of making a loan without any interest due on it.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, those who performed experiments ceased to be lonely and isolated individuals; they became members of an experimental network. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He remembers hearing about Truman’s drama director as far back as seventh grade, when he started performing in middle school shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The tourists got to see what they wanted; from the grandstand at the Ceremonial grounds they watched the dancers perform, and they watched Indian cowboys ride bucking horses and Brahma bulls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A cursory mental examination, performed on April 1, 1920, by two doctors, classified her as “feebleminded.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z You could tell that Great Meadow was tighter than Sing Sing; every time this nervous inmate addressed me, even as I was performing the strip-frisk, he called me sir. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite in its complexity. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The chief ceremony of their day is performed at twilight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A sickly peasant who was healed by magic and went on to perform the greatest of deeds. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “You were performing the very important job of staying out of our way,” says Christina, beaming. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The captains would then look the rest of us over, using their obvious years of sporting experience, training, coaching, and performing at the highest levels of athletic competition. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The regularity of their number system also means that Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “He is untiringly active. Great and exalted deeds are what he lives to perform.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Less than two hours after Guiteau died, an autopsy was performed on his body at the jail by Dr. Daniel Lamb, who had also done the postmortem on James Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Surviving organs and other instruments from Bach’s time indicate that the average pitch was lower then than it is today, so his music is mostly performed at A = 415 Hz. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Most of our recruits were ANC members who were active in the local branches, but we found that once they were working for MK, they stopped doing the local work they had been performing before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually sages did not perform funerary rites; that responsibility typically fell to village greenwitches or, in the cities, to specialists. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just as Mig’s inability to perform any job well had its consequences. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The horse performed better, but he still wasn’t working hard enough to get himself fit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure Posada would be proud of our students who are performing today,” Principal Rivera concluded, “most of them representing Mexican culture. Please give them your undivided attention and enjoy today’s show.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In other words, it’s one of the hardest vaults in the world—and I had never performed it in competition. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And they perform them with a greater sense of control. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Bongo leaned close to the glass and performed her very best fire engine siren. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The union journal reported that seventy-four union men attended the ceremony, which was performed “with the honor and respect that is due to every member” of the union. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He wasn’t inconsolable; he was sick with forbidden magic and unable to perform all the Uncle’s duties because he wasn’t as strong as him. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I only performed in a few dramas, but I had one memorable role: that of Creon, the king of Thebes, in Sophocles’ Antigone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Do books perform some kind of magical osmosis on a child’s brain? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It’s said that they could perform seemingly impossible feats. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z You’re armed with gadgets, thin shards of metal that perform outrageous feats of technology and assault. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The rich merchant and his wife wished to take her back with them to Salisbury to care for their son and mayhap perform more miracles; he spoke temptingly of new shoes and a shrine. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mirror neurons fire both when one performs an action and when one sees another person performing that action. They allow us to imitate behavior.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Many months would pass, and countless surgeries on his heart and lungs would be performed, before Shawn and Emily would bring home the little twig of flesh that I was told was my nephew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Luckily for mankind, he suggested, the cyclotron had been painstakingly developed to the point that it could perform that service. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dog Breath had a ritual of his own to perform, but then, suddenly, the ball was coming her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z From this point onwards Rack 9 was enclosed and the bottles performed the remainder of their journey in a kind of tunnel, interrupted here and there by openings two or three metres wide. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a ritual all the local Japanese mothers performed the day before they sent their daughters off to school for the first time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Johnny saw Katie coming along and stopped performing and grinned at her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the beginning I was almost like an automaton, thought- lessly performing the actions that would keep me alive. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With the confidence born of a conviction of superiority, they performed well at schools. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The duty of performing an execution, which hadn’t occurred in the county for a decade, fell to the sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He could not think of an argument against it; after all, McLaggen had certainly performed second-best in the trials. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I had been equipped by the organization with a demonstrator’s tools and I spent part of each day testing the soil and performing experiments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “In our history, they have only performed it for one other human, and that was Sandwich.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Animals seem to have an instinct for performing death alone, hidden. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because agricultural fields are less diverse than natural ecosystems, they cannot perform all their functions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But it’s hard to concentrate in the lunchroom with the girls’ step team practicing in one corner, a rap group performing in the other, and Vondie and JB waxing poetic about love and basketball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “By the way—I’m really excited to see you guys perform in the talent show. Congratulations.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Nothing about the natural world, at first glance, suggests the existence of a gene; indeed, you have to perform rather bizarre experimental contortions to uncover the idea of discrete particles of inheritance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He had never administered anesthesia or performed a surgical operation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to serve his father, to give him some great gift, to perform some huge good task in honor of his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Donald Kilgore with the Lovelace Foundation reported that the women performed well and complained far less than the men did. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She toured the country from coast to coast, performing with some of the great singers, musicians, and conductors of the day. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “We could perform a play, do a group dance, or recite poetry. Or if anyone has a special talent to display, you can do that too.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The original conspirators still gather for dinner occasionally, particularly when the circus is performing nearby, but this has become more and more infrequent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z During the trial period, boys and girls demonstrated their physical fitness: They ran races, threw baseballs, swam, and performed gymnastics stunts. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After the first, preliminary steps of oxidation have been performed in the cytoplasm the fuel molecule is taken into the mitochondria. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll need to perform a complete psychological assessment. Once I have the necessary information, then we can discuss in detail the proper course of treatment.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bred for hostility, they traveled from town to town performing what was called "the traditional vachette program." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Seeing abstract images and performing them either on voice or instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My father’s tribal rule had as its fulcrum the constant performing of rituals spanning the range of day-to-day living. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She has performed a kind of emergency triage, banishing the infected to save the well. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Nyla sits on a stool next to the pod and slips on gloves like she’s a dental hygienist about to perform a cleaning. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mother had waited in Dr. Burton’s ante-room while the tonsillectomy was being performed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "State religion and imperial ideology,” Kolata argued, "performed much the same work as military conquest, but at significantly lower cost.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All told, they performed for 270 nights in just over a year and a half. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In fact, both pieces are still among the most performed of all nineteenth-century favourites, in a dauntingly strong field. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They seemed particularly concerned, for religious reasons, with preventing the state from performing an autopsy on their son's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z No one knew what was important in a medical history, so the doctors performed every test possible. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “And do you know some musicians wear special earbuds when they perform?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Listen to me playing “The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard,” because now there was no question as to what I would be performing tonight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We can try to find our cousin of a cousin, Jorge, who often has a couple of joints and knows a voodoo priest who will tell us our futures after performing a scary animal sacrifice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When Dad made a motion study, he broke down each operation into a Therblig, and then tried to reduce the time taken to perform each Therblig. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s what they call someone who replaces an actor if he can’t perform for some reason,” answered Mom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z At age thirty-nine he’d already invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together, and had used it to perform the first coronary bypass and develop methods for transplanting organs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It is not the full tea ceremony that she has performed on several occasions over the years, but as Tsukiko slowly prepares two bowls of green matcha, it is beautiful and calming nonetheless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As I sat eating my pizza, I tried to remember that I always performed better if I was just plain having fun. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He joined the glee club and relished the opportunity it gave him to sing and perform in plays and make music. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The experiment he describes cannot be performed in Cambridge at the beginning of the year: it requires the sun to reach an elevation of 40 degrees above the horizon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Listen closely. We’re going to tell the guard to perform the next test now.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z However, in reality, women and girls like Maria often learned—and performed—much of the work required of their family businesses in addition to their household duties. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Will you be here tomorrow? My father has asked me to perform an Ayorthaian song.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They were gathered around the blanket now, watching Fremantle perform, and everyone was laughing except the Prussian, Scheiber, a stocky man in a stained white suit, who was annoyed that no one could speak German. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen them perform at several school dances. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z |
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