| 单词 | politics |
| 例句 | “He has a childlike faith in the integrity of civil servants and he seems to think Congress corresponds to their aristocracy. No understanding of American politics a-tall.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It is the emblematic photograph of Ernest Lawrence and Robert Oppenheimer together in the full bloom of their friendship, long before their personal relations became soured by rivalry, suspicion, and politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Some enterprising young men saw a future in politics. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But with the weight of age and politics, Tres Marias, like many other things that had once seemed essential, had ceased to interest him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A few others are tapped for politics and Congress, and some are chosen to stay behind and teach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Barack’s team would quietly reinforce the point, urging us to be more mindful of the politics, making me feel guilty and selfish for having stolen a rare moment out and alone with my husband. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Literature and politics, science and religion did not bore him—they simply had no place in his world, and nor did any matter about which people seriously disagreed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We argued that the king should be above politics, and that if he were included then every tribe in South Africa should be able to send their paramount chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if it’s because I’m going to meet his dad, or because of the politics of his parents’ owning this store. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The clear, if unspoken, message of Jefferson’s letter was that this admirable posture was no longer possible in American politics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In love, unlike politics, caution is not usually a virtue. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten years has done little to change that. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But he was intent on keeping politics out of the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know that politics would suit me, sir,” he said when the laughter had died away. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Every business, professional and civic leader is also a leader in politics. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes it split along Mormon and non-Mormon lines. We talked about politics. He encouraged me to read Catch-22, and it’s my favorite single book.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My mission was to persuade Daliwonga — a man destined to play a leading role in the politics of the Transkei — to oppose the imposition of the Bantu Authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The firm was a liberal one, but wanted me to concentrate on my work and forget politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an airplane they had to make four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They’re like a merry-go-round, turning from the Jews to food, from food to politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were also well aware that the opportunities routinely granted to white citizens—to rise in business and politics—were still being denied them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z We regarded it as our duty to keep ourselves current on the politics of the country, and we fought long and hard for the right to have newspapers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding themselves quite in agreement about politics, however, they soon found such conversation boring and decided to drop the subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Our commerce, our politics, our cultural and social lives are all rhetorical to an extraordinary extent. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The AEC personnel board hearings foreshadowed a conflict over security and politics that would have a historic impact on the Berkeley campus and the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Inkatha rejected participation in the election and gave itself over to the politics of resistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mesmerized by the politics of open source, I’d started writing for the site for free. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm wondering why science is a better discussion topic than politics, but I don’t say anything because that would be entirely too cheeky. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Never in the history of politics has there been such a nefarious lobby as labored to block the ratification in Nashville,” she wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Its racial problems are complicated, spilling over into matters of class, history, politics, even education. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My encounters with whites in the movies had revealed none of the politics of the country. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the word politics had a bit of a stain on it, but I would be different. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But as their careers and their politics began to pull them apart, something even more fundamental seemed to come between them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His reception in Manhattan was tepid; meanwhile, his supporters in Philadelphia had their minds on survival, not politics. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For one thing, I was someone who liked things to be neat and planned in advance, and from what I could tell, there seemed to be nothing especially neat about a life in politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had sudden insight that maybe Dad and I could talk politics, even if no other subject worked for us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Foucauldian politics is the opposite of this: optimism of the intellect, pessimism of the will. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, there was the larger question of politics. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I'm going to go into politics.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In politics, no matter how much one plans, circumstances often dictate events. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z You have a mind for the priesthood, my boy, or politics. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the opinion of us all, this revered gentleman has great insight into politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Whenever my parents talked about bombings or death or sex or politics, they routinely, without fail, asked us children to leave the room. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You think I got a chance in politics after going supernova in every paper in the world?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The conversation turned to politics after that, which was all anybody had been talking about lately. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Or why there’s a k in politicking when there isn’t one in politics'? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The name explicitly challenges a politics that affords inclusion and acceptance for a few but guarantees exclusion for many. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We’d already spent hours yakking into the night about computers, politics, education. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mighty dull talk it was, too; almost all of it politics, and London politics at that, nothing exciting about Tartars. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Of course, there are many different opinions on this topic, and it’s not surprising to hear it frequently discussed in times of war, but...arguing so much about politics is just plain stupid! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Very true. That’s the thing about politics, you get one shot.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The salad had just been served when she began to discuss politics with a guest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A man with an eye for the good ground, already badly wounded and not long to live, weary of stupidity and politics and bloody military greed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus: for some time now, in the living room where the men discussed politics, they had also been discussing the velocity of sperm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wits opened a new world to me, a world of ideas and political beliefs and debates, a world where people were passionate about politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Minerva’s voice has the steely sureness it gets whenever she talks politics. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Morris was simply bringing to the world of politics the very same notions that guide the business world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z These editorials linked C.P. to the world of racial politics and gave him hope that the battle for the soul of the South—and for his own soul—was not yet lost. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Southern Pacific Railroad, headed by the wild energy of Leland Stanford, had begun to dominate the Pacific Coast not only in transportation but in politics. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was the Machiavelli of Ohio politics, the classic behind-the-scenes fixer, a shrewd and insightful judge of character or, at least, political opportunity. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Mom knows politics and history and English literature inside out, and Dad's a certified brainiac, so he knows tons. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer recognized that Lawrence’s politics had evolved to reflect those of the people who had become his patrons and friends, men like Alfred Loomis and Jack Neylan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She said, “Stick to your guns, Delphine. Women belong in politics just like men.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At least one long chapter on our life in hiding should be about politics, but I’ve been avoiding the subject, since it interests me so little. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He is both brilliant and problematical, and it is fair to say that his towering legacy has had more impact on the worlds of literature, philosophy and politics than, strictly speaking, on musical development. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He draws a blade, clearly no longer interested in playing politics. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Little by little the neighborhood’s petty street politics became less important. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He soon aspired to construct a new science of morality and politics on geometrical principles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One Jewish friend of his father’s, Mr. Poncz, a rotund man who was normally cheerful and full of jokes, always got agitated when talking politics. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Masters of power politics, engineers of genius, the Mexica were also upstarts and pretenders, arrivistes who falsely claimed a brilliant line of descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Here’s how it works: I start talking about politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There is in our time much Ionian science, although not in politics and religion, and a fair amount of courageous free inquiry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The subjects often revolved around politics, ideas, and cultural issues. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He talked a good deal on various topics, a litde politics, some city news and neighborhood gossip. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the drinks too strong—which she liked too well; and I brought up politics—which she all but hated—too early in the evening. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With the assistance of two servants, Stanton devoted herself to raising her children and running the household while Henry began a career in antislavery politics. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Stassen had been labeled the “boy wonder” of Republican politics after his 1938 election as governor of Minnesota at the age of thirty-one. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had little in common with any of them, but he always attended their gatherings, to eat spiced chickpeas and shrimp cutlets, and gossip and discuss politics, for he seldom had other plans. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z To get citizenship, my parents and siblings had to study a list of facts about American history, presidents, and politics, and then take a test. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what it was, exactly, and I certainly didn’t understand the politics, but I felt a pull to the weighty world of the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was excited to be a part of politics in America, to have a voice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her Yankee Doodle bakeries have become gathering places for these shady Cuban extremists who come all the way from New Jersey and the Bronx to talk their dinosaur politics and drink her killer espressos. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If the very idea of virtue was no longer an ideal in American politics, then there was no place for him in public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If a man can come to a conference of this nature and play the type of politics he has played — very few people would like to deal with such a man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one wanted to see children go hungry, no matter what their politics. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Women don’t know anything about politics,” said Johnny, lighting up Mattie’s cigar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But we need to acknowledge the existence of extended, patchy revolutions if we want to turn aside from politics and understand large-scale economic, social, intellectual and technological change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tried to convince my grandfather to go into politics, as he hoped to, and change the world through that means. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The men had little commerce with local people, but being avid radio listeners they could report news and politics from all parts of the nation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the weeks rolled on, he experienced firsthand the cardinal principle of American politics in the 1790s: whoever went face-to-face against Washington was destined to lose. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They went to one of Reykjavik’s most expensive and elegant restaurants and were said to have a long conversation, mainly about politics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t, not caring much for politics or politicians. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Unhappy, alienated, isolated lads are legion in schools, and voiceless in media, education, and politics. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked the printing presses at the Idisher Kuryer, which rarely delved into politics and spent its page space kvetching about community controversies. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your body, it somehow must be your fault. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z From obsessive reading online, the politics, history, and geography of the two Koreas, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States would all become familiar. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was a strategy designed to remove the individual from the struggle, allowing him to live a narrowly defined life outside of politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m good on Dickens, cooking, current events, politics...let’s see, oh, and cats.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z By now we understood enough about politics and polling to take nothing for granted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He knew how government worked, how vicious politics was, and how people with special interests tried to influence and manipulate lawmakers with words or favors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As a result, the Democratic New Deal coalition evolved into an alliance of urban ethnic groups and the white South that dominated electoral politics from 1932 to the early 1960s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In effect, the leadership of the revolutionary generation lacked a vocabulary adequate to describe the politics they were inventing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But the axis had shifted: I was now trying to balance parenting with something altogether different and more confusing—politics, America, Barack’s quest to do something important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After your father came back from college in the States, Mami explained, he got so busy working and raising his own family that he didn’t pay much attention to politics. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In the 1968 election, race eclipsed class as the organizing principle of American politics, and by 1972, attitudes on racial issues rather than socioeconomic status were the primary determinant of voters’ political self-identification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She was probably too young to understand grown-up politics, even though she might have heard her parents talking about the terrible war news. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Yet what really drove a wedge between Lawrence and Oppenheimer was politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason for this contradiction is found in the overlapping spheres of politics and that last American taboo: class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Their growing wealth and education help explain the new influence of evangelicals in American culture and politics. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had been carefully coached by his brother, who had experienced Ernests hostility to politics in the Lab firsthand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Except for Uncle Lew who was in politics, Potters are famous for not saying anything they don't mean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the team apparently never spoke with him, the monkey inspector, “was bad epidemiology but good politics,” he remarked to me. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From that moment on, he decided to forget about politics and discussion groups. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have been a suitable career for her, considering her penchant for intrigue, politics, and travel. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In those days, when mass communication for Africans was primitive or nonexistent, politics were parochial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked for a while about Mr. Paul’s children, the weather, and local politics, but nobody said anything about integration or the Citizens’ Councils. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Ted and I met in a politics of ecology class when he leaned over and offered to pay me two dollars for the last week’s notes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If true, this story deserves to rank alongside the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 as one of the landmark accommodations in American politics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For four months I attended lectures on geography and history and politics. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After a while, the talk turns to politics, which always happens with adult conversations these days. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “John is so sensible, I’m afraid he will think I’m stupid if I ask questions about politics and things.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Into politics, of which I have taken final leave....I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much happier.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This was street-level urban politics, conducted house by house, block by block, the work sweaty and inglorious. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was obvious to Ben that she was a lot more interested in the politics of homeroom than the muddled breastworks of state and local government. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We were nearing the lunchroom, and Ignacio slowed down, tugged on my arm, and whispered, “It’s all because of politics.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mostly he talked about “values,” the most important buzzword to be added to the lexicon of American politics in the 1988 election. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Is politics merely a pretext for shirking one’s responsibilities, an excuse for not being able to provide in the way one wanted? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Retiring from politics, he entered private law practice, which he pursued until his death in 1936. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But I now knew enough to understand that politics was never especially kind to families. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I became interested in politics in my U.S. history class during my junior year. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He looked but happened not to be athletic, being too busy with politics, arrangements, and offices. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z While at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, she heard a speech by Christabel Pankhurst, the British suffragette, and she was invited to participate in suffrage protests, but she didn’t jump into radical politics easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These matters are not merely academic, and there is a direct way in which the mass media’s predilection for dramatic reporting leads to extreme politics and even pseudoscience. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The question stopped Oppenheimer in his tracks, for, like every other habitue of the Rad Lab, he knew of Ernest’s ingrained suspicion of anything that smacked of politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By the time he graduated from Harvard with honors and the nickname “Teddy,” he surprised everyone again by going into politics. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z As happens in politics, new winds were already beginning to gather and blow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But less than half believed black people wanted to move into white neighborhoods, take over politics, and enroll in white schools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Alba was not interested in politics; she wanted only to talk about love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He's away more than he’s here. Off with my eldest boys in Islamabad. Chasing politics at his age. Can you imagine?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “He didn’t enjoy people. What I never understood is why he went into politics.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The missing piece of the puzzle, Ellsberg decided, was domestic politics. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I can't even wrap my mind around the politics of coming out to divorced parents. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Shortly afterward, we agreed among ourselves not to discuss politics with the prison board. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her interests were vague and varied, magazine publishing, fashion, politics, television; none of them had a firm shape. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And she didn’t want to get caught up in the petty politics of the streets. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z After we’d spent hours talking about politics over a traditional Bosnian meal, she wanted to take me shopping in Dublin and show off her adopted city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Is a word like couple or politics singular or plural—or can it be both? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z These days the prevailing fashion in politics was one of obsequious submissiveness to the religious authorities, and ultimately to Geneva. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I used to talk politics to the boys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This feature makes the politics of responsibility particularly tempting, as it appears the system can be avoided with good behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It made me love burrowing into psychology, into realistic and naturalistic fiction and art, into those whirlpools of politics that had the power to claim the whole of men’s souls. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Massasoit, if this interpretation is correct, was trying to incorporate the Pilgrims into the web of native politics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was in his clean striped overalls sitting there with his knees crossed and talking politics. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees talk politics, the monkeys talk religion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The dinner that followed was lively and cordial: Bobby showed Ilyumzhinov how Fischer Random was played, and he plied the president with questions about Russian politics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Many of these artists articulate a sharp critique of American politics and culture, and some reject the misogyny and violence preached by gangsta rappers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After all, Jaimito had stuck his neck out for a man whose politics he considered foolhardy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That seeming detail of plant geography had enormous implications for politics today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had developed a deep affection for Ann that was built on, but transcended, politics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Adams collaboration was the politics of the past. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He ever after recognized the importance in politics of being the man on the spot: “I took care to be seen in person every day.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Brahmins urged him to go to the nation’s capital to make his mark in politics. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mr Harry Smith smiled a little shyly, but went on: 'I'm not talking politics. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure that I could undertake no such thing, Mr. Quinn. You don’t seriously suggest that the Corporation take part in local politics.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was not the responsibility, or the pain, or the patients, or the politics, or the masses of information tumbling and reeling in her head like cars on a circus ride. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mainly, her politics consisted of studying and writing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They go swimming, yell over one another about politics, pass the guitar around again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Slavery was not an abstraction, an economic force, a counter in the game of world politics—it was the suffering of men and women. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Jack Neylan was concerned that the demands of Washington service would expose Berkeley’s faculty star to the no-win politics of the nation’s capital. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At dinner, Mom and Dad were talking about politics in the Middle East. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They had stereotypically different personalities, different worldviews, and even different politics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This can be seen in personal relationships, in commercial transactions, and of course in politics. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Plato, who believed that “all things are full of gods,” actually used the metaphor of slavery to connect his politics with his cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In politics, science, philosophy and literature this was the period of the Enlightenment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Pirow was a former minister of justice and of defense and a pillar of National Party politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The deviation from that line of politics on which we had been united has not made me less sensible of the rectitude of his heart: and I wished him to know this.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s concern, Frank recalled, was that politics might cause dissension and distraction on the laboratory floor—creating what he called “inhomogeneity” in the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Who says your work with us is in the realm of politics?” he says, throwing back his head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange how when I’m in the college cafeteria and hear the students arguing about history or politics or religion, it all seems so childish. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Kaede was between the prince and her middle brother, Tanis, who had recently returned from the South and only wished to discuss politics with the prince. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She believed that once I was back in the Transkei, in the bosom of my family, acting as counselor to Sabata, I would no longer miss politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "You got shelves and shelves of history books, Steve. Sociology. Race and politics. How come you still think racism's in the past?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Enough about politics, class! We have our own politics to take care of. We’re going to have to have an election today.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z No, she was tired of being a minor lady, waiting to be married off to the highest bidder, tired of petty politics and easily manipulated fools. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Like consumption patterns, class alignments in politics have become jumbled. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He thinks she’s wrong about him, mostly—he doesn’t necessarily believe he has to choose between politics and this thing with Henry yet, or that he’s moving too fast in his career. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Shin was to report back on everything Park said about his past, his politics, and his family. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I think they kind of like Martin, despite his family and his politics. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Lastly, I felt that a right more immediately deeper than that of politics or race was at stake; that is, a human right, the right of a man to think and feel honestly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Bands like Junk Yard, Rare Essence, E.U., and the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown, helped put DC on the map for more than just politics. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The main purpose of this homecoming seemed to be fighting over politics, but in between I visited old places. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His radical politics and left-wing activities in South Africa had made him persona non grata there and he was seeking political asylum in Ghana. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned about Margaret Thatcher and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel and the Cultural Revolution; I learned about parliamentary politics and electoral systems around the world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Throughout the first half of the 1790s, the closest approximation to a self-evident truth in American politics was George Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z New Orleans, his home, needs no speeches, no squabbling, and no politics. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So we spent hours talking about politics, looking at photos, and making predictions about what will happen when all the American soldiers leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Tired of pursuing her up and down the house, begging her with his eyes and drilling holes in the bathroom wall, he decided to devote himself to politics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I said that on the American racial level, we had to approach the black man’s struggle against the white man’s racism as a human problem, that we had to forget hypocritical politics and propaganda. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The hurly-burly of politics did not suit his temperament, which was only comfortable when ensconced on his mountaintop and redesigning his mansion at Monticello. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z African music is often about the aspirations of the African people, and it can ignite the political resolve of those who might otherwise be indifferent to politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite Howard Fuller’s personal commitment to confrontational politics, Operation Breakthrough was limited in many ways as an organization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Innocent, everyday people who had as much to do with politics as Liyana did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Bear with me, because the politics are more than a little complicated. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This would become one of my early, unwitting lessons about life in politics: Schedules and plans never seemed to stick. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She’d also been around politics enough to be unfazed by its intensity and pace. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had no conception of what saying yes to politics might mean for us later, once we’d added two children to the mix. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was glad now that he had convinced two other Klansmen to accompany him to the city council meeting on his maiden voyage into mainstream Durham politics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z White, working-class kids are as invisible in media and politics as the poorest toddlers in the worst slums. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain subjects, such as politics and military history, were prohibited. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The politics of the 1790s was a truly cacophonous affair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Often we talked about politics, the protests and the need for black solidarity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been responsible for major advances in astronomy, physics, biology, anthropology, economics and politics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Your life is influenced by the events and politics of your time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On the trolley ride out, they sat in the front seat and Johnny made friends with the motorman and they talked politics. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She drew strength from the older man’s steadfast support and intellectual nourishment from his commanding intelligence, which grappled with a wide range of issues, from anticolonial movements in Africa to presidential politics here at home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Numerous paths were available to our nation in the wake of the crack crisis, yet for reasons traceable largely to racial politics and fear mongering, we chose war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We had many arguments about this, and I patiently explained to her that politics was not a distraction but my lifework, that it was an essential and fundamental pan: of my being. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a dreamy, bookish girl, not inclined to politics and protest. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We are built differently, my husband and I, which is why one of us chose politics and the other did not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Stinney execution was horrific and heartbreaking, but it reflected the racial politics of the South more than the way children accused of crimes were generally treated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Colonel Dent and Mr. Eshton argue on politics; their wives listen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She loved her father, but she rejected his politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The politics of teenage grudges are very complex. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “If you’re going to get this excited about a door, I seriously doubt whether you’ll survive for long in the vicious arena of politics.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Steer clear of class; focus exclusively on race was the unwritten rule during this era dominated by Cold War politics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Citing Oppie’s habit of dabbling in politics, the Manhattan Project’s security apparatus, which was not yet entirely under Groves’s control, refused to clear him for war work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The fellow seemed to be talking some queer kind of politics again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Having grown up black and on the South Side, I had little faith in politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What is their form, biochemistry, neurobiology, history, politics, science, technology, art, music, religion, philosophy? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was maybe then that I felt a first flicker of resentment involving politics and Barack’s unshakable commitment to the work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They sat in the living room and drank beer and talked about politics. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They stuffed their pipes—except Baba always called it “fattening the pipe”—and discussed their favorite three topics: politics, business, soccer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Virchow viewed the world in a way that made sense to Farmer, his vision a comprehensive one that included pathology—the study of disease—with social medicine, politics, and anthropology. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Read English news, yes, and English sport, politics and pomposity, but in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The fanfare was fun and even intoxicating, but there was something about it, and about politics in general, that made me queasy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He talked about Nigerian politics with the fervid enthusiasm of a person who followed it from afar, who read and reread articles on the Internet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Shabbat day grew shorter and shorter, my schoolwork seemed endless, and student politics took up every moment of my spare time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe politics and borders were supposed to keep us apart, but David and I built a safe space, a nest where our differences brought us together. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was an act of concentration, of trying to hold within one’s center of attention all of that bewildering array of facts which science, politics, experience, memory, and imagination were urging upon me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But his leftist politics never lay far beneath the surface, posing a continual irritant for Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Before Penny, she wanted to graduate high school with top honors and go to college to pursue politics and architecture and music history. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “A political meeting? Ignatius! Ain’t that wonderful. Maybe you’ll make good in politics, boy. You got you a fine voice. What club, honey? The Crescent City Democrats? The Old Regulars?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I love how in summer the business of politics slowly starts to go quiet and life tilts more toward fun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I know, we came up here to get away from things— politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws—I know. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z That is as true of advertising as it is of politics or literature. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We knew to stay away from the kitchen, where they argued about politics, the price of ham hocks, whether or not his daughters were uppity, and which horse had won the trifecta. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was almost as if every day he were forced to cast another vote, between family and politics, politics and family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I know this: Baba doesn’t need to explain the politics of our war. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It rises inside me, unabated by the dim pettiness of university politics or mind-numbing everyday rules. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I don’t really understand the politics of it all. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Don't talk to me about politics,” the colonel would tell him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For all her exposure to ideology she had no interest in politics and no idea of the schemes that occupied her husband night and day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as I’d like to write more on politics, I have lots of other news to report today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In the matter of school desegregation, Durham’s reputation for tolerance, racial harmony, and liberal politics once again proved sadly overrated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Przemyśl taught me long ago not to divide people by their country, their religion, or even their preferences in politics. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I was at least ten years older than him in age and more than twenty years older in politics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Oppenheimer case left Lawrence with a horror of overt dabbling in the security politics of the time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the living room, the men have stopped talking about politics and instead lay bets on whether Milt’s new kid will be a boy or a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As we grew, we spoke more about drugs and sex and life choices, about race and inequality and politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They come upstairs every day and talk to the men about business and politics, to the women about food and wartime difficulties and to the children about books and newspapers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This warder said that I must cease discussing politics, and I told him that I was dealing with a matter of national importance involving an offer from the state president. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa tries to make my brothers understand the history of politics in Cambodia. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorm sports results, soap opera story lines, city politics. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Barack, for his part, took it more in stride than I did, having already seen in Springfield how nasty politics could get and how the truth was so often distorted to serve people’s political aims. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then she would never have to face the dreary politics of court life; she could be on a horse all day, going to places she had never been before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This was politics, yes, but in its most fractious and cynical form, seemingly disconnected from any larger sense of purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He seemed to regard discussing politics as almost as much of a waste of time as participating in it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The books were of the most varied kind—history, geography, politics, political economy, botany, geology, law—all relating to England and English life and customs and manners. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead, it began to seem a place where one’s views on the fraught politics of national security and weapons development loomed over one’s career prospects. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But my experience in this world has been that the people who believe themselves to be white are obsessed with the politics of personal exoneration. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It seemed almost like an unwritten rule, especially in politics, where adversaries put money into opposition research—hiring investigators to crawl through every piece of a candidate’s background, looking for anything resembling dirt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The house was always full, and it seemed there was a perpetual discussion going on about politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I know what’s happening, our fathers are shaking hands and talking politics. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful. It is intolerable.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I never told her that I loved her lasagna or that I thought her views on politics were clever. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This led to an invitation from the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph II, a man much more interested in science and art than he was in politics. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Underneath he was all distracted and angry, his head full of other people’s politics and a lot of biting his tongue. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Neither was politics or religion of any concern. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He argued, reasonably, that it would be unfair to American athletes to let German politics deprive them of their chance to compete on a world stage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Do you hear me? D-o-o-m-e-d. You know nothing about politics and voter persuasion. You will not carry a single ward in the nation. You won’t even carry the Quarter!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could sit and talk with them over coffee in the Campus Bowl Luncheonette when they get together to argue about books and politics and ideas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They chuckled about how tribal Nigerian politics was, and perhaps these chaps were not quite so ready to rule themselves after all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was about making politics better for the future—less money-driven, more accessible, and ultimately more hopeful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Here was a tool he could use, a process that could reduce the mysterious ways of politics to scientific testing and evaluation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As much as I was generally happy to stay out of politics and policy making, this had been my big fight—the issue for which I was willing to hurl myself into the ring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Changing school boundaries was thorny under any conditions, but any effort to achieve a more balanced composition would inevitably be heightened by the politics of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Both loved dancing, motorcycles, Bob Dylan, bad puns, liberal politics, and National Public Radio. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Many said they’d never gotten involved with politics before but something about our campaign made them feel it would be worth it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You know, as a figurehead of one of the most powerful countries in the world, I do manage to keep abreast on international politics.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When a local black minister,J. D. Hunter, brushed aside warnings to stay out of politics, segregationists burned his house to the ground. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I shall give her sex in politics—and plenty of it! A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All this will happen because people have neglected the basic lessons of Science, they have gone in for politics and religion and wars instead, and sought out passionate excuses for killing one another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the evening wore on, the talk turned to politics, a dangerous subject since even casual banter or a joke about the war or Adolf Hitler was considered treason. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Laila recognized one of them as a man from the table who had been discussing politics earlier. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Stability Analysis fellows were as well known for their progressive politics as for their sharp minds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was a tumultuous time in American politics—sixteen months earlier, the Ohio National Guard had killed four students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been elected president of my class, and I found myself suddenly involved in student politics. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They were not individuals inclined to soft-pedal their views about national politics and national security or, in Neylan’s case, about Robert Oppenheimer, whom Neylan described as “a man so conceited he just shoved God over.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He spoke very little, and never about politics. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Roosevelt went home to New York and eventually returned to a career in politics, he still kept some ties to the West. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But Sophie didn’t buckle or turn her back on Germany’s politics. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Truly, she has always considered sports—like politics—something for men. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blacks would prosper if they just kept their noses to the grindstone and stayed out of trouble—that is, politics. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For hours I listened to their talk of planes, women, guns, politics, and crime. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty, too. What harm is there in meeting her? And her father is in politics also. Who knows where it could lead?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I picture myself eating my noodles in silence as my parents talk to Thaya Jaan in Urdu about the proper ways to raise children or about Pakistani politics. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “This is all politics to you, Cudgeon. A nice feather in your cap on the way to a Council seat. You make me sick.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In our time mass or collective production has entered our economics, our politics, and even our religion, so that some nations have substituted the idea collective for the idea God. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There must be other assaults which could be launched in the fields of politics and sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Newton, Halley played no part in the politics associated with the problems of the succession at the end of the seventeenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z These calls to Gardar were important to Bobby because they went beyond the complicated aspects of his imprisonment and touched on other matters, such as politics, religion, and philosophy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I cared not a fig for politics nor soldiers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I wound up concentrating my course work on international politics and development, and now I’ve graduated and am on an AirFrance plane beginning its descent into familiar old Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Although his career path had shifted to politics, Roosevelt never abandoned his passion for nature. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The Doctrine of Discovery was laid out in a series of communications from the pope, leader of the Catholic Church, who was extremely influential in European politics at the time. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Her home, which at one time was open to the greats in the worlds of art, business, and politics, is now closed to all but her staff, her advisors, and a few close friends. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that if I ever said a word about what happened, not only would I never have a career in politics, but he would ruin my life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagined that seeing a Muslim American in hijab who wasn’t on screen to talk politics or terrorism but rather something positive and awe inspiring like my Olympic journey had to have a positive effect. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Again and again, he would counsel me to avoid politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the subject of politics he offered an enigma, “Whether you use bullets or ballots, you’ve got to aim well; don’t strike at the puppet, strike at the puppeteer.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Not Prestige beer or Rhum Barbancourt—the strong, bitter, or sweet alcohol made for men who talk politics and play dominoes into all hours of the night. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In politics, one can never underestimate how litde people know about a situation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Julian was uninvolved in Isrami politics despite his fondness for the princess and his sympathy—on principle—with royalists instead of revolutionaries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When it comes to politics, these four are the only ones who count. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Faraday remained solitary and above petty politics, as did perhaps half of the scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Power politics might have been a thing of the past elsewhere, but it was alive and seething in the Scythedom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Even my dad, who, whenever politics came up, usually dismissed the entire topic with his patented line, “All politicians are equally corrupt,” showed an interest this year. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z While Mr. Sidelsky imparted his views of the law, he warned me against politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And since politics makes strange bedfellows, Alfred Lanning sat at the other side of the desk with his ferocious white eyebrows bent far forward over eyes in which chronic impatience had sharpened to acuity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Anyway, they argued about the weather, sports, sex, war, race, politics, and religion; neither of them knew the subjects they debated, but it seemed that the less they knew the better they could argue. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was stuffing a pipe outside the tobacconist’s shop and blathering on about politics to a woman who was barely listening. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z While I despised the conservative politics of Radio Bantu served up by the government-run South African Broadcasting Corporation, I reveled in its music. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew how to fire up a church the old-fashioned way, without talk of politics and bad mouthing and negativity but with real talk of God and genuine concern for its parishioners. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor had historians translated that term tomean the emergence of a more authentically democratic brand of politics, a translation that Jefferson would have understood dimly, if at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mother tells me not to speak about politics. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Baba would meet them for tea and rowt cake at the park, drive them crazy with his politics. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Farmer kept pushing him, wanting to know his politics. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Theorists tend to be more liberal in their politics, liberal ranging on into radical,” the Nobel laureate Edwin McMillan, Lawrence’s laboratory associate and brother-in-law, observed years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There were days, weeks, and months when I hated politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You mean politics? Well, every time the Governor’s indiscreet it hits the tabloids, but beyond that, nothing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I could see now that there was a performative piece to politics that I hadn’t yet fully mastered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of “rotten politics,” as my father would put it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z While I was weaving the veterans’ personal stories into the complex, divisive web of politics and protests in America, more than a million refugees poured into Europe from Middle Eastern and African countries. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t care about the politics per se, but I also didn’t want to screw anything up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One of her class assignments was for us to ask our parents their opinion on politics and the presidential campaign. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In the years that he had looked after me from Pollsmoor through Victor Verster, we had never discussed politics, but our bond was an unspoken one and I would miss his soothing presence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very busy with his politics and his business, traveling constantly, financing new political campaigns, buying land and tractors, raising race horses, and speculating on the price of gold, sugar, and paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the scholarly community in recent years, the main tendency has been to take the latter side, or to sidestep the controversy by ignoring mainstream politics altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z On the building’s fifth floor, within a few feet of the tall cases of books on history and politics, he’d tuck himself away for hours at a table beside a window. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He entered politics as an alderman in 1790, and then because of his record of achievement and an amiable personality, the rest of the aldermen chose him to be mayor in 1792. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Most of them were illiterate migrants from southern plantations and they had never been vitally interested in politics until they had entered the Communist party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The State Department did not want troublemakers like Pauling wandering about the globe saying nasty things about the politics of its onetime investment bankers who held back the hordes of godless Reds. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z After these readings, I followed as the poets would stand out on U Street or repair to a cafe and argue about everything—books, politics, boxing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z York, who knew nothing of the high-level politics driving the Super debate, avoided giving a straight answer, but Lawrence’s question was mostly rhetorical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In my first year, I studied English, anthropology, politics, native administration, and Roman Dutch law. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even then his politics were being formed, his anti-communism, his distrust of the Russians. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Me and my husband used to be involved in politics ’round here. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was a conservative, not only in politics but in everything. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He expected the professors and students there to have opinions about politics, religion, and literature beyond what he'd experienced in Ohio. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “There are a lot of women making noise in politics,” Miss Hendrix said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “In politics he is obeying his own conscience, but I think he is mistaken. We have come to an understanding. He will teach me theology and medicine, but I will think as I please.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In politics, much has been made of the rise of monarchies at the expense of formerly self-governing city-states throughout the Greek world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Got himself involved with his politics a few years back and he's never been the same man since.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I knew that I did not know as much politics as Buddy Nealson, as the members of the Central Committee, or the members of the Communist International. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The warehouse cat was always the aggressor, while the attic cat was ultimately the victor, just as in politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He was a tailor by trade and entered politics in his twenties, working his way up to the Senate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “And you just apply these techniques to politics?” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much talk of politics so as not to worry Mama. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Muluzi had been a wealthy businessman before entering politics and believed government had no business dealing in fertilizer and seed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The politics of respectability made sense to many black reformers during the Jim Crow era, since African Americans had no vote, could not change policy, and lived under the constant threat of the Klan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He remembered Nivea, Rosa’s mother, who, after her husband had retired from politics, terrified by the poisoned brandy, had begun her own political campaign. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z World politics were all the time on his mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Anthony’s Quaker upbringing also had discouraged interest in partisan politics and women’s suffrage, so she focused on working with the temperance movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She wanted to talk about music and art and politics with Alice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The two of them talked very little of politics, literature, or the arts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His politics were unknown to the police and he had never before been questioned or raided. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can discuss politics coldly and analytically with strangers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Becoming a doctor had really been my parents’ dream, not mine, and now I was ready to deep-dive into my own identity politics, from race to religion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Skip politics. We’ll play to our strengths: rack up our Excelsior points in academics and, most especially, at the science fair.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z If they hear or even suspect people discussing politics—-especially capitalism—the entire family will be gone by morning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re playing politics. You and Cardan need to be turned out in splendor for this banquet. Your new king will need everything to look right.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After a stint in politics, he tried to discover another gusher but failed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He explained that eventually he would practice in that state, enter into its politics and he might as well be classmates with its prominent citizens of the future. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Or he would tell her about politics: what the Igbo Union was organizing, protesting, discussing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For those who would continue to participate, politics went from being a risky occupation to a truly perilous one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself being drawn into the world of politics because I was not content with my old beliefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She understood him when he spoke of history, or of politics—though she claimed to loathe the subject—and even had a great deal to say about the theater. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Even some of President Obama’s most ardent supporters in Hollywood and New York’s creative corridors would not be able to read it without stumbling over language that is couched in politics, if not outright hypocrisy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z However, she read the papers, and it wasn’t hard for an intelligent person to see what was going on in the politics of her country. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I received quite an education about politics, as an embassy wife. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was said to be involved in high politics, in secret exploration, in distant warfare, and she never knew when he was going to appear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I do think about politics as a career, but I don’t entirely trust the system. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z If Barack believed he could do something in politics, who was I to get in his way? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You didn’t think politics could get you anything?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Because of her politics, her husband lost his job at Lockheed, a company with government contracts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z People who followed the politics and policies of the state were somewhat astounded. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That was enough to show that a woman could hold a high office in politics. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He told me that his parents fight constantly, about politics and cigarettes and all kinds of things. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But Uncle had never talked about himself or his politics. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She had always assumed that politics was a youthful diversion, that I would someday return to the Transkei and practice there as a lawyer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Goldwater as a man, I respected for speaking out his true convictions—something rarely done in politics today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was studying politics this time and went to live with a friend in Washington, DC, for the summer. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To him, everything had its own language—the language of breakfast, the language of business, the language of politics, and on and on. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was basic, simple street politics: you want something from me then you better have something I need. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I began to see that there were ways I could be happier and that they didn’t necessarily need to come from Barack’s quitting politics in order to take some nine-to-six foundation job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And they talked about politics and art and God. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But short of that line, he was endlessly polite and accommodating, genuinely pained at the presence of partisan politics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And what about all those other words ending in ics—economics, ethics, optics, politics, and so on? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know much about politics,” 1 said carefully, “but he’s definitely a prisoner.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I mean by that that I don’t know what Jaimito’s politics are.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And thus my elders concerned themselves with all manner of things—strategy, diplomacy, politics, and Zionism—but not with their own fate. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma continued to read books on religion as well, and on politics; she read the Psalms, but was not much impressed by them, and as usual she called it as she saw it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These respites were like tiny vacations from court, and were a chance for us to discuss politics with each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard said, “It was more about honor and power and politics.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If the politics was conservative, so obviously were the attitudes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of what I knew about state politics came from what I read in the newspaper, and none of it seemed especially good or productive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She also continued to take an interest in progressive politics. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They stayed devoted to their Sunday night mixed doubles bowling league and were deeply involved in local politics—which were no less grubby than the politics they left behind in the city. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I guess I am the first one Addie influences this way, because I will go into politics, too. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z As I stood there the sordid implications of politics flashed through my mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa says many more things to my brothers, but I don’t care much about politics. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had matured, and was no longer an excitable youth, but his politics had not changed in the least; he still believed that it would be impossible to defeat the right without a violent revolution. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The position I was in, playing some disgusting politics with this boy, was awful. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But with this, we dropped the politics and took our weary selves to bed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Seasoned activists may respond that all of this is “just politics,” but, as we have seen in earlier chapters, they are the same politics that gave rise to the New Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I saw in those early months how, just as I’d predicted, politics would be a fight, and the fight would be wearying, involving standoffs and betrayals, dirty-deal makers and compromises that sometimes felt painful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I thought maybe he’d try and fail to get into national politics and that this would then motivate him to want to try something entirely different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And even though he is always ranting about politics, he's still a cool dude, and everybody respects him because he has the cheapest cuts in town. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z For all his smartness with politics and music, Mr. Burke was inclined to be absent- minded. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It is influenced by trends in general education, society, culture, and politics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “No. Comparative politics. You can't do just Africa in political science graduate programs in this country. You can compare Africa to Poland or Israel but focusing on Africa itself? They don't let you do that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I have no desire for power, no taste for politics, and no skill in base flattery.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their battle to rid the nation of alcohol launched women into politics and, importantly, aided them in their fight for the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z History, government, religion, politics, and current events became his greatest interests, and during the thirty-three-year interval from his first Reykjavik stay to his second he spent most of his spare time reading and amassing knowledge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Stuart, it’s fine,” I say because I think he’s talking about his father’s politics. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Did one let politics, cost-effectiveness, and limited resources determine the global approach to controlling and treating TB? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “One suggestion, since you’ll be living with us? Don’t talk politics with my husband.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He despises their politics, too, the way they power over one another, the way might equals right. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Each evening we promised, “Let’s just be friendly and loving. No politics tonight.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Golly: “Coop, this could be a brand-new prospect, untainted by Decatur High politics.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Each begins its life as a rather abstract scientific concept, but grows to invade multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society, politics, and language. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I never did any real fighting after I entered politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I taught social doctrine to Muslims, and current events, and politics. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As minorities across the country were gradually beginning to take on more significant roles in politics, business, and entertainment, our family had become the most prominent example. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The show featured in-depth conversations with prominent figures in politics, science, and the arts. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the enemy; I did not ponder issues of morality or politics or military duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I honor women too highly to allow them to descend into the dirty pool of politics,” one anti politician said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Burke wrote novels and, according to Leslie, was more famous than Mr. Burke, who wrote about politics. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just...undersea politics, I guess. The merpeople are territorial. The good news is they’re taking care of that aquarium in Atlanta. And they’ll help protect the Argo II as we cross the Atlantic.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She may be the oldest, but politics is Alex’s game, not hers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was curious how politics lurked even in what children chose to stuff up their noses. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the black Communists I knew possessed the intellectual capacity to formulate a Trotskyite position in politics. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his politics to protect him, and his scientifically based theories of class, and his own rather forced self-certainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Like Cora, Nag had been relocated to Hob over politics. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Du Bois attacked Washington and his followers not only for abandoning politics but also for repeating demeaning stereotypes about blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lavoisier, unlike Sprat, speaks our language because he was living through a revolution which transformed the language of politics, shaping the language we still speak. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At eighty-two, he was as engaged in politics and as opinionated as ever. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z What was clear, however, was that a particular version of politics and political leadership embodied in the Washington and Adams administrations had been successfully opposed and decisively defeated. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Alex has always known his gay American history—after all, his parents’ politics have been part of it—but it wasn’t until he figured himself out that he started to engage with it like Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z More worrisome over the long run was the reality of Utah politics. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Concluding that economics, not politics, held the key to black success in America, Moore started a new career as a corporate gadfly, disrupting stockholders' meetings with pointed questions about racial policies and hiring practices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “He said he was from the Special Branch. I thought that was politics or something?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Every race, dozens of ethnicities, different ways of dressing, and, certainly, widely varying opinions about politics and life and Islam. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z More often, the theme was politics and the awkward cold war thought up by the American paranoids, who should be back in the law offices of middlewestern towns. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Cooper was putting more politics than gospel into his sermons that fall and more fear of‘taxation without representation’ than God into his congregation. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have explained why I dropped advanced music theory in favor of geography and comparative politics, or gave up sight-singing to take History of the Jews. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My husband's career had allowed me to witness the machinations of politics and power up close. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My boyfriend, Ruben Florin, is Peruvian and his family, like mine, is divided over politics. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus he chose to remember Hamlet’s abuse of Ophelia, but not Christ’s love of Mary Magdalene; Hamlet’s frivolous politics, but not Christ’s serious anarchy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I hope I am not boring you with all this talk of politics.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Although we did not discuss politics, I did bring up one sensitive issue, and that was the status of my wife. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I visited the Vietnam memorial several years ago and began my quest to find and speak with veterans, I quickly realized I knew very little about the war and the politics surrounding it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Declarations of principled withdrawal from the hurly-burly of politics to the natural rhythms of one’s fields or farms had become rhetorical rituals. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We believed it was important to open the defense with a statement of our politics and ideals, which would establish the context for all that followed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Things had gotten so bad, even people like me who didn’t want anything to do with politics were thinking about it all the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would transform entertainment, social networking, and even global politics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My optimism in those first months was primarily tempered by one thing, and that was politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As a bureau report would put it, Hale “dominated local politics and seemingly could not be punished.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She tried to explain that there was more to it than politics. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She went to check out Harvard but was disheartened when an admissions officer pointedly harassed her about her father’s politics, when all she wanted was to be taken on her own terms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In a slightly smaller font beneath these words, it says: Join our new group for young activists, get involved with local politics, and create the change you wish to see! The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I hoped to learn from what Hillary had shared with me about her own experiences, to leave the politics to Barack and focus my own efforts elsewhere. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By the late 1980s and early 1990s, the politics of fear and anger sweeping the country and fueling mass incarceration was turning its attention to children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And could politics ever be an expression of love? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I resist such analogies, but it is my preferred mode of operating not only in draughts but in politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't happy with the idea of leaving, but I understood, again, this was the way of politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Although Roosevelt was accepted as a friend, fellow cowboy, and, ultimately, the sheriffs deputy, he never completely severed his ties to New York or politics. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I had not discerned in him any understanding of life or politics. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How are they supposed to know about politics when they don’t even know where they live? The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ellen’s voice was heard, timid and a little tremulous; farm women didn’t enter often into man-talk of politics or national affairs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I love being a stay-at-home mom. Despite the weird politics at PTA meetings.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Now and then they would almost step into it, and quickly pull away, back into crops and local gossip and politics and health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ever tried to explain to a New Yorker the finer points of Slovakian coalition politics? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He finds Luna in his office, horn-rimmed reading glasses doing nothing to detract from his usual appearance of a movie star who tripped and fell sideways into politics. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I loved to hear the men debate politics. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In his place, Mrs. Richardson was to cover Sam’s usual beat—city politics. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "You just tell your brother he ought to be careful 'bout who he claims as kinfolks. Some of us don't think so much of his kind of politics." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Business and politics and the latest gossip were the favorite topics. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z If the butlers cared about politics, if they had private allegiances to one party or another, they kept it to themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When the GAC weighed the two proposals, questions of morale and laboratory politics, not scientific merit, came to the fore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Alex’s whole reason for wanting to go into politics, when he knows so many past presidential sons and daughters have run away screaming the minute they turned eighteen, is he genuinely cares about people. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He would soon see Lucretia, and his vacation meant a break from the tedious business of politics and office seekers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Under that nation’s politics and parades and passions runs an old darkness, passive, anarchic, silent, the fecund darkness of the Handdara. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My love of history and politics and world affairs was not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Gradually we both began feeling comfortable discussing issues that were taboo in meetings between black and white: politics, equality, freedom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor can I see why historians should cede many of the most interesting questions to other disciplines—politics, philosophy, sociology—simply because they require a consideration of beginnings and endings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I am bold to say I was his preceptor in politics and taught him everything that was good and solid in his whole political conduct.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Some saw this as a positive development: that Botha wanted to be “above party politics” in order to bring about true change in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m asking for something that no politics is going to provide, something that probably you only get in preschool. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Immigrants once made Tammany Hall the most powerful single force in American politics. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One final and all-important piece of the Jeffersonian vision transcended the troubling particularities of domestic politics altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was white men who dominated politics, controlled the nation’s wealth, and wrote the rules by which everyone else was forced to live. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We talked about business, politics, and, at times, about the family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not afraid of point of view, and am a sucker for almost any debate having to do with science, computing, or many aspects of politics and philosophy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also began to get involved in politics, and even joined a gym where a gigantic trainer forced me to exercise certain muscles I hadn’t even known I had. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, glad something can wrench you from politics.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He expounded his ideas about medicine, human nature, politics, and business. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you fool with these politics?” he once asked Oppenheimer’s younger brother, Frank, a member of the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Muller was sick of America—its dirty science, ugly politics, and selfish society. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Civil war is supposed to be the bitterest of wars, and surely family politics are the most vehement and venomous. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The struggle, therefore, that now begins in the world is extremely complex, involving the historical role of Christianity in the realm of power—that is, politics—and in the realm of morals. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The confluence of race and sex was a powerful force in dismantling Reconstruction after the Civil War, sustaining Jim Crow laws for a century and fueling divisive racial politics throughout the twentieth century. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s your responsibility as citizens to be informed about what’s happening in politics,” she said often. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Even Tom Watson, who had been among the most forceful advocates for an interracial alliance of farmers, concluded that Populist principles could never be fully embraced by the South until blacks were eliminated from politics. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You do not agree with my politics but you never have, and there are no new rumors about my distant past floating around. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z No men in the guest room arguing politics. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Statements like: he was in South Africa only to fight, and not to engage in politics; therefore the press should stop hounding him for comments on apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Politics was not my game; the human heart was my game, but it was only in the realm of politics that I could see the depths of the human heart. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Politics—at least barbershop politics and Guitar’s brand—put him to sleep. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The young Einstein rebelled against the notion of privileged frames of reference in physics as much as he did in politics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was all politics that got you fired.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You want me to quit politics and go become a princess? That’s not very feminist of you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And I was becoming known for being someone’s wife and as someone involved with politics, which made it doubly and triply weird. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By now though, Newton was happy to be out of politics, as he had found his last great stage. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z For geeks, both politics and journalism represent—in Jesse’s words—“an insane and useless” system that has little bearing on their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For hours they argue about the politics of America, a country in which none of them is eligible to vote. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had read extensively into law and politics and understood that political machines operated on a first principle of power: If you worked to advance the interests of the machine, the machine paid you back. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “And Mom will have her work recognized in America, without any nonsense politics,” Obiora said, nodding, agreeing with himself in case nobody else did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But when my grandmother shouted in Greek, “A boy!” the cry went around the room, and out into the hall, and across the hall into the living room where the men were arguing politics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His eyes were soft and irisless and brown, and suddenly I saw Roskus watching me from behind all his whitefolks’ claptrap of uniforms and politics and Harvard manner, diffident, secret, inarticulate and sad. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s withdrawal from the policy debate also reflected his long- held conviction that science and politics made for an unwieldy mix. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z |
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