| 单词 | President |
| 例句 | “In his life, President Johnson endured the vilification of those who sought to portray him as a man of war,” Nixon said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, Grandma placed dinner on trays in front of the television so we could hear President Eisenhower speak to the nation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s talk of making him President, after the war.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He invited the president of France, the president of the United States, the president of Russia, Italy, Germany, and China, as well as our own president, His Excellency, the President for Life Papa Doc Duvalier. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The train starts to brake and for a second I think President Snow is watching me and doesn’t approve of my confiding in Haymitch and has decided to go ahead and kill me now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As President Lincoln had hoped, Garfield energetically supported the armed forces in the Union's efforts to end the Civil War. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One thing she had to admit about President Roosevelt was that he’d been a very powerful man. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z ‘I have come across many pictures of the President in various houses near where you live and I remember hearing the name Mason mentioned,’ said Doctor Copeland. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And then, on top of that, we found out after the CBS Evening News that President Johnson wasn’t the only one giving up his job. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It can speak through snakes and order that a president far away, after all those pebbles were carried upriver in precious canoes that did not tip over, this President Lumumba shall be killed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sponsored by a major newspaper, the Johannesburg Sunday Times, their team had inspired effusive national pride and had received a personal blessing from President Nelson Mandela prior to their departure. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson responded by changing strategy and no longer arresting the protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I thanked President Obama for helping to resettle refugees from Congo. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The ladies of each fraternal order are invited to submit squares for a special victory quilt to be signed by President Woodrow Wilson himself on his tour of the Midwest. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z President Carter reluctantly allowed them into the United States so the shah could receive surgery for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but then all hell broke loose in Tehran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z President Obama announced that he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court ruling. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The newspaper is splashed with headlines about the surprise attack and the announcement that President Roosevelt has asked Congress to declare war on Japan. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma doesn’t care if President Kennedy’s face is on the half-dollar or if the airport is now officially named after him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When I caught the stomach flu in the fifth grade, my mother sent a note to school written on the back of a holiday memo from Vice President Biden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z President Clinton talked about the incident in a speech and so did Newt Gingrich. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On this day Arkansas Governor Billy Clinton, who in less than six years will be President of the United States, greets us warmly with a welcoming smile as he extends his hand. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tell the world to watch out, because I may be talking to the next President of the United States and his Secretary of State. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The President was slightly disconcerted: Mrs. Coulter’s eyes were heavy with sleep, and she could hardly see in the glare from the corridor light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We addressed a joint session of Congress, a rare occasion in the Capitol, attended by members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the President’s Cabinet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit dæmon opened her round eyes and gazed fearfully at the President, and then shut them again and hid her face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He put together a harebrained scheme to kidnap President Lincoln, take him to Richmond, and hold him as a hostage for the Confederacy, in an effort to help win the war for the South. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kings and Presidents and Prime Ministers and Rulers of every kind showered the enormous giant and the little girl with compliments and thank-yous, as well as all sorts of medals and presents. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What amendment would you make to the Constitution if you were President of the United States? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He says he’s got to the bottom of why colored folks are treated bad and he’s going to tell the President and have things changed, see? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, he turns to me and says, “Congratulations, Madam President Nickerson.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The lavish, loose-living owner of the Washington Post, McLean was a buddy of both President Harding and the secretary of the interior. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It's the arrival of a crate of wedding dresses one night with a note from Effie saying that President Snow approved these himself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He and President Roosevelt wanted Hitler to believe that American spies had infiltrated the German sabotage school and the German Army. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z My father’s identification with Nixon only grew stronger as the President’s troubles mounted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She talked about Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy as though she knew them personally. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “To assassinate President Snow before the loss of life from this war makes our population unsustainable.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In 1963 she was awarded the Presidential Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anderson served as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations in 1958. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z President Harry S. Truman, Stimson observed with relief, accepted his new responsibility “with the same fine spirit that Senator Truman had shown before in accepting our refusal to inform him.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Guiteau went on, “This is not murder. It is a political necessity. It will make my friend Arthur President.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Dwight Eisenhower installed him as his personal advisor on atomic energy in March and appointed him to the AEC chairmanship three months later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then there was President Johnson, who’d worked so steadily with King on civil rights. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Here, she could speak up, question even the conduct of the President. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The President nodded, and Brother Louis had to leave and deal with it, to his great annoyance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He could not take his eyes off the gaunt and gray-haired President. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At the end of the distracted driving conference, Secretary LaHood announced that President Obama had signed an order forbidding federal employees from texting while driving during work hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Still, Kissinger cautioned Tho not to underestimate President Nixon, not to test his will too boldly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The President had agreed to give the governor a ten-day respite to sort out his response to the court order. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jerrie and Janey met with Vice President Johnson, he gave the women five minutes to speak before telling them that there was nothing he could do. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z There's just one crown, though, and you can hear the crowd's confusion -whose head will he place it on? -until President Snow gives it a twist and it separates into two halves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Among the witnesses were cabinet members, some senators and congressmen, and former Presidents Hayes and Grant. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the long flight back to Washington, D.C., he stood in the back of his windowless military airplane, arguing about the situation with Bob Komer, one of President Johnson’s aides on Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z While Jackie was happy to help Lovelace, whom she had recommended to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a top aviation award, she was also used to being the top female pilot and having the publicity. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re perfectly honest about it, you think President Snow has probably given them direct orders to make sure we die in the arena anyway,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a chance I would get to meet President Obama and the First Lady. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On the couch, The coat President Lincoln was wearing the night he was assassinated. the distraught Mary Lincoln is being comforted by Clara Harris. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to President Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Administration, begun in 1936, electricity came to the quarter of the population that lived on farmlands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, President Reagan may believe that Copenhagen is in Norway, but even though Copenhagen equals the capital of Denmark, it can’t be concluded that Reagan believes the capital of Denmark is in Norway. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He recounted how Father rescued the President when Gondwannan terrorists attacked her house, how she made him Chief of Security for the Land of Zimbabwe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Just days after stepping down, John Ehrlichman told federal investigators that the Ellsberg break-in was not merely the work of Hunt and Liddy, but part of a White House investigation ordered by President Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Johnson sat at the long wooden table in the White House Cabinet Room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He took notes as Szilard and Einstein worked out the text of a letter to President Roosevelt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The stories ranged from number one, the launching of Sputnik, to President Eisenhower’s stroke and the passage of the Civil Rights bill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By two o’clock in the afternoon the fire had consumed the old drawing rooms that had been used since colonial times, and only a handful of men were left around the President. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thad Stevens, the aging floor leader in the House of Representatives, pushed his program of “no mercy to the South” and let his contempt for the President spill out in every speech he made. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially, President Eisenhower tried to pooh-pooh the Russians’ “small ball in the air” as an insignificant achievement, but the American people would have none of it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mother’s picture of President Eisenhower looked down at me from the wall, and I crossed my arms over my naked chest for shame, crying even harder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Privately, he promised President Thieu that American involvement in Vietnam would not end. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Kennedy’s assassination, less than two weeks ago, has struck the world dumb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I seemed to see President Johnson’s sagging face through the rest of the news. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I remember President Hoover, people talking about him anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where is it? What have you done with it? How did you attack Dr. Cooper?” said the President’s harsh voice as the light fell across the bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Old Trueba’s got his balls in the right place,” the President said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the voice of the President speaking to the nation on the radio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z President Eisenhower watched these developments and found himself deeply troubled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I frowned, calling back more of the list of Presidents I had memorized for no particular reason when I was in school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The anthem's playing yet again and we rise as President Snow himself takes the stage followed by a little girl carrying a cushion that holds the crown. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z President Johnson faded in and out, lost in the blizzard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman in white hurries to the door, believing against all reason that she has just heard the ailing President playing a song on the kalimba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It appropriates billions, as directed by the President, on the pretense of helping the poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A name with more than two vowels in it running for President! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope they’ve sent us more skilled workers and fewer gentlemen, as I requested,” says President Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I had never seen a two-dollar bill before and now I knew that President Jefferson was on the front side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z President Gray’s face filled the screen, flanked by two American flags. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No political gathering managed to attract so many people until half a century later, when the first Marxist candidate attempted, through strictly democratic channels, to become President. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Four days later, the doctors reported that “the progress of the President toward recovery continues uninterruptedly.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Brother Louis, after trying two or three times to make conversation, gave up and led her in silence to the President’s rooms in the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But she also knew that a final dramatic development was needed if that goal was to become a reality: gaining the support of President Woodrow Wilson for the passage of a constitutional amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I was really relieved and grateful that President Eisenhower had sent those soldiers to protect us, because how much trouble must we be in, if we needed that much military power? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z President Nixon would be out of office in Au-gust of the next year. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The warden and officials in President Woodrow Wilson’s administration didn’t want to be held responsible for the illness or death of Paul or any of the other hunger strikers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Robert Kennedy, then running for President, telegraphed: “By your actions in support of employees who seek recognition for their bargaining rights, you set a standard that all should emulate.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ask Mother Fletcher if she remembered when Woodrow Wilson was elected President?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also furious that although President Nixon had said he’d be invited to the White House in 1972, the invitation never arrived; Bobby had been fuming about it for two decades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He had many important and respected friends, and even President Truman expressed disbelief at the allegations. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Given time, legions of men are drawn into the game, both ebony and ivory: the Congo’s CIA station chief, the National Security Council, even the President of the United States. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Followed by: Senator Oscar Diaz, responding via satellite, that President Claremont’s primary value is upholding the Constitution, and that the White House was built by slaves, not our forefathers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Political pressure from President Franklin D. Roosevelt averted all-out warfare in the streets. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Even before President Wilson mobilized United States troops, Swift had been called on for meat to feed the massive European armies that already had been battling for several years. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I am proud to say that one year after my visit, President Seraphina Picquery instituted a Protective Order on Thunderbirds, an edict she would eventually extend to all magical creatures. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard of it—I knew that Mayor Schmoke, President Clinton, and our state’s senior senator, Paul Sarbanes, were all Rhodes Scholars, but I didn’t know much else about the award. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In the dimness the President’s pale, bulbous head shines out like a lightbulb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The truffle was completely undervalued. o o o which the President denied in an address early on Tuesday. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured he’d fly to Italy or have lunch with the President or romp on the seashore or try every exotic thing he could think of. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A silence so profound that, like the left foot of the President’s secretary, it erased portions of the official record. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His speech was often interrupted by members of the Domination faction demanding that the President stop this lunatic, turn him out, and get on with the order of business. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Matsika is lying down. She had a bad night. The General is meeting with the President over a national emergency. I think the Gondwannans shot down a Zimbabwean airplane.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Few people knew how sick President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And President Eisenhower was right then sending his orders to take over the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson, whose luck held when his assassin backed out, now stands in the next room, summoned there after learning of Lincoln’s condition. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z From what Stuart’s told me, all the parties were canceled because of the President’s death. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He doesn’t ever answer the phone, though; President Armelio has that job. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “President Snow wasn’t convinced by me. There’s an uprising in District Eight. We have to get out,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even President Washington learned a valuable lesson as a result of his encounter with yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z All through the bombardment the President Adams and the other eleven transport ships kept moving in closer to shore. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z While he was shaving, he remembered a few months earlier, President Johnson had shown him the hidden safe where he stashed top secret documents. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Nothing very fine could happen with a bull that could not see the lures, but the President would not order him replaced. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “We’re from the Office of the President of the United States; please open your door,” they called back. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you’ll throw support to someone. Would it be President Coin? Or someone else?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson was not present when Lincoln died, so the cabinet sent him an official notification of the president’s death and of his succession to the presidency. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Each would check the weather over a specific Japanese city—potential targets approved by President Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that month, President Kennedy had announced to the nation that the United States would have a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Welfare reform legislation signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 ended individual entitlements to welfare and provided states with block grants. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I also know that President Ratcliffe would be quite surprised to find out that Chief Powhatan thinks Captain Smith is our real ruler. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And when President Snow silences the audience and says, “What do you think about us throwing them a wedding right here in the Capitol?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1969, President Richard M. Nixon signed an executive order that outlawed the development of offensive biological weapons in the United States. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But just six months after winning the election, President McKinley was assassinated. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In March 2012, President Obama nominated him to be president of the World Bank, a post to which he won election three months later. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z President Morgan gave him his instructions: Return to Regina, pack your things. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Engineer Jim Williams, still on the team with John D. “Jaybird” Bird, was already helping to work toward President Kennedy’s pledge of a Moon landing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Three days later President Eisenhower trumped the state, federalizing the states guard and sending in US Army troops to escort the nine through the school’s doors. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The President Adams was still a few miles out from land, following the battleships and minesweepers that went ahead of us to enter the bay. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had just been elected President, and it was necessary that he speak. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After receiving a telegram from President Woodrow Wilson urging him to support the amendment, he agreed to call a special legislative session, but he planned to wait until August, after the state’s Democratic party primary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Bring me my papers or I’ll tell the President and have you dismissed from office. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “The Commies have invaded. They took over Seoul. President Rhee has left Seoul and is now in Daejeon,” Police Chief Song announced. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z President Eisenhower told Stassen he was “quite sure the Soviets have never given any thought to any inspection plan which involved the presence ... of anything like twenty to thirty thousand foreign inspectors.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Well, if this is eighteen nineteen, the President is James Monroe, right?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z President Snow has been tried and found guilty, sentenced to execution. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Some years earlier, President Kennedy was killed too right here in Dallas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan signed tax bills that benefited the wealthiest Americans and also gave tax breaks to the working poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z President Snow rises and dabs his puffy lips with a napkin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite Abraham Lincoln’s assassination just sixteen years earlier, President Garfield did not have armed guards protecting him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The President also reassured the governor that rumors of federal authorities waiting to arrest him were untrue. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z President Truman was on a ship back to the United States, eating lunch with the crew. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The troops had been dispatched by President Johnson after Governor Wallace had denounced the marchers as “Communist-trained agitators” and insisted that Alabama could not afford to pay state troopers to protect them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of the doctors were also connected to President Lincoln's assassination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Stanton clashed repeatedly with President Andrew Johnson over the process of reconstruction. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A Navy Department messenger shouted unwelcome and, again, inaccurate news: President Lincoln has been shot, and Secretary Seward and his son Frederick have been assassinated. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a possibility, I thought, because Grandma told me that former President Truman had put African-American and white soldiers together in the armed forces during his term. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A lot of VC were killed north of Saigon, and President Johnson was saying that the United States was ready to come to the peace table if the Communists were. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z President Ratcliffe sometimes puts them on double watch shifts, so that they get no rest, and they go around red-eyed and bad-tempered. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Presidents, that Masons in distress could secretly signal to judges and other Masons in powerful positions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “So what were you going to do?” said the President. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z President Johnson flew to upstate New York that morning to dedicate a new building at Syracuse University. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We had all thought President Kennedy was off his rocker when he declared we’d land a man on the moon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ho sent a series of messages to President Harry Truman, asking the United States to recognize the independent nation of Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They insisted that the ANC must renounce violence and give up the armed struggle before the government would agree to negotiations — and before I could meet President Botha. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Excited by the idea, Ickes hurried over to the White House to catch President Roosevelt, who was preparing to leave town that day. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Learn from Captain Smith—President Smith. Do you know why he is well liked as president while President Wingfield and President Ratcliffe were not?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Word spread that the President had died, and no one believed the official version that he had committed suicide. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z President Johnson watches all three nightly news broadcasts at the same time in the Oval Office, 1967. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z President and class secretary and lab-squad captain, but I got elected the Bathroom Bomber. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z After all, what is this Quarter Quell but...what was it President Snow read from the card? “...a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a “Humphrey for President” poster and taped it to the front of his Spitfire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Employees were running up and down the stairs like seasick rats and the President’s private guard were pushing furniture against the windows and distributing pistols to those who were closest to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The party, held in the banquet room of President Snow’s mansion, has no equal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Inevitably some became dangerous, like Charles Guiteau, the man who had assassinated President Garfield in Washington. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “President Baker wants these pygmies,” the Tribune said, “and so does everybody else around headquarters.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then President Snow, trying to use me to put out the flames of rebellion, only to have my every move become inflammatory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The President had sent a telegram to Governor Faubus saying he was sure the governor, the National Guard, and other state officials would give full cooperation to the United States Supreme Court. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The President of the Council was in Lyons making a speech, or, rather he was on his way back. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Since the 1913 procession, they had tried lobbying, meeting with President Wilson, and holding additional parades, but nothing seemed to generate political support for women’s suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Skeeter is seated with a few local couples, not President Hilly or even Secretary Elizabeth this year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then I’m staring directly into President Snow’s snake eyes as he greets the nation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The final fair bill signed in April by President Benjamin Harrison established a Dedication Day for October 12, 1892, to honor the moment four hundred years earlier when Columbus had first sighted the New World. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They will not believe that he has ever been anything but right; they revile the President when rumors of his impatience with their general get around. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In November of that year the President made a speech at Gettysburg; papers all over the country printed it, but they were not agreed upon its quality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know who said that, but with Zac Efron and President and Mrs. Obama and so many others congratulating us on our team’s Olympic victories, I’d have to say that statement was entirely true. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Dr. Cooper,” the President began, “do sit down.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The anthem plays, and my throat tightens with revulsion as President Snow takes the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Army surgeon, was on duty at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington when he heard that President Lincoln and General Grant would be at the performance that night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daugherty, ever since the two had met, had carried in the back of his mind the idea that Harding would make a ‘great President,’” Sullivan writes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Romero's brother, holding the bull's horn in one hand, the knife in the other, looked up at the President's box. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z President Kennedy holds a news conference concerning Laos, 1961 The small country with two million inhabitants was, like Vietnam, considered an important place to halt Communist domination of Southeast Asia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Picture a four-foot-eleven praying mantis suffering from extreme malnutrition, with a long nose and glasses that were last in style when President Truman wore them. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Oh, great, and now I’m thinking of Gale, deep down in that horrible mine, with President Snow’s threat hanging over his head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Abigail described this decision as “a very painful thing” because “the President could not play his strongest card.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The $64,000 Question was so popular that even President Eisenhower watched it every week, telling his staff not to disturb him during its time slot. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On Friday, March 5, two days before the planned march from Selma to Montgomery, King met with President Johnson at the White House. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A Currier & Ives lithograph of the death of President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The most pressing political question—for a few more weeks, at least—was what President Clinton would name his new dog. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He took her hand and raised it in triumph, shouting, “Hooray for the sister of our future President, Shirley Temple Wong, the American!” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "All our biggest business men have been dreamers. Look at Ford. Look at President Coolidge. Look at Rockefeller. Look at Jo Davidson." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z His proclamation of amnesty was little better than treason, the President’s detractors shouted, and many people began to consider it high patriotism to talk of the coming wholesale execution of rebels. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt was photographed sipping a cocktail at the White House. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Although he was not present at Ford’s Theatre when his father was assassinated, he was an eyewitness to Garfield’s assassination in 1881 and was nearby when President William McKinley was assassinated, in 1901. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z If Einstein sounded the alarm about the danger of a German atomic bomb, President Roosevelt might just listen. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He then rose and, lifting his glass, he said with feeling, “Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In September 1862, President Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for slaves in the Confederate states as of January 1, 1863. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “President Snow personally threatened to have you killed,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The President made another sign of the T and sat down. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z President Theodore Roosevelt had created the bureau in 1908, hoping to fill the void in federal law enforcement. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z President Nixon made a speech outside our window, and so did the captain of the Hornet, and then we ate a huge steak and got a good night’s sleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you expect of President Wilson? That human icicle,” complained Mrs. Schillinger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Searchlight was the Secret Service’s code name for President Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If he killed for candy, imagine what he would do for twenty or thirty dollars—he’d shoot the President! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After his election to the White House, President Trump limited the influx of refugees, increased immigration arrests, and pressed to build a wall along the United States’ border with Mexico. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “But people don’t have a right to talk against the President, do they? That’s going too far!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our sources indicate that President Gray and his cabinet believe this to be the work of the Federal Coalition.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Jaime had seen him on occasion in the company of the President. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At seven PM on October 22, 1962, President Kennedy went on television to explain the crisis to the American people. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Pete had disagreed, making his usual case for integration and support for President Johnson’s War on Poverty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Presidents come here again to attend plays, but out of respect for Abraham Lincoln, none sits in the president’s box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. President,” he said, “I feel I have blood on my hands.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, Mr. President,” I would say, handing back the medal, “use this for our boys at the front.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The matadors bowed, holding their hats on, before the President's box, and then came over to the barrera below us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the naphtha lamplight there was a gleam of dark gold: it was a lock of hair, and the President was twisting it between his fingers, turning it this way and that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The meeting with President Roosevelt had taken ten minutes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The President looked down from the box and waved his handkerchief. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The news ticker reminded them that the President of the United States had declared National Prayer Week, and that everybody should pray. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He said we should pray for the judges and city officials and the President to make the right decisions—to let us into Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially, the US Department of Defense oversaw space matters, but President Eisenhower saw the need for a civilian space agency. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z That morning I would be the “eyes” of the President Taft, searching the horizon for the first speck of land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many other abolitionists, both she and Anthony considered President Lincoln too cautious in his approach to slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When a guy like that gets promoted to Executive Vice President of Urine Gunning, immediate action must be taken. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t get closer to the station than this?” said the President, leaning forward to let his voice carry to the pilot. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They both signed their names in the middle square, right over President Wilson’s washed-out signature. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The President shook each of them by the hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But after President Eisenhower had been in office almost a year, nothing was different. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As the plane began its descent over Boston Harbor, the pilot announced the weather and time, and that President Nixon had declared a national holiday: two American men had landed on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Myers handed out books almost as though she were President of the United States, dragging the distribution process out in senseless signings and ceremonies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z President Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, visit injured servicemen who have returned from Vietnam for care at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We timed ourselves often: “WethepeopleoftheUnitedStatesinordertoformamore- perfect union ...” I had memorized the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Roosevelt in chronological as well as alphabetical order. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Things cleared up enough to make out President Johnson taking his seat at a desk, people all around. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Louis made for the tower, and when the President opened his door, Lord Roke darted through and made for the prie-dieu in the corner of the room. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Lewis Isbel, a black barber who claimed to have shaved the city’s first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln, talked about his work with pride. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z President Wingfield says it will sell at a very good price because it is used to make medicines. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z President Johnson used his imposing physical stature and outsized personality to intimidate others, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of his eye he saw the fluttering banner high above, flashing Potter far President over the crowd. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then the President turned to look over his shoulder, and she saw his expression. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Even President Roosevelt was swept up in the fervor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just as likely that President Lyndon B. Johnson himself would walk into the classroom as Mrs. Baker would give me a cream puff. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States, had polio. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These women wanted to join a “Loyal League” that supported the country and President Lincoln, nothing more. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The driver launched into a long speech peppered with familiar words like America and President Kennedy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You have a row of dominoes set up,” said President Dwight Eisenhower. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President and Mrs. Bush greeted us at the Diplomatic Reception Room, just off the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At 11:37, they saw President Johnson’s face on the television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At the tournament he made the ceremonial first move and played a mock game with President Marcos—one that ended in a mock draw after eight moves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was a leader, a "statesman" who carried our problems to those above us, even unto the White House; and in days past he had conducted the President himself about the campus. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t have any choice. President Snow made him,” I say, somewhat defensively. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I came to a door with a sign: Mr. Ferguson, President of the Wanderers Lawn Tennis Association. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z President Washington was trying to keep America at peace with both countries. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1703 Newton became President of the Royal Society and drew up a scheme to define its goals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To calm things down, President Truman sent in the United States Navy to reopen the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When they defy President Reagan’s back-to-work order, he fires them all. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson embraced the antipoverty rhetoric with great passion, calling for an “unconditional war on poverty,” in his State of the Union Address in January 1964. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z President John F. Kennedy sent federal marshals to ensure Meredith’s right to enroll and to protect him on the campus. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z President Lincoln has just twelve days to live. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z After all, President Roosevelt had good relations with the press corps. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The letter explained that “the President's tragic death was a sad necessity, but it will unite the Republican party and save the Republic.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He was off to Florida’s Hialeah Racetrack, where he was greeted with near hysteria, generating a bigger stir than any Florida visitor save President Roosevelt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So that was the beginning of my relationship with President Moi. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s especially so when, like President Reagan, they have immense power to act on these beliefs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The man assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson was too afraid to carry out his mission. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Truman had announced that an “atomic explosion’’ had been detected in the Soviet Union. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A woman’s voice reported that President Daoud Khan had sent yet another group of Soviet consultants back to Moscow, to the expected displeasure of the Kremlin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The new plan involved not simply picketing, but picketing in front of the White House in demonstrations aimed directly at President Woodrow Wilson. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Since President Lincoln refused to officially recognize the Confederacy, the stars remained. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Garfield was pleased when President Hayes attempted reforms to the spoils system, but Hayes had little success. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Snow smiles and I notice his lips for the first time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even a decade ago, critics of President Bill Clinton’s call for a national conversation on the subject didn’t think so. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Just two years prior, with the storm clouds gathering, President Roosevelt challenged the nation to ramp up its production of airplanes to fifty thousand per year. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Catt called the picketing “an unwarranted discourtesy to the President and a futile annoyance” to Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The significance of my fiery transformation will not be lost on President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was two days before the one-year anniversary of Guiteau's attack on President Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He recognized the man in the light gray suit as President Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On July 20 he telegraphed Exposition President William Baker that he was confident he could acquire as many Pygmies from the Congo as he wished, provided the king of Belgium consented. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Years later, after President Madison had died and Paul Jennings had won his freedom, the ex-president’s wife was broke and living in poverty. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “If President Washington is displeased, you may encourage him to come here and speak to me directly,” the clerk said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Presidents did not talk to top commanders like this. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mother even has a photo of President Eisenhower in there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though Garfield died from his bullet wound, this change did not happen until after the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The American flag with accompanying pictures of Presidents Washington and Lincoln. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “When Mr. Dawson talked about President Roosevelt taking over, we were really confused,” Teresa, another classmate, said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson left no doubt as to how he regarded the Boston police. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z An enraged President Reagan called the downing of Korean Airlines flight 007 "an act of barbarism." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In October 1982, President Reagan officially announced his administration’s War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The President’s face is deeply lined, and his cheeks are gaunt. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, President Johnson declared a Christmas ceasefire in Vietnam, and the bombs stopped dropping. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I will be speaking for myself, Madam President.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z One edition highlighted a black-initiated petition calling on President Wilson to give Ireland a voice in determining international policy on postwar issues. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z President John Kennedy, elected in 1960, increased the number of American soldiers from a few hundred to over sixteen thousand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Beginning the day after the shooting, Dr. D. W. Bliss organized a medical team to handle President Garfield's care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Wilson was re-elected President in November on his platform promise to keep us out of war, and at the same time he was instructed to take a firm hand, which inevitably meant war. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z President Lincoln’s rocking chair is on the left. enter the state box first, followed by Mary. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This is what President Snow calls an uprising. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “President Kennedy has ordered the governor to step aside for James Meredith, I repeat, the President of the United—” “Eugenia, Pascagoula! Turn that set off right this minute!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The question-and-answer period opened, I suppose inevitably, with someone asking me, “What do you think about President Kennedy’s assassination? What is your opinion?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z President Morgan tried to calm Reggie, but the young man was inconsolable, turning inward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Henry Waters Taft, a well- known antitrust lawyer and brother to President William Howard Taft, frequented the Greenbrier, and one day in the store, Katherine taught him Roman numerals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Burnham and President Baker expected a general review but instead found themselves grilled about the most mundane expenses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All Marines in the room rose as one and lifting their glasses they said in unison, “The President,” as the band played the national anthem. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The message was straightforward: urge President Thieu to refuse to participate in the Paris peace talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z While bombs fell in the North, Nixon sent a blunt note to President Thieu in the South: the United States was going to make a deal with or without his consent. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “They call him the President. He runs the whole floor.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Presidents of corporations, state governors, movie stars — people he didn’t know but nonetheless understood to be lonely, and afraid of failure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other, it’s hard to imagine President Snow will overlook it, and that makes the job of keeping Peeta alive harder. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way,” she wrote to DAR President General Robert, “and it seems to me that your organization has failed.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z However, President Wilson knew that if the bill did not pass early in the next session, the suffrage protests would start up again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I believe, Father President, that the Society of the Work of the Holy Spirit knows more about this than I do.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Lewis Strauss, determined to keep President Eisenhower on the path to thermonuclear supremacy, would demand more from Lawrence: more counsel, more public support, more time and effort. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That included Mr. Lincoln’s home state of Illinois; but to Jethro’s disappointment, it was not southern Illinois that gave the state’s electoral votes to the President. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused the Order of Merit, which the President of the Republic awarded him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Frank says that the way President Wilson is running things we’ll be in the war before you know it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Stopping behind the Mess President, he cut a small piece of the beef and laid it on Bull’s plate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt hoped Japanese leaders would be convinced to stop their armies from advancing further. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased, from the French, the Territory of Louisiana, which contained lands dominated by the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The anthem ends, and President Snow begins to speak, to remind us all of the Dark Days from which the Hunger Games were born. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z President Truman, who felt he had shown a valorous decisiveness in ordering the bombs to be dropped, had no tolerance for retrospective moralizing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mary Surratt’s attorney frantically works to get an audience with President Andrew Johnson so that he might personally ask Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. for mercy on her behalf. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Here's where President Donald Trump might tweet that they were financially stable because they were taking shortcuts and not paying taxes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Paul’s plan involved having a continual lineup of women stand directly in front of the White House, holding placards containing messages demanding the vote—for President Wilson to see. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Instead of pictures of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and President Johnson, there was a picture of Huey Newton sitting in a big wicker chair with a rifle at his side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “President Snow says he’s sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If texting had existed at that time, then Winston Churchill would have sent President Eisenhower a bunch of crying-face emojis. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z OCTOBER: At a press conference, President Roosevelt calls the relocation centers concentration camps. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Hinckley was in a knot of reporters who were standing within a few feet of the President. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z President Dwight Eisenhower, in his farewell speech in January 1961, railed against the United States’ growing military-industrial complex. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He sat with a face as grim as President Johnson’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Egypt was an important model for us, for we could witness firsthand the program of socialist economic reforms being launched by President Nasser. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “President Armelio, we did not need to know that,” says Humble. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And they found an ally in Liz Carpenter, the assistant of Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The hosts read letters and birthday wishes from people across the country, including President Theodore Roosevelt, who offered his “hearty good wishes for the continuation of her useful and honorable life.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My revulsion at this conversation, at discussing my feelings for two of the people I care most about with President Snow, chokes me off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Lifting his hand, the President gave a signal; the chorus broke out into the third Solidarity Hymn. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea whether Vice President Johnson was dead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was imprisoned in Florida, but his sentence was commuted by President Johnson, partly for assistance during an outbreak of illness in the prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z President Kennedy, looking worried too, was on the television at home, explaining we might have to go to war against the Communists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress offering his support for women’s suffrage, describing it as a war measure. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The White House press officer alerted television networks that President Johnson wanted air time that night to make an important statement on Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z From the comfort of the White House, President Wilson watched the women standing outside in the cold. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He said that his statement about President Kennedy’s assassination was not why he had been ousted from the Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The President wrote a letter and asked them to help catch a bandit in Washington. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Presidents Wingfield and Ratcliffe before him, Captain Smith divides the rations equally with us and works right alongside us sharing the burdens, too. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z People from all over the country sent the postcards to President Woodrow Wilson, asking him to free Fannie. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Oppie immediately got off on the wrong foot with Truman by declaring, “Mr. President, I feel I have blood on my hands.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, Mr. President,” Grant says when the cabinet meeting ends, just after one thirty. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Every time she mentioned the child,” the President said, “her hand went to the locket. Now then, how soon can it be ready?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But without an end in sight, President Lincoln asked him to take his seat in the House of Representatives instead. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Petersen House is now a national historical site, and the building and rooms are preserved and restored to the setting of President Lincolns final hours. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Jefferson Davis...was married...twice. His first wife...Sarah...was the daughter of...President...Zachary Taylor. But Sarah...died...of malaria...three months after...they...were...married. He remarried...” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "On the phone with the President," Teddy said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew the name of our ship, the President Taft. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1869, President Andrew Johnson released the body of John Wilkes Booth to the assassin’s brother, Edwin, who had him buried quietly in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her old life seemed as distant as the radio programs she listened to, or President Roosevelt talking about the war. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “But if you make a commitment to jump off a building,” President Johnson said, “and you find out how high it is, you may withdraw the commitment.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Lyndon B. Johnson gives Dr. Martin Luther King one of the pens used to sign the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When President James Madison went before Congress seeking a formal declaration of war, he specifically referred to British support for Indigenous fighters on the frontier. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He said it must have given her some peace to hear President Kennedy’s speech earlier this summer, on the radio. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Listening to Bonnie and Twill confirmed one thing: President Snow has been playing me for a fool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The suffragists would still carry protest banners, but they would also burn copies of President Wilson’s speeches in front of the White House, symbolically destroying his declarations of democracy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Wilson would hear them many times in the coming years. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Speaking from the White House, President Eisenhower said he sent troops because “Mob rule in Little Rock menaces the very safety of the United States and the free world.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within weeks of getting Einstein’s letter, President Roosevelt formed the Uranium Committee, a group of military leaders and scientists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Fischer was the only person in the world ever known to have faced charges under President Bush’s bill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You’d have thought he was the President of the United States or something. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z President Armelio holds up a deck of playing cards like he just fished it out of the sea. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z President Cleveland arrived with his vice president and a retinue of cabinet officials, senators, and military leaders and their wives, children, and friends. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z President Wilson has asked all of us to do our patriotic duty in supporting the war effort, and already many are answering the call. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Retaliation had been ordered, and President Johnson saw no reason to postpone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Once when President Eisenhower had visited Georgia years earlier, he supposedly ate dinner at the Lyndons’ home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The one we have now, President Clinton, isn’t in the book. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s one thing to win an election and quite another to be President,” he remarked mysteriously to his teary co-religionists. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If you could tell the President of the United States about your community, what would you tell him? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But even after the President’s warning, early Tuesday morning the mob gathered in front of Central High and continued their rampaging. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By the night of March 2, because of both President Wilson’s inauguration on the fourth and the suffragist parade the next day, hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the nation’s capital. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He starts a store, a sort of five-and-dime; he marries and fathers four attractive children; he receives a Medal of Freedom from President Bush, after which he promptly dies, making way for the eulogies. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then President Roosevelt surprised the nation by picking Truman to be his running mate in the 1944 election. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We would stay with the Hulls for six days before the President Taft sailed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ford’s Theatre advertising poster announcing President Lincoln’s presence that evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “President’s Son Attends Children’s League Hearing,” is what the headline beneath it said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z President George W. Bush eliminated income taxes for families making under $40,000, but his tax cuts have also benefited the wealthiest Americans far more than his predecessors’ did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z W. Sterling Cole, a Republican from New York, took the initiative of arranging a meeting for the three physicists with President Eisenhower for the following Monday. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was fierce resentment among many when the President and the Secretary of War used every resource at their hands to raise more troops to support Grant and Sherman. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of months earlier, all the national parks, along with all other nonessential government departments, had been closed for a couple of weeks during a budget impasse between President Clinton and Congress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Readers of The Times in London were told that what was otherwise an “imposing ceremony” was “rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President Lincoln.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A siren screams over Miss Xinh’s voice in the middle of a lesson on smiley and bald President Ford. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He prayed for the President, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and other men in the top echelons of the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They'd also raised enough money to launch a new chapter in Chicago, becoming one of the first organizations to receive federal funding through the AmeriCorps service program created under President Clinton. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Since he doesn’t know that President Snow thinks I have failed, he can only assume that I think we have succeeded. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z President Snow himself makes a surprise visit to congratulate us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In 2011, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, first established in the Reagan administration, highlighted current scientific research and issued a call for greater emphasis on arts education. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z President Barack Obama’s position was clear: he considered Snowden a dangerous criminal. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Carter came into office in 1976, just a few months after the violent student protests in Soweto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Icelandic Chess Federation urges the President of the United States to pardon Bobby Fischer and let him go free. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He is President now, and always in demand. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But Papa never called him “Roosevelt,” always “President Roosevelt.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on August 6 in the ornate President’s Room of the Capitol as Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and other civil rights leaders looked on. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z So Senator Harding became candidate Harding, and later that fall, after a campaign conducted from his front porch in Marion, Ohio, candidate Harding became President Harding. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She fell stunned, and the President broke free and hauled himself bleeding into the cage, dragging the door shut after him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I was standing by the water, looking out at the President Adams, the transport ship that would soon carry us to Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A brief appearance by President Coin clinches it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was not an empty seat except in the President's box. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When we met the following day with President Habib Bourguiba, his response was utterly positive and immediate: he offered training for our soldiers and five thousand pounds for weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down at my desk, as humiliated as President Johnson would have been if he had lost to Bobby Kennedy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In the days to follow, newly sworn-in President Johnson left it to Stanton to bring Lincoln's killer and his accomplices to justice. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On President Snow: He’s being held prisoner, awaiting trial and most certain execution. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It was insane. The writer said I should be President of the World.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An alarmed Einstein sent a second letter to President Roosevelt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on, go on!” added Winkle and Tupman, while the President bowed benignly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When the assassination in Dallas made Johnson President, who was the first person he called for? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not give a hoot what President Eisenhower had to say. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Although elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654, he had to decline the honour on the grounds of age and ill health. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I know very well that the President didn’t send those soldiers just to protect me but to show support for an idea—the idea that a governor can’t ignore federal laws. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After international investigators confirmed that a North Korean torpedo sank the Cheonan, voters in the South refused to rally around President Lee, who had said the North Korean government should “pay a price.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They flowed past the President’s Palace, where President Hindenburg stood in his brightly lit window. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z That night President Nixon announced the historic news. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Reagan's attacker, like Charles Guiteau, had a history of mental illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The letter was sent to President George W. Bush and received no reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Newton, as President of the Society, dismissed the whole project as far too expensive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z President Bush had come to New Orleans two or three times at that point. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "The President's death will cause less shock, but far more sorrow, than if he had been shot dead on the 2d of July," said the New York Tribune. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt wasn’t much of a whiz, seeing how the country was still in a depression. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He became our first great leader, and in 1971, under his extreme pressure, our Parliament gave him the title Life President. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Brew wrote a letter to President Johnson saying that if he wanted us to fight, he’d better send us some good televisions, and we all signed it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod’s view of things was upside down at this point, bouncing up and down on the back of the 33rd President of the United States, gritty sand from the path blown up into his face. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he announced as Mess Presidents before him had done as long as there had been Mess Nights, “This beef is tasty and fit for human consumption.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the same room on the same date in 1861, one hundred and four years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln had signed a bill freeing slaves impressed into the service of the Confederate army. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry Truman strode through the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., dressed in his usual gray suit and bow tie. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A campaign was orchestrated to erase from the face of the earth the good name of the former President, in the hope that the masses would stop mourning him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, Mr. President. I shouldn’t do that.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Philip was the Student Council President and had the chiseled, immaculate, Anglican features of that aristocratic breed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Woodall refused to relinquish leadership of the expedition or make any kind of compromise, even after he received a message from President Mandela appealing for reconciliation as a matter of national interest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks after the event, she and a group of suffragists met with President Wilson to ask if he would support suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Vice President Gerald R. Ford was immediately sworn in as the new president. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In response the President looked up to the sky, put his hands to his mouth, and uttered a piercing yell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “These were given to the missus by President Theodore Roosevelt, so be careful.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Sam Houston had carved a recognizable profile of President McKinley out of pecan wood, a difficult wood to work, and entered it in the juvenile whittling division. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This is President Lincoln’s vision, and Grant agrees with it. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The President saw it too and the matter did not amuse him, for he realized it could be the detonator that would set off the powder keg on which his government was delicately perched. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z To President Johnson, all three options looked lousy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In response, on that same day, President Kennedy issued a report on desegregation in the schools of Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But not two people in love, which seems to be President Snow’s implication. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “And this is where you’re going to want to stay tuned, President Snow, because so very many of them were about you. But let’s begin with some of the others.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z President Wilson was growing tired of the protests, and he asked the press to limit coverage of the protesting suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was, Washington complained, “a delicate situation for the President to be placed in.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z President Wilson’s reluctance to lend suffragist leaders his support caused them to take a new look at what they needed to do. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When it was our president’s turn, His Excellency, the President for Life Papa Doc Duvalier, God did not get up from his throne to greet him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z President Gerald R. Ford officially reinstated Lee as a U.S. citizen in 1975. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He laid the tray on the table with a nervous bow, smiling at the President in hopes of being asked to stay; but Father MacPhail nodded toward the door, and the young man left reluctantly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Some were lawyers and well-known citizens, such as Samuel Adams of Boston, a graduate of Harvard and cousin of John Adams, a future President of the United States. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z President Garfield fell to his knees, then collapsed to the floor on his back. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “No. Those were his last words. Someone said, ‘Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you,’ and then he said, ‘That’s obvious,’ and then he got shot.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Yes, everyone in the districts will be watching me to see how I handle this death sentence, this final act of President Snow’s dominance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because the two post- Games interviews with Caesar Flickerman were shot in President Snow’s personal quarters. Plutarch thinks Peeta may be of some use as a guide in a location we have little knowledge of.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then in Italian: “Lift him very carefully about the legs. His legs are very painful. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The President appeared on television asking the people to be patient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z President Woodrow Wilson sent a representative to the prison to find out what was happening. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The monkey was unscrewing the clasp, and the President, his face a mask of grim exultation, was twisting wires together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He also disliked his ideological position; he was convinced that left- wing extremists like Miguel were doing more to harm the President than those on the right. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Grasping the loose waistband of his trousers, the philosopher stood up and bowed almost without realizing it, again and again, as the President of the Consistorial Court of Discipline left his cell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I remembered how Dr. King had grieved that November 1963 when he learned President Kennedy had been shot and killed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bod found himself being introduced to the 33rd President of the United States and the Emperor of China. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There’s a rose in President Snow’s lapel, which at least suggests a source of the flower perfume, but it must be genetically enhanced, because no real rose reeks like that. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When someone who didn’t know Sam called him “Chief” he would answer, “What, Mr. President?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey nominated himself for President of the United States. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him how Jeth had rit a letter to the President and got an anser back. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he in third grade, though, he get to talking better than the President a the United States, coming home using words like conjugation and parliamentary. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Each day,” Kerry charged, “someone has to die so that President Nixon won’t be, and these are his words, ‘the first president to lose a war.’ Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, Mr. President,” he said, “but they indignantly refused.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The President was injured when a parked car exploded as his own limousine paraded by. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was kind of amazing that he was there; he personally knew President Roosevelt. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In August 1989, President Bush characterized drug use as “the most pressing problem facing the nation.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the long quiet that followed, as we passed around the wine and slowly became drunker, I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Is that so?” said the President, his eyes seeming to radiate his passion as they glared. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It would be nice if he’d come to me with this earlier, before I knew that President Snow had other plans and just being friends was not an option for us anymore. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The integration had gone so badly that President Eisenhower sent in soldiers to help keep the peace. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The President was already stepping over her body to reach the larger cage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z By the end of the month, James Madison was writing James Monroe in Paris: “It is pretty certain that the President will not serve beyond his present term.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Bill Clinton won overwhelmingly in Illinois and across the country, moving President Bush out of office after only one term. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On the day that Garfield was shot, Vice President Chester Arthur had been in New York City with his good friend Roscoe Conkling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This was the thing about President Roosevelt: he had personally made every decision that had destroyed their lives. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z What Nixon didn’t know was that the CIA had bugs in President Thieu’s office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for President Noble. I think he's one of the nicest-looking men who ever became president.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “What we really need is something so riveting that even President Snow won’t be able to tear himself away. Got anything like that?” asks Haymitch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Long before President Nixon met his Waterloo over the Watergate burglary, he escaped from another tight spot with a magisterial speech, at the heart of which was a nakedly cheesy pathos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She wrote, “Here I am in the Badlands, missing you terribly,” and “This is Mount Rushmore, but I don’t see any Presidents’ faces, I only see yours.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The President’s voice echoed unpleasantly off the white tiles that lined the wall and ceiling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hunkered down behind his TV tray, Milton scowled at the left-wing press, and his growing resemblance to the President couldn’t be ignored. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The President looks at least twenty years older than the pictures you and I used to study together in the early days of the war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “We came when we heard that President Washington was returning. Lucille said that would be the sign that your Grandfather was waiting for. Where is the Captain? I didn’t see him when we came in.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 12, 1963, President Kennedy announced that he would deliver to Congress a strong civil rights bill, a declaration that transformed him into a widely recognized ally of the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Jaime inched his way to him and grabbed him by the calves to make him get down, but the President replied with a curse and remained erect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara were telling the world that the American destroyers had been on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The ex-CIA agent had been identified as James McCord, currently employed by the Committee to Reelect the President—which was headed by Nixon’s former attorney general, John Mitchell. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On Inauguration Eve, he'd been invited to dinner with outgoing President Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I went there because, coming out of it, I’d be able to be President. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The cops picked him up this morning in his underwear; he was in the lobby of the Post Office building, waiting to speak to the President. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In Dallas, Texas, for instance, the then Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were vulgarly insulted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The month before, President Wilson had accepted an invitation to speak at NAWSA’s annual convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And Jethro remembered words in the President’s letter: “There will be much criticism, but if I err it will be on the side of mercy.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is the President of the United States speaking,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The government was spending hundreds of millions of dollars—yet the project was so secret, President Roosevelt chose not to tell Congress where all the money was going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And even President Barack Obama and his family. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Thanks to the political patronage system, still in place despite President Hayes’s efforts to fix it, Garfield was expected to fill thousands of government positions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I've gotten e-mail from rock stars, athletes, actors and actresses, and even the President. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the first real Attendant, assigned to Martha Johnson, President Johnson's daughter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Is this the way President Snow knows about the kiss? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was skilled enough at his woodworking that the ever-demanding President Washington employed him several times to make objects for his household. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Mr. President, you’ll never remember to turn it on,” Haldeman said, “and when you do want it you’re always going to be shouting—afterwards, when it’s too late—that no one turned it on.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When President Cleveland’s carriage came to Sol Bloom’s Algerian Village, at the Muslim core of the Midway, Bloom gave a nod, and the women of the village dropped their veils. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Exposition President Baker immediately cabled Eiffel that the directors would be delighted to see whatever he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While the water cooled down I sat there looking up at the President. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Church Committee found notes from secret meetings of the National Security Council and President Eisenhower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Hands up, he says, who is the President of the United States of America? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His voice crackled over the radio waves to an estimated forty million listeners, including President Roosevelt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The President settled back, tapping his fingers on the arm of his seat, gnawing his lip, but saying nothing and letting the pilot work unflustered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Naturally, the French republic had turned to the United States for help, only to have President Washington hesitate. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Of the fall of Vicksburg the President said, “The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the Sea.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In my head I hear President Snow’s words, spoken the morning I was to begin the Victory Tour. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt was going to send a powerful message to Hitler. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Under President Hayes, the Stalwarts lost power, and they wanted it back. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The President opened a drawer and handed the young priest a folded packet of papers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Could he mean the heroes who assassinated President Lincoln? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By seven o’clock, Melita and her parents stood on the crowded Wilhelmstrasse, the wide street that led past the President’s Palace and the Chancellery, the building that housed important government offices. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It said Potter for President, and Dean, who was good at drawing, had done a large Gryffindor lion underneath. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was all about President Johnson trying to get a bill passed to help the urban poor, and then something about the Pueblo, which had been taken over by the North Koreans. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The ticking of the big clock became so loud that President Washington and President Lincoln, who occupied the wall space to either side of it, exchanged a look of shared displeasure. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Every spring President Thieu holds a long long long ceremony to comfort war wives. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The visitor said: “President Morgan needs to see you.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Certainly, President Garfield didn't have time to meet with him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “President Herbert Hoover is taking care of things. The worst is over.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z President Senghor was a scholar and a poet, and he told us he was collecting research material on Shaka, flattering us by asking numerous questions about that great South African warrior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z President Snow goes on to tell us what happened in the previous Quarter Quells. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m staring into the snakelike eyes of President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Name the eleventh President of the United States and his entire cabinet.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had misgivings about handing President Johnson what was practically a declaration of war, especially in such a hurry, and with such a vague idea of where things might lead. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The money was intended to support the family if President Garfield died or was permanently incapacitated by his injury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Matt takes off like he’s got a cape flying behind him and a giant S for Seventh Grade Student Council President emblazoned on his shirt. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I took my national examinations, and while I was waiting for the results to come in, I went to see President Moi. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z And President Snow can’t tolerate being made to look like a fool. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Never mind that. Find the creature and destroy it,” said the President. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “As your name is subscribed to that law, as Vice President,” Adams declared, “and mine as President, I know not why you are not as responsible for it as I am.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With gratitude, Patricia Roxbury President, New York Chapter This might be hard to believe, but the next Black lived in our building, just one floor above us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The news of that vote was heartwarming to the tired President; so, too, was the fact that all the Northern states except Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey were of one accord with the soldier vote. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z By executive order President Truman desegregated the military in 1948, raising expectations among black Americans that conditions would improve even more. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson says it will save millions of tons of coal and thus help the war effort. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Let’s put things into perspective. He is our President, and he happens to be talking about us. The whole world’s watching, why shouldn’t we,” she said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I met Lord Bethell in the prison commander’s office, which was dominated by a large photograph of a glowering President Botha. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Project Mercury’s first orbital flight was originally slated to take place at the end of 1960, on President Eisenhower’s watch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the seventeenth president of the United States. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He says that President Roosevelt is a good man and everyone in America will soon have a job. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In late November 1954, CIA director Allen Dulles emerged from a meeting with President Eisenhower with orders to develop a top secret aircraft. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And it would not be the last President Wilson heard from the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Wishing Seneca Crane had blown me to bits the way President Snow said he should have when I held out the berries. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I see the wooden box in the little boy’s hands, President Snow drawing out the yellowed envelope. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if the rebel forces could somehow overthrow the Capitol, you can be sure President Snow’s last act would be to cut Peeta’s throat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z That summer—while the President’s lies were also getting more elaborate—I started faking my period. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, Mr. President,” began Joint Chiefs Chairman Earle Wheeler, “we fully realize that what we’re going to present to you today requires a very difficult decision.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The conduct of the President,” argued the defense team, “has compromised the judiciary to the point where a fair trial is impossible, now or in the future.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Keisha and Albert call me Madam President every chance they get. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The wave of activism associated with economic justice helped to focus President Kennedy’s attention on poverty and black unemployment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “What a welcome sight. You know, it’s funny how often people forget that presidents need to eat, too,” President Snow says charmingly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “And call me at my club at two this afternoon and tell me if the President telephoned,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “President of the Social Awareness Club?” he says with a smile. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z President Snow pours tea for both of us and fills his with cream and sugar, then takes a long time stirring. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Nancy said, “Jeth, it’s the President—they’ve killed the President.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z If you didn’t have the image of our Dear President on the wall—dressed in his three-piece suit and clutching a flywhisk—you would pay a hefty price. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z That ambivalence was most clearly embodied by the President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And the voting rights of African Americans in the South were restricted until President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was known that the President was being besieged to get rid of Grant. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The President awarded the three detectives the People’s Medal and gave them lifelong pensions. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt, who had imprisoned her family, had died last year—his final words were supposedly “I have a terrific headache.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The overthrow of King Farouk in Egypt and the succession of President Nasser is an example of a true revolution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the time had finally come when anyone—or at least not the same old someones—could be President. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z What manner of words could one use so as not to be too forward, too lacking in respect toward the President of the United States? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In that instant, as Daugherty sized up Harding, an idea came to him that would alter American history: Wouldn’t that man make a great President? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Who else will be dead if I don’t satisfy President Snow? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They can’t tear their overlarge eyes away, even when President Snow begins to speak from his balcony, welcoming us all to the Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even before this, South America had worried President Roosevelt and his advisors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "We allocated one hundred grams for luxury items. There are some handwritten letters from Mark's family, a note from the President, and a USB drive filled with music from all ages." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But he briefly gets caught in the portrait of President Washington and misjudges the thickness of the bunting decorating the front of the box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Titid was young then, just a young priest starting out, not a famous Monsieur le President. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The President’s eyes widened as he saw who it was, and he smiled wolfishly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Madam President wants to see you in her office.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After President Botha’s resignation as head of the National Party, F. W. de Klerk had been elected in his place, and there was said to be considerable jockeying between the two men. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The President tried to grab him, but Mrs. Coulter seized the man’s arm and tried to pull him back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z So maybe President Snow will prefer keeping him alive, crushed and heartbroken, as a living warning to others. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On the whole, Andrea and I had a good time on the President Taft. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z President Harding stirred me toward the Democratic party and President Hoover cemented me there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mrs. White was determined to do the best for her family and so she wrote to President and Mrs. Roosevelt directly and told them about the hopes and dreams she had for her family. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the 1930s and early 1940s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to roll out the New Deal—a massive public works and investment program designed to lift the nation out of a severe depression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z President Woodrow Wilson kept trying to dodge the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At any rate, it was hard to know what to make of the new President Roosevelt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And so before he sent in the paratroopers, President Johnson sent in Cyrus Vance to assess the situation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to end the strike, and workers went back to their jobs, taking lower wages. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner—the ones who’d triggered the Manhattan Project by convincing Albert Einstein to warn President Roosevelt of the danger of atomic bombs—came to watch. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was rejected by the New York anarchists, he tried to prove himself by killing President McKinley. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Despite the pressures, though, the President did not remove General Grant. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t going to be a holiday, not like Presidents’ Day or MLK Day, so there was still school that Wednesday, but it was called Patriot Day and he was given permission to miss school. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z At Pier 41 the transpacific ocean liner President Madison snapped her hawsers and careened into the steamboat Harvester, sinking her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This man was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Sure there is. Beetee and I have been following the same rule book President Snow used when he hijacked Peeta,” says Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Of course you are under arrest,” said the President, taking the other chair and turning up the lamp. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Progress had been made under his leadership; Baltimore had been named an Empowerment Zone by President Clinton in 1994. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z No one wants to tell President Wingfield that he was wrong and Captain Smith was right about building a palisade, I think. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Ernest and his colleagues left a profound impression on President Eisenhower, though not enough to prompt him to rule out a test ban entirely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Mr. Vice President,” Anthony said, “we present this Declaration of Rights of the women citizens of the United States.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ferdinand was tapped by President William McKinley to lead a campaign to reenergize black enthusiasm for the Republican Party. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In April 1952, President Truman fired MacArthur after the general made public statements disagreeing with the president over how the war should be waged. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Dasch was so distraught he wrote a letter to President Roosevelt. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock President Cleveland ascended the stairs to the speakers’ platform, erected outside at the east end of the Administration Building, and took his seat, the signal for the ceremony to begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I rub a bit of the silk between my fingers, trying to figure out President Snow’s reasoning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think, Mr. President, with the life I lead, that I will live long enough to have children?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Complicating matters, the FBI had just discovered that the hundred-dollar bills found in the burglars’ pockets had all been withdrawn from a bank account belonging to the Committee to Reelect the President. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bloom took his concerns to Exposition President Baker, who turned him over to Burnham. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Not real. President Snow destroyed Twelve the way he did Thirteen, to send a message to the rebels.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z President Snow rubs a spot over his left eyebrow, the very spot where I myself get headaches. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For eighty days, anxious Americans consumed every detail about President Garfield's medical condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Hitler still didn’t have complete power, but that would come the following year after President Paul von Hindenburg died. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The economist Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist and devout critic of George W. Bush, bemoaned this fact as the President’s reelection campaign got under way in early 2004. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Paul knew that the treatment the women received in jail would create a public relations crisis for President Wilson, even in wartime. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At that moment, the President was speaking on the phone with the head of the uprising, who was offering him a military plane to leave the country with his family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair prompted President Harrison to designate October 12 a national holiday, Columbus Day, which today serves to anchor a few thousand parades and a three-day weekend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And just like President Johnson before him, Nixon hated to lose. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “We just want you to appear on television and say that the President was drunk and he committed suicide. After that you can go home.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They packed up their camp quickly, and the 33rd President of the United States picked Bod up and bundled him over his shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A suffragist from Tennessee said, “We burn not the effigy of the President of a free people, but the leader of an autocratic party organization whose tyrannical power holds millions of women in political slavery.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But the name the two men spoke out loud to each other was The President. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My conversation with President Snow in the study comes back to me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He grinned at Alex and said, “I’m dead, Mr. President. Remember?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Because the president appeared to be out of danger, Vice President Arthur returned to his New York home. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Snow must be wondering how that blood-splattered floor and his roses are affecting me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Well, now, Mr. President,” Gus said, “I’m pretty busy. They raising sand over there in Germany and I got to send ’em a note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the newspaper, I read how even the President a the United States telling Mayor Thompson he need to do better. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At first, I was surprised that the paper would report the bad things that happened in the United States and that there were even stories that directly criticized President Kennedy. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z In the course of these walks, Michelson so ingratiated himself to the President that Grant agreed to secure for him a free place at the U.S. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There are lots of pictures of the handsome President Kennedy and his pretty wife, Jackie, who looks a little like my beauty-queen aunt, only paler and less made up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z From the witness stand, Guiteau explained that he bought the gun in order “to remove the President for the good of the American people.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Libya—Mu’ammar Gadhafi was attempting to ingratiate himself with the United States and couldn’t take the chance of antagonizing President Bush. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, but I received a call from the President’s office,” Jaime said, showing them his identification card. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw the President and his lady right up close and we saw the packed thousands below in crushed and snow-dabbled ball gowns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And I think that President Wingfield is right; the Indians have been very friendly and welcoming to us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "Mrs. Garfield looked so thin and clung so tenderly to the President's arm,” he wrote later that day, "my heart failed me to part them, and I decided to take him alone.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Throughout those days, while we scratched and haggled for our daily bread, I had a photograph of President Eisenhower for company in my kitchen house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Garfields made plans to vacation at a hotel in the Elberon section of Long Branch, a beach resort town visited by both Presidents Grant and Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “We have reservations on the President Taft too. We’ll be going with you. David and Edward and Mother and I.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro had forgotten for a while the sad-eyed President, whose pictures had been in the papers only days before, above the story of his own son’s death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His room at the Kirkwood House was one floor above Vice President Johnson’s. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In April, Animal Farm was proclaimed a Republic, and it became necessary to elect a President. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Show Mrs. Coulter to the best guest room,” said the President. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The 33rd President of the United States handed Bod over to the famous writer Victor Hugo, who threw the boy into his sack and put it over his shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They were like gifts to the lonely boy; he read them over again and again, and then placed them carefully in the big envelope containing the President’s letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “President McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York, in 1901 by an anarchist. Theodore Roosevelt took over for him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “President Snow used to . . . sell me . . . my body, that is,” Finnick begins in a flat, removed tone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Two seasons had passed since President Wilson asked for volunteers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You would if they offered you some Presidents.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What had happened: late Monday night, President Johnson, finally giving in to Governor Romney’s request, had ordered in federal troops. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was used in reference to some nice old poopy elder statesman who’d made a fortune in the stock market and then gone to Washington to be an adviser to President Roosevelt. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z President Bush's order was closely based on former president Roosevelt's proclamation to try the Nazi saboteurs in a military tribunal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Johnson’s obvious vulnerability encouraged Senator Robert Kennedy, President John Kennedy’s younger brother, to jump into the race. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Wilson needed a steady production of meat from the Stock Yard to feed the hungry troops. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “This was President Davis’s office,” a housekeeper says respectfully. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “And I don’t think editors have any right to talk against the President. Americans ought to stand together!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z President Truman, who had wanted to avoid getting bogged down in Korea, now faced the prospect of another major country falling to the Communists. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Good luck, Mr. President,” Nixon said, shaking Ford’s hand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The military tribunal would be composed of seven generals to serve as the judges, with President Roosevelt presiding over the proceedings. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He has a head like President Roosevelt and he wears gold glasses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I supposed he had done something wrong, because President Truman took away his job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z President Johnson had secretly ordered more than two thousand bombing runs over Cambodia during his presidency. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And I wonder if President Snow’s in contact with Thread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And also here tonight is the Vice President of Stteetchh Extraction, Inc. He will say a few words to. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson is an obvious target. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z So, on July 2, President Roosevelt issued a proclamation to establish a military tribunal under the Military Code of Justice. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “That would be in direct violation of President Coin’s orders.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The President of the United States began talking on the radio! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It means,” she continues, “I’m meant to be your speech-writer when you run for President of New York.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I think you did exactly the right thing in statements to the President and the Press. The situation called for over-selling rather than under-selling.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His father may have called their plow horse President Lincoln as a joke, but Macon always thought of Lincoln with fondness since he had loved him first as a strong, steady, gentle, and obedient horse. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently so, if we correctly read the President’s words. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Do not be so pessimistic. Someday, Americans will elect a woman President.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When Guiteau wasn't trying to see President Garfield, he was busy lobbying at the State Department. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Father President,” said Brother Louis, “I shall of course do as you command, but may I know why you need the child’s hair?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It came to light later that President Kennedy wasn’t surprised by the threat of assassination, either. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The final words she spoke before she dropped were “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And now she was standing, her hair disordered, passion in her voice—plainly just as bewildered as the President himself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Grandmother Baxter calmed my anxiety by explaining that America would not be bombed, not as long as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought suddenly of the tired face of the President. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1948, President Harry S. Truman agreed to suspend their prison sentences. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z If they had no knowledge of the mistreatment, then what do they make of this move on President Coin’s part? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In 1977, when President Jimmy Carter visited the Bronx, he said it looked like “a war zone.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Let’s hear it for President Nixon!” the men shouted. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z All of them looking at their first Madam President. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The zeppelin carrying the President of the Consistorial Court was carrying other passengers as well, unknown to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand as directed and looked around nervously at the other hundreds of participants while a video of an imposing President Bush stared down at us like Big Brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He straightened his thin shoulders and marched up the stairs as though he were the President of the United States. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z One day in the trading center, more than three hundred Gule Wamkulu appeared on the road carrying empty coffins, promising to fill them with anyone who didn’t support the Life President. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He has met the President three, four times and even been to supper to the White House. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You can go, compaheros, but leave your guns behind,” the President said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth presided over a meeting of some of the conspirators he had recruited over the previous months to strike against President Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The President meant to say that the Prime Minister’s head was fertile, just full of these nutrients where ideas can grow. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The federal government mandated high-stakes testing as part of the No Child Left Behind law, signed by President Bush in 2002. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t take your father’s jokes too literally, Ari. All he’s saying is that he thinks President Reagan is too heavy-handed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She opened it and read: “I wish to make a protest against the methods you are adopting in annoying the President,” the letter writer said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Stanton gave orders to rush military guards to the home of every member of the cabinet and to Vice President Johnson’s hotel. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We embrace, and I can barely keep from spilling out the entire episode with President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen,” said the President, for that was the mode of address in the Consistorial Court, “let’s adjourn.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Republican Party, eager to score points against President Truman, a Democrat, accused him of being "soft on communism" and willing to turn a blind eye to subversives in his own administration. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I examined it closely—President Jackson looked so regal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z President Cleveland ordered federal troops to Chicago and placed them under the command of General Nelson A. Miles, previously the grand marshal of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Later, when Vice President Johnson arrived at the deathbed, he remained in the background and chose not to take charge. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Another shouted, “Companero President!” and everyone answered in a single wail, the way men grieve: “Here! Now and forever!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But President Eisenhower had insisted that the nation’s first foray into space be presented as a peaceful effort, rather than an explicitly military operation that risked triggering a dangerous retaliation by the Soviet Union. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Another said that the President’s speech would live among the annals of man. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The five boats that survived pulled back from shore to the President Adams for another load. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was early evening in Potsdam, Germany, when news of the Trinity test reached President Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And President Lyndon B. Johnson had held a press conference to deliver a statement in support of voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He got out before the Cold War ended, before missile shields and global warming and September 11 and a second President with only one vowel in his name. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Betita, who had never been sick a day in her life, died in 1963, on November 22, on the same day as President Kennedy, but not from a bullet in the head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Presidents are surrounded by bodyguards, and bodyguards are supposed to be on the lookout for people like John Hinckley. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience is mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Richards added that he believes the American voters have a right to know everything else for which President Claremont’s server may have been used. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But they are so smart, so wonderfully smart about how they play it, because it all comes back to reflect on the government and President Snow in particular. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the editors were preparing a third day of Pentagon Paper stories—and wondering when they’d hear from President Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was reported around the world, and it was said at one point that President Bush had a copy of it installed on the wall of the Oval Office. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Sachs was a former aide to President Roosevelt, and a personal friend. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m very pleased to hear it,” said the President. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I am President of all the people of the United States,” Roosevelt said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z President Morgan let him pour out his frustration and rage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z During that three-day period where there was no other news to be heard except relating to the murdered President, Mr. Muhammad had a previously scheduled speaking engagement in New York at the Manhattan Center. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z President of the art club is not a position of authority. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere in District 13, Beetee hits a switch, because now it’s not President Snow but President Coin who’s looking at us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “President Nixon is confident in what we are doing,” Speigner told a reporter when he returned from Washington. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lilienthal had been brooding all day over a pending decision by President Truman about expanding the nation’s nuclear arsenal, a $319 million proposition pushed assiduously by the Pentagon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For there was President Washington—a tall, commanding man, riding horseback to enter the town. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sunday morning, with Garfield's fate unknown, former President Rutherford Hayes wrote in his diary that the country faced a disaster if Garfield died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Behind her she heard the continuing roar of the engines, the confused shouts, the powerful voice of the President trying to impose some order on the scene. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Jones said President Roosevelt had used it to help the economy of the hill country of Tennessee and Alabama. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Windows were broken, and outside the building an effigy of President Eisenhower was burned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I only been cooking white Thanksgivings since Calvin Coolidge was President. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Under President Botha, the march would have been banned, marchers would have defied that ban, and violence would have resulted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z President Obama waved him away and said, “Let them finish.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But the President’s words resonated with a special significance for America’s blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The President passed his hands over his face, wiping it clear of the rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Months later, Boynton accused him of lying, telling a medical journal that "neither the President nor Mrs. Garfield ever asked him to take charge of the case." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Without consulting Burnham, Davis gave an estimate ten percent below the amount Burnham had calculated for President Baker, which Baker had then included in his own statement to investigators. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Was that President Franklin Roosevelt urging the nation to stay calm? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In Liberia, I met with President Tubman, who not only gave me five thousand dollars for weapons and training, but said in a quiet voice, “Have you any pocket money?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, boys, it’s a good thing when you’re talking to someone you don’t trust to get a record made of it,” President Eisenhower once advised a group of aides, including Vice President Richard Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z President Eisenhower, for his part, was determined not to let communism get a foothold a mere ninety miles from Florida. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry had gone in the Marine Corps, had landed in Lebanon when President Eisenhower had decided to help out over there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The kettles were then filled with copies of President Wilson’s speeches and were kept burning day and night. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Beneath was an article detailing how the United States, under President Eisenhower, had secretly worked to undermine elections that were supposed to unite North and South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Suddenly I was standing in a line of celebrities waiting to meet President Obama. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Our horses pull our chariot right up to President Snow's mansion, and we come to a halt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The President placed the curl of Lyra’s hair in an envelope and shut the locket, looking up and around as he did so, and Lord Roke had to drop out of sight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z President Wilson had a nightmare on his hands. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Russo told reporters he was going to turn his attention to the effort to impeach President Nixon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the war: The Capitol fell the day the parachutes went off, President Coin leads Panem now, and troops have been sent out to put down the small remaining pockets of Capitol resistance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Their focus now included helping President Nixon’s reelection campaign. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I hear President Snow’s voice in my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So when Ms. G. kept saying that “I could do anything,” “go anywhere,” and “be anyone”—even the President, I thought she was crazy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The President of the Internal and External Secretions Corporation was perpetually on the phone, and she had been to Deauville with the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Europe. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t spoken to President Snow, this gesture might move me to tears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z President Johnson’s approval rating shot up fourteen percentage points. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So after three days, the government backed down and President Wilson pardoned the protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Twelve years prior, months after the 1992 indictment had been issued, Bill Clinton had been elected President of the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z President Roosevelt had decided to take Americans as prisoners of war as well as Germans, Italians, and Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The day before, he had telegrammed President Kennedy and listed twenty different, racially motivated, unpunished actions taken by white men against black people in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And more specifically, wouldn’t be my Avox, because President Snow has so obviously had him placed here for my benefit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith grumbles, but there is no arguing with President Wingfield. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z From the White House, President Johnson announced that he was determined to press for a powerful new voting rights law. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Odyssey, she heard President Bush’s weekly radio address. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then, for the rest of the year, you get the pleasure of watching President Bonehead giving speeches, running assemblies, and making a complete idiot out of himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I go into the study, a room I’ve pretty much avoided since my meeting with President Snow, and dial Peeta’s number. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “In accordance with New Order 15, President Gray issued an arrest warrant for all persons involved with this dangerous activity....” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The remaining cars carried Garfield's friends, attendants, President Arthur, the cabinet, and family. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in a service attended by President Wilson. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The President appeared on television almost every night to denounce the ruthless war being waged by the opposition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By late 1864, Booth had hatched the risky plan to kidnap President Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it will get back to President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the utmost anticipation was centered on the arrival of the 7:45 train and President Woodrow Wilson. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a long time before I realized that the Diamant brothers had not run because President Mościcki told them to. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A few minutes before it was time to give his talk, President Johnson took his place at his desk. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He favored it, believed it was polio, and felt secretly connected to the late President Roosevelt for that reason. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The President had to order his daughters to leave; they had to be removed forcibly, and they could be heard from the street calling his name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After the anthem, they show President Snow drawing the envelope for the second Quarter Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z President Cleveland boarded the seventh carriage, a landau. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It didn't help that Guiteau had written down his intent to make his “friend Arthur President.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “And to think that one day he would be our President!” someone said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In America she’d felt she could judge President Roosevelt; she had felt she knew him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There is excitement in the air, the feeling that things are almost back to normal since President Kennedy died; 1964 is a fresh, new year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I grew up with my teeth clamped on a faith in the big white man in power—God, the President, I don’t care who he is, he’d serve justice! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z About President Snow, the unrest in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I want the story to continue, but just then President Ratcliffe, Master Martin, Master Archer, and a few of the other gentlemen come crowding into our circle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He also decoded telegrams that exposed corruption in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet in 1924. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On November 21, 1850, he wrote a letter to Millard Fillmore, who was then President of the United States. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z President Smith rubs his forehead and says quietly, “We are desperate for the food.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There will be no mansion in the woods for President Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In the afternoon of her first day in Chicago, Tuesday, June 6, the infanta had slipped out of her hotel incognito, accompanied by her lady-in-waiting and an aide appointed by President Cleveland. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z President Wilson was calling for thirteen million men, ages eighteen to forty-five, to enroll. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z President Thieu knew his government would not last long against the Communists without American help. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The President had given a speech, praising Watney's bravery and sacrifice, and the quick actions of Commander Lewis in getting everyone else to safety. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There really wasn’t a single person in the world that was immune to his abilities, not even President Gray. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z How many intermediates are there between you and President Reagan? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z President Botha was now head of state but not of his own party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, on Tuesday, July 22, President Woodrow Wilson, who had been reluctant to intervene in what he chose to regard as a local matter, decided he needed to take action. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Someone had brought a battery-powered radio, and we listened to President Mościcki tell the young men of Poland to rally in Lwów. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I had read and heard that President Nasser’s administration had built up one of the most highly industrialized countries on the African continent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Americans did not even know President Roosevelt was crippled by polio. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it a secret? President Snow didn’t act like it was. In fact, he seemed eager for me to know,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Because I’m on a special mission for President Coin. I think Boggs was the only one who knew about it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was only one problem—no one had bothered to consult with President Thieu. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We were supposed to compare ourselves to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness goals that all American boys should be trying to reach so we wouldn’t die of heart attacks someday. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Lady Salmakia’s contact in the Society had told her that earlier that evening they had received a friendly invitation from the President of the Consistorial Court to come and discuss matters of mutual interest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “It does not look ready by any means,” Olmsted wrote, “but it is expected that it will play before the President next Monday.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z During the next several months, Guiteau and his family attempted to obtain a pardon, going as far as sending their request to President Arthur. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In 1869, President Johnson ordered that the bodies of the conspirators be given to their families for reburial. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The President Resigns On TV President Thieu looks sad and yellow; what has happened to his tan? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Following the terror attacks, President George W. Bush said, "Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On March 30, twenty-five-year-old John Hinckley stepped from a group of reporters on the sidewalk outside a Washington hotel and shot six times at President Ronald Reagan. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But for President Johnson, it was a profound personal and political failure. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “A little more practice,” Mr. Ballard said, “and you’ll be a better thrower than President LBJ ever hoped to be. You come by anytime, okay? The shoes will always be waiting for you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z President Johnson was saying that the United States was willing to stop its bombing if the North Vietnamese were ready to begin serious talks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "On Tuesday morning, October 16, 1962, shortly after 9:00," Bobby recalled, "President Kennedy called and asked me to come to the White House. He said only that we were facing great trouble." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The President switched off the music and, with the final note of the final stanza, there was absolute silence—the silence of stretched expectancy, quivering and creeping with a galvanic life. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z President Lincoln and General Grant shake hands, then Grant gallops off to join the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z These are some of its characteristics: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the President of the United States, and he always has been. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z President Wingfield, to his credit, had been at the forefront of the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z William Tecumseh Sherman had telegraphed the President that the city of Atlanta, Georgia, had fallen to the Army of the Tennessee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z American Correctional Association President Gwendolyn Chunn put the matter more bluntly that same year when lamenting that the unprecedented prison expansion boom of the 1990s seemed to be leveling off. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z From time to time the Chief of Staff, the President, and so on, dressed in sequins and feathers, will entertain the leaders, i.e., the perverts, of all the other countries at balls and parties. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The National American Woman Suffrage Association decided to stand with President Woodrow Wilson and back the war effort, hoping that their cooperation would earn Wilson’s support of suffrage after the war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For a while, I did nothing but listen to President Gray’s baritone voice give his nightly address. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Shadrach wrote that he and Jenny had seen the President and General Grant as they drove through the Washington streets together. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Williams then went on, presumably in jest, to call upon President Roosevelt to do something about the “very disturbing situation.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was talking in a hushed voice and giving details of President Roosevelt’s death. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z An article written exclusively for the Saturday Evening Post after the bombing captured the president’s reaction this way: “President Kennedy, echoing the national temper, said he felt a ‘deep sense of outrage and grief.’” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Certairily on board the President Taft the hooray feeling was all over the place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thank you, Mr. President," Teddy said into the phone. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The executive branch of the government—Vice President Johnson and the cabinet—had survived the night; no other assassinations had occurred. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z President Wilson did not even send a message of congratulations to Alice Paul. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z President Johnson tried to downplay the massive attack at a news conference on February 2, saying “a few bandits can do that in any city.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I beg to present you the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift,” Sherman wired the President. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Bowing to the pressure, President Wilson ordered their release. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Reagan for President!” a sticker on the bumper said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z President Snow takes a seat at the large desk of polished wood where Prim does her homework and my mother her budgets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This all flashes through my head in an instant as President Snow’s eyes bore into me on the heels of his threat to kill Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as Garfield's health worsened, Brown sent out telegrams saying: “Rumors concerning unfavorable change in President's condition largely sensational,” and “Surgeons believe President is prospectively better than at any time since shooting.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z President Truman called the trial a "red herring," and Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared, "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After journeying to Memphis and Boston, I went to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and attend a private meeting with President Bush. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the President was thrusting his lizard dæmon into the smaller of the silver mesh cages. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That Sunday evening Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wired President Kennedy from Atlanta, telling him he was going to Birmingham to plead with blacks to remain nonviolent. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, I catch a glimpse of Haymitch, which is reassuring, or President Snow, which is terrifying, but I keep laughing and thanking people and smiling as my picture is taken. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “If the Communists dare put a foot in our zones, we will kill them,” President Thieu told the people of South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Soon after their arraignment, newly elected President Obama suspended the case and considered trying it in a federal court in New York City. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I remember the tiger lily cookie and, now that Peeta is talking to me again, it’s all I can do not to recount the whole story about President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They searched the house and found evidence: photographs of Confederate generals, one of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, some ammunition, and a photo of John Wilkes Booth, hidden behind a picture frame. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, President Wilson pardoned her and several other union organizers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z They asked me if I thought President Wilson would declare war on Austria and I said it was only a matter of days. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In late December, President Johnson and his top advisors sat around the table in the White House Cabinet Room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And in case the pressure wasn’t intense enough, President Roosevelt spelled it out in a personal note. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilbert was an extremely successful and eminent physician, who held just about every office in the Royal College in turn, culminating in his election as President in 1599. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z At the instant of being shot, President Abraham Lincoln slumps forward in his rocking chair. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z From that point on, President Bush included me on his short list of world leaders whom he briefed on important issues. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if President Snow will insist we have children. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Seeder quietly ruminates about how, back in District 11, everyone assumes President Snow is all-powerful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an order to set up a military tribunal system to try the men accused of helping the hijackers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z As for President Lincoln, even today’s medicine could not have saved him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z That is, she was polite to everybody, even to President Roosevelt, whom she had never met. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ellsberg admired President Harry Truman’s response—a commitment to supporting democracies and containing Soviet influence from spreading further. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On April 23, President Gerald R. Ford announced the war was finished as far as America was concerned. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All along, the North Vietnamese had been demanding the removal from power of President Thieu’s government in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The information they contained was out of date—hardly the fresh intelligence on Soviet activities that President Eisenhower clamored for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “We always eat here. I shall complain to the President!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederacy. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s my message to President Snow that gets the wheels spinning in Plutarch’s brain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Confederate President Jefferson Davis was on the run, the subject of his own massive manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were out of earshot of the President’s room, the Gallivespian sprang. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z President Truman was leaving in a few days for Potsdam, Germany, where he was going to meet with Joseph Stalin to begin talking about post-war plans. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “President Eisenhower would never allow such a thing,” he said emphatically. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As Vice President, Johnson had disagreed with Kennedy on the coup against Diem. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “President Snow says he’s sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But he was unwilling to confront President Johnson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Nor does President Obama’s Race to the Top program—a competition for $4.35 billion in federal grants to states that meet various educational benchmarks—make any such recommendation. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The conservative revolution that took root within the Republican Party in the 1960s did not reach its full development until the election of President Ronald Reagan in 1980. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z President Bill Clinton raised income taxes for the wealthiest, cut taxes on investment gains, and expanded breaks for the working poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “President Smith says if we don’t work we don’t get to eat,” says Richard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Then this must be President Davis’s chair,” he says with a grin, sinking into its burgundy padding. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “The Navy has revolted, Doctor,” the President explained tersely. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was funny as I looked around and noticed we were all wearing our nightgowns and pajamas to greet the messengers from the President of the United States. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Executive Order 9066 had been signed by President Roosevelt, giving the War Department authority to define military areas in the western states and to exclude from them anyone who might threaten the war effort. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of family and friends in the Sudanese community, Shamsoun raised more than two thousand dollars so he could attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama with a student group. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But actually, President Snow may be arranging some sort of "accident" for me as we speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And that was going to be even harder, because of what the President intended to do with Mrs. Coulter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When the elections were finally held, and certified by outside observers that included former President Jimmy Carter, Farmer was in Port-au-Prince. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Prepared by the Presidents Advisory Committee on Science in March 1958 as a primer on spaceflight, the brochure laid out the scientific principles of travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in terms a layperson could understand. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Besides Grant and Blaine, the other candidate seeking the nomination was John Sherman of Ohio, a former U.S. senator and the current secretary of treasury under President Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She focuses only on what’s ahead, because there it is: Lafayette Square, President’s Park. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how nuts that makes President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan officially announced the current drug war in 1982, before crack became an issue in the media or a crisis in poor black neighborhoods. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We talk about the President, what Bush is doing when the cameras aren’t around, how JFK got assassinated, what they did to Mike Tyson, and how William Kennedy Smith got off. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z President Woodrow Wilson wasn’t in the White House when the protesters first arrived. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z See, the law in America had always been that you couldn’t give up your citizenship during times of war, but President Roosevelt had signed the law just to get rid of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Three years earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had sent troops to aid the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the Communist North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Scene 3: President Hoover talking: “Prosperity is just around the corner.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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