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| 例句 | And because it had rained so much the previous winter the city had flooded a dozen times. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He brings the candle closer and sees, in the shadows of the hanging shirts, what he missed on previous inspections: trails through the dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Without any previous agreement, without knowing each other, they had arrived from the most distant corners of the coast, captivated by the talk of the jubilee. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I paused, wondering if I should voice my previous thoughts aloud, then charged ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even absent the stifling heat of the previous year, the accommodations were decidedly uncomfortable. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His garb placed him from at least the previous century, and as he argued with whomever it was only he could see, he began to flicker, and before long, he was completely gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I explained my role of the previous twelve years, of helping to organize and to build the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The previous winter, he’d added a whole new level of delight to his existence when he started volunteering as an assistant coach for the Vipers, Sasha’s middle school basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin seemed cautious, too, recalling no doubt their previous encounter, in which he had been so easily outdone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t last long; memories of the previous night found her soon enough. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The previous year my mother had been promoted into a clean section, where she worked cutting drumsticks and thighs off the bodies of the chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And five yards away kneels this woman with varnished fingernails and hairless calves—a woman so entirely removed from Werner’s previous experience that it is as if she is from a different planet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That had been decided about ten years previous, so of course it was me climbing onto the running board and yanking open the passenger door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But then eventually the surroundings grew unrecognizable and I knew I had gone beyond all previous boundaries. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Larger posters were placed next to the black-and-white photos of previous headmasters that hung in the schoolhouse hallways. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z We have our portraits painted and talk to our big sisters—the previous generation of Belles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Not to say that the job would be easy, or in need of any less rigor and sophistication than the previous research; simply that it could be done. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere but on the north-facing slopes and in the shadowy ravines, the snowpack had melted down to bare ground, exposing the previous seasons rose hips and lingonberries, which McCandless gathered and ate in great quantity. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Several students dozed in the back, overcome no doubt by the previous evening’s festivities. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he opened the door, the boys announced who they were, mentioned that they had met John Roosevelt the previous year, and asked if the president was in. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Take any term and divide it by its previous term. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a brief documentary about the previous year’s state finals. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Piecing together details from Agent Burger’s previous informants as well as from witnesses located by the undercover team, White was able to create a time line. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In all previous Olympic rowing competitions, he pointed out, preliminary heats as well as finals had been limited to four boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As she filled out the registration blank, her pen hovered over the question of previous education. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gitney was but rarely restored to his previous excitement about the pursuit of the sciences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ancient 8-, 16-, and 32-bit classics written in the previous century. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The previous year had been a very bad berry year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z How different this moment of gift giving was from that of the previous evening! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from traveling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than that was the feeling that things were different, that the present moment was different from the previous present moment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And some had celebrated the victory over the previous night’s blaze with whisky and beer; though, after sixteen hours of fighting a fire, most simply wanted a soft bed and rest. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z In the middle years of the seventeenth century experience stopped being something that accorded naturally with the statements of previous authorities and became a caustic solvent of fabulous beliefs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “This is a gold mine of showing how the previous administration got us in there.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He declined, saying that he intended to make the name of Cicero as famous as those of Scaurus and Catulus, political giants of previous generations. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In front of him were his microphone and a music stand holding the script marked with cues and timings from the previous rehearsal. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Arul brought it over to me and showed me how the previous night’s drizzle had left some pages stuck together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she learned that he had not eaten that day nor the previous day, she ordered bread and fruit to be brought to him and attended him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The slaves of the northern half converged on the alley, haltingly, trying to insinuate themselves into their previous rhythm and put on a show. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The previous weekend, we had had a school sports day. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She paused, her gaze straying to the four sealed letters she’d already prepared: one for each of the Masters, to inform them of the events of the previous night, and of her failure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z How could it be that my first one, that long-ago day with Maeve, still seemed as fresh in my heart as my conversation with Stephen and Samar from the previous night? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Turner, who exhibited an opéra bouffe appearance but was a slashing and dangerous player, had beaten Bobby in the previous year’s Rosenwald. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lucy woke, too, and, I was glad to see, was even better than on the previous morning. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A few days before, he had had a “minor” surgery to correct a previous surgery to make his lower eyelids less droopy, and now it had become infected. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z On the morning of the third day, the lieutenant made us rest longer than we had during the previous days. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Of the 43,500 fatalities on U.S. roadways the previous year, 17,590 had been caused by drivers with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Then you want me not to let some previous conviction injure the receptivity of my mind with regard to some strange matter. Do I read your lesson aright?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Trees stand like spears, dried copper leaves from the previous season still clinging to a few of the branches. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On previous holidays—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Groundhog Day—Stargirl had left a little something on each desk in her homeroom. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Otto chewed the end of his pencil, flipped to a previous page in his pad, to the notes where TimeStar claimed his time travel device was likely thrown off because of Logan County weirdness. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That hat was part of my previous life, the life I intended to leave behind. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Using her marriage name and saying nothing about her previous marriage, she was married again in City Hall but by a different clerk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they did not burn the land with the same skill and frequency as its previous occupants, the forests grew thicker. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I hit Publish and browsed through some of my previous posts. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Gruesome reports reached the farm concerning a posse that had strung up some colored troublemakers the previous night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In this godforsaken place, I felt disconnected from the climbers around me— emotionally, spiritually, physically—to a degree I hadn’t experienced on any previous expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She pays 17 percent interest on the car loan— with $13,000 remaining—because of bad credit from her previous life, when sometimes the choice was whether to eat or pay the light bill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But it was just a matter of clarifying certain things in my previous statements. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The tragedy of the war, on so many levels, and the apparent unravelling of the certainties of the previous century, elicited an unprecedented collective response from British composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z All the older men are linked up with their previous life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The secrecy, dating back to the previous October, was designed to conceal from the International Olympic Committee the political and ideological source of the film’s funding. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In 1573 he had published a study of the nova which had appeared the previous year. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Maybe that’s why I’m letting the previous messages return to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Because my name is Potter but not Lucas, I have been a disappointment to every one of my teachers during my previous six years—kindergarten counts. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Lexie had taken an art history class at the museum the previous summer. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the previous year, twenty-nine of the school’s current and recent students had been shot, eight of them fatally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We offered to hold him on—reasonable doubt, previous work satisfactory, and all that—in a subordinate position, of course—had to do that much—mistakes can’t go unnoticed—bad for discipline—Where was I?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I tried to put the scale back together as best I could, managing to at least fit all the parts back inside and pound the frame back into a rough semblance of its previous shape. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I started you with memories of pleasure. My previous failure gave me the wisdom to do that.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z They were in the radio room now—with its already subtly antiquated equipment, untouched for the ten years previous to their arrival. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then the memory of the previous night rolled over him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It also gave the public the freedom and opportunity to talk about Malcolm out loud, as opposed to in the murmured huddles that reflected the climate of tbe previous generation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The last ship to appear had been the Maiden's Bane, three days previous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were creating the most powerful robots and conduits the world had ever seen, things that each year were making the tools of the previous year seem slow by comparison. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He had not been to Mentor’s homeplace since Trade Mart the previous week. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z This time, she was incapable of returning to her previous life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Let me qualify my previous statement: It was next to impossible for me to get fired from Smart Aid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Suppose we do another version of the calendar analysis we did in the previous chapter with hockey players, only this time looking at birth years, not birth months. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I delete it and the previous texts that took me to that crazy point. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z One hot day the previous July, as I was passing down our upstairs hall, I heard a strange voice emanating from Chapter Eleven’s bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At Hamlet's death, my work was done; I had copied the rest on my previous visit. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Not the loneliness of previous years, of a reluctant life by the sea, but a loneliness borne of the inability to share her joy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It had sat on the market a long time, and a story had been going around town that the previous owner had hanged himself in the basement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My body has grown heavy, which makes each step weightier than the previous one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The previous year had been hard, but the days of January 2009 were among the darkest of our lives. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Swann assigned Lawrence to design an experiment to investigate the effect, acknowledging cheerfully that previous efforts all had yielded inconclusive results. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So quiet that in the previous year’s race against California he’d rowed the whole two miles with his thumb cut to the bone and never mentioned it to anyone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He’s already renting an outside studio to work in; he has been since the previous spring. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In a pinch, he reverts to his previous profession, petty theft. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As the group trekked to the start of the River of Doubt, they passed by grave sites and the sun-bleached skeletons of oxen and mules from Rondon’s previous trips along the road. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Then again, she’d called him the previous Saturday, two days before she and I met. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I am not sure when he left the previous night. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She had assumed she was going to be praised for her work in Maine the previous winter, when she had collected more than one hundred thousand women’s signatures in support of a prohibition law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The second set had been culled from previous contests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z All of our previous bilateral discussions had been laying the groundwork for these talks, which took place at the World Trade Centre, a modem exhibition center near Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d swiped to see the previous picture, but it was taking forever to load. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew only a little about previous First Ladies and how they’d approached the position. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I told him that the previous doctor had done tests and said I was fine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z List my previous jobs, starting from the last held and go backward to the first. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As she confided in her diary, the breakup of her previous engagement had left her “mangled and torn and castigated and macerated in soul.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z William Levitt regarded the land he had acquired as frozen in time, belonging to a previous century, and marveled that such a backwater existed in the corridor between New York and Philadelphia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Standing up and speaking before an audience was a thing that throughout my previous life never would have crossed my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Zach was spending the day delivering honey to her selling places all over town and picking up money from the previous month’s sales. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my most valuable ones in a jewelry box my parents gave me for Christmas the previous year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Jefferson had reliable evidence that Talleyrand had threatened to leak news of his previous peace initiative, thereby requiring Adams to reciprocate. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Immie always left him cash for the previous week’s work on the kitchen counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I asked in disbelief, my previous irritation flaring. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In fact, I was looking out over the lawn to where the mist was thickening down around the poplar trees planted along the cart-track, when I finally introduced the topic of the previous year's dismissals. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Right from the outset, the previous season’s rivalries and hard feelings and insecurities erupted again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But two days later a multiple telegram which almost overtook the previous one announced another uprising on the southern plains. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some weeks previous, Mr. Sharpe had told my friend Private G—g that I was in demand to play with the orchestra gathered for the diversion of the officers and the consolation of the besieged. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z On Halloween morning, while Welles and Houseman were worrying about their futures in radio, Howard Koch got his first hint about the previous night’s chaos. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z When Rariden had taken my previous statement, he had seemed bored and weary. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bridge had noticed the cat ears earlier that morning, on the shelf above her desk, where they’d been sitting since the previous Halloween. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Today, Australia is populated and governed by 20 million non-Aborigines, most of them of European descent, plus increasing numbers of Asians arriving since Australia abandoned its previous White Australia immigration policy in 1973. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A mob is gathering, clapping hands in rhythm, more eyes on you than all the previous days of your life combined. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Her recollection of the previous night wasn’t good, it felt more like a fever dream in hindsight, but there was one thing... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The previous night’s events never come back to me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At step twelve I planted my right hand down on one of the playing cards strewn across the stage by the previous act. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z During a visit to his father the previous summer, Charles had gotten medical advice, as well as a warning about Doddy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In previous chapters we have seen how our views of the nature of time have changed over the years. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, with some foreboding because of her previous experience in Providence, she chose the latter alternative. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn arrived as if it were aware of the previous night’s events. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The previous warden had left after a corruption scandal, and such was Osborne’s renown that the Republican governor was willing to give him a try. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous afternoon, Lopsang had exhausted himself carrying a satellite phone for Pittman, in addition to the rest of his mil mu ix in load, from Camp Three to Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It might have been 34 degrees the previous evening, and now it was 31 degrees. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous Saturday, it had been a pregnant opera singer from Montreal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As if by previous agreement, we all fade back into the shadows of the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Several weeks earlier Bragg had come into the lab greatly excited about an idea that came to him the previous evening, one that he and Perutz subsequently incorporated in their paper. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Zeitoun had sounded so calm on the phone the previous night, before his phone had given out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They plot how they will try again, using knowledge gained from previous attempts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He’s probably inside, sleeping, Minli thought, wondering if the Goddess of Weaving had visited the previous night. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Not that it was necessarily a snap being an old-timer, either; one longtime employee had had his nose broken during a scuffle in the yard just the previous weekend. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s why Merle Hodge was now the proprietor and sole employee of Merle’s Famous Lazarus Boat Tours: He was the previous proprietor and sole employee of Merle’s Famous Fisherman Tours. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The nasty weather that had assaulted Seattle since the previous October finally broke, though not before spitting a late spring snowstorm at the city for good measure on March 21. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This convention differed from previous women’s rights conventions in that men could not address the audience. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s get a move on,” G’ma says as if the previous fifteen minutes never happened. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “No, but I haven’t lived here very long. I think the previous owner was.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They charged that Bliss was more concerned about protecting his reputation than admitting the obvious truth: The body of a forty-nine-year-old man in previous good health had been destroyed by infection and starvation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For the previous few years I had taken my son, Thembi, with me, and by 1956, when he was ten years old, he was a keen if spindly paperweight boxer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Permission for flight obtained from C.O. and I had made 4 successful night landings, 3 on simulated flare path, immed. previous to departure. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Several times over the course of that first year in the White House, I found myself picking up books either by or about previous First Ladies, but each time I’d lay them down again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The clerk turned red and stammered, “Y-yes sir—sorry, sir— and I hope you won’t take my previous comments as anything other than jest...” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was bustling with people; all the strangers who had come to Wall in the previous weeks were there, and many of the inhabitants of the town of Wall as well. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As you know from previous chapters, Indigenous peoples had highly organized societies and systems of governance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Despite catching two big piranhas that were divvied up with the previous night’s dinner, along with two spoonfuls of wild honey and a handful of the ever-elusive Brazil nuts, the men woke up hungry. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The mistake horrified the antipoverty bureaucrats who shortly after arranged to have her returned to her previous position. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked all morning and into the evening, but in the end found myself at the same place where I had slept the previous night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Once the café was restored to its previous condition, they heaved the Death Eaters back into their booth and propped them up facing each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The forklift king actually showed up for work the previous weekend and had sailed the blades through a stack of Apple boxes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Scraping the previous owner’s name off was hardly worth the trouble since he couldn’t scrape it from anybody’s mind. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Edson departed as well, worn out by the previous two months of providing care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This is the Law of the Few, which I briefly outlined in the previous chapter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy recalled the brilliance he had noticed on the previous day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He hoped that it would be someone as capable as his previous apprentice. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your rooms are prepaid through December first, but every morning we charge the previous day’s incidentals, like room service and pet cleaning fees. Today the payment was denied.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z From his new perch, Strauss fixed his sights on Oppenheimer’s last means of direct influence on commission policy, a consultantship he had been awarded by the previous chairman, Gordon Dean. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bologne, the first mixed-race colonel in the French Army, was thereupon abandoned by all his previous patrons and friends, and died in impoverished obscurity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When they got to the bus stop, Beatrice hooked up with one of her soccer teammates and they started talking about the previous night’s game, which Beatrice had won with a penalty kick. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One year later there had been only one murder involving members of those seventy-five gangs—compared with between forty and fifty killings in each of the previous two years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was even crisper than the previous one. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Instead, she frequents the places she did in her previous life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Soon they were engaged in air battles just as fierce as those they’d fought the previous summer. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He approached the goldenhaired woman and took her hand as he had the previous musician’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It, too, had been trapped in the ice since the previous year, and although not crushed it was badly damaged. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In the darkness, the room had a layered smell about it: sleep, unwashed linen, sweat, dirty socks, perfume, the previous night’s leftover qurma. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And with the previous day’s tests in hand, Hartshorne and May could compare the first day’s answers to the second, and get a good sense of how much each student was cheating. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just the smoldering embers from the previous night’s fire, he assured them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z All are filthy beyond comprehension, but somewhere in the previous hours, they have taken the liberty of splashing themselves with women’s perfume. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I’d invested most of the previous night’s hours into hacking for a name, but I couldn’t find anything. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On the other hand, she’d gone in to fix a toilet on several previous occasions without mishap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Furnished with couches left behind by previous generations of Culver Creek students, the TV room had the musty air of dust and mildew—and, perhaps for that reason, was almost perennially unoccupied. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We’d hung out here in his chat room for a few hours the previous evening, watching old Japanese monster movies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This time when Rachel launched her attack, I tried to remember her rhythm and speed from the previous points. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, seven million children-—children who had existed only as phantom exemptions on the previous year’s 1040 forms—vanished, representing about one in ten of all dependent children in the United States. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Memories of previous encounters with the police began haunting me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Fun fact: her husband already had a daughter from a previous marriage who would go on to marry my grandmother's brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In an effort to keep me noble, she was paying me less than she'd paid her previous assistant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z This was my favorite part, because I got to use my stand mixer, which I’d gotten for Christmas the previous year. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I even flip the page back to see if maybe the drawing is on a previous page, but no. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The lowest was three feet tall, the next was six feet, and each subsequent log stood roughly three feet taller than the previous one, until the tallest rose about sixty feet high. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He whispers something to Tyler, one of the boys who played in the previous game. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As my partner, Sarah, and I waited to go in, we saw previous couples come out crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother’s new husband had a son, Scott, from a previous marriage who was two years older than me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He smiles and introduces himself, explains that he is stepping in while our previous nurse clocks out for the night, and hands the paperwork over to my parents. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Yeah, all things considered I should have ended up in the hospital after the previous night. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Upon his return he gave up his previous research problem and was devoting full time to phage. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In the previous four months, I’d paid visits to people who’d survived mass shootings at a movie theater in Colorado and inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On a previous trip to Cuba, Farmer had also doctored Eduardo. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z One day as he walked along the street, he observed a small hut that had not been there two days previous, around which was a cluster of youths, all clamoring for admittance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Neither Powell nor Donovan had ever had previous occasion to talk to a “finger.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Every morning before the library filled with students, she perused the newspapers, taking in the events of the previous day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And then the previous day flooded back into my awareness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She told me you were all over her the previous year. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Equally important, Woods says, the mound city was in large part an outgrowth of the community's previous adoption of maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He heard a pulsating sound, yet it was different from previous successful tests. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Soiled and subdued, she looked like a small malnourished relative of my previous sister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one of the previous year’s national champions now sat in his varsity boat, and Ebright remained perplexed by the poor performance of the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Fairy lights,” he said dully to the Fat Lady — the password had been changed the previous day. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was the only one who applied for the job, which may explain why they didn’t seem to mind about my previous job experience. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My especial favorites were those autumnal sonatas of Signor Corelli, which had made such a stir in the century previous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We told stories and some lies about previous quail hunts, but it did no good. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In early April, I returned to Willemstad with my mother, and we took up life where it had been left off the previous April. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No, I don’t, for there was Mr. Morris telling us his stories, and Arthur never told any, and yet—— My dear, I am somewhat previous. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The next time that they ran to beat their previous records, she’d ignored the track altogether and just walked across the field to the finish line. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But the Bulldogs were undefeated with a four and zero record and had stunned the Rebels the previous week in a 35-21 win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I—” It took Ekon a moment for the details of the previous evening to return to him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For the previous three days, he had done nothing but study every step of the operation he was about to perform. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Law of the Few, which I talked about in the previous chapter, says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous evening he had drafted a personal statement, which he enclosed with his last will and testament, declaring that he had sincerely hoped to avoid the interview. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I held on to it as I reached for the lifebuoy, now vacant of its previous occupant. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Since the chlorinated hydrocarbons are persistent and long-lasting, each application is merely added to the quantity remaining from the previous one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She wore the dress she had bought for the previous year’s homecoming dance, when she was sure that Hunter Morrison would invite her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The previous year, near the end of the football season, we had had only three games left to play. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But at this point, with only minor victories for the rebels, a cease-fire could only result in a return to our previous status. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Wells had written one previous book — Little Altars Everywhere — which had been a minor cult hit in and around her hometown of Seattle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me of some narwhal-ivory carvings he'd found on a previous dig—carbon 14-dated to some incredible age, way outside the range of what was previously assumed; anomalous, in fact. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terror. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The fleets set their courses by maps and written sailing directions prepared by previous expeditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Brings sorrow on anyone who carries it. I heard all nine previous owners have committed suicide.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The previous record was 127 hours so he had some time to go. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was different from the previous car, longer. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Doctors would fill the gaps in my skull from previous operations. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The white men mostly spoke of the glorious days of the previous king of Belgium, King Léopold, who first made the Congo into what it is today. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had started early the previous afternoon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Some previous boy sent through this place to die. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sirius’s letter was almost as short as the previous one. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Judging by her previous associations with Caesar... she hoped to conquer Mark Antony even more easily.' Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The very enormity of my previous life’s guilt prepared me to accept the truth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And anyway, I had something to say to him on a previous topic. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The others are empty except for an occasional spider or a piece of trash left by the previous occupants. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Thirty-two years old, Hunt had completed her residency only the previous July. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Drinker took a bath in 1799, a full twenty-eight years after her previous bath! An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z "Thought you might discover the corpses of my previous husbands?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Is that a motion to strike the previous two grievances and replace them with reckless use of sympathy?” asked the Chancellor, trying to regain a semblance of formality. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No one I knew from the previous year had come back, so I didn’t know anyone—not a single person. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Fernanda, however, realized that there was a sun of clairvoyance in the shadows of that wandering, for Úrsula could say without hesitation how much money had been spent in the house during the previous year. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And she added that Shoshana, her four-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, wanted to know if my parents had a VCR so she could watch Pinocchio, just in case she got bored. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Soon he had become Chief Rabbit, having killed both the previous Chief and a rival named Fiorin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Treebeard carried the hobbits in his arms as on the previous day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The day was like the previous one, warm and overcast, the clouds low, the breeze light. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Do you tend to identify a note by its interval from the previous note or by its place in the chord or in the key? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Only about two weeks before I arrived, she had split up with her second husband—the soldier, Frank, whom I had met there the previous summer; but she was taking it right in stride. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning they would bring the rocks from the mountains; each day the builder would lay the granite blocks upon the previous layer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There were probably fourteen or fifteen rabbits—no more—who set off with Campion, some time before ni-Frith, to try to retrace the long journey they had made only the previous day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He and the others were preparing a research paper about us—to be published in some scientific journal—so each morning he dictated the results of the previous day’s tests into a tape recorder. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z After closely following his day-to-day progress for nearly two months, people viewed him differently than they had previous presidents. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One agent from the previous investigation, White decided, should be retained: John Burger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Mount was typical of Georgian architecture from the previous century. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous tenants said the house was chilled even with the fireplace packed near to overflowing and that there were strange sounds all hours of the night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And I had never quite thought of her that way, not really; it was a failure of all my previous imaginings. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The failure of the previous selection was ten years ago, and my energy is starting to diminish. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The Guardian from the previous posting brought me to the front door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z For me, the prank was just a response to a previous prank, just a golden opportunity to, as the Colonel said, wreak a little havoc. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “My skins. My previous skins. When we shed every few years, we keep them.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Our conversation on the previous night had hardly alluded to that approach. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When McCandless tried to walk out of the bush one year ago the previous week, the basket was in the same place it is now, on his side of the canyon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Our high school, which had about twenty students at full strength, was down now to fifteen since two had graduated the previous spring and three had gone off to war. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the black eyes which were searching intently in the kettle-hal there was a dream which had come to him the previous night. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The events of the previous night flashed through her mind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z P.M. touched her shoulder, and Wiki sagged from her previous frozen state. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Frank Wild, his second-in-command, had been with him on his two previous journeys south and had spent a total of six years in Antarctica, logging more than 5,000 miles of sledging. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “But he came out of nowhere. I mean, no one had known him as a student or seen any of his previous work....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wincing at the pain in her ankle, Sefia sat up and stared at the unmoving tent flaps as the memories of the previous day washed over her again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The first had occurred the previous week, when Cora knocked over the chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The previous leader of the cooking club was ‘borrowing.’” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Its tunnels had broken through to our mine the previous year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d already been on the previous Friday to see their daddies, and every one of them had gotten car sick on the way there and back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Diamant boys used to tell me stories about the attic, when I was young and teasable, about the dead bodies hidden in the eaves by the previous landlord. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His anxiety passed, and noticeably surer-footed than the previous day, he disappeared another time over the ridge. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If I thought I was doing well by ranking first in the previous tryout, that’s nothing compared to how much the researchers love Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He trotted over the route he had rehearsed the previous year in preparing for the kidnapping plot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the previous letters, this one arrived intact. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There were eleven hundred spectators, more than for any previous chess event in U.S. history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Secondly, no, I will not be attending the Paris fund-raiser; I have a previous engagement. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She was evidently still furious about his lack of gratitude the previous night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the living room, she took in the aftermath of the previous night’s Eid visits: the overturned cups, the half-chewed pumpkin seeds stashed between mattresses, the plates crusted with the outline of last night’s meal. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He had been officially a One since the previous ceremony, but now, Claire thought secretly, he is truly one year old. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Moss was thrilled to see them all, but the previous night’s confrontation still haunted him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A light snow still fell, blanketing over all tracks and footprints from the previous day. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Hunt was set; he had these things from previous operations. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It had happened to them often enough on previous expeditions across the river, and they would swim after the boat and, using it as a float, dog-paddle to the shore. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the photograph of Ron and his family that had appeared in the Daily Prophet the previous summer, and there, on Ron’s shoulder, was Scabbers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The garbage boats collected the previous day’s trash. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He rose to shop foreman and then had quit the previous summer to start his own company, Brazos Door & Hardware. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Isa’s angry words from the previous day kept running through her head. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sure enough, one out of seven arrestees had an outstanding warrant for a previous crime, and one out of twenty was carrying a weapon of some sort. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For this very reason, I was not one bit sad to say goodbye to our current apartment with its orangish carpet, watermarked ceiling, and faint smells left by previous owners. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z All the matter in it, all the matter you see around you, has been through one or two previous cycles of stellar alchemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter willingness is one so strongly programmed into us citizens of modern states, by our schools and churches and governments, that we forget what a radical break it marks with previous human history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The result was that we often came home with the leavings of countless previous picnickers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Just because you read the word “yawning” in the previous two sentences — and the two additional “yawns” in this sentence — a good number of you will probably yawn within the next few minutes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z On October 5, 1957, America awoke to the news that a man-made object launched the previous day from a Soviet space complex was orbiting overhead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The rain started again just after noon, and I sat under a dense pine nursing my last tin of meal replacement, the last-resort tin with the expiry dated for the previous year. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The weather could not have been more different on the journey back to King’s Cross than it had been on their way to Hogwarts the previous September. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The previous generation of Belles stands up onstage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In every class, an Executive first presented the day’s material, then the material was reviewed—and sometimes the review was reviewed—and then the students were given a quiz over the previous day’s lesson. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On one previous occasion, Sproul had countered an offer from a rival university—Northwestern, in 1930—by maneuvering around faculty objections to promote Lawrence to a full professor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Every generation continued to live like the previous generation, making only small improvements here and there in the way things were done. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to stand by her previous decision and carry out her plan, regardless of the consequences. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Below this there were corrections from a previous lesson. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly had already come down the hill on the previous day to see Hazel and tell again the story of his escape from Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita, who had spent the previous day harvesting asparagus, was enjoying her free time. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It’s open to the comments on his previous picture. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whenever I showed up to practice and Luke noticed Akhi’s absence, he’d immediately make time in his busy schedule, even if he had a previous lesson or class scheduled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z On a previous visit to the Amazon I had seen runnels just like these on a rubber tree in an abandoned plantation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Statement by statement he acknowledged that his previous testimony was entirely false. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The previous evening, at Warings, he had said to her, ‘You need not fear that Charles will ever beat a disadvantage in this house. I shall not make any difference between the boys.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z During the previous few days Blackberry had had to repeat several times the story of the journey to the farm and the finding of Hazel in the drain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If the mattress stains were anything to go by, a previous user had not so much suffered from incontinence as rejoiced in it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z My minimal coverage of Japan in previous editions of Guns, Germs, and Steel constituted the most important geographic lacuna of my book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The previous victim was a man who had been attacked in broad daylight in his field. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "CAPCOM, read your logs and see what the previous shift did. See if a massive course change was ordered and somehow nobody told us." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I passed the same taverns and amusement places where the hawkers had solicited me on previous evenings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The bad credit from her previous life still haunts her. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But today he lingered, let Vic Irsik’s sons come and leave, for the previous evening, a Friday the thirteenth, had been a tiring one, though in part exhilarating. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I still marvel at how swiftly my previous life’s thinking pattern slid away from me, like snow off a roof. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer after graduation from junior high was pretty much the same as those of previous years, except that I was the only one who joined Papá in picking strawberries for Ito. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The same button that controlled the ignition first dumped the ashes of the previous fire, and allowed for the entrance of fresh wood.—It was a thoroughly domesticated fireplace, you see. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I decided to take a different route on my way back up to the surface, through a section of the museum I’d never fully explored on my previous visits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All talked of the rebel colonel trussed and bagged by his own two slaves, that had been whipped by him previous—and there was an elation in this tale of justice reflected in all eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Behind her hand I can see the traces of the novel she stayed up reading the previous night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My birthday had been the previous week and I had been certain she would come with my gifts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Behind her was the largest flat screen on the planet flashing stills from previous shows. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They could still see the faint, blurred likeness of the machine, like a relic from a previous civilization. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She took in the patterned tablecloth, red kitchen cabinets, decorative statues, and books that had belonged to the apartment’s previous inhabitant. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Not the accommodating police officer of their previous meeting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The only difference this time is that I’m older, I understand more, and I have more fear in my heart due to previous beatings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, it was definitely dour and of a previous century, and only made worse with doily lace. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He, fortunately, understood English, recognized the discourse as that which Shaw had broadcasted the previous evening, realized the significance of what had happened, and sent a letter to the medical press about it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a variation on the previous theme. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the main road, the crowds that had been there in the previous days had died down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “A bundle of contradictions” was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had lost twenty-six pounds over the previous few months and had a chronic cough accompanied by chest pain. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I glance at the end of the booth and see hookah sets, golden swords, and blown-up black-and-white harem pictures from some previous era propped against, yes, camel bridles. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He did not circle about topics, searching for the right phrase, or double back to restate a previous sentence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She told Valentine of an incident the previous week, when she’d been walking up the road and was almost trampled by a wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This young woman had applied for the vacancy with the most dubious of references, which spelt out to any experienced butler that she had left her previous situation under something of a cloud. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Walking the streets, he was spotted by a sportswriter he knew from his previous career. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z According to this view, Sapiens replaced all the previous human populations without merging with them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By then we knew that all my previous fuss about the importance of Mg++ ions was misdirected. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Days go by, and after turning the events of the previous week over in my head, I can't decide how I feel about the mystery of Lily and the Spencers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Most of the black pages are filled with articles clipped from newspapers, but there are also handwritten letters, the dates ranging from only a few years previous to more than a decade ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We rented and moved into the same barrack we had lived in the previous year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a keepsake, the one possession that remained from her previous life with her husband, John, who also worked for the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At the last second, Matthias dropped into a crouch, knocking the first wolf into the dirt, then rolling right to pick up the bloodied knife the previous combatant had left in the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She went back to eating earth and the whitewash on the walls with the avidity of previous days, and she sucked her finger with so much anxiety that she developed a callus on her thumb. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z With the newly hatched salmon in the Miramichi that spring of 1954 were young of previous hatchings, salmon a year or two old, young fish in brilliant coats marked with bars and bright red spots. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Perez had robbed somebody his first day out from a previous bid, he told me, using a gun borrowed from a friend. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z About 80 percent of the population had been born elsewhere; about half had rolled into town during the previous five years. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z It means total harmony, but it was an occasion for the teacher to criticize students for what they had done wrong the previous day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They discussed the numbers from last year’s haul and examined the ledgers that contained the weighins from the previous September. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the previous day he had been too tired and bewildered to size him up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Without players from the previous season who’d moved away from Clarkston, the Under Fifteen team was suddenly very short on talent. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Great leadership had emerged in each previous instance to transform the improbable into the inevitable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Despite his setbacks the previous year, Cal’s head coach Ky Ebright remained an extraordinarily wily opponent, widely regarded as the intellectual master of the sport. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She must've been deteriorating for months, because her skin is cracked and bleeding everywhere, and I find myself wondering how the soldiers could have missed this one during previous inspections. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Just to see that the previous thirty-nine chapters weren’t some fluke. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I found those at the back of the upstairs closet. They may have been here from the previous tenants.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Recalling his previous work, he began looking for more, driving around ranches, cadging rides in private planes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “A lot of people had suffered during the previous two months. A lot of people had been beaten and hurt and jailed. But no one had died. Not until now.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he had grown so accustomed to the chaos of his mother’s previous lives that he did not know how to function when a family worked as it should. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The piano had been left there by the previous tenants who could not afford to pay to have it moved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We come out in the rebel encampment, a ten-block stretch outside the train station where Peeta and I made our previous arrivals. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This was revisionist history, of course; the representations by the three scientists during their White House meeting the previous June were what had prompted Eisenhower to question publicly the wisdom of a test ban. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But unlike in previous dreams, this time she had no trouble reaching the end of the path. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the questions aren’t questions at all, but just kids gushing about what they had seen the previous night. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We'd been phone buddies the previous summer, and ten days of spring break would feel like an eternity away from him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Once he’d got the cord stowed away tidily in a big paper bag, he peered out the window, looking left and right, as he’d been doing for the previous quarter of an hour. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Joy was somewhat dirtier than it had been on his previous visit. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again both boats beat the previous course record, but Washington beat it by a good deal more, coming in at 15:56.4, a commanding 37 seconds ahead of the mark. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hibiscus petals, offerings from previous visitors, were strewn at their gray-green feet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes were bloodshot, raw, and it was easy to interpret the suffering the previous night had brought to her house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been Karin’s previous SS man who wanted to listen to the news broadcasts, because now the only thing coming through the stethoscope is dance tunes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I began telling her about my previous encounters with Christianity in the homes of some of my playmates. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At nine o’clock, the previous Sunday’s scenes were repeated. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For the moment they seemed more entertained than disturbed by the strange goings-on, but Penelope’s sense of foreboding had returned at twice its previous level. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Mommy once took me to Harlem to visit my stepsister, Jacqueline, whom we called Jack and who was my father’s daughter by a previous marriage and more like an aunt than a sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It shook its good hind leg, which did no more than explain the origin of the previous night s knocking: it was the hoof beating against the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He read other people’s ideas, not only those of Malthus, but also of Adam Smith, who had written in the previous century about free-market economics and capitalism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Was I really so debilitated that I had stared into the face of a near stranger and mistaken him for a friend with whom I’d spent the previous six weeks? Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the previous decade he had been let go from jobs at Harvard and the National Forest Service and eventually, for want of a better place to stick him, given a desk at the U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z During my first twenty or so years in prison, I accumulated very few possessions, but in the last few years I had amassed enough property — mainly books and papers — to make up for previous decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have been trying to banish agonized thoughts of her previous tail gunner, who’d also been killed, less than a year ago. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Two previous Alaska expeditions had taught me that I couldn’t afford to waste a rare day of perfect weather. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They had removed a few small pieces of wire and silk that had failed to dissolve after my operation the previous February. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In practice, what often happens is that a new theory is devised that is really an extension of the previous theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamps in Dumbledore’s office were lit, the portraits of previous headmasters were snoring gently in their frames, and the Pensieve was ready upon the desk once more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I came to this very room to begin my training. It was such a long time ago. “The previous Receiver seemed just as old to me as I do to you. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The archivist wheeled the newest batch of boxes on a cart into the small reading room, before rolling out the previous load. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The hotel was excel lent—incomparably better, for example, than that horrible Aurora Bora Palace in which Lenina had suffered so much the previous summer. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z One of those who had gathered to push the ramp away was ejected—he’d already taken his turn at a previous festival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The two previous chapters were built around a pair of admittedly freakish questions: What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? and How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He showed no sign of damage from his previous encounter with the basilisks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t actually a feast, as Sister Fenella had explained to a disappointed Malcolm on previous occasions; it was a day of celebration. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sister only shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the perplexity which, in contrast to her previous confidence, had come over her while she was crying. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen all this before, and he had seen the sad consequences of dashed hopes in Seattle the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As we saw in previous chapters, that evidence is important because food production led to high population densities, germs, technology, political organization, and other ingredients of power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When I unlocked the door I saw that she was sitting on the piano bench, on the same side as the previous evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The man on this stage appears older than the magician from the previous night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What I do remember is that I noticed Tommy was wearing the light blue polo shirt he’d got in the Sales the previous month—the one he was so proud of. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I arrived at work early to finish my tasks from the previous day. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not surprising that the previous Lord Mayor did not know about this tradition,” said the chubby man, whose basket was almost full. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Miraculously, Arnold had regained his previous size and composure. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous night had been calm compared to the day, but this night brought more fury, more violence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But even that wasn’t as bad as the heavy emotional weight of what he’d been through the previous night. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She handed them to me, took my bill and gave me change with no sign of recognition, none of the banter of previous days. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the previous night, this time it felt intentional. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z My previous trick of spying was out of the question. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wore a navy blue suit I had bought the previous day, after I had brought Baba home from khastegari. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The previous year I had been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Human Rights Award in India, another bit of evidence of the resurgence of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I am hoping that you will forgive me, just this once, for asking if we can reconsider our previous decision to remain uninvolved.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Both he and Cora decided his skittish personality had not helped them during the close call the previous night, when in another bad omen the regulators knocked on the front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In previous stories, I told you that the rumors you’ve all heard about me weren’t true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z What must the previous history of the planet have been to create sheared rocks, buried boulders, polygonal gouges in the ground? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In the previous example we saw that 2 x 0 is 0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In general, these individuals are predisposed to severe lapses in ego-control which makes possible the open expression of primitive violence, born out of previous, and now unconscious, traumatic experiences.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His annoyance with the previous owner vanishing on the spot, Harry now squinted at the next line of instructions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z No one spoke of the previous night, of the thing they had burned and buried. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Inventors thereby have a financial incentive to denigrate or ignore previous work. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Shirley thought that in her previous life she must have been a bird, a cardinal perhaps. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But then again, it was one in the morning, and he’d been up since six a.m. the previous day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was busy enough shifting into my new role at city hall, which entailed going to more zoning board meetings and fewer senior citizen picnics than my previous job had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The second photo is of me sitting in the same pew as the previous shot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He and Minho made it back to the Glade, went to the Map Room, wrote up the day’s Maze route, compared it to the previous day’s. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The return cm the previous day of all the hounds, except Cavall and the Dog Boy, and in the evening the failure to return of Kay and Wart, had set the household in an uproar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Was he a pup of a previous year? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept thinking about the way Brandon disappeared into his house the previous afternoon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He gave these people a second chance to contribute, one denied them in their previous life. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On her previous first days, she had always kept her head in a book, and here she was waving to almost-strangers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And any books on previous impossible tasks were housed in a forbidden section, which you needed special permission to access. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Like our home in Narewka, it had only two rooms, a bedroom and a living room, but the living area in this apartment was much larger than in our previous home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It ripples away from my previous thoughts: No, he’s not. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They had not long come out and resumed digging when they saw another—or perhaps the same one—hovering some way off, high over the very fields that they had crossed the previous morning. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Last November, I counted Jimmy’s bread delivery at lunch every day, pulling the rolls out by twos and dropping them into the previous day’s empty bag as I went. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “I can cook some things,” I tell them, “though at my previous residence I was expected to make stew out of squirrels and raccoons, and I’d rather not do that again.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As of July 2001, twenty-six thousand asteroids had been named and identified–half in just the previous two years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then again, we’d talked over so much in the previous weeks, it wasn’t as though we had anything in particular we had to get through. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous summer, he’d set it up in the backyard, and the kids had slept outside when the heat relented and allowed it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After all the hints I’d been dropping the previous week, there I was, suddenly whispering stuff to put him off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost immediately after dinner, Monsieur. Actually before we left Belgrade. So he did on the previous night. He had directed me to make up the bed while he was at dinner, and I did so.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The drugs from the previous nights, before we were brought to the city, had begun to subside in my system. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z First, because each stage grows out of some previous stage, the lines of demarcation are inevitably arbitrary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t hungry even though the previous spoonful was sweetly delicious. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Hanako tried again, and her seedling didn’t stand straight, but it did stand straighter than her previous attempt. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her celebrity derives not from her present occupation but a previous one— dance-hall hostess, an incarnation not indicated by her appearance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous Christmas, at a visit to her father’s house, Carol Cummings had told her stepmother what Ellsberg was up to. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The previous night, after Z had left Ruby Holler, he drove into Boxton. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z In the days previous, I had observed the key used to open the door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Thor recognized their home of the previous night just as Thialfi and Loki came tumbling out of the mouth of the glove and landed in the snow beneath. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Having endured six previous deliveries, she knew what to expect and thought she'd make the best of it without prenatal care. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Aside from one Alaska trip I’d done twenty-one years earlier, all my previous expeditions had been undertaken with one or two trusted friends, or alone. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Yawning and stretching, I looked down at the pond that had been the source of such fire and fluster the previous night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got home at night, and delivered this message for Joe, my sister “went on the Rampage,” in a more alarming degree than at any previous period. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a crucial occasion, more important than any of our previous visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That the telescope flourished and the microscope languished is one of the signs that the Scientific Revolution can properly be understood as a revolution—that is, a revolt against a previous order. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So far all four boats on the course that day had come in well ahead of the previous course records, even the losing boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In a subsequent press poll, not one Congressman or Senator with a previous record of opposition to civil rights said he had changed his views. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got in late the previous night, having sneaked out with a fever of a hundred and four, there were angry words. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Throughout the year the animals worked even harder than they had worked in the previous year. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z On the telephone Eliot’s mother told Mrs. Sen that the previous baby-sitters had come to their house. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the previous fifteen years, violent crime had risen 80 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There had been some vandalism in the graveyard the previous year, and the council had Taken Steps. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z You can be forgiven if you found the previous paragraph confusing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Inside, the room was bigger and lighter than the previous two. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The returnees from the previous year, already assured of a place on the team, shot layups as they glanced arrogantly toward the boys in the bleachers, sizing up the group as a whole. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew from my previous discussions with Ben that you needed money or brains to get into the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was based on a play that had been published only the previous year and was set in recent times rather than in the safely distant past. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As she lit a new cigarette off the butt of her previous one, she told me that the Colonel was smart but hadn’t done much living when he got to the Creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The hospital’s previous building for mental illness had burned down when an inmate set it on fire, so patients were closely watched to make sure they didn’t cause trouble. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They hadn’t seen each other much over the previous couple years, but now Sasha was in town for winter break and they were getting together for the second time in as many weeks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Lee’s final great hope for a breakout came the previous night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But he had never rested at midday on previous journeys. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The previous year a guided American expedition had hired a Sherpa named Kami Rita as a cook boy. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That was surprising, because they had been very enthusiastic about previous movements. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous black congressman had served thirty years before. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z People in prison vote either in their correctional facilities or by some version of absentee ballot in their town of previous residence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As with the previous pair of pictures, many of the features visible by ordinary light were much dimmer in this one, and so were the curtains of radiance in the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Isa’s strange visit with Benny the previous day was still bothering her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The previous week, in a 35-14 win over Amarillo High, he had had the best performance of his life, gaining 141 yards in ten carries and scoring three touchdowns. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a night at 26,000 feet without supplemental oxygen, I was even weaker and more exhausted than I had been the previous evening after coming down from the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It was not like Malfoy to pass up the chance to demonstrate his power as prefect, which he had happily abused all the previous year. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z By now, children were watching 4.5 hours of television programming a day, up from three hours and fifty minutes in the previous study. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She poured grape juice into the red goblets Scipio had brought back from one of his previous raids. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m still working as a waitress, as I mentioned in my previous phone call. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma and Mammachi thought that they might have gone down to the river for a swim, which was worrying because it had rained heavily the previous day and a good part of the night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the language differed from the previous inquirers—the substance was the same. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancestors of modern speakers of Thai, Lao, and Burmese all moved south from South China and adjacent areas to their present locations within historical times, successively inundating the settled descendants of previous migrations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Octavian’s voice sounded a lot more commanding than it had the previous night on the battlefield. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Some previous fears surface, and I cringe at the idea of her noticing me and thinking that I like to hang around school yards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His heart was heavy, and he had been melancholy since the previous night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The drive to BYU was hypnotic; by the time I arrived, my memories of the previous day had blurred and faded. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had known several of them in previous assignments and other bases and he had met almost all of them in the days preceding his inauguration as their commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He dumped the ashes from his palm into a heavy green glass ashtray piled high with the crumpled remnants of previous cigarettes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A lush garden dripped from the ceiling, eclipsing the previous illusion. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The giant diprotodon appeared in Australia more than 1.5 million years ago and successfully weathered at least ten previous ice ages. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have suffered more...than any previous day with insects,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The visit with my cousins took on a routine as dull and uninspired as the previous days had been exhilarating. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Terrifying memories of the earthquake the previous year were fresh in their minds; some of them had buried children and husbands and were still grieving. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, it’s six-thirty. Time for cartoons, aka the only time I have to clean up the previous day’s messes before it all goes to hell again.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A junior named Thomas had witnessed a good friend—a sixteen-year-old girl—get shot and killed the previous summer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With this, they returned to their previous conversation, and I exchanged no further words with them until exchanging good nights a little while later. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z This time, the village was not quiet and empty as it had been on the previous nights, but was buzzing like a wasp's nest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Miss New Jersey shows us some of the previous winners’ dresses. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After the disastrous 1957 spraying the program was abruptly and drastically curtailed, with vague statements about “evaluating” previous work and testing alternative insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The previous owner of the ear necklace had been an Indian named Strong. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As we passed the rows of Korean stores on the boulevard, John could tell me the names of the owners and previous owners. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a way, something from a previous adventure. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There wasn’t even a baseline from the previous study, given the low use of cell phones at the turn of the century. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the evening previous to her being brought to my home, my mother had said playfully, “I have a pretty present for my Victor—tomorrow he shall have it.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with slash-and-burn, ecologists say, the forest can take as much as a hundred years to return completely to its previous state. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A local historian later ventured that the Osage murder trials received more media coverage than the previous year’s Scopes “monkey trial,” in Tennessee, regarding the legality of teaching evolution in a state-funded school. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The whole previous night feels like a feverish, terrible nightmare. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But Coleridge-Taylor had previous experience of adapting African- American folk times. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One reason why technology tends to catalyze itself is that advances depend upon previous mastery of simpler problems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Next, a junior who has won leads in previous plays reads a part from Rabbit Hole. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Apparently not, I thought, but, remembering the Erie-inspired bawling scene I’d witnessed a few weeks previous, I stayed cool, didn’t say a word. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Ned was unaware of the existence of these debts and believed the creditors were trying to defraud him—until they presented documents signed by the previous owner, H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Over the next few months, as the extent of the devastation settled in, the trickle of ragged refugees that Joe Rantz had witnessed heading west the previous summer became a torrent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But then I remembered the events of the previous evening. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z More over, even though hemoglobin was not the center of the universe, Francis’ previous two years at the Cavendish certainly had not been dull. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The staff at Juvenile Hall remembered Richard from his previous stay there when he was fourteen, before he was sent to the group home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He had spent the previous eight weeks confined to his room close to twenty-four hours a day and had been denied mental health services despite his repeated requests. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Penelope felt self-conscious gobbling away while the children were so gloomy, but the strenuous dancing of the previous day had given her a hearty appetite that no amount of stuffed dead animal heads could erase. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As with two previous confessions, this one was a mixture of truth and falsehood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The previous week she took the children to see their father on his birthday and got to hear the clopping of her footsteps in the beautiful lobby. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Dandy indicated the man at the podium, who was, at that moment, telling them about hospital equipment bought in the previous year from their generosity. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not succumbed to the imminence of litigation in our previous epistle be advised that we are in consultation with our barrister above in Dublin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Next came my shirt, swatting it out of the tight ball it had been in for the previous five days, the wrinkles deep and seemingly permanent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I started the previous section of this chapter by presenting two alternative views of science, and I have argued that both have merit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After his speech the previous evening, April 4, he returned to his room at the Lorraine Motel on Mulberry Street to dress for dinner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In previous assignments, even the one with Luzan, I had always been able to follow through with my initial transmissions despite feeling a moment’s pang of remorse. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what he must do—regain his previous status, wipe away the memory of Rollo’s defiance and prove that he, Archie Costello, was still in command. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham ordered all designs strengthened to withstand the highest winds recorded over the previous ten years. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Any man who admires my body now is a traitor to the previous Adah. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only did Alexander not oppose this, but he also rendered it easier by annulling King Louis’s previous marriage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In previous chapters I have described general relativity, the partial theory of gravity, and the partial theories that govern the weak, the strong, and the electromagnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the difference in decibel level between the applause that has greeted the previous candidates and that which greets Addie. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It would be a year before he was back to his previous weight. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Snape had disliked all of their previous Dark Arts teachers, and shown it — but he seemed strangely wary of displaying overt animosity to Mad-Eye Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When it’s my turn, I introduce myself as Josh Raymond, seventeen, no previous experience beyond my recent halfhearted experiment with sleeping pills. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Judge Ludorf announced that he would withdraw, adding that he had completely forgotten about the previous case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our shack—like most shacks throughout Alexandra—had no heat, electricity or plumbing, and we had no stove, so my mother had to keep the brazier indoors, as she had done all previous winters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the exciting events of the previous night and sat up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The field did seem stronger than the previous year. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Marti's plane had touched down at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport the previous evening. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her burns healed quickly but she exhibited selective amnesia regarding the events of the previous summer. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He did not notice anything particular about her, because his mind was filled with previous pictures winch he had made for himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A paper banner inscribed with get-well messages wrapped nearly all the way around the room, a souvenir from the march along the 57 bus route the previous month. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z All of them, Werner notices, are in some way broken: they limp, or are blind in one eye, or their faces are lopsided from strokes or the previous war. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Luckily I had dried a pound of the morels that I’d gathered the previous month. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z My previous doubts and fears evaporated, as now I knew that I could excuse anything. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In those first weeks, Bolles’s topic varied each day, depending on factors as unpredictable as the Seattle weather or what particular infelicities of technique he had noticed in the previous practice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The woman who gave birth to me in Columbus, Ohio, was Poppa Biles’ daughter from a previous marriage. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There is no way of sending a faster message to overtake them and revise the previous transmission. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Lou whacked open a coconut and shared it with Adina while she listened to that tale of the previous night, of the exploits brought about by the mischievous moon. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Millard had been grazed by a bullet during our melee at the lighthouse the previous night, and though his recovery so far was remarkable, it was far from complete. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She had, folded in her back pocket, an address she had found in her mother’s files, which she had rifled through late the previous night, after packing her bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The fat bodies are dangling from one of the palm trees, and their previous thin bodies, wispy-looking and dressed in falling-apart bathing suits, are holding hands and walking into the ocean. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We suspected his previous independence had brought down the wrath of the government and pressure had been applied. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he goes on about how he loves me, what life would be without me but I've stopped listening because his previous words are trapped in my head, thrashing desperately around. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He had even attended school the previous winter when work was slack, which was surely a fool thing to do unless one was interested in “breakin’ up school.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t any different than the previous ones. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z All their previous walks had been less about exercise and more about Aunt Rose asking Ophie endless questions, a gentle inquisition that always left Ophie feeling uncomfortable and vaguely out of sorts. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I was contributing almost as much as I had during the previous summer, but I wasn’t taking the money proudly to Momma for her to count out and put into the crock. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Men like Swart, Gregory, and Warrant Officer Brand reinforced my belief in the essential humanity even of those who had kept me behind bars for the previous twenty-seven and a half years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For how to go halves, see the previous page. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His traveling companion, Charles Kalme, repeated his win of the previous year and was crowned the champion once again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After taking over the Oklahoma City field office in July 1925, White reviewed the bureau’s voluminous files on the Osage murders, which had been amassed over the previous two years. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The first is the lack of acquired immunity—immunity gained from a previous exposure to a pathogen. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The previous day she sat with Lovey after supper and they talked in a way they hadn’t since Jockey’s birthday. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Let the circular edge of the scales overlap the previous row, so none of the toilet paper roll shows through. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She cannot afford to bear her next child until the previous toddler can walk fast enough to keep up with the tribe and not hold it back. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With Mach 1 achieved, engineering imaginations broke free of all previous speed limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When I walked into the room, Resha asked the commander why he had erupted at me the previous night. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His previous experiences with the odd device that stored and revealed thoughts and memories, though highly instructive, had also been uncomfortable. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Now add one to it. Now add one again,” he repeated when Milo had added the previous one. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Boys appeared wearing sports shirts and white shoes for the first time since the previous summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I liked the way we did everything the same as we had the previous year, including opening one gift on Christmas Eve and the rest before breakfast the next morning. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I hadn’t at first been too keen on this development, remembering how the previous summer we’d all sat around together in the grass right outside the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t fight at all; I wondered if he was simply exhausted, or if his previous owner had been brutal enough that he didn’t dare protest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I spent last night reading every Miss Myrna article from the previous five years, but I haven’t had time to sort through the unanswered letters yet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Needing no more invitation than that, she launched into a minute-by- minute account of the previous night. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z So that was another story to file with all the previous fables about Onofre’s missing arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nugent had arrived in Oxford the previous evening, an hour or two before the flood struck the city. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On all his previous visits, seals could be seen basking on the broken rocks below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Whiteman had graduated from high school the previous summer and planned to make his living as a carpenter and, he hoped, as an artist. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yilonia Kline, who my father said had helped solve four other missing persons cases, held my brother’s T-shirt, his copy of The Catcher in the Rye, and his previous year’s school picture in her hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It is an ongoing responsibility, a parenthesis in what had once been ordinary life, only to discover that that previous life has vanished, replaced by something more complicated and demanding. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In order to feed the world’s insatiable demand for cotton goods, he said, every picker’s daily quota will be increased by a percentage determined by their numbers from the previous harvest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My parents were typical Levittown home buyers in that they came from nothing, had built no financial resources of their own, and in no previous era could have even dreamed of purchasing their own home. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The Europeans, who had barely survived the previous winter, were in much worse shape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He stepped back, the courage he’d felt the previous evening melting away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “It is difficult to say. The most recent previous challenge lasted thirty-seven years.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I yelled, remembering previous fights which had erupted when families fought over rights to dig up white people’s leftovers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I always scanned previous days’ entries for moments of excitement. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He protested, but it wasn’t until 1946 that the Army restored him to his previous rank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Strauss scholars disagree on whether his withdrawal was a rejection of his previous accommodation with the regime, a suspicion that it might not last, or simply an old man choosing retirement. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “It was just like detective stuff. The previous times, I’d sat there for over half an hour each go, and nothing, absolutely nothing. But something told me I’d be lucky this time.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It started at a huge end-of-the-school-year party the Castros had at their house the previous June, when half the school was over. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z We’d gotten calls from various news magazine programs over the previous few years that expressed interest in covering our work, but I was wary My general attitude was that press coverage rarely helped our clients. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z By the time the next competition season began in January 2012, I felt much stronger physically than I had the previous year, and my consistency was better. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “A previous caretaker of this preserve had a fascination with naiads.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The previous day Max Perutz had given Francis a new manuscript by Sir Lawrence and himself, dealing with the shape of the hemoglobin molecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Having no alternative, Fiver accompanied Hazel and Bigwig to the burrow where Hazel had spent the previous night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if they knew, somehow, that the previous night’s fun had been a last hurrah, and now we were being led off to the gallows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then she thought about the previous spring, when Pearl had gotten a cough so bad Mia had finally taken her to the hospital, where they learned it had turned into pneumonia. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We three just happened to be at the 7-Eleven a few weeks previous when Mr. DiAngelo pulled into the parking lot with the new kayak strapped to the top of his silver Porsche. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Barack had spent the previous four days campaigning in Missouri, Ohio, Colorado, and North Dakota. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The jagged hole had been carved from the inside, the work of a previous occupant who’d taken issue with the state of the lodgings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Every cell is born of a previous cell, which was born of a previous cell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It could not have been easy for him bunking in with a group of old men set in their ways who had been together for the previous two decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Mr. Rochester has a wife now living.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Sunday, March 16, Nixon decided it was time to put his Madman Theory, conceived the previous fall, into action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I remembered seeing the two of them holding hands in the auditorium the previous year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The first baseman charged the ball, and Herbie, perhaps acting on some latent instinct that was a holdover from a previous incarnation, stumbled over to cover the bag at first, in itself a good idea. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The questions fall into three categories, each more personal than the previous. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Despite his previous protest, Kamau took the pipe from him eagerly, taking a long, practiced draw. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her husband had been killed the previous spring in a battle with some starlings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was incensed by the idea of my mom being in contact with her previous love, and she decided it was safer for everyone involved not to test his anger. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But over the previous few games, the Dikoris had each displayed speed that made the rest of the players look as though they were running in slow motion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In their own different ways, all the radicals in the post-Wagner meltdown - Mahler, Debussy, Strauss and Stravinsky - were dismantling the previous system of musical organisation, whereby ideas carefully unfolded, one developing into the next. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the changes of the next hundred years were to be far less remarkable than the changes of the previous hundred years. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus they can act freely, without the constraint of consistency with their previous history. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z While they tucked into porridge and eggs and bacon, Harry and Ron told Hermione about their embarrassing conversation with Hagrid the previous evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Ginny, who had always been very taken with Harry, seemed even more heartily embarrassed than usual when she saw him, perhaps because he had saved her life during their previous year at Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The previous night in Tennessee, Ridgeway had called Cora and her mother a flaw in the American scheme. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Nanny was out of Liverpool and had made two previous stops along the Gold Coast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When such partly immune people came into contact with others who had had no previous exposure to the germs, epidemics resulted in which up to 99 percent of the previously unexposed population was killed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On my previous visit, he had said, “When a Stargirl cries, she does not shed tears, hut light.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They were whispering about the previous night: “Two gods in one day...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Stealing had been so much a part of his previous existence that he sometimes still, even after years, forgot that it was not acceptable behavior in Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In the previous twenty-four hours the wind speed had not fallen below 107 miles an hour, and often gusted much higher. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Their previous despairing expressions were replaced by wide, sunny grins. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The previous school year he had been ineligible for spring practice because of academic problems, which put him way down in the doghouse. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until he came to a group of men on a corner that he sensed this fire might be different from the previous night’s. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Each day has been chained to the previous one. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At the station, as they had in previous years, the marching band played fight songs, cheerleaders danced, the coaches made brief speeches, flashbulbs popped, and newsreel cameras whirred as the boys climbed onto the train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After what we’d been through in the previous weeks, it was no wonder we were all a little sick of one another. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought I had finally figured things out, but after the previous night, I felt as confused as I had when I arrived at Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z People scooped up these tabloids, devoured their gossip, and on previous trips to England, I had always done the same. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the previous agents on the case, including Burger, had betrayed the kind of casual prejudice toward the Osage that was then commonplace. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He consulted the records from her previous visit and added his own notes on blue paper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At 4:45 the first- and second-place crews from the previous day’s trials— California, Pennsylvania, Washington, and the New York Athletic Club— paddled from the Princeton shell house out onto Lake Carnegie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Penelope remembered the way Cassiopeia snarled at Lady Constance the previous evening and felt a flash of fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Just as Bobby had fairly leaped into—and established residence at—the Manhattan Chess Club the previous summer, he soon became a regular presence at Collins’s salon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver; and generations before him.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We, more than any previous generation, can readily identify with Bach's request. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We reclaimed our previous seats and I threw more wood on the fire, sending sparks twinkling up into the air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Singleton asked Briana about a phone call that took place just a week earlier, the night before their previous interview of her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This year is a little harder than the previous. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t much left in the tree fort from previous dwellers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The man with the twisted face pointed and his closest companion, a podgy, pallid man, started forward, but a moment later they had relaxed into their previous state of inactivity, looking frustrated and disappointed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His master’s voice acted on Buck like an electric shock, He sprang to his feet and ran up the bank ahead of the men to the point of his previous departure. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z What exactly was it that enabled seventeenth- and eighteenth-century science to make progress in a way that previous systems of knowledge could not? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had been unconscious in the hospital wing for the final match of the previous year, meaning that Gryffindor had been a player short and had suffered their worst defeat in three hundred years. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z While Dorian had been all arrogance and amusement the previous night, his features were grave as he spoke to the duke. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Throughout the previous eighty days, he had kept a low profile. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It is still quick and swollen from the previous night’s rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Americas’ big animals had already survived the ends of 22 previous Ice Ages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our food had already improved in the previous two years, but not because of the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, on the morning of April 3, the expedition found themselves just one hour away from their previous camp. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In previous years cheerleaders had outnumbered Mica fans at away games. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He glanced to his left and saw that his partner was the blond boy who had been cut the two previous years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Renting a tuxedo seemed to me an excellent way to contract some hideous disease from its previous tenant, and I did not aspire to become the world’s only virgin with pubic lice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The radio station and local newspapers advertised the fictional program during the previous week. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z No previous touch to cover up the feel of his hand against my arm, lightly clutching. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At first we shared one big bed that had been left by the previous owner, but Dad decided we were getting a tad old for that. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By my avatar’s previous standards, I was now filthy rich. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Of course, the previous victors didn't have the Capitol looking for a way to destroy them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Elizabeth spent most of the days in a precarious tree-house they had built the previous summer between three great birches on the lake shore. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not quite the deluge of the previous year, but it rained more days than not for the rest of October and into November. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Jonathan Schooler—whom I introduced in the previous chapter—once did an experiment with Timothy Wilson that beautifully illustrates this difference. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was put in Kroonstad Prison, in the Orange Free State, but her experience there was not as horrendous as her previous stay in Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It managed to overcome limitations that had plagued previous simulated realities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Violence in the country was worsening; the death toll of 1990 was already over fifteen hundred, more than all the political deaths of the previous year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Young unrolled a sheaf of papers and declaimed a list of political charges that excelled in viciousness his previous charges. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous spring, I’d been at a particularly low point of feeling lousy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In her previous bid she had won a district seat with a nucleus of support from the Southside minority community. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point in time all the 1988 team is doing is feeding off of what was done in previous times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "I see. You had no previous acquaintanceship with the family?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z After a while she said, “Call Estella!” so I went out on the landing and roared that name as I had done on the previous occasion. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z All evening she has been marching her fingers around the model, waiting for her great-uncle Etienne, who owns this house, who went out the previous night while she slept, and who has not returned. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had visited this office under two of its previous occupants. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z According to the addition the previous owner had made, however, he ought to add a clockwise stir after every seventh counterclockwise stir. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z No previous human species had managed to penetrate places like northern Siberia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In previous years Pepettes had made scrapbooks for their players, including one with the cover made of lacquered wood and modeled on Disney’s Jungle Book. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Practically everyone he knew was urging him to follow the lead of many previous Review editors and apply for what would be a shoo-in clerkship with the Supreme Court. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But Globalization 3.0 differs from the previous eras not only in how it is shrinking and flattening the world and in how it is empowering individuals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She turns to her left and motions to the previous generation of Belles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was a night of thin sleep and bad dreams, spent much as I’d spent the previous day: being chased by packs of nightmare dogs. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Harry took aim at it with the wand Ron had given him the previous night, which Hermione had since condescended to examine, and had decided was made of blackthorn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Initially we were hesitant to discuss the double helix with her, fearing the testiness of our previous encounters. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Given the lack of previous investigation, it may have been inevitable that when Dobyns traced births and deaths in Lima he would be staking out new ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z White had no doubt what would happen if he didn’t succeed: previous agents on the case had been banished to distant outposts or cast out from the bureau entirely. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Please forward us your resume, including previous research experience, graduate and postgraduate transcripts, and two letters of recommendation. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We emerged from the warehouse to find our previous two conflagrations active. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ann added her own outrage to the previous speaker’s passionate remarks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The word means almost the same as it did in the previous sentence, but not quite. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He said that while on his way to the market the previous morning, he’d dropped one of his bags. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The following morning, Pearl was relieved when she came into the kitchen and Mia was there, making toast as usual, and carrying on as if the previous day had not happened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She had once found a copy of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library hidden in an aquarium at her previous doctor’s office, and ever since she had wanted to hide one underwater. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In previous centuries trade focused on symbolic goods that directly engaged the king, such as jewelry for the royal family. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is supervised by another Met Bong with similar features and characteristics, who is just as zealous a believer in the Angkar as my previous supervisor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She explained, as in the previous interview, that he’d gotten into an accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Each person that was chosen was asked to stand in a different line facing the previous one. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The previous spring, I'd been on the back porch wondering if I could just move over to Uncle Earl’s when I graduated, when Mom called me into the house. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Our previous maid, Constantine, used to stare those forward-sloping stairs down every day, like it was a battle between them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z On previous trips, Enrique slept close to the train station, which is several blocks from the cemetery. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Even before the previous rocks weakened it, the window would stand no chance against this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Here, ancient Athens resembles a modern democracy even less than in the previous particulars. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Order was drawn from chaos by cunningly applied laws tested on previous moving days. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z First, he thanked his recent adversary Howard Fuller for preventing violence on the previous night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I tell Amelia more about her previous letter, about her acting lessons and general determination. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z These men, a picked striking force of gallants, resumed the onslaughts of the previous afternoon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she comes back out, she brings a dinner identical to the one she had the previous day. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Nothing of the galaxies, stars, planets, lifeforms or civilizations evolved in the previous incarnation of the universe oozes into the cusp, flutters past the Big Bang, to be known in our present universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2007, we wrote to Joe and discovered that he had no legal assistance and had spent the previous eighteen years in prison with no one to help him challenge his conviction or sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The pattern continues with eighth notes, sixteenth notes, thirty-second notes, sixty-fourth notes, and so on, each type of note being half the length of the previous type. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For another two months he didn't have the strength and stamina to do any of the strenuous physical labor his previous jobs required. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “And your previous dreams, were they real too? Is Thornfield Hall a ruin? Am I severed from you by insuperable obstacles? Am I leaving you without a tear—without a kiss—without a word?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Lucy and Titania never spoke, the former because she chose not to and the latter because her tongue had been hacked out by a previous owner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Haymitch, his face puffy and red from the previous day's indulgences, is chuckling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The previous year when Mr. Homer Fairbain had been master of ceremonies for the district playoffs, the contest had been broadcast on educational TV. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to their wet-climate crops inherited from their West African homeland, the Bantu were able to farm in wet areas of East Africa unsuitable for all those previous occupants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Suppose that lawyer Bloom latched onto and publicized Kyril Montana’s previous trip to Milagro; suppose a leak developed in the capital— The helicopter was up and about, approaching from the west. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the previous morning they had journeyed nearly three miles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Completely unarmed, the Florentines engaged ten thousand French soldiers to take Pisa: such a plan endangered them more than any of their previous predicaments. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Chester was asleep on his brown velvet chair, shedding in his sleep, still worn out from the previous night’s activities. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Only weeks after a previous entry declared her healthy, one of the doctors wrote, “The patient looks chronically ill. She is obviously in pain.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He liked that there was a new protagonist in the same world and that the previous protagonist was now the antagonist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z To me she says, “I’m so sorry. Ziggy knew the previous tenants. There was a little boy, and Ziggy seems to think he still lives here.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Over the previous six days, 130 of his Lutheran congregation had been carried off, and his church’s tiny burial ground was looking more and more like a plowed field. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z His panic from the previous night was gone, replaced by a worried resolve. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He had been shot sometime as we ran away the previous night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Abruptly, the engine stopped, and an oppressive calm replaced the previous cacophony. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was talking now about his appearance the previous morning on the “Today” show. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Over the previous three decades, rates of childhood obesity had tripled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His brain braced itself for certain disappointment, but his heart was ready to be evacuated of all previous sadness and make plenty of room for everything to be good, and real, and safe. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z His ill humor, I figured, was perhaps due to the abscessed tooth that had been causing him pain for the previous two weeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It did indeed smell vilely—like the old chapel at Carfax—and with our previous experience it was plain to us that the Count had been using the place pretty freely. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Over the course of several months, she regained her speech, but she never regained her previous vitality. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The butcher had sold her during his previous stretch of bad luck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He pointed out the medals and cups from previous years in the display cases in the lobby outside the rink, took us inside, and then finally led us down to the locker room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When Richard Parker returned as the day was ending, a little earlier than the previous day, I was expecting him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Seventy?” said Malcolm, who knew well that Mr. Taphouse had had his seventy-fifth birthday the previous autumn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z While the family ate, Baba, Neel, and Rupa described the previous night’s events to a bewildered Ma. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He was remembering how Guenever must have pleaded illness on the previous evening, so as to leave the King’s room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the door of the former restaurant — maybe he had taken control of the space after the previous owner was killed — and stood there for a while, chatting with the soldiers who passed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The heavy snowfall of the previous night had stopped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Faith and morality, the watchwords of the previous generation, gave way to the Pleasure Principle. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had stayed late on the previous Saturday to see the film over again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was only interested in the results of the sale, knowing that his previous nineteen thousand, nine hundred fifty boxes had been sold and he was off the hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Powers's new prison cell, which he shared with a political prisoner from Latvia, was even smaller than his previous one. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z My uniform has obviously known some previous owners. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In previous seasons, most of the problem players had left or been kicked off the team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t care: He’d just accomplished what the finest players in the world had been unable to do on twenty occasions during the previous nine months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Gods save me, some previous tenant had written on the wall in something that looked suspiciously like blood, the blue is calling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We returned to the battle, and Danny more than made up for his previous silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The August heat and his diabetes had been wearing on him, and I was haunted by my worries about what R.C. might have done to Emmett the previous night. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He remembered how Bigwig had chased Hawkbit through the long grass, forgetting the quarrel of the previous night in the joy of their arrival. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been too distracted to notice the house’s disarray on her previous visit, the grimed plates, sawdust, and piles of clothes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The book was falling apart, from her use and that of the previous owners. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had bought this new treasure only the previous day: an enormous mustache, so dark and bushy that it would have made any self-respecting walrus extremely jealous. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z No one dared to disobey him, even though half an hour later he had forgotten his previous foolhardy notions and wandered off to hunt worms. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the newly reigning United States Open Champion, and a participant in the Rosenwald the previous year, Bobby had anticipated getting this invitation for the 1957 tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And then there were the seats left dirty or wet by previous inhabitants that the kitchen workers had failed to wipe clean. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the previous months, the government had made numerous proposals that fell by the wayside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At least he’s an improvement on the previous one, who smelled like a church cloakroom in the rain; like your mouth when the dentist starts picking at your teeth; like a nostril. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike previous treaties, these would be ratified by the new Congress of the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She departed one day, In a relative way, And arrived on the previous night. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In humanities class, Ms. Steck concentrates on our previous discussion about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She had long retired from her previous way of life, had presented her garden to Gotama’s monks, taking refuge in his teachings, and belonged to the women and benefactresses attached to the pilgrims. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked tired from the previous night’s ordeal, but also relieved. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He told me that Molly had died in a car accident the previous week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The New York Times Poll, which is the source of this and the previous charts in this chapter, was based on telephone interviews conducted March 9-14, 2005, with 4,764 adults throughout the United States. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Just the previous night, she said, she had eaten two cookies—and here she named two prominent brands. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah,” said Harry, who had met Sir Cadogan the previous year. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And in the previous few years, he’d had cause to make hard decisions about how to use his prosecutorial powers in difficult cases. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He told her that Fletcher had made contact with one slave previous but the man never made it to the rendezvous. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The endless convolutions and frustrations of my previous dealings with the Erhenrang Government were melted away like an ice-pack in a flooding river. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Camping in a clearing that he knew well from previous journeys, Matty sat on a log that he had often used as a seat while he cooked his meal. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z There was no time to sulk and ponder your previous loss. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Deeper and deeper into the labyrinth he went, looking for objects he recognized from his one previous trip into the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They had spent a good part of the previous day there. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally woke up, I rubbed my eyes and lay there in silence awhile, trying to convince myself that the events of the previous day had actually occurred. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I swear—and I’m sure you can back me up on this from previous actions—I’m definitely like a kid at times. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But there is something about the flattening of the world that is going to be qualitatively different from the great changes of previous eras: the speed and breadth with which it is taking hold. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The goal of previous astronomers had been to construct mathematical models that would successfully predict the location of the planets in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The previous night when I stood outside his house the same thing happened. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He was locked into a maintenance role: He was a custodian for the system who was unlikely to overturn the previous judgment, even if there was compelling evidence of innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Perch, meanwhile, was working himself up into a lather equal to his previous ones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their parents are called and lunch detentions are handed out, along with Saturday school for those with previous infractions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Saint Sarah sits, barking questions that she’s collected from previous Quiz Bowls, her silk flower turning with her head to gaze at the person she’s asked or aimed her quizzing at. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A number of the authors’ names have been starred with penciled asterisks by previous readers, but there is no sign or mark by Nikolai Gogol’s name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The boy took them to the cliff where he had been on the previous day. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With him, during some previous period of boyhood reminiscence, of confidences exchanged. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we’ve sat down and ordered, I ask her more about the aftermath of the previous day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I point myself in the direction that I remember Day going the previous night, south toward Union Station. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Besides Teller, they included Mark Mills, a bespectacled thirty-eight- year-old theoretician from Caltech who had joined Livermore the previous year and risen quickly to become one of Ernest’s most trusted aides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I gave him some Blend 43 the previous night and he was quite taken by it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The CD that Tony put on was filled with the music of the previous spring, songs that made Alex feel young again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The previous week Mr. Pennyworth had been teaching Bod about Elements and Humors, and Bod had kept forgetting which was which. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Immediately he raised taxes on the Chilean-owned guano mines, which the previous Bolivian government had promised not to do. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This use and restructuring of previous systems for new purposes is very much like the pattern of biological evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of their ravaged state when they arrived in camp the previous evening, I’d assumed that both men would decide to throw in the towel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Most had already sprouted in the previous weeks, but their little roots had not held them to the Reverend Farmer’s flat-as-Kansas beds against the torrent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A sitting area featured portraits of previous First Ladies. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She interviewed each of us, the interviews taking no longer than ten minutes, asking what we were currently reading, what we had read the previous year, and what we thought of the books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Comparing notes of their experiences at college so far, they discover that they had both taken Psychology 110 the previous spring. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Caruthers had been awake all morning, longer than any days previous, and the old woman was clearly feeling better because she was growing crankier by the hour. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When they reached the portrait hole, they found Sir Cadogan enjoying a Christmas party with a couple of monks, several previous headmasters of Hogwarts, and his fat pony. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The related expression I feel badly may have started out in previous generations as a hypercorrected version of I feel bad. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With the infusion of new blood from the previous year’s exceptional freshman boat, he was again faced with the dilemma of having almost too much talent out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Smyth was also unhappy with Lawrence’s habit of proposing increasingly ambitious projects before his previous ones had borne fruit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The previous season, she had been so impressed by Prince’s talent on the field that she allowed him to get away with skirting the team rules. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles was sure now he had a freshman crew at least equal to that of the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was one corner I had always noticed when I passed on previous occasions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Over the previous few months, my East Wing staff and I had spoken with children’s health experts and advocates to help us develop the pillars on which our larger effort would be built. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This one dated back to the previous fall, when the AEC and the Pentagon had worked out the military program for both weapons laboratories. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Once we reached the peak of the greystone hill, I put Denna’s surplus of energy to use and sent her to gather firewood while I made an even larger fire pit than our previous one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By combining journalism with anthropology, I’ve tried in previous writings not simply to observe but to participate in the lives of railroad tramps, illegal Mexican immigrants, Kenyan truckers, and even the elite of Aspen, Colorado. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered by the trench the stranger had dug the previous day. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The two men know each other from Atzerodt’s previous stays at the Pennsylvania House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone from our previous meeting was there except Mr. Thompson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Ms. Faraci stood at the Smart Board trying to explain covalent bonds, which we were supposed to have reviewed the previous night. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A great metamorphosis had come upon the city since last I had been there, the winter previous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There had been previous encounters with Pauling, stretching over a twenty-five-year interval. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Elis experiment belonged to a different world entirely—a world light-years ahead of the floating disks and squat cylinders previous ancient authorities had imagined our planet to be. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was a contrast with how they’d felt about their previous commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He wished for all the world he could remember something about his previous life. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “My previous brother was entirely unsatisfactory. I hope for more from my new ones. Now how do I go about securing arms and armor?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite the long summer of work, he found himself even poorer than he had been the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nothing in her experience—her difficult childhood, her previous work with injured patients—had prepared her for this kind of hell on earth. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He has been told that he was named after a famous Russian author, born in a previous century. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There are still Madonnas, but their bodies have lost their previous quality of suffused light and are more likely to be seen at night. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had once found a copy of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library hidden in an aquarium at her previous doctor’s office, and ever since she had wanted to hide one underwater. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His task was the same as the previous day’s—to fill the cart with wood, and this time unload it at the kiln site. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I recognize many of their faces, either from seeing them as tributes or mentors at previous Games or from our recent viewing of the victors’ tapes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We are as far from the ideals and arguments of the previous century as it is possible to be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was wearing the same outfit he had worn the previous night. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Do you believe that previous failures always lead to later successes? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z On that day Grandpa drove a little faster than he had on the previous one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Up and down the river, an assortment of tall ships with black hulls—schooners and sloops dating from the previous century—also lay at anchor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the help of his teacher, Stephen’s whole class had secretly worked much of the previous school day making the index cards. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It too now seems convincing to many archaeologists, but caution is warranted in view of all the previous disillusionments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each hour begins a new horror, a new Gamemaker weapon, and ends the previous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z All the other girls had been on the national team the previous year; I was the only newbie in the mix. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The lunar surface offers eloquent testimony of a previous age of the destruction of worlds, now billions of years gone. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We took our leave of the soldiers, who with some warmth indicated the pleasure they had in making my acquaintance, so much having been recounted about myself and my mother in previous months. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The scholars dashed hectically across the sand, leaping over the bones of previous victims. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z President Snow goes on to tell us what happened in the previous Quarter Quells. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Diffusion worked as a “cascade”—in steps, with each cycle of diffusion incrementally increasing the concentration of U-235 in the feedstock produced by the previous cycles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Between her update and the previous story, I am able to mark my paper map to show the relative positions of the opposing armies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I’m game,” says Muhammad, a sudden strange seriousness replacing the previous glee in his eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Her servants had been dismissed, save three; and one of those three had died of the smallpox a sen’night previous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The previous summer Palmer’s mother had taken him to the outdoor Y pool for swimming lessons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a decadent atmosphere for me whose previous experience of dating had been mixers and parlor calls from boys at prep school. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Cook had worked in the scullery for the previous Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t missed so much school the previous two years, I might have smoked those tests, but I had barely passed the eleventh grade and was lucky to be a senior. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z An enormous cyclonic windstorm—a storm that made the previous fall’s windstorm look almost like a spring breeze— slammed into Washington State. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The decision was made long before my time or yours,” The Giver said, “and before the previous Receiver, and—” He waited. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The entire front page is tiled with our head shots from the previous day. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Some claimed he was the unwanted son of the previous Lord Furnival, who had provided him with the church living when Quinel was still a boy. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The songs collide into one long song—as if one singer is taking over when the previous one stops, all of them taking turns to give us this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The benches that had been filled by Walter's supporters the previous day were now mostly occupied by older white people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On a previous visit, she had pushed it inquisitively into the cigar cutter, and had lost about an eighth of an inch of it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Applicant 2: “I have passed my SSC with distinction. Second P also with distinction. And I also hold a 70 percent aggregate in previous two years.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Walkmans had started appearing at Hailsham since the previous year’s Sales and by that summer there were at least six of them in circulation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Although a widow would sometimes manage her late husband’s affairs, Matthäus’s sons from his previous marriage were grown men and quickly took charge of the family business. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Granddaddy had read about it in the Austin papers and had bought it from an estate sale, the bird having outlived its previous owner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Moss didn’t know much about him; he’d been reelected the previous year, and most of the adults in Moss’s life hated him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Elliot Head, on the previous night, had barely covered his costs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “So, it isn’t necessary to kill the previous owner to take true possession of a wand?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At school the next day, when everyone replayed the events of what happened the previous night, that’s when I found out who had called. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The stewards read his message: “I have a previous engagement.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time we returned from breakfast, the mattresses we had brought outside the previous night were back on our beds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Each member nation had its own specific interests because each had had different experiences in the previous 150 years of British and French intrusion, including the French and Indian War. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Charles and Emma had thought about going; they had enjoyed the meeting a previous year. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered how Bigwig, after his reconnaissance on the previous day, had spoken of the little white sticks in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had brought all the things he was taking, along from the other room, very late the previous evening, while Hooper had been watching 'Gunlaw' on the television. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A more drastic search than the previous one was undertaken, house by house, and this time they even took farm implements. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His bedroom, where I was to stay, had been closed off rather pointedly during my previous visit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In all of my previous examples of bad writing I picked on easy marks: deadline-pressured journalists, stuffy academics, corporate hacks, the occasional inexperienced student. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Neither Ron nor Hermione felt like going, however, so they and Harry wandered onto the grounds, still talking about the extraordinary events of the previous night and wondering where Sirius and Buckbeak were now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The previous Thursday, the first day of spring, had been the Afghan New Year’s Day—the Sawl-e-Nau—and Afghans in the Bay Area had planned celebrations throughout the East Bay and the peninsula. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But nowhere was the rout of classical music’s previous position of dominance more clearly seen than in musical theatre. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His discourse the previous evening had turned to female companionship, Sam said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The hollow was so well sheltered that he had even risked lighting a fire the previous night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z To ensure that the Pennsylvania Railroad’s bridges could support the gun’s 250,000-pound weight, two Krupp engineers had traveled to America the previous July to inspect the entire route. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Scoob stares at the ceiling, which seems lower than the previous night, his heartbeat chugging between his ears like a runaway train. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Then, too, she remembered the look the previous female passenger had given her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Astonishing as it may seem, there is no previous occasion on which new empirical evidence determined the outcome of a long-standing debate between philosophers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And in many parts of the globe, as we saw in the previous chapter, people were content to stay on a “Neolithic plateau.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had spent the previous four years, as he saw it, preparing to fulfill an absurd and onerous duty: to graduate from college. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the old woman’s words when she had been half awake and mistaking Ophie for her previous caretaker: My dear, sweet Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Starting the previous year, the worst influenza epidemic in history had struck the nation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I could still hear the drums echoing in my head from the previous night, but I refused to be happy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then I realized Mr. Greene had repeated a column from the previous month. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ski Team who, although exceptionally strong, had little previous high-altitude experience. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In previous wars against Indigenous nations, British commanders had assigned ranger groups specific missions, but to fight the Cherokee, both the regular forces and the rangers would target even the elders, women, and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z While my mind slept, many of the painful parts of the previous day were ushered through the second door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was still as vigorous as ever, though, despite the fact that she had celebrated her half-century mark the previous winter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Schulz had been in trouble with the Gestapo and, as a result, lost his previous job as an oil expert. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Fischer then pointed to the camera aperture he’d complained about the previous day, and quickly left the stage with his clock running. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I bit back my previous comments and gave her a knowing grin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The fugitives had passed through the previous day with a small group of Confederate veterans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Each new auction seemed to surpass the previous one for the record of the highest single bid and the total of millions collected. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had not rowed particularly well in the second freshman boat the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This narrow approach to social change is reflected in the justifications offered for affirmative action, most notably the claim that “previous outsiders, once given a chance, will exercise power differently.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Until the previous night, old Betonie’s vision of stars, cattle, a woman, and a mountain had seemed remote; he had been wary, especially after he found the stars, and they were in the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A fear of the cracked tongue, aching body and fuzzy mind brought on by my previous dehydration creeps into my consciousness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Matt could plan his move carefully, perhaps even take Maria with him.The sick fears of the previous night had vanished, and he felt like a king: Matt the Conqueror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought that the previous two generations had been coddled too much because of “mistaken theories of education.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And even in the dim light, her face seemed older than it had even the previous month. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maurice’s dry English form did not permit enthusiasm as he stated that the picture showed much more detail than previous pictures and could, in fact, be considered as arising from a crystalline substance. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z To Xhosa traditionalists, this name is more acceptable than either of my two previous given names, Rolihlahla or Nelson, and I was proud to hear my new name pronounced: Dalibunga. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Junior Championship the previous summer, but above all, he’d begun to have increased confidence in himself after his celebrated “Game of the Century.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the previous searchers would have checked all of this. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The second day of the charrette began promptly at 10 A.M., with the large group dividing into several smaller clusters to discuss in detail the issues brought up the previous day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But this day Amari was unusually quiet, having been compelled to spend the previous night with Clay, and he had forced her to do things that made her shiver with shame. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1611 John Donne, referring to Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope made the previous year, declared that ‘new philosophy calls all in doubt’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Few researchers today accept Dobyns’s estimates—they seem extreme—but most believe that native numbers were far higher than estimated by previous generations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Malcolm’s father was right: Lord Nugent had been lord chancellor, but that had been under a previous government, a more liberal body than the present one, and ruling at a more liberal time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Jim Moore, the school’s principal, said it was not “lack of effort” that caused Truman to be poorly ranked in previous years, but a matter of resources. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z His poll numbers were suddenly even with or ahead of those of Al Gore and John Kerry, the Democrats’ previous two nominees—evidence of his potential. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He made his name with ragtime but this style, as we saw in the previous chapter, was in the early 1920s being superseded all over America by jazz. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It had fewer corrections than my previous papers, but the grade was only a disappointing C. I stuck it in my binder, and for the rest of the class I had a hard time concentrating. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t how I remembered my lesson the previous spring in Coach Mustilli’s garage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z On returning, now charged to find that woman’s daughter, he knew why the previous assignment had vexed him so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In interviews here, my previous findings were confirmed: with the exception of those trained in professions where they can set up independent practice, they can find jobs commensurate with their education only outside the South. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Klaus took Violet’s other hand, and Sunny took Klaus’s other hand, and in that manner the three Baudelaire children—the Baudelaire orphans, now—were led away from the beach and from their previous lives. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z As he promised, the musicians were very talented and played the rags that had made everyone happy at previous socials. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Also pleasing was the great accuracy of the data, which illustrated better than any previous analytical work the equality of adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The other three shuffle papers back and forth and murmur something about the previous contestant dodging questions. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The applause, perhaps, lacked something of the vigor, the generosity and celebratory ebullience it had in my previous performance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z During the previous decade, the government had silenced most of the radical press, and there remained a prohibition on publishing the words or pictures of any banned or imprisoned individuals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun convinced himself that the previous day had been an aberration, that today would bring a return to reason and procedure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Jonas had heard again and again now, reference to the previous failure. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z To his annoyance he saw that the previous owner had scribbled all over the pages, so that the margins were as black as the printed portions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I kind of inherited her when her previous owner died. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Which is that the possessor of the wand must capture it from its previous owner, if he is to be truly master of it,” said Xenophilius. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That change sneaked up on him, Casteen said, and he had spent a good part of the previous year trying to prevent it from becoming part of his legacy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The next image showed a mishmash of all the items from the previous illusions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z White relied upon Agent Burger to guide him through the murk of the previous federal investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The base of its body reattached itself to different shadows and detached from previous ones, like fire moving from kindling to kindling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The reason for the soliloquy here is that Morgenstern's previous book had gotten bombed by the critics and also hadn’t sold beans. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The previous week, after listening to the music and the reverend’s sermon, I had walked to the front of the church during the altar call. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Our previous plan to return for Papá’s car evaporated when we saw it being towed away on television. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The previous June, Hitler had awarded Goebbels a sumptuous personal residence on the recently renamed Hermann-Goring-Strasse, just a block south of the Brandenburg Gate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That supplies him with still other metaphors that can replace metadiscourse, such as moving together or cooperating on a project: The previous section analyzed the source of word sounds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They’d been able to place Adnan’s parents in a mosque the previous night, but there were already hundreds of people there, sleeping on the floors, and they couldn’t accommodate more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Not the false prosperity of previous years, but a prosperity that those with her on these hot, still mornings can share. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Since they had left Novgorod the previous week, Coram had known they were being followed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The scoring total for Tangerine Middle School is an awesome 52 goals, which is already ten above the previous record. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quibbler still going strong, then?” asked Harry, who felt a certain fondness for the magazine, having given it an exclusive interview the previous year. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Call a suitor a heartthrob if he’s better than all previous candidates. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Grants theory mostly came from one that had been suggested by a Frenchman named Jean-Baptiste Lamarck late in the previous century. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Constitution specifically provides that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied...on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I consulted with your previous counselor, Mr. Kinkade,” he said, sliding into the driver’s seat. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her new gray gown had been delivered the previous day along with the children’s clothes and was now hanging in the closet of her bedroom. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z For five days the previous October the “power fire,” as it was called, had roared across these mountains, consuming seventeen thousand acres of pine and cedar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She'd rest on ice for a few months and, once thawed and fully revived, would remember nothing of her previous life as an alcoholic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Not long before, the previous inhabitants' society had disintegrated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In previous elections, there had been drinking and rowdiness around the polling places, but on this day everything was calm. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On her previous first days, she had always kept her head in a book, and here she was waving to almost-strangers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’d written more than sixty pieces for Outside over the previous fifteen years, and seldom had the travel budget for any of these assignments exceeded two or three thousand dollars. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Mitchell claimed the Mosses’ home was better than some of his previous foster placements, yet he confirmed that he had to squat and run laps. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Next to it, his pride and joy hung framed on the wall: a signed Missy Elliott poster that he’d gotten for Christmas the previous year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a recording of one of his matches from the previous spring. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z |
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