| 单词 | recent |
| 例句 | It was Chris himself who had criticized a recent theft of weapons from an air force base; preliminary police reports suggested that the gun that killed him had come from that stockpile. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The most recent pictures were all of her before, when she was healthy, uploaded postmortem by friends: a beautiful girl, wide-hipped and curvy, with long, straight deadblack hair falling over her face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Class differences in health, too, are widening, recent research shows. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I watched as the therapist reread the closing of the most recent letter: I love you. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He also recorded Lawrence’s assurance that a recent visitor, “a very distinguished biologist,” had declared “that this technique could well be as important to biology and medicine as the discovery of the microscope.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The town was abuzz about the recent “mix-up” with the newspaper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They will give us food from their recent harvest in exchange for our copper, hatchets, swords, and muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The theory, incidentally, is almost always presented as a recent one, but in fact it was first proposed in the 1940s by Reginald Daly of Harvard. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I go straight to his page to see a bunch of recent photos from some outdoor party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z On solid ground, away from the ship-motioned vehicle and the smell of hands coated with recent breakfasts, I regained my balance and waited for the next trolley. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The population of Nzara had grown in recent years—the town had experienced, in its own way, the human population explosion that is occurring throughout the equatorial regions of the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way up and down Unter den Linden, where the sidewalks were jammed with foreign visitors and provincial Germans, more than a million of whom had poured into the city in recent days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The American journalist threw out questions to El Jefe about his policies regarding political prisoners and the recent OAS charges of human rights abuses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A recent audit discovered that the police in Atlanta were radically underreporting crime since the early 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Johnson family were recent arrivals in their San Francisco community—a middle-class, middle-income real-estate development high in the hills north of the city. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Freddie was in the center, and I realized he had the most recent student handbook in front of him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z For now, I shall confine myself to correcting a few of the more glaring inaccuracies in recent press reports. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The men, whom I knew as Mr. Yoon and Mr. Kim, were both recent immigrants in their thirties with wives and young children. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Reginald tells of some traveling he’s done, but I rival it all with stories of Roxbury nightlife, not to mention my recent forays into Harlem. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a recent dream, Abigail reported, she was riding in a coach when, suddenly, several large cannonballs were flying toward her. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z First, though the idea of using a cylinder and piston went back to Guericke, there was no recent experience of combining this with steam in England. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Below are recent pictures of Sally Jackson and Percy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When it was her turn to give an account of recent months, it was impossible not to be influenced by Leon’s tone, though her version of it came through, helplessly, as mockery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Fortunately the student was a recent émigré from Poland named Marie Curie. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She had dreamed that same dream many times over the course of the winter, but in recent days, it had become more insistent. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The outstanding examples in recent years are the transplantations of hearts, kidneys, livers, and other organs, and the equally spectacular inventions of artificial organs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If it had not been for her recent experience, she would have been terrified. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The most recent breezes had carried him into the Republican camp as a staunch defender of the French Revolution, which was the chief reason Abigail thought that Gerry “had a kink in his head.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her recent installation in the exhibition returned her to the furrows of Georgia, the dumb, open-jawed stares of the patrons stealing her back to a state of display. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z What's the difference between the past past and the recent past? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z In our explorations on mud roads around Mount Elgon, we saw signs of the recent trouble: burned, empty huts that had once belonged to Bukusu farmers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The story of the suitors and Queen Penelope ... his thoughts about family . . . his recent dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I made new friends of more recent OJTs, but reservedly, because they were almost always gone within a few weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but I had hoped with the recent trade agreement...” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The recent relegalization of racing had done little to bring back the town’s glory days. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But of course I have not seen Mr Eden in recent years, and he may have been much changed by pressures. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z On September 16 a thirty-nine-year-old doctor and recent arrival to the city volunteered. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In recent years, economists have spent a great deal of time studying Mavens, for the obvious reason that if marketplaces depend on information, the people with the most information must be the most important. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In one recent ten-year stretch, each of these names was given to at least two thousand babies in California—fewer than 2 percent of them black. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z By noting which craters overlap which and other signs of lunar stratigraphy, we can reconstruct the sequence of impact and flooding events of which the production of crater Bruno is perhaps the most recent example. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The air of collective displacement, the impermanence of life in wartime and the gauche personalities of the more recent arrivals tended to dissipate my own sense of not belonging. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “How recent are those figures?” a colonel asked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Any differences—between the far past and the recent past? Between older and more current American history?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Jamie’s assessment made total sense considering my experiences with this were recent and only happened at competitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The exhibits opened the same day as the hospital, part of a celebration trumpeting the town’s recent accomplishments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His dad is in from California, freshly tanned from a recent trek through Yosemite, grinning and proud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The third recent extension of GGS’s message to the modern world was to me the most unexpected one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The concrete was fresh all right, very recent. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The dormitories were full of runaways who’d taken refuge here, in the wake of a recent escape from their chains or after years of making a life for themselves elsewhere. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Stephen Byerley placed two fingers to the bridge of his nose, “Then the Machine cannot be tampered with—And how do you account for recent errors, then?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z An alternative hunger-fighting technique was to imitate cows, regurgitating a recent meal and eating it again. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Those advocating an African solution might profitably study the recent English efforts to establish a black colony in Sierra Leone, where most of the freed blacks died or were enslaved by the local African tribes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was a former Columbia oarsman himself, he said, and after watching their recent exploits he had decided to send his son west for college so he too might become a great crewman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The role of music, however, has changed dramatically in recent years. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The Post-Intelligencer’s Royal Brougham had been loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months, despite their recent sloppiness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had to find out what Cleopatra’s role had been in the recent chaos that rocked the Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I browsed through several of my most recent blog posts. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Investigation of Fischer is not to be limited to developing additional data concerning her recent contact of XXXXXX. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is more recent and is recognized in our national consciousness, but it is still not well understood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My own Catholic Church in recent years has become more like a Protestant Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She brought up the most recent satellite images. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus recent American and Soviet missions to Venus seem to have provided verification that the greenhouse effect is indeed the reason for the high surface temperature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then why haven’t you been in any of our recent fights?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The more recent stones were polished granite in various colors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It is a few hundred billion; some recent estimates place it at 4 x 1011. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The largest population replacement of the last 13,000 years has been the one resulting from the recent collision between Old World and New World societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “My granny is recovering from some recent tooth surgery and we need a room.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “However, recent events must be taken into account.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Since the recent unfortunate happenings at the German Fraternal Hall, everyone has been on edge and the mood of the town has been somber. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Only the very recent part of this afternoon, actually. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The amount varies depending on the prices of oil but in recent years has usually amounted to a few thousand dollars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Penn had swapped out three of its eight Poughkeepsie oarsmen, replacing them with recent graduates not eligible to race in the intercollegiate regatta but perfectly legal in Olympic trials. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I continued to describe some of our recent trips. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes were glued to my face, and I bowed my head as I delved into my recent past. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He feels it will add to the report if they play the most recent tape at the end of the session. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s got all the usual boys-and-beauty-type blog posts, the most recent from April 3 of last year. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ve both offered me your friendship in recent months, so I decided to take you up on it. Together.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I ran down a list of recent crimes, looking for a conviction that might stick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere in our, or at least my, recent zoologic past, hibernation must have been a fact of being. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bleeding, cupping, and purging are the classical illustrations, but we have plenty of more recent examples to be embarrassed about. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These were not peanuts handed out on his recent flight but something acquired years earlier, back when all planes had propellers and pilots wore leather helmets and long, flowing scarves. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She was wild-haired as ever—or even more so, from her recent exertions—and had put on a slip with a robe, unbelted, its ties flittering behind her like silky kitten tails. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “And I have some poetry that I would like to recite to you in honor of the recent, um, transformations in your life.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The committee issued a public warning, telling recent arrivals to clean their homes thoroughly, burn gunpowder to purify the air, dump lime down their privies, and whitewash every room. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The answer may be contained in recent laboratory experiments carried out by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Although the recent photograph is a clear one, I still see it through the gauze of childhood. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She tells me about meeting August—she was seventeen, and it had just dawned on her that the recent spate of bachelors joining her family for dinner were actually being presented as potential husbands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The fact that some African Americans have experienced great success in recent years does not mean that something akin to a racial caste system no longer exists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Although some had seen slight improvement in recent times, there was no love lost between the two sides. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A recent influx of Hungarian Jews into our neighborhood had swelled their ranks, and they formed a small but highly vocal element of the school’s student population. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The only recent thing about it is people paying any attention to it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And I’m staring down at our most recent text messages, most of which have been from Hattie. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t be able to control what memories they saw, but they would be limited to recent ones unless the memory was particularly strong. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The importation of plants is the primary agent in the modern spread of species, for animals have almost invariably gone along with the plants, quarantine being a comparatively recent and not completely effective innovation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As recent data shows, however, much of black progress is a myth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A night like this, after recent events, could lead a man to reflect on life in general, and so that is what Bernabe did while things were momentarily peaceful. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she received pictures of the most recent fashions in the mail, they only proved that she had not been wrong about the models that she designed herself and sewed on Amaranta’s primitive pedal machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z With ten minutes before showtime, I clicked on the channel’s most recent episode, titled: “My Superhero Mira and Her Cat.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But either Gandalf was astray, or else the land had changed in recent years; for he did not strike the stream where he looked to find it, only a few miles southwards from their start. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z To take a recent example, historians are still debating whether blueprint copying or idea diffusion contributed more to Russia’s building of an atomic bomb. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nel hadn’t seen the insides of this most recent one yet, but it was her turn in Circle Number 5 to visit some of the old women there. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Within the scholarly community in recent years, the main tendency has been to take the latter side, or to sidestep the controversy by ignoring mainstream politics altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Until recent centuries, these areas were still occupied by hunter-gatherers—Native Americans in the first three cases and Aboriginal Australians or Native Siberians in the last two. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sad. Look, Lolly, I realize what happened to Jermaine is fairly recent. Just this past fall...” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Despite the deaths of recent years, only two of the sixteen members of Williams’s party wore safety helmets or other protective gear. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And the Church in recent times, Lyra, it’s been a getting more commanding. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z These trees had grown fast in recent years, and now the clearing was completely concealed and had become Matty’s private place. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of creepy how well preserved it is. Of all the ruins I’ve seen, it looks the most recent.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z You all recall the recent bon voyage celebration for the army recruits from the Manifest class of 1918. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Texts go out to recent alumni of the theater program, mentors to many in the current cast. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He tried to hide a recent pop-quiz from me, but I found it in his notebook. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Rush then noted that in recent days he had seen “an unusual number of bilious fevers, accompanied with symptoms of uncommon malignity.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Even the notion of the Big Bang is quite a recent one. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Even if I had to cover my sister’s recent purchase of two fashionable Paris suits, I would have $1000 left, enough for a year’s stay in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The American economy has also grown more quickly than Europe’s in recent decades, leaving an impression of boundless opportunity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The schools led to a marked decrease in use of Indigenous languages, but in recent years, Indigenous people have been working on language revitalization programs. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z To top things off, in recent weeks his freshmen had begun to beat his varsity in time trials and head-to-head races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Catty-corner to the Pilar, in Forest Service headquarters, Carl Abeyta was trying to review the most recent multiple use plan for his chunk of forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She shuffled through recent ones of her sons and lots of me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Within a few days we learned there were about a thousand men, all Africans, all recent arrivals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Three—an explosion of softness on my lips, the taste of apples and a recent cigarette. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Only with the recent development of protective nets and greenhouses were we finally able to defeat the thrushes, and to redesign strawberries and raspberries according to our own standards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two recent popular books on the history of the dating of Earth actually manage to misspell his name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But with his recent orders to calm the districts fresh in my ears, it fills me with dread. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In recent weeks I’ve developed a great liking for family trees and the genealogical tables of royal families. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Those papers must be recent. There hasn’t been time to get translations made.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Then there is the recent case of Temptress, a fifteen-year-old girl whose misdeeds landed her in Albany County Family Court in New York. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Werfel assumed Spurge would be interested in seeing what the goblins thought about the recent wars against the elves, so the two went to a memorial up on the battlements of Tenebrion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In an effort to address the rampant joblessness among black men labeled criminals, a growing number of advocates in recent years have launched Ban the Box campaigns. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “At least in all the recent speeches I’ve seen, he’s been in the mansion. Even before the rebels got here. I imagine he became more vigilant after Finnick aired his crimes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That has happened in recent years around the field of attention, particularly the study of attention and its relationship to technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The recent rains had filled hollows in the rocks, and the little folds of the mountain were green with bear grass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I find special charts for this latter purpose, with spaces for time of day, most recent fluid intake, consistency, and color. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During her most recent telephone call, she said she was in North Carolina. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The hole in the roof, moreover, was a recent development, unknown to the Student Referral Office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Brother, there seems to be a serious misunderstanding among some of the brothers concerning your work and recent conduct," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This place is both my ancient and my recent history. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “My haste is your good fortune, madam. These girls were the servants of my late aunt, whose passing I mourn deeply. I must quickly conclude the matters of her estate. The recent unrest, you know.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In early June, a rumor swept through the school that a recent graduate had been killed in the fighting around Jerusalem. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In more recent years, a reluctant consensus has emerged among musicians that Leningrad may not be Shostakovich’s best symphony, despite its iconic status. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Men came in, were disappointed and yet they stayed, held there by free cigarettes and the evidence of recent booze. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Mr. Dalton,” said Daddy, I'm not sure you were aware of recent events involving your son, Raymond Edward Dalton.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the solitary, comfortless course of his recent driftings, Perry had over and over again reviewed this indictment, and had decided it was unjust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He is the least experienced in the cast, a more recent project of Volpe’s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She gives several recent examples in her confused Spanish. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years there have been attempts to make the language of the alien public language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His recent elevation had only made him worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her brown face, flawless but for the recent jagged scar on her forehead, was expressionless. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He bought into car and electronics dealerships, too, though it was known that some of the businesses had been troubled in recent years, going without his full attention. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized Duncan from B-block—a short black man with dreads who apparently was a perpetrator in a recent fracas in the B- block yard in which officers had been injured. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, the committee had been virtually inactive, but Paul envisioned a more dynamic future. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The three dancers in the piece, all recent graduates of Juilliard themselves, bring a distinctive vocabulary to the montage, drawing viewers into an experience that is at once life-affirming and joyful, without any bubble-gum sentimentality. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z His phone calls were just payback for the recent cushion he had given me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were way less famous than the other great apes, the chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, even though a recent study showed they were our closest relatives, sharing over 98.7 percent of our DNA. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s especially familiar to us that supermarket strawberries and blueberries are gigantic compared with wild ones; those differences arose only in recent centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “A change at one point, in one molecule even, may reverberate throughout the entire system to initiate changes in seemingly unrelated organs and tissues,” says a recent summary of the present status of medical research. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We know now that our universe—or at least its most recent incarnation—is some fifteen or twenty billion years old. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The most isolated people on Earth in recent history were the Aboriginal Tasmanians, living without oceangoing watercraft on an island 100 miles from Australia, itself the most isolated continent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The sand is smooth and damp, swept clean by the recent wave. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His one lingering concern may have been a recent United States Supreme Court case that threatened a longstanding feature of high-profile criminal trials in the South: the all-white jury. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In recent weeks, Malcolm X had become irritable about this, saying “It makes people uncomfortable” and that it reminded him of Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my phone from my purse on the kitchen counter and checked my recent calls. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z And the city water, because of recent flooding, wasn’t safe to drink when we got there. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The students were all in their late teens or early twenties, many of them recent immigrants to America, and of middle and lower income. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The recent rainfall filled the cottage with the scent of damp soil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye had sleeping bags, but Arm, in deference to his recent illness, was given the sofa. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He would have gone himself, but with the recent disciplinary troubles in the warren he could not take the risk; and Campion could hardly be spared just now. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The story identified him only as a student at Trace Middle and said that the police considered him a suspect in several recent vandalisms. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the redheaded Avox girl comes in with a note from Effie saying that, given our recent tour, both she and Haymitch have agreed we can handle ourselves adequately in public. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Rumors continue to fly about the mysterious recent disturbance at the Ministry of Magic, during which He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was sighted once more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Considering the guys’ recent suspicions, it did not take a genius to figure out that the purpose of the visit had to do with a certain feathered roommate. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A recent communication from her was bolder and more offensive than usual. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The most recent thing was a response paper to Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z That wasn’t a challenge; I was always pale, and my recent swoon had left a light sheen of sweat on my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A. posse of Touchable Policemen crossed the Meenachal River, sluggish and swollen with recent rain, and picked their way through the wet undergrowth, the clink of handcuffs in someone’s heavy pocket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In this article, recent research on this process will be reviewed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Our brains and nervous systems are the same because, according to recent theory, we are all descended from one woman in Africa a quarter-million years ago. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Others divide the Precambrian into two eras, the very ancient Archean and the more recent Proterozoic. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z One of Sam’s regulars was a doctor by the name of Bertram, a recent hospital hire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the ship’s hold were stores for at least two years, including a recent innovation: concentrated Bovril sledging rations for the trans-Antarctic run on dogsleds. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She reaches into her purse—her first one, black, a recent Mom purchase—and unrolls a glossy pink monstrosity, complete with pictures of the most recent spectacular outing of a celebrity breast in public. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Newspapers, too, were stacked in front of the windows; recent ones were piled next to Mr. Larson’s chair. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He had already received a few in recent years, given to him on birthdays and other special occasions. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When the time comes around, I walk to the Grounds with the Doorman, who has picked up on my recent happiness, despite the mess I appear to be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His current household consisted of his most recent wife and his three youngest children. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He reported that he had recovered from his recent bouts of illness and now felt “fit as a fiddle.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson had not been a favorite among his fellow teachers in recent years. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The Criminal Element had queried in a recent issue. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I'd worried that he might score higher than me, but a series of recent events had set me at ease. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Of course, it was not only childish defiance and her recent very unexpected and hard won self-confidence which led her to this demand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not wish to depart from citing recent Italian examples, yet I do not want to omit Hiero of Syracuse, one of those I mentioned above. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I have, I should make clear, reread Miss Kenton's recent letter several times, and there is no possibility I am merely imagining the presence of these hints on her part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Redundancies in security are wise on festival nights. Particularly on a Midsummer Eve after all the recent commotion.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We are surrounded by recent fundamental changes in society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not exactly recent if he’s six hundred and sixty-five, is he?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The veracity of this and other reports of relatively recent Ruess sightings, needless to say, is extremely suspect. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sing Sing was chaotic, he thought, largely due to its proximity to New York City and the number of recent transfers from Rikers Island. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Dillehay’s team had failed to identify properly the location of the stone tools in Monte Verde, Fiedel said, their antiquity was up to question; they could have been in a recent sediment layer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This was the way Zane rambled when their parents asked him about his most recent report card. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Much the same was true of the Hunter’s Gate, though these at least ice was not a problem, since the gate had seen recent use. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m eating red licorice and leftover cookies from my father’s most recent company party when the doorbell rings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They went over some of the games from Browne’s recent tournaments, although they didn’t play chess, and once took a long walk at sunset to enjoy the spectacular views of the city across the Bay. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The action of the play closely resembled recent events at Elsinore, but I could not discern its purpose. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The anti-immigrant nativist sentiment that has pervaded the United States in recent years is reflected in statistics kept by organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Gogol does not know to whom these children belong—half the guests are people his mother has befriended in recent years, people who were at his wedding but whom he does not recognize. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bigger asteroidal pieces, along with the comets, are mainly responsible for the recent craters on planetary surfaces. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the recent decades, a vast and diverse flock of parenting experts has arisen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She trailed away, doubtful whether she should confide her recent revelation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This suggestion is strongly supported by recent studies by Dr. Wallace and a graduate student, Richard F. Bernard, who found high concentrations of DDT in robins on the Michigan State University campus. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A chain-reacting pile would be more efficient but still existed only in theory, for Fermi’s most recent prototype had produced less than one neutron per fission—a definite fizzle. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z 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 Social note: A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s only the more recent history that offends them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I puzzle over what it might have been, then remember Thread’s recent renovations of the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There’s no edge to her, and she’s not trying to hang up on me like she has on recent calls. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I spent a few minutes scanning the most recent message threads, taking in the latest gunter news and rumors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z About 30 percent of his research over the years had focused on driving issues, but in the more recent years, it had been the bulk of his research. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The regime of the Voluntary Farms is a fairly recent thing, limited to one country of the planet and literally unknown elsewhere. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In states like Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas, there were hundreds of people whose cases were affected by the recent decisions, but no lawyers were available to assist these condemned juvenile lifers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Hmm...are you having difficulty remembering due to more recent events, or because you were illegally intoxicated?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was one of the new ones, and he remembered her from the recent welcome. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Wilkins and Franklin had prepared a report on their most recent work on DNA and included many of their preliminary measurements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The obvious culprit is the recent history of education practice. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It might seem therefore that my more recent work had completely undone the results of my earlier work on singularities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit patiently through the rest of the paint job and don my costume, which now includes a bloody bandage over the scar on my arm to indicate I’ve been in recent combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “And which of the two do you call my little recent piece of modesty?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I hadn’t said or implied a word to him about my recent, extracurricular doings, and I was dying to make this final news-break—to scoop him thoroughly—when we were alone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The notion of the recent killings being the product of “age-old” hatred is therefore misleading. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But there has never been a publication like this in the history of the country,” Judge Murray Gurfein, a recent Nixon appointee, pointed out. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We look up the website for Ana's gallery, and Mabel tells me about her most recent art show. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Each evening I found a pleasant auto court to rest in, beautiful new places that have sprung up in recent years. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith’s high jinks with the press and Seabiscuit’s recent history of scratches had come back to haunt him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My green cloud entwines with his silver one, and I feel the recent tension between us lift a little. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The friends are both wearing riding boots encrusted up to the calf with desert sand from a recent outing on horseback. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And with Hafsa’s sister’s recent engagement, she was making all sorts of desserts. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They gleamed from a recent application of wax. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z More important, the ad’s use of like with a clause was not a recent corruption. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The most recent snowfall was churned up in clumps beneath the horses’ hooves, but it lay along the fields in a pristine, sparkling white blanket. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My recent favorite is a snowman that works in a furnace factory. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Her recent letter, on a blue air-letter sheet, didn’t say so. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Citing exhaustion and, later, the effects of a recent and ongoing bout with hepatitis, Knight departed the campus, leaving the students no negotiating partner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite recent efforts to locate the title in the twentieth century, they comprised, by any informed and fair-minded standard, the greatest generation of political talent in American history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the next shop, empty of goods, there were signs of recent habitation by the shirtmen: blankets and mattresses laid upon the floor, clothing deposited in a corner, and recent ashes on the grate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The reports were arranged by date, with the most recent one listed first. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He returned to London and confirmed that his most recent crystallographic data, as well as Franklin’s, clearly supported a double helix. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The typewriter was a fairly recent Olympia, given to him on his twenty-first by Jack Tallis at a lunchtime party held in the library. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Farmer was refreshed and ready to get to work, starting with tackling his most recent bwat list. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Horses and donkeys have a recent common ancestor and share many physical traits. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The last file he’d opened—the most recent—was called “Resignation Letter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I was flattered by the idea, but the recent events with the FBI and my father’s warnings had me a little skittish about the idea of walking through Maplewood with crowds of people around me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Moments after it stops, I see the fog sliding softly in from the direction of the recent downpour. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Most others believe that recent Mexican immigrants will eventually take their place in society, and perhaps someday muster political clout commensurate with their numbers, though significant impediments are slowing their progress. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The term black hole is of very recent origin. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s holding the Coke, too, which sloshes like a stormy sea as she tries to outrun the bad visions of the recent past. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My father rushed in, announcing the arrival of the ambassadors from Norway and promising, upon their departure, his own news of great importance concerning Hamlet’s recent disposition. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She holds up the most recent newsletter and I know what’s coming. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But why did this lead Holmes to assume that Indians must have migrated to the Americas in the recent past, a view springing from biblical chronology? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This has been a recent development, my mom getting boy crazy on my behalf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I kicked myself for my recent trip to the Archives and the bad impression it made on Lorren. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Despite the quick engagement, they waited two years to get married, by which time Joy was a junior and Bill a recent graduate looking for work. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And though it was a welcome break from the monotony of lecture, this most recent activity had a sinister element too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “What is this, then? You have beautiful hair. Luxuriant tresses, I would say. Sweet-smelling despite your recent ordeal. Do you call this nothing?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the nicest ones in recent times was on my trip back to Dresden with my old war buddy, O’Hare. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Given that recent history, and the promising look of some of the freshmen walking away from the shell house that evening, Ulbrickson had plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pulled out an iPhone and showed her the recent calls. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This open criticism was certainly behind Sir Lawrence’s recent outburst against him. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A recent one began with this greeting: “Greetings from the non-bar code people.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. You and me. Together we’ll make your most recent prediction come true.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And I know we make fun of Bunny for being such a dreadful Latinist, but he’d managed to eke out a pretty competent little English translation of the more recent entries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From 4 P.M. into the evening, I was lectured on military science by Colonel Tadesse, who was also assistant commissioner of police and had been instrumental in foiling a recent coup attempt against the emperor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in light of the recent goings-on at the mine, the cross burning at the German Fraternal Hall, and the Widow Cane’s death, the whole town was abuzz. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The colossus of Wagner is an inescapable reality of late-nineteenth- century music, indeed of recent Western civilisation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson had gone in to the office to catch up, as he often did on Saturday mornings; the recent developments in the McCullough case had set him behind in everything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why, the embassies were surrounded these days, and all the recent refugees had been intercepted and put in prison where most of them had disappeared forever. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the most recent ones, Aditya had begun to fall in love with a girl with wild, curly black hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On their shoulders they carried a keg of ancient anger, lit with a recent fuse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves were soft from the recent rains and quiet underfoot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In recent weeks, Uri was often gone, sometimes for days at a time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Gold knew only the basics: Communists had taken over Russia in a recent revolution and renamed the country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Neanderthals are often depicted in caricatures as the archetypical brutish and stupid ‘cave people’, but recent evidence has changed their image. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a more recent author and public figure whose work spoke to the core of a new set of issues I was struggling with: the Bronx’s own Colin Powell. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Cuvier resolved the matter to his own satisfaction by suggesting that Genesis applied only to the most recent inundation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Based on this recent experience, I thought we could win relief for McMillian on appeal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was just as well; the recent growth spurt had left him looking gangly and uncoordinated, he was probably no better a dancer than I was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In recent years a growing number of researchers has argued that Indian societies there had enormous environmental impacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The most recent newspaper is thirty-six hours old. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Prosper and Bo, as the Thief Lord's most recent charges, had so far only been allowed to tag along when the loot was sold or, like today, to do some shopping. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Jake’s a little overwhelmed by his recent burst of intelligence,” explained Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose I am tired. I was up all night dealing with our most recent crisis. Take a left here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z You are told by prosecutors that you are needed to testify against one of the defendants in a recent drug bust. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Part of the reason the Maddox was in the Gulf of Tonkin was to support the recent South Vietnamese raids on the North. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The most recent, scribbled in brownish ink on Whitehall departmental notepaper, was a message from Jack Tallis agreeing to help with fees at medical school. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is, as everyone knows, a mile high, but that rise is comparatively recent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She sits down with her baby carrots, pita chips, and hummus, all bought on a recent supply run to Trader Joe’s in Nashville. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His tours have been so sporadic in recent years that the lack of performances passes mostly without notice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The thin stream of smoke from the chimney, the indentations of recent footprints, the smell of steaming pine needles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His family’s finances have been stressed in recent years, and both his parents quit smoking in order to save money. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They told us yesterday, two of our most recent lawyers; both of them have the prestigious SAN, for senior advocate of Nigeria, after their names. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In recent years this cooperative approach had been met with wide, if not universal, acceptance, but it wasn’t always so. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He also asked if Reggie had violated any tenets, like having recent premarital sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z For a moment I thought it must be inhabited—perhaps the poor man on the beach lived here—but I looked around me again, and saw no sign of recent occupation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z From recent memories, I can tell that Margaret is usually just as willing to do the same. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z A bullhead can immediately identify the water in which a recent adversary has been swimming, and he can distinguish between this fish and all others in the school. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In an attempt to reduce confusion, all dates in this book are ordinary calendar dates—that is, radiocarbon dates corrected by the most recent calibration. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This worldwide migration has been studied and graphically described by the British ecologist Charles Elton in his recent book The Ecology of Invasions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In recent days, the monkeys had begun to die. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Scowling, Snape said, “The Dark Lord does not expect Draco to succeed. This is merely punishment for Lucius’s recent failures. Slow torture for Draco’s parents, while they watch him fail and pay the price.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z So bearing all this in mind, let’s consider a variety of recent gun initiatives to see the impact they may have had on crime in the 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The recent proliferation on the slopes of Everest of latter-day Wilsons and Denmans—marginally qualified dreamers like some of my cohorts—is a phenomenon that has provoked strong criticism. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In recent winters, frozen human waste has been chipped out of public toilets in cities and towns across the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z First, we can reverse the historically known linguistic expansions of recent millennia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mary Todd Lincoln had noticed his recent optimism and now, during their afternoon carriage ride, she spoke to him about it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictures her father missing a tooth, lost after a recent fall, her mother has written, on the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I told you he was the most recent to try our way of life. I warned him to keep his distance.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The conflict struck many people as horribly modern, fought as it was with recent inventions like tanks, airplanes, and poison gas. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z California had also moved recent alumni into its boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The silent kitchen seemed to hum with the shock of the recent scene and with Ron and Hermione’s unspoken reproaches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was like seeing a vision of some past life, a life so recent and so distant that I could remember the exhilaration without being able to remember what it felt like. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A numbed dreariness descended on the house, everyone moving in slow motion in the gloom of Miltown and recent events. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was getting late, the summer evening was fading, and the old bus shelter felt musty and damp after a recent thunderstorm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Racial bias in our criminal justice system is simply an old problem that has gotten worse, and the social excommunication of “criminals” has a long history; it is not a recent invention. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As soon as I returned to Cambridge, I beelined out to the library containing the journals to which Joshua had sent his recent work. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z That was a lot more recent than the Holocaust, and already half the people in Chokecherry claim it never happened. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z One of the most spectacular fish kills of recent years occurred in the Colorado River below Austin, Texas, in 1961. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The recent catastrophe cost the family a fortune in insurance deductibles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Another time, they passed by the ruins of a town that had been destroyed during the recent war with the elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The lyrics of “Song of the Winter Solstice,” which recent defectors say is the theme song of a popular program on North Korean state television, are about traveling companions who endure hardship and pain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Yes. I pay close attention. Mr. Schmidt said exactly, ‘What are the differences between America’s far past and its recent past?’” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He was obviously trying hard to pretend he wasn’t scared of all the recent developments, but his eyes revealed the truth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Flying slowly above the tiles, which glistened with the recent rain, she edged the machine into a little gully between a steep tiled roof and the sheer wall of the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The narrow hallway was lit by an ancient light fixture and filled with the recent memory of cigarette smoke. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Despite our recent tragedies, he seemed less stressed about this new development than I was. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z With the screen of my hair removed, the recent changes in my face were far more evident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Welts and bruises, some of them quite recent, covered her arms and legs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seem to slip and mention some recent so-called civil rights “advance.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening’s speaker might be a graduate student assigned to explicate a recent paper from Europe, or a visiting luminary discussing his own work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The hazard extends to human beings as well as animals and may help to explain the recent mysterious increase in “silo deaths.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “No, no, not that, for God’s sake! not yet at any rate. Forgive me, sir: I did not mean to speak offensively; it is only because my loss is so recent.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In recent years, infrared observations have revealed a number of likely preplanetary disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust around some of the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m working on a... a few—” “Eugenia is writing about the life of Jesus Christ,” Mother pops in and I recall my most recent lie to cover my nights out, calling it “research.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Others were more recent and a lot grosser. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As they turned into the Sanchez draw they were cursing the bad hunting in recent years. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The marchers were ostensibly protesting the School Board’s recent decision not to take part in a federally funded jobs program, the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew from my recent reading that if I didn’t look at this bonobo, he would know I wasn’t going to challenge him for dominance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Church membership had dropped drastically in recent years, and there was no money for repairs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With the sweep in California, recent victories in Poughkeepsie, and now talk even of future victories in the Olympics, any Seattleite could suddenly stick out his chest and crow a bit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That was the only good thing he’d thought about in recent hours. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By about four thousand years ago the Indians of the lower Amazon were growing crops—at least 138 of them, according to a recent tally. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Some of that comes from stuff that happened a long time ago, and some comes from stuff that’s more recent. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z One of my new hires was Michael O'Connor, a recent Yale Law School graduate with a passion for helping people in trouble that had been kindled by his own struggles earlier in life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew the recent test scores of all the clever children. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Things had gotten a little better in recent years, but anything that happened to the rest of the world between the 1950s and the 1990s never really made it here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of the most interesting of the recent work is concerned with still other ways of forging weapons from the insect’s own life processes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Since its first known eruption 16.5 million years ago, it has blown up about a hundred times, but the most recent three eruptions are the ones that get written about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Impassive, without even worrying about making a show of his recent bravery, he listened to the interminable charges of the accusation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The brutality of the industrial food system in America is something that is pretty recent. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “But this cut, Horace. You say in your report that it’s of ‘recent origin.’ Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The great exception to this rule of the recent melting pot is the world’s most populous nation, China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And it seems that some Chinese chickens will soon come home to roost, with China’s recent successful nuclear tests. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa was still pale and thin from his recent open-heart surgery. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z With recent griefs of her own, she did not wish to share mine, I thought bitterly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Here, in short, was a man with an authority problem, with a strong sense that the system wasn’t working, who had been the recent target of humiliation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lexie had chosen the 100th Bomb Group, a restaurant out near the airport where the family went for very special occasions, the most recent being Mr. Richardson’s forty-fourth birthday. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In recent years, there have been two noteworthy trends in the overall payment rate. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z One of New York State’s biggest recent scandals has been the exposure of wholesale S.L.A. graft and corruption. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The recent commencement ceremony for the senior class of 1918 was a momentous occasion and certainly brought back fond memories of my own graduation last year. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His confidence was based on the recent discovery by Dirac of the equation that governed the electron. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells me about her recent medical travails, including, as she says, “my two fake hips and my fake knee.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The disquiet of recent days burns away like morning mist. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The most recent quote was, “He who doesn’t fear death dies only once,” which I thought was maybe some veiled reference to his father, but I couldn’t unpack it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The name Stead was well known in America because of Herbert’s more famous brother, William, the former editor of London’s Pall Mall Gazette and recent founder of The Review of Reviews. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Principal Maldonado asked about recent changes in home life—but there hadn't been any since Dad left three years ago. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z In recent times his annoyance with the absurd obesity that prevented him from tying his shoes and his abusive satisfaction with all manner of appetites had begun to sour his character. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had wanted to enlist in the army, to fight in World War I, but he had been barred because of a recent surgery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hope there’s no repeat of the recent carnival fainting incident—Courtney’s certainly too heavy for me to lift, and I only have a learner’s permit, so I couldn’t drive us back. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z One recent national survey found that about 75 percent of students enrolling in community colleges said they hoped to transfer to a four-year institution. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Have these precautions been put in place because of the recent influx of immigrants? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All those modern peoples are recent offshoots of their South Chinese cousins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Today, due to recent declines, U.S. crime rates have dipped below the international norm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In recent years, dozens of people have been killed by police in the course of these raids, including elderly grandparents and those who are completely innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She’d been ticketed only once in recent memory, for an expired registration, and she had paid the fine on time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The hurry-scurry, the angry hum of recent weeks had departed; a quivering stillness now permeated the premises. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, the younger guys, the more recent arrivals, were more talkative. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of answering me, he pulls out one of my recent works of art from his drawer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Jorge Borges, in his recent bestiary of mythical creatures, notes that the idea of round beasts was imagined by many speculative minds, and Johannes Kepler once argued that the earth itself is such a being. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the mother bear’s skin was now draped across Old Tallow’s bed, although she hadn’t heard about a recent kill. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In recent years, many of the stacks had grown to a height of twenty units or more. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Despite a recent shower, beads of sweat form above his lip and on his newly shaven head. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Though it is exactly then, at that very moment in the liturgy, when I must realize how different the Church has become in recent years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been ailing, and the recent events had exhausted his desire to go on living. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The concept of race is a relatively recent development. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her birth had been welcomed and, in spite of recent troubles, everyone would rally around to make her future as pleasant as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for the drug test, I might have stopped looking right then and there, but there has been a chemical indiscretion in recent weeks and I’m not at all sure I can pass. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In a basket, swung from his neck, cowered a dozen very recent puppies of an indeterminate breed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Her parents were dead—killed in the recent war with the Turks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z However, the recent development of resistance to these insecticides confronts the exterminators with the problem of where to go next. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Dr. Jean Devèze, a recent French arrival, condemned Rush with a passion: “He, I say, is a scourge more fatal to the human kind than the plague itself would be.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In recent years, more and more Americans have discovered the same sad facts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z By La Salle’s time the number had shrunk to perhaps ten, some probably inhabited by recent immigrants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But recent archaeological investigations have revealed that at this time the Andes housed two mountain states, each much larger than previously appreciated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He dreamed that Adams had written a short letter to Jefferson, congratulating him on his recent retirement from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a warm night, wet, and all glistened from a recent rain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The word is tugging at a recent memory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “An echo,” said Dumbledore, “which retained Cedric’s appearance and character. I am guessing other such forms appeared . . . less recent victims of Voldemort’s wand. “An old man,” Harry said, his throat still constricted. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The river was swollen and wide from recent rain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Watching a celebrity talk show on television, they listen for several minutes as a movie star with bright teeth recounts details of his recent divorce. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fadi knew her mind was wrapped up in the recent bombing of eastern Afghanistan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Sewing materials for both, plus the children’s recent measurements. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of late I have had cause for tears, God knows! but the relief of them was denied me; and now the sight of those sweet eyes, brightened with recent tears, went straight to my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He even had a few recent panels he’d done, all inked in and everything. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And the magic through which “to ground" can become “donor gut," combined with his newfound feeling that he had at some recent point received a donor gut, kept his pace quick. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z You must, then, understand how in recent times, when the Empire began to be driven out of Italy and the Pope began to win more prestige in temporal affairs, Italy was divided into many states. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s either a serious injury that never quite healed, or a minor but recent one. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And, try as he might, he couldn’t stop thinking about his recent dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He told her that they fired rockets at cars but, for some reason, left taxis alone—which explained to Laila the recent rash of people spraying their cars yellow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Surveys of recent defectors in China have found that this fear is persistent and almost universal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Now, with the recent attack, the Justice Building sits about ten yards away from the edge of a new crater. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In recent years, civil rights advocates have launched important reform efforts, most notably the campaigns challenging felon disenfranchisement laws, crack-sentencing policies, and racial profiling by law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Let me tell you how I run things up there,” I said and launched into the story of my recent suspension from school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Could she check the clinic’s records and see if Bebe Chow’s name appeared in the list of recent abortions? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Most Americans and many Europeans equate native Africans with blacks, white Africans with recent intruders, and African racial history with the story of European colonialism and slave trading. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In recent years they had fallen in with a gabby, childless couple, older than they were, called the MacNatts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He nodded to that and asked Big Ma for a recent photograph, and she told Fern to go in her room and get her church purse. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z For example, all the water in the atmosphere of Mars today could be accounted for by a recent impact of a small comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A recent centenary conference and festival devoted to him in modern Hungary simply described him, correctly, as 'European'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My mind races, dissecting my every recent move. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The idea that there is such a thing as ‘the Scientific Revolution’ and that it took place in the seventeenth century is thus a fairly recent one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Artemis was perhaps the only person alive who could take full advantage of his recent acquisition. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z For the moment, however, we shall turn to the recent attempts to bring together our understanding of the other forces of nature into a single, unified quantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight inside me was no lighter for my recent change of heart. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "Doesn't matter, son. Point is, it reminded me of your recent run-in with Jared. I spent the rest of the day wondering if you being in that situation was my fault." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z However, Figure 19.1, of recent African human distributions, reminds us that the Bantu did not overrun all the Khoisan, who did survive in southern African areas unsuitable for Bantu agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She says she would like to forget the past, but it is really only a small part of the recent past she would like to forget. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then he talks about his recent success creating a musical chip that’s tiny enough to be concealed in a flake of glitter but can hold hours of songs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the swirling incense, the Savior’s eyes glowed like televisions flashing scenes of recent events . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I saw what he meant: I was supposed to bring something called “a portfolio of recent work,” which meant pictures, so he could judge me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There are all the recent American releases, along with any old movie you'd ever want to see. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z During the most recent hearing in Baldwin County the State's local supporters walked out of the courtroom rather than hear the evidence that supported Walter's innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A recent review of the subject contained references to 215 papers reporting or discussing unfavorable upsets in the balance of insect populations caused by pesticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This most recent tussle was a disaster for Francis, and he showed his uneasiness when he came down to the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I figured it was best to use the most recent one I could find. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That would outnumber the lives saved by two of the most widely promoted inventions in recent memory: safer cribs and child car seats. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But the European conquests of the Americas, Siberia, and Australia illustrate the typical recent outcome. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z During the recent wars against the elves, both sides had often stolen food from the other. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The boy’s body, in recent months, has grown tall, nearly as tall as Ashoke’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z First, no company here has produced the vaccine in recent years. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Before the recent overseas expansion of Europeans speaking Indo-European languages, Austronesian was the most widespread language family in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Perspective painting was a more recent invention than double-entry bookkeeping. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead, the most recent trend in corrections is the advent of the “supermax” prison, of which there are now roughly three dozen in the United States, including New York’s newest facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had the air of fairly recent abandonment; there was a can of grape soda, three-quarters drunk, still sweating and cool to the touch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had probably just come from a basketball court; his forehead was polished with recent sweat and his hair stood up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z No one thought about the recent departure of Mia and Pearl from the house on Winslow Road. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Erickson and Balee belong to a cohort of scholars that in recent years has radically challenged conventional notions of what the Western Hemisphere was like before Columbus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her account book showed her six most recent sales, all shipments to the Underworld to decorate Hades and Persephone’s garden. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Despite the recent rationing of sugar, tires, gas, tea, and coffee, a big turnout of visitors was expected in the coastal towns that summer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z If the Japanese really are recent arrivals from Korea, you might expect the Japanese and Korean languages to be very similar to each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The teacher marched in, deeply tanned from a recent vacation, and proceeded to rattle off a series of administrative announcements. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In the nineteenth century, bison were extinguished from the prairie, but in recent years they have been reintroduced by conservationists. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z 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 After all of the recent rejections, this assessment of my potential ignited a spark that I thought had long since been extinguished. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His most recent Memory, aside from the draft and the party, is of him at the airport’s private jet strip, waiting beside an older boy in sunglasses who I recognize immediately as his brother Daniel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What can archaeology tell us about the other great population movement in recent African prehistory—the Bantu expansion? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the clinic, Dr. Han was greeted immediately by Nurse Pak, a recent graduate of a nursing high school, who was training with Head Nurse Cha. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The article was about several of the town’s businesses embracing the recent tourism boom brought to Lily by the sighting of the bird. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It nonetheless satisfied everybody, except the few of us who knew his recent papers backward and forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The profusion of Clovis hunters’ sites within the first few centuries after their arrival resembles the site profusion documented archaeologically for the more recent discovery of New Zealand by ancestral Maori. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He also had become friends with Kyung’s twenty-something children: Eunice, a human rights activist he had met in Seoul, and her younger brother, David, a recent Yale graduate also interested in human rights. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Consider the recent history of homelessness in the United States. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And why does no rain fall through my recollections, sound through my memories, soak through the hard dry crust of the still so recent past? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, within recent years, molecular geneticists have begun to extract DNA from ancient human skeletons and to compare the genes of Japan’s ancient and modern populations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite the increased traffic going upstairs in recent weeks, Mr. Go has not yet gone himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Padva shows Lainie around the rest of her latest work, including a wall of recent sketches, before they sit down for tea at a table by one of the windows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He sits at his desk, editing his most recent photographs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They lay on their beds smoking, silently staring at the ceiling, brooding over their recent memories. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The barbershop, a food market, and the local movie theater have all closed in recent years. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In front was a more recent photo of the three of them at the park on the basketball court, looking sweaty but happy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z In recent years the State of California has reported an average of more than 200 cases of accidental parathion poisoning annually. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z An editorial pleaded for the exercise of common sense as Wilson moved to declare war; another celebrated the recent extension of ferry service to the leeward side of the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In recent times the hotel had acquired a certain prestige among tourists, and people traveled from the provinces to the capital just to see it and go back and tell their friends about it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His clothes, still slightly damp from their recent washing, had returned to their usual cinnabar color. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Ah! As recent as that? Then that gives us a bit of hope. How did they travel, Dr. Lanselius?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Next month after the shucking bee, the farm would host the most important gathering yet, to address the recent debates about picking up stakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “We wouldn’t have a problem if it hadn’t been for these recent arrests.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Otto was finally ready to hear if his most recent and horrible deduction was true. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In the United States, gangs have traditionally been a sort of halfway house for recent immigrants. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She let me weep out all the misery and loneliness of recent years and helped me out of the tub with a mother’s care. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not real recent. Maybe... I try her again,” I lie, hating it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z His recent stroke had apparently only exacerbated this tendency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years the even smaller deviations of the orbits of the other planets from the Newtonian predictions have been measured by radar and found to agree with the predictions of general relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you, ahem, would you please wait until seven p.m., to allow me to apprise my corporate headquarters of recent developments?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Lincoln is looking forward to celebrating recent Union victories by enjoying this popular comedy on a night that features Keene. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We had plenty of street crime, but all the actual warring in recent years had been way in the east of the country, a thousand miles away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The one in which a posse of Touchable Policemen crossed the Meenachal River, sluggish and swollen with recent rain, and picked their way through the wet undergrowth, clumping into the Heart of Darkness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If recent reappraisals of the pre-Columbian New World population are correct, it was not far below the contemporary population of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No recent photographs, no hospital records, no death certificate, just the accident report from the state highway police: Dr. Sidney Sikes suffered a crushed leg and Samuel W. Westing had severe facial injuries. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I had nothing to do last night except relive the most awkward date ever, I compiled a list of pros and cons regarding my most recent life choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z What they didn’t take into account was that Haugland’s fingers were frozen stiff when he sent the most recent message. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, however, a bit of mythology has sprung up regarding the centrality of litigation to racial justice struggles. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Have you heard the news of creatures coming out of the Wood in recent months? The King spoke of them, but Maire Morighan did not explain. Is it the Xi?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In his instructions to Van Ness, who had become his designated representative in the exchange, Burr explained that the Cooper letter was merely the most recent libel against him by Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But in recent years these immature birds have become a rarity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Taking first the Ainu language, that language as we know it is the one that was spoken in recent times by the Ainu on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Patton continued, “All of us have heard about the recent possible threats from the Klan. Are you afraid?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z First, he thanked his recent adversary Howard Fuller for preventing violence on the previous night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, two violent events have brought attention to the white supremacists and their goals. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I had lived for twenty-one years, but the recent months had changed me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That was his second joke in recent times. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Yes, Johnson and McNamara were telling Congress and the public only part of the story of recent events in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We reviewed our recent sins with our girl cousins until late that night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I made new friends of more recent OJTs, but reservedly, because they were almost always gone within a few weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the edge of a small town they sat in the cab of a truck to rest, staring out a glass washed clean by the recent rains. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of the Indians' recent good experience with English visitors, he invited people to come aboard. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For the most part, scholars in recent years have been reluctant to adopt the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’, and many have explicitly rejected it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The more recent arrivals turned up with only a sack or a suitcase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I took a dim, remembered pleasure in being out of doors on so lovely a day, though it was clouded by my recent anguish. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Humason and Hubble, it gradually became clear, had discovered the Big Bang—if not the origin of the universe then at least its most recent incarnation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is important to remember this in connection with recent happenings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So, a few minutes later, the entire population of Egypt was sneaking up the alley on the way to sort over the florist’s recent rejects. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, much of Africa is still struggling with its legacies from recent colonialism. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a cool day, damp from a recent rain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His friends had expressed concern because of Andrew’s recent extreme fits of depression. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Astronomers do not object to the idea of major collisions, only to major recent collisions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We tolerate cancer-causing agents in our environment at our peril, as was clearly illustrated by a recent happening. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The windows of the car were dirty and rice thrown at some recent bridal pair lay scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even putting aside such concerns, though, recent research indicates that the basic assumptions upon which drug war defenses typically rest are simply wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Teddy gave considerable reading time to what looked like his most recent entry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We have inherited many attitudes from our recent ancestors who wrestled this continent as Jacob wrestled the angel, and the pioneers won. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about the goblin losses during the recent elfin war. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z At a recent reading the daughter gave after her long silence, the mother's neighbor was the daughter's lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Murray was appalled at a recent dinner party when a woman leaned over to her and said, “My husband paid $250,000 to join the golf club, and he doesn’t even play golf.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A few minutes later Hermione, who had become so tired of Ron’s recent unpleasant behavior that she had not come down to breakfast with them, paused on her way up the table. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Life in Afghanistan had become more and more dangerous for their family, especially since the Taliban’s most recent visit to their house. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “But once I picked Serenity up, and she told me about some recent drama—I’m glad I only recommended one of your best friends.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Darin excusing himself when Nan and Pop discussed the most recent Martial raids, fists clenched. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I picked it up and searched the door for the most recent note. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They had had the usual bouts with childhood illness, including the recent scarlet fever, but nothing out of the ordinary. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If footprints are not windblown or caved in, they are recent. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The fact that atoms are composed of three kinds of elementary particles—protons, neutrons and electrons—is a comparatively recent finding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know names of any of the recent ones. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z April was a recent graduate of BYU who modeled for a local diet center where she worked. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The last few months of her life, according to her parents’ most recent letter, have been painful, for her grandmother, for those who know her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Out of all those interests grew my most recent book, a nontechnical account of human evolution entitled The Third Chimpanzee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This last phrase - 'no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time' - my father would repeat with a laugh and shake his head admiringly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But more recent observations by Ricardo Giacconi may have resolved the X-ray glow into individual points, perhaps an immense horde of distant quasars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your recent trip down to the police station?” he added. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Creeks and rivers overflow their banks from the recent rains, drenching the troops at every crossing. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Even their sister Wil, who does not lead a Bohemian life at all, looks like a “madwoman” in a recent photograph. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We don’t see that many Divergent resisting truth serum. Just Tris, in recent memory. The capacity for serum resistance seems to be higher in some people than others—take yourself, for example, Tobias.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I would say he cut his hand on the night he died, and in the hour or two just preceding his death. Very recent, okay?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 And his mind dwelt malevolently on a recent interview he had had with a suave personage in that very street. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z This is precisely the reason that many police departments in recent years have banned high-speed chases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Her role in Rome’s recent civil strife remained unclear. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Dozens of women have been sent to prison under this law in recent years, rather than getting the help they needed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I’ve thought about death often in recent weeks, but not really about God. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The Zapatista rebellion that convulsed southern Mexico in the 1990s was merely the most recent battle in an episodic colonial war that began in the sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Catherine sifted through a portfolio of recent work and pulled out a small painting of Princesse lying naked on the beach rock with a candle in each hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The most recent were also the smallest; a matched pair no bigger than mastiff's skulls, and oddly misshapen, all that remained of the last two hatchlings bom on Dragonstone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Indeed, the memorial plinth itself was constructed in more recent times to satisfy Mozart’s Grave tourists and is placed in what amounts to a random spot in the garden. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Due to recent crime spikes in the area, we felt it was best for the safety of the students if security was heightened,” says Superintendent Cook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Once theirs had been a powerful guild, but in recent centuries the maesters of the Citadel had supplanted the alchemists almost everywhere. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And below that were all three recent video game systems! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Having reserved his limited cash for the cigarettes and snacks he gave to border guards, he had eaten little in recent days. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The name Gilbreth, in the case of Dad’s family, was a fairly recent corruption of Galbraith. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The most notorious recent example of this phenomenon is surely Kennewick Man. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There were two small technical legal difficulties with the truck—it had no recent license plates and it had no lights. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our first guest got spooked and canceled on us after this most recent attack on the Bureau. But not to worry, I called in a favor, and do I ever have a treat for you.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The motet had been commissioned by the Duke of Ferrara, Josquin’s employer, who was grieving the recent loss of a man close to him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As though the tensions of recent days had followed her up into the prairie and were buzzing along with the bees. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z After my recent adventures ir Trebon I couldn’t help but agree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The kindest explanation of this behavior would have been that Mrs. Weasley wanted to distract them all from thoughts of Mad-Eye and the terrors of their recent journey. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But until quite recent times—painfully recent times—one thing remained in abundance that preserved the primeval super-Eden feel of the original forest: the massively graceful American chestnut. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That particular flag had thirty-six stars, a new number, because of Nevada’s recent admission to the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The windows were all gone but the brick shell of the house remained, damp and blackened and steaming, and most of the roof, the dark slate shingles gleaming like fish scales from their recent soaking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He taught Ellsberg to constantly scan the barbed wire fences along the road, looking for a shiny edge that hadn’t had time to rust, the telltale sign of a recent slice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In Abnegation no one has committed suicide in recent memory, but the faction’s stance on it is clear: Suicide, to them, is an act of selfishness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He offered me his unlimited sympathy for, in effect, my recent emotional and financial setbacks. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The Klan leader was never diplomatic when speaking about blacks, but on this night, perhaps fired up by the recent events, C.P. was particularly mean-spirited. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As far as she was concerned, everything fitted; the terrible present fulfilled the recent past. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For them, the only way to explain the recent troubles was to roll out the old Southern chestnut about trouble-causing outsiders. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lola was immediately petulant, and Briony assumed that these rapid changes of mood were part of her recent upset. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There were those who had been made rich by it, and many more who had gone broke from it in recent times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Just saying it made me want to duck my head down, remembering my recent experience on Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one day early in a recent September that the Professor happened to be the only witness to the very beginning of the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His gift turned out to be a copy of John Quincy’s recent two-volume work, Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t referring to my most recent near-death experience,” I said, growing irritated. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Every now and then, the recent memory of that kiss tries to creep into my thoughts, but I shut it down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Gerald asks questions about the recent rise of Hindu fundamentalism, a topic Gogol knows little about. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Given my recent studdish streak between the book stacks, I was ready to take things up a notch and had been fantasizing about having Faith over while my parents were away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was nothing Spurge could do that would be worse than arguing about the recent war and reminding everyone how many of their friends and family had been killed fighting the elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In light of recent developments the possibility exists that. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The master of River Velley Farm, Herbert William Clutter, was forty-eight years old, and as a result of a recent medical examination for an insurance policy, knew himself to be in first-rate condition. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In a recent study of the reaction to dying in patients with obstructive disease of the lungs, it was concluded that the process was considerably more shattering for the professional observers than the observed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the conversation centered instead on Dorothy’s recent work with insulin. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t mind scouring old newspaper articles—they were still forms of history, just slightly more recent than I was used to. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When she could not remember what an Indian child, Nne’s close friend, had scored on a recent test, she called Nne to ask her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On their most recent visit, Scoob even got on a replica of a segregated bus and sat behind the “Colored” line. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It no longer surprised them; but he made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the dell itself they found recent traces of a fire, and other signs of a hasty camp. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Also, all this changes from textbook to textbook and from person to person, so that some authorities describe seven recent epochs, while others are content with four. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Thus rays are a signature of a recent impact. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrival of the sweet potato triggered a further explosion in recent centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That preoccupation has diminished somewhat—or been sublimated— in recent years as we have subscribed to an all-purpose, mass-market version of the American dream, but it hasn’t entirely disappeared. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By either luck or a miracle, it seemed the old book had survived its most recent adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I recall that The Suitcase was a fairly recent one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We talked for a few more minutes, or rather, Thomas gushed for a few minutes about his recent trip to the Lincoln Memorial. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Some of its members had hurled bottles and rocks during the recent demonstrations, but when the marches and rallies ended, the Klansmen contented themselves with their weekly doses of ritual and vitriol. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A recent bestseller advocated “zero tolerance” for errors and brandished the words horror, satanic, ghastly, and plummeting standards on its first page. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I was covering the recent outbreak of fighting there.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z How can we resolve this contradiction between Japan’s presumably ancient language and all that other evidence for recent origins? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, we were hoping for something pretty recent,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “But before we go—let me show you my most recent ink.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The three brothers followed him, boisterous from the open air and their recent doings, so that now the dan was complete. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not wish to remain silent about one of these recent examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Only Joshua took any enjoyment from the rabbinical complexity shrouding his recent papers. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The ad-ministration, he told us, had ordered a second complete search of the downstairs of the Box for contraband, particularly shards of glass, in the wake of the recent incidents. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent months he had begun to fill out; his muscles were firm and his energy boundless. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 Aviation experts will tell you that it is the success of this war on mitigation as much as anything else that accounts for the extraordinary decline in airline accidents in recent years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Sarah, can you get the phone numbers of Nia and Aaron out of my cell? And look through the recent missed calls for something from Manhattan; I have to call my science teacher.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And more recent events, like abolitionist efforts and the many revolts against slavery in the United States. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ziman, in a recent Nature essay, points out, “the invention of a mechanism for the systematic publication of fragments of scientific work may well have been the key event in the history of modern science.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In a more recent paper he had even suggested an instrument that might do the job: the Bell antenna at Holmdel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He hoped the demolition would be quick, and he quoted a recent remark by Burnham: “‘Let it go; it has to go, so let it go. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Because of my recent illness and my history of high blood pressure, I had been put on a strict low-cholesterol diet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A European diplomat described a recent trip to North Vietnam, and the destruction he’d seen from American bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I think about my most recent visit up there and shudder a little inside. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z More recent events, other cultural imperatives have taken precedence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead on a shoulder were three white crosses marking the casualties from a recent accident. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent decades the Replacement Theory has been the common wisdom in the field. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But cars and guns are a recent phenomenon. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The second accusation was, recent scholarship has shown, well founded. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Moreover, in recent generations, foragers have been increasingly subject to the authority of modern states, which prevent the eruption of large-scale conflicts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith’s pencil sped almost indecipherably as he hurried toward more recent history: the motorcycle accident that had crippled him, the burglary in Phillipsburg, Kansas, that had led to his first prison sentence: ... In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z This weak link is made even weaker by glancing back to a recent decade, the 1960s, when the economy went on a wild growth spurt—as did violent crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In recent years there have been expansion and strengthening in new fields; biologic membranes, immunology, genetics, and cell regulatory mechanisms are currently booming. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer came so readily to his lips that he thought that he had always known it deep down: Perhaps it had taken his recent encounter with Nagini to make him realize it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A recent bestseller, The Bible Code, purported to find prophecies by this method. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What he had seen was the perfectly preserved skull of a young rhinoceros, which had been washed out by recent heavy rains. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Congratulations on your recent advancement to murderer of rank. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He ran closer to the fence as Ricky splattered through puddles left by a recent thunderstorm. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She saw evidence of the Romans’ recent battle with an army of monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z These wartime allies stood for opposing worldviews and hostile ideologies, and their recent triumph over Nazism made them less, not more, open to compromise. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But the written word is a recent invention that has left no trace in our genome and must be laboriously acquired throughout childhood and beyond. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To my admittedly biased eye, the book’s central message has survived well, and the most interesting developments since its publication have involved four extensions of the story to the modern world and to recent history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We will be sending you a copy of our most recent issue, with a relevant editorial. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The king was angry at some recent transgression of his, the nature of which I could not discern. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Here, the results of recent molecular biological studies are illuminating in linking germs to the rise of food production, in Eurasia much more than in the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Project Daedalus is a recent design of the British Interplanetary Society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Based on his recent symptoms and—wow—a twenty-two percent drop in his weight since last time, there is indeed a strong possibility that Sir Fig Newton has diabetes.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A recent, much more conservative estimate is that it covers .1 to .3 percent of the basin, a few thousand square miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One recent study indicates that the elimination of race-based admissions policies would lead to a 63 percent decline in black matriculants at all law schools and a 90 percent decline at elite law schools. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The students were exhilarated by their recent accomplishments. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The church building, scene of our recent feast, resides at one end of the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His slick hair bears the recent impression of a comb. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In fact, Lord Asriel had done nothing of the sort, but Jordan College was rich, and the Master had money of his own, even after the recent upheavals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was no question I could do the big skills, and yet as I went up against these talented girls, a part of me wondered if my recent success was a fluke. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To some extent, this freedom simply reflected North American Indians’ relatively recent adoption of agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My long, sordid history with the White Noise included several episodes of fainting, vomiting, and memory loss, not to mention my most recent experience with bleeding profusely out of my eyes and nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On a recent trip to Louisiana for her family reunion she watched every nickel and checked her balance at the automated teller machine several times a day. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, there’re differences between far past and recent past. That’s what Mr. Schmidt wants us to say. So, let’s say it. He’s the teacher. He’s grading us.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z These two letters, from Lafayette College and Georgetown, were just the most recent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In recent years the digitization technology evolved so I could do just that. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Less than an hour later, the trail led down a slope toward a muddy brook swollen by the recent rains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The result is the typical opening of an academic paper: In recent years, an increasing number of psychologists and linguists have turned their attention to the problem of child language acquisition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The floorboards were plastered with mud, apparently from a recent flash flood. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the face of it, these facts would appear to suggest that the Ainu are descended from Japan’s original inhabitants, and that the Japanese are descended from more recent arrivals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Someone had seen fit to treat all my recent injuries no manner how minor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were also highly questionable patriots, having sat out the recent war against British tyranny in deference to their cherished consciences. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “School officials say there were concerns among students regarding recent security measures,” Sullivan says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Over the next three years, the hard disk of his memory slowly began to be erased, beginning with the most recent information and proceeding backward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But, even though the movie was popular, the Osage case was fading from memory, eclipsed by more recent celebrated cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z About how snow conditions are perfect because they prefer to be able to walk on hard-crusted snow, but this most recent dusting over that icy stuff will let him pick up its tracks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In recent years the sisters had become very close, overcoming an earlier estrangement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She is the one with all the information: the inventory of similar houses, the recent sales trends, the tremors of the mortgage market, perhaps even a lead on an interested buyer. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His hair was still slightly damp and had signs of a recent combing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The colonel described a recent incident in which a group of Viet Cong fighters had disemboweled a village chief in front of the entire village. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Everything was so recent that several weeks later, when Úrsula went into the room with a pail of water and a brush to wash the floor, there was nothing for her to do. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I did not know how to face her after all my recent humiliations. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The recent transfer of Beatrice and Caleb Prior, the children of Andrew Prior, calls into question the soundness of Abnegations values and teachings.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This latter point requires a reflective review of recent scholarship on the complicated origins of American nationhood. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In Lorraine Hansberry’s Pulitzer Prizewinning work, a black family—the Youngers—clashes over how to use the insurance money paid on the father's recent death. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There is no known cure, though recent developments in potion-making have to a great extent alleviated the worst symptoms. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariela, on opening night, is simply towering—“a different actress,” Volpe says, from the one who had struggled in recent weeks. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Her parents were focused on Chief Okonji, nodding eagerly as he told a story about a recent meeting with Prime Minister Balewa. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some recent studies suggest that it has declined over the last generation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Even though it was so recent, it felt like it was a story about a long-ago event, and the danger didn’t seem real except for a vague sense of unrest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The scandal of her child was forgotten; there had been more recent disgraces—a woman who took up with her sister s husband, a fisherman who was caught stealing from his own brother. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The data also show the black-white gap to be a recent phenomenon. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Ac-cording to members of the extended family, his moods can be dark and mercurial, although they say his famous temper has lost much of its volatility in recent years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because there aren’t many recent ones, it doesn’t take long to find it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I sat down in the gallery-office cell, started a new page in the logbook, and then leaned back to savor my coffee and catch up on recent events on the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Winslow didn’t know that fish fertilizer may not have been an age- old Indian custom, but a recent invention—if it was an Indian practice at all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was rutted and bore many signs of the recent heavy rain; there were pools and pot-holes full of water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He's an inch or two taller than me, but it's gangly height, the height of a recent growth spurt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And then my grandmother was talking—about her recent trip to Korea and her archnemesis neighbor and her forty-two-year-old boyfriend who she insists we call Uncle Gene. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It is difficult to say. The most recent previous challenge lasted thirty-seven years.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Within a few centuries, in one of the swiftest colonizing advances of recent prehistory, Bantu farmers had swept all the way to Natal, on the east coast of what is now South Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The enormity of our recent stupidity washed over me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The sports complex, with its state-of-the-art facilities, was a more recent addition to the school, but it was kind of a trek on a cold day in February. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I was particularly disappointed, I suppose, because I have been devoting some time and effort over recent months to improving my skill in this very area. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Nor can he ever count upon his subjects, who, because of their recent and continuous injuries, cannot feel secure with him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z My mom’s most recent success had been to get a forested island set aside as a bonobo preserve. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The meteoriticist Jack Hartung has pointed out that a very recent, very fresh-looking small crater with a prominent ray system lies exactly in the region of the Moon referred to by the Canterbury monks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The demoniac wizards and the hideous old witches who haunted Europe and America, too, up to quite recent years, play no part at all in the stories. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It is still short and unevenly shorn, a reminder of my recent trials. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The whales are recent arrivals in the ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His recent fall to the Underland had only reinforced how much he disliked heights. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The anticyclonic pattern of the recent days continued. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z On her way home, Lourdes passes a row of Arab shops, recent additions to the neighborhood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He described recent events and gave credit to Union General Grant and his officers for the successful end to the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He does his best talking in stories, but in recent weeks, those had become few and far between. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Those details of linguistic relationships agree perfectly with the archaeological evidence that the colonization of the Malay Peninsula was recent, and followed rather than preceded the colonization of Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like all the rest, she bore marks of the recent battle: There were grazes on her face and her robes were ripped. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Here the gigantic cattle trucks rested and scraped out the residue left by their recent cargoes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But recent financial losses had led me to alter my earnest resolution. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I began by recounting the recent assault in the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer did what he could to assist, helping the OSS find recent photographs of Heisenberg. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The biologic science of recent years has been making this a more urgent fact of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She could even see the downed trees from their recent journey. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Sierra inhaled; the smell of fresh soil and recent rain surrounded her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Some were bandaged from their recent battle with the giants, but no one was armed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The lady talks to us about her concerns about the high unemployment rate, the recent school closings, the island’s debt. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We know from our recent history that English did not come to replace U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some recent studies suggest it has even declined over the last generation. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My lady wife lowered the New York Times and gazed at me so long that I inspected any recent deeds and impulses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It hit Thomas then that the Runners were out in the Maze during the day and hadn’t witnessed any of the recent events firsthand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I wasn't all that surprised that I'd failed my most recent etiquette examination. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z These revelations were added to the recent evidence implicating the police in murders in Natal and suspicions that the Department of Military Intelligence was con-ducting covert operations against the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not looked through those volumes for many years, until these recent developments led me to get down from the shelf the Devon and Cornwall volume once more. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In recent years I have had occasion to lecture in ghetto high schools. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben deletes, retypes: What are the differences between America's far past and its recent past? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Even with recent improvements, infant mortality rates continue to be an embarrassment for a nation that spends more on health care than any other country in the world. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Work crews were repairing a broken section, probably damaged in the recent battle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Those who had always won, accustomed to being in power since time immemorial even though their strength had greatly waned in recent years, spent the weeks before the elections preparing for their triumph. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy started in the back, flipping until she came to the most recent entries. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some very recent work indicates that reproduction of birds may be adversely affected by these and certain other herbicides at levels far below those that cause death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They were at the head of a large valley, fed into by the foothills of the mountain forests that had burned in the recent fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They were candids and professional portraits from over the years, from Maya and Lauren as babies up until what looked like the most recent shot, taken last Christmas. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “But would you say that, sir, even in the light of General Peckem’s recent memorandum on the subject of appropriate military attire in combat areas?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No one knew precisely, but Becchina gave the Getty’s legal department a sheaf of documents relating to its more recent history. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At least nobody had accused Mr. or Mrs. Nevins, her most recent foster parents, of being “nice.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z They had even-set the woods ablaze where they could, though the leaves were still green and wet from recent rains, and the fires had not spread. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ellsberg was particularly impressed by King’s recent speeches against the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He would eat and have fun and use every smile as a thorn, reminding Luke that he wasn’t the only one who was struggling to understand recent decisions. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I feel that too, which probably accounts for my recent embarrassment over Margot, Mother and Father. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He spent his days in a borrowed office, working on a study of recent international crises that he hoped would be useful to government policymakers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They sifted through all available records on him, from recent FBI files to security checks that had been done over the years. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z |
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