| 单词 | based |
| 例句 | "The kind the Fashion Minister told me to. He picked out colors for you based on your complexion." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And based on my decisions, a film will evolve—one that has the power to start conversations and get people talking about things like feminism and art. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Nation of Islam is a religious organization based on Muslim principles, but it is also deeply rooted in Black nationalism. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It would be based on simple justice—he was an innocent man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was this “messenger molecule,” as he called it, that carried the instructions to build a protein based on a gene’s code. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This meant that each cipher was based on an ordinary book—one that the sender and receiver both owned. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Indigenous civilizations were based on advanced agriculture and well-developed systems of governance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Princeton doesn’t give out athletic scholarships, but many of our tennis players receive financial aid based on need. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Europeans who came ashore at Cape Cod in November of 1620 carried a view of the world that was based on the teachings of Christian religious reformer John Calvin. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a practical and effective school of medicine, which Hippocrates insisted had to be based on the contemporary equivalent of physics and chemistry.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While the official center of the government remained in the executive and congressional offices at Philadelphia, the truly effective centers of power were located in two political partnerships based on personal trust. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A typical Raven’s test consists of forty-eight items, each one harder than the one before it, and IQ is calculated based on how many items are answered correctly. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z From 1975 onward I therefore started to develop a more powerful approach to quantum gravity based on Richard Feynman’s idea of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These were heretical ideas in the eyes of a Church based on the concept of the Holy Trinity. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s based on the concepts of Emerson’s “Self-Reliance,” and it’s about how The Taker cured his loneliness at his old school through nonconformity and inconsistency. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Pretending to be in a trance, Woodhull passed along inside information to Vanderbilt about the business plans of his rivals, based on gossip she had heard from Mansfield. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Facts are based in experience and they are refuted by experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But based on how many of us died getting here, I wouldn’t like to be one of them right now. Grievers are probably swarming all over them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Stravinsky reported that the idea for a piece based on an ancient pagan dance of ritual human sacrifice came to him in a dream and that the scenario suggested such a deliberately layered sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Love knows no limits; it sees no distinctions based on birth or any other characteristic. A prince may love a seamstress as much as any princess.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z You can kind of measure how crazy you are based on how soon they want to see you back. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, those government purity specifications are based on what German breweries put into beer, and not on what American, French, and Swedish breweries like to put into beer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The seer was a specialist in the casting of twigs; he threw them on the ground, and made interpretations based on how they fell. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At sentencing, the judge based the drug quantity calculation on testimony from the informant and another witness, who both claimed they bought crack from Marcus on other occasions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Today’s ephemeral wealth of some of the region’s nations, based on the single nonrenewable resource of oil, conceals the region’s long-standing fundamental poverty and difficulty in feeding itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The official syllabus was still largely based on Aristotle, and Galileo dutifully, but without enthusiasm, taught the party line in his lectures. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After writing two books based on her experiences in the Hitler Youth, Melita Maschmann changed her name and moved to India. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Most Western tonal music is based on major and minor scales, both of which easily give that strongly tonal feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The tension mounted when a radical black party, based on the Black Panthers, formed and publicly called for white extermination. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Somewhere deep in the Heart of Stone, I relaxed, glad that the master’s irritation was based on Hemme’s angrily abridged version of the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ms. Dale doesn’t care to hear Axel’s reasons for not writing the report based on this technicality. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And amazingly, in those countries where people pick their foods based on custom and taste, the people are actually healthier than we are. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of Freud’s closest friends, a surgeon named Wilhelm Fliess, invented biorhythmic analysis, a practice based on the notion that various aspects of one’s life follow rigid periodic cycles which begin at birth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We sought review in the Alabama Supreme Court and won a new trial based on the trial judge's refusal to exclude people from jury service who were biased and could not be impartial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In these and other modal traditions, the rules for constructing a piece of music are quite different than the rules for music that is based on a scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He had been reared in a family proud of its academic accomplishments and its mixed blood—in fact, they believed the former was based on the latter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The 437th was based on the Stalingrad Front and had already lost several pilots and even more planes in the now furious battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Parole board officials maintained that their ruling was based on the grounds of Hale’s advanced age—he was seventy-two—and his record as a good prisoner. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Americans have never been comfortable with the notion of a pecking order based on anything other than talent and hard work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And then there’s the footage of me saying, “That’s all anybody with a disability wants. Don’t sum up the person based on what you see, or what you don’t understand; get to know them.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It is gradually reassuming a role it had for thousands of years: a free-flowing, unwritten, spontaneous, aural tradition based entirely on the lives, loves, hopes and fears of ordinary people. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The fantastical creatures and characters, on the other hand, were allotted a much more exotic and complex musical palette, often based on the so-called ‘Octatonic’ scale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This specialist now has a large number of detailed case histories based on every patient he has seen with leukemias, aplastic anemias, Hodgkin’s disease, and other disorders of the blood and blood-forming tissues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Their economy is based on reciprocal exchanges between individuals or families, rather than on a redistribution of tribute paid to some central authority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The economy was based on farming, but in most countries, Jews were not allowed to own land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z With most people I could tell, even if I couldn’t see their faces, just based on how they hung their heads. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If E.T. were real, we could gauge his health based upon this plant. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I forgot that the reason I had these students as freshmen in the first place was that I was told, “Things are based on seniority around here.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z All fall she’s been worrying about where to apply to college based on where her boyfriend—Derrick—is applying. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z All cancers originate from a single cell gone wrong and are categorized based on the type of cell they start from. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a phrase I didn’t know, so I made up that meaning based on how it sounded. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "One in three, based on empirical data. That's pretty bad if you think about it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The offending piece was Theodora, a setting of a libretto by his friend Thomas Morell, which itself was based on an account of the early Christian martyr by Robert Boyle, the founder of modern chemistry. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Goudsmit told Berg that based on reliable information coming out of Germany, Werner Heisenberg would be leaving the country on or about December 15, traveling to Switzerland for a scientific conference. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z These and other discoveries add details, which continue to fascinate me, to our understanding of how agriculture’s rise triggered the rise of agriculturally based complex societies in the ancient world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Shin guessed—based on the way Uncle used language—that he had once been an important and well-educated man. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Until 1946, Japanese schools taught a myth of Japanese history based on the earliest Japanese chronicles of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our job was to learn a new top-secret code based on the Navajo language. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "You can't cast someone based on how they look, it's how they act that matters. What is that girl thinking?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Numerous studies have shown that prosecutors interpret and respond to identical criminal activity differently based on the race of the person charged with the crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The band was offered a record deal with a medium-size label based in Seattle and now were busy in the studio recording. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly who is going to change their mind about me based on that? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The system of mass incarceration is based on the prison label, not prison time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s based on small family farms like Salatin’s, which practice true sustainable farming. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z President Bush's order was closely based on former president Roosevelt's proclamation to try the Nazi saboteurs in a military tribunal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “There are ribbons of electromagnetic material in the lining of the bookcases. The strength of those magnets will be modulated by our maglev computer based on the call number you input.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I’m not a good judge of dogs, but based on Murphy’s drooling and intense focus, I’d guess he’d do anything—including decapitating my teammates—to get to that ball. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was based on him not knowing and not being taught how to deal with his feelings. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than depending on just a few crops that could fail, they minimized risk by developing an economy based on a great variety of wild foods, not all of which were likely to fail simultaneously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This is based on the false idea that humans went out and forced animals to be domesticated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Quinn's campaign will be based on the fact that he claims I’m a robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z John Joly, also of Trinity, decided to give Edmond Halley’s ocean salts idea a whirl, but his method was based on so many faulty assumptions that he was hopelessly adrift. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, yes, there is a film by that name, based on a book, but I meant the pub where I worked years ago. The Black Tulip is near Bloom’s Bakery, the one Frankie’s father owns.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ophie figured it was based on their mood: most happy ghosts glimmered yellow, while sad ghosts like the one sitting next to Miss Alice were outlined in shimmering blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The employees came together for extracurricular activities based at the laboratory: in 1954, Henry Reid appointed Chubby Peddrew to serve as one of the directors of Langley’s inaugural United Fund Drive. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As we have seen, the ‘corpuscularian philosophy’, as Boyle called it, was based on the teachings of Epicurus and Lucretius, opponents of all religion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their relationship was based partially on personality and partially on trust. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawyers typically have little information about potential jurors, so their decisions to strike individual jurors tend to be based on nothing more than stereotypes, prejudices, and hunches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She heard herself repeating what Fin had told her on the beach at the Academy: “All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her family forgot about her, her best friend betrayed her, her crush...well...she wasn’t exactly sure what June was thinking, but based on her silence and tears, it couldn’t be anything good. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No. A rumor based on a kiss ruined a memory that I hoped would be special. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Just as before, she was based at home, as a “Special Investigator.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And soon I’ll be able to leave groundling status, simply based on this movie I’m making, which’ll force people to see me and the message I want to send to the world. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I suppose perspectives change based on events. What’s most important is that I hope this week will be better.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sophisticated printed illustrations based on perspective drawings thus turned anatomy into a progressive science, where each generation of anatomists was able to identify mistakes and oversights in the work of their predecessors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The answer: knowledge of natural processes based on evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’m thankful, in a way, that what I assumed would happen based on that flag symbol didn’t really happen at all. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The course was called Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball, and the final grade was based on a single exam that had twenty questions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It also leads many other music traditions to prefer tunings other than equal temperament, particularly tunings in which some of the important intervals are based on the pure, simple-ratio intervals of physics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Some lucky chance in our worlds long ago must have meant that creatures with backbones had it a bit easier, so all kinds of other shapes developed, all based on the central spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Below this threshold, communities, businesses, social networks and military units can maintain themselves based mainly on intimate acquaintance and rumour-mongering. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was really comforting to watch two white guys debate why I should or shouldn’t get beat up based entirely on what I could do for them. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He developed an admiration for her based on fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The simulations stimulate the amygdala* which is responsible for processing fear, induce a hallucination based on that fear, and then transmit the data to a computer to be processed and observed.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But if the Stormbreakers were based on the round processor there couldn’t possibly be any need for such extremes—and anyway, this was like nothing Alex had ever seen before. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Georgia Governor Zell Miller, in 1998, proposed sending every newborn in the state a copy of a classical CD based on this supposed “effect.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My stipend was a predetermined amount of money—based on world ranking—to defray the cost of training expenses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes Keeth would give me scenarios to try in practice that he thought would work against certain fencers based on their style of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have to go to much trouble to deduce it myself,” said the far-sighted civilian, “based on your friend’s description.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Still, there was a clear pecking order based on this accommodation, and he lorded it over the others. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Some scales are loosely based on the music of other cultures, and are used when the composer wants to evoke the music of another place or time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z People’s image of science is unfortunately often based on physics and a few other fields with similar methodologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The heavy weight of four muted funerals weighed on her head, funerals based not on physical bodies but on her words. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But we rangers spend most of our time out in the wild. The fire helicopters are based in the mountains.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z From around the middle of the seventeenth century there is a flood of adjectives that appear in English for scientific experiments, theories or discoveries, all based on the names of scientists. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps the best example of an organization that has successfully navigated this problem is Gore Associates, a privately held, multimillion-dollar high-tech firm based in Newark, Delaware. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, he wondered whether his own logic was faulty, since he based his arguments on geometry, whose infinitely divisible lines automatically reject atomism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But the assignment was not a complete failure—Hairwoman runs the drama club and she recruited several new members based on their performances as to why they needed an extension. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The Allies may have used a very powerful bomb, he said, but not a real atomic bomb, not a bomb based on the fission of uranium atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Homes may be searched for drugs based on a tip from an unreliable, confidential informant who is trading the information for money or to escape prison time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A power plant based on element 94 would require perhaps a hundred pounds of the material, rather than the hundred tons thought to be necessary for uranium reactors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And I know, based on who appeared on my list, that not everyone answered honestly. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Pong had never been to a temple before, but based on what he'd seen in books, this one was on the plain side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Livingston dropped everything to write a hasty thesis based on his work with the four-inch accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A rumor based on a kiss started a reputation that other people believed in and reacted to. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And after years of bumbling, potentially crooked investigations into the Osage murders, White needed to weed out half facts and build an indubitable narrative based on what he called an “unbroken chain of evidence.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So my formula starts with that, and I add or subtract based on the data I’ve collected. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The government classified and, to a considerable extent, segregated the entire North Korean population based on the perceived reliability of an individual’s parents and grandparents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “The script gives you some idea, but you have to figure out the rest of it yourself. Then everything you do onstage, the way you say your lines, how you move, is based on that.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Lacey, in turn, is sorting items into piles based on an organizational schema only she understands. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The most secure system was based on a one-time pad. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “These fools always trying to guess what kind of money folks got based on their caskets.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the education system tends to dismiss kids based on their past and not on their potential. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A promise based on nothing but a gut instinct. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When Farmer and his team intervened, proposing a very aggressive combination of MDR drugs—based largely on Farmer’s guesswork—they needed official approval from the Peruvian doctors before the drugs could be administered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Leo had been experimenting with all sorts of weapons based on the Archimedes sphere that he’d recovered in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the possibility that the team might break up into cliques based on country or tribe or language was always there. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z For example, based on a single phone call, I have begun to hope for a miracle. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The Manhattan Chess Club was organized into four groups, based on playing strength. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She went on to say, “Things are based on seniority around here.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z On the other hand, calculus was based on faith. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The bakery sometimes sold us day-old bread at a discount, but it was hit-or-miss based on what was available. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Who really deserved the patent for a discovery that might be based on the work of innumerable scientists over years or decades? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Mia, you don’t have a disease. You don’t even have a problem, exactly. What you have, based on what your mother told me, is a condition that is harmless. It’s called synesthesia.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Nothing’s guaranteed, but based on what Dr. Cook just said”—she smiles—“I may have a job.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I also began to understand that the separate water fountains and schools, were based on something. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The only groups that didn’t run numbers based on testing worked in the small Theoretical and Physical Research Division and the Stability Research Division—the “no-air” engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Rondon reported that, based on the new information he had collected, the River of Doubt wasn’t as long as they originally guessed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Second, the reports Adams was receiving from John Quincy in Prussia, based on his network of contacts in Paris and Amsterdam, provided fresh evidence that Talleyrand was now eager for peace with the United States. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There’s a much deeper alliance based on years of friendship and who knows what else. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Applicant 1: “It should be based on accounts, then, where I can grow, I can grow in my career.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Just like her, I knew the feeling of discrimination and to be looked down upon based on the way you look. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In business, education, science, and so forth, most productivity is determined by an evaluation of employees or students, and funding is often allocated based on that assessment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It will be based on an event in American history that America would rather forget. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Learning language, understanding other people’s intentions based on their behavior, um . . He frowns. “And empathy.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And my mom—her whole chiropractic practice is based on a holistic health approach to life. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I based the portrait on the Old Master pictures of saints Mr. Reilly showed me where the holy undead are in a magical garden. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This prayer, which asks God's forgiveness for having confessed under torture to crimes he did not commit, was based on Psalm 51, Miserere mei, Dens. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But Garfield's case is difficult to analyze based on historical documents alone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Success in hockey is based on individual merit—and both of those words are important. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The speech both indicated our line of defense and disarmed the prosecution, which had prepared its entire case based on the expectation that I would be giving evidence denying responsibility for sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next decade, he built a successful career and started his own company based in New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Built of white limestone and pink Aswan granite, the Pharos had a tripartite structure based on a vaguely Pythagorean geometric theme, with a square-sided base, octagonal middle, and circular upper stage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It finally ended in defeat in April 1939, when the patent office rejected the claims finally and decisively based on the prior publications by Cockcroft and Walton and by Lewis, Lawrence, Livingston, and Henderson. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We need to think about what our marriage is really based on . . . not this balance sheet, who owes who what.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea that the value of goods was based on the amount of labor that went into them seemed particularly appropriate for South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Notes with this small-number ratio of 2:1 are so closely related that we give them the same name, and most tuning systems are based on this octave relationship. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The police are allowed by the courts to conduct fishing expeditions for drugs on streets and freeways based on nothing more than a hunch. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Very little is known about his life, but among the works he left for posterity there was a great summary of astronomy, based on 500 years of Greek astronomical and cosmological thinking. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Namitha works for a company called Growing Stars, based in Cochin and Fremont, California. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I tightened my grip on the horn, making a decision, based on another kind of instinct, not to surrender my hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Those philosophers only sit in their churches and issue judgments based on inaccurate texts from Concordia,” her mother said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Magazines and newspapers are notorious for announcing biased results based on responses to questionnaires appearing in the periodical. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Castro promised a more equitable society based on communist principles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And there are monuments from before the birth of Christ that do not bear zeroes themselves but are inscribed with dates in a calendrical system based on the existence of zero. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Salary increases for Grout and Sauceda are based partly on how many migrants they catch. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When Walt Disney made a motion picture of Bambi, his artists based their images on the Great North Woods of Maine, but this was palpably not a Disney forest of roomy glades and cuddlesome creatures. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Is who we are only based on what we do? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Food production based on eastern U.S. crops alone had been insufficient to trigger the boom, for reasons that are easy to specify. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to put this out there, to be transparent: I can’t have a friendship based solely on puns.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The difference in the speed of clocks at different heights above the earth is now of considerable practical importance, with the advent of very accurate navigation systems based on signals from satellites. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some scholars believe, based on the available data, that black males may suffer more discrimination—not less—when specific criminal history information is not available. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The earth’s primordial ocean, which came into existence not long after the earth was formed, about four and a half billion years ago, may well have contained microscopic life forms based on rna. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before World War I was over, four other Russian women’s regiments formed based on Maria Bochkareva’s battalion, along with many smaller units. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Garzoni is not very interested in garlic and magnets; but his tract begins by stating that there is much nonsense written about magnets, and that reliable knowledge has to be based on experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But based on the president's condition after two days, Agnew and Hamilton believed that no organs had been injured. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Is it based on a misdiagnosis of a legitimate problem, such as declaring that a construction which is sometimes ambiguous is always ungrammatical? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Thin-slicing” refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was based on the floor plan of the house I lived in at Victor Verster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But their decision to answer the packers' call might have been based on thinking like Horace Cayton’s. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 It’s rather interesting; I had based our estimated taxes on a historical rate of return of approximately 10% annual yield. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotelian philosophy had been based on the idea that one ought to be able to deduce sciences from generally accepted first principles, so that all science would be comparable to geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “And this—Tokyo—was the city that Ren answered for. Maybe everyone else also responded based on whatever city they’re physically located in.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Alongside them, in the years between 1653 and 1691, a third argument developed, an argument which was based on the new language of ‘matter of fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Our system is based not only on the family, but also on the village itself. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, they try to deduce all of mathematics from simple logical principles and show that mathematics is really based on logic. It’s pretty complicated stuff. But I enjoy it.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Originally titled Innocent Moves, the film was retitled before final release, with producers deciding to mimic the title of the book on which the film was based. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But upon close inspection, the information invariably traced back to the same dubious sources: private eyes and local lawmen, whose opinions were based on little more than hearsay. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The royal family lives here, although the government is based in Amsterdam, the capital. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We contextualize, filter, draw conclusions, and make inferences, in part, based on someone’s physical attributes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Linear B, the writing of Mycenaean Greece, was at least simpler, being based on a syllabary of about 90 signs plus logograms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Orders were sent to commanders in the field in Virginia, chasing down leads based on early but false information Stanton received from tipsters. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Volpe bestowed praise—based on a particular thing a student had written, said, or acted onstage—and it resonated for life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Huygens had always suffered from ill health, and although he was based in Paris for the next fifteen years, he twice had to return to Holland for lengthy periods to recuperate from sickness. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There’s no interview or anything, getting in is based pretty much only on your artwork. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He sat down at the table and drew up the day’s Map based on his memory and notes, Minho looking over his shoulder the whole time, giving pointers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There was the demons’ calendar, which was based on the movements of the sun with its fixed number of days and months and its seven-day weeks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The debate between the ‘ancient commune’ and ‘eternal monogamy’ schools is based on flimsy evidence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No one devised this grammar, and no one wrote down its rules, but they came to be generally understood for the simple reason that they were based on the paradigm case of geographical discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z An age when crime was a fact of life, and entire industries were based on apprehending, trying, and punishing criminals. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “We expected many of you to do well based on your performance over the two years. But when the results came from Pretoria, we found that many of you had failed.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearance. People who were taller got better jobs, and people even voted for some politicians just because they weren’t quite as ugly as everybody else. Blah, blah, blah.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The laser beam, aimed with skill, based on years of training, bifurcated Inspector Garland’s head. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Cambridge band was communal while the one at Oxford was based on nuclear families. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “This Extreme Challenge is based on the classic Game of Authors card game,” said Mr. Lemoncello. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The new science was, compared to what had gone before, based on distrust, not trust. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had his politics to protect him, and his scientifically based theories of class, and his own rather forced self-certainty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana had also helped Bud out of one ticklish situation involving federally controlled interstate land sales in which Bud had become embroiled during his earlier days when he was based in the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the glow was my imag-ination or an optical illusion based on the fact that the light coming from the basement was bright while the rest of the house was so dark. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They are both based on his unspoken assumption that time continues back forever, whether or not the universe had existed forever. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a female, I decided, based on her small snout and narrow chest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Like that of the Babylonians, the Pythagorean universe seems more a construction based on mysticism and aesthetics than the result of empirical study. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z All have this in common: they are biological solutions, based on understanding of the living organisms they seek to control, and of the whole fabric of life to which these organisms belong. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Such a relationship—based on sensual desire—is loathsome. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I based my crop yield estimates on the potato industry back on Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's opening doors on behavior. I mean, literature is good. But the literature of the future is going to be based on genetics, not on environment. Believe me, the stuff we are learning is heavy." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Hall recognized Kurnakov’s name—he was a Soviet journalist based in New York. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees problems and forms solutions based on the data she collects. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You can also tell her that all stereotypes come from some form of truth. So they had to be based on something. Maybe Jasmine just looks the part.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z In the early 20th century, Carl Orff met gymnastics and dance educator Dorothée Gunther and established an innovative school for children based on the idea that all human beings are musical by nature. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A small army unit, based next to the train station, was out catching migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nailer had a dozen retorts, but all of them were based in his distrust of the half-man’s motives. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The curious zigs and zags of the proposed division gave Permian a clear edge over Odessa High in the number of blacks assigned to go there based on where they lived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At about the same time, a careful measure based on a full set of U.S. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He would select the delegates himself based on their qualifications. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He says I need to make decisions based on love, not on anger. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His conception had been much more conservative, based in fact on the New Year’s party at La Ida, but if it was going to be like that why Hughie was willing to take credit. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The report discussed three possible military applications for fissionable uranium: dropping radioactive materials over enemy territory; generating power for submarines and other oceangoing vessels; and development of a bomb based on U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Aristotelian philosophers thought that all true knowledge could be expressed in syllogistic form, arguing from indisputable premises to undeniable conclusions, all based on Evidence-Perspicuity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yesterday, after Ms. Fender had announced the section leaders, she’d assigned the rest of us our chairs based on how good she thought we were as musicians. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the only way the bilagdanaas knew the age of any Navajo was based on what age that person or the person’s family said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The only answer that I can give to this problem is based on Darwin’s principle of natural selection. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I know a lot about sharks, but I don’t know anything about sunfish! I thought the fin was weird, but I panicked just based on its size. It’s huge!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “That silly legend was based on us, you fool. We are empousai, servants of Hecate.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His mouth opens and I know that I will forever judge him based on how he reacts to this information, but a voice interrupts him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That seating chart accounts for all the rational numbers—it assigns each of them a seat—so we can count them off one by one, in order, based on their seat number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Well, it sounded like you were pretty good at it based on what Matt said.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Therefore, she could not confirm the presence of Ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A wrestler’s ranking is based on his performance in the elite tournaments that are held six times a year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I sincerely be-lieved this and planned my life based on that assumption. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the women's movement hit the United States—along with the Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination based on race or gender—things started to change. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The common impression that pre-agricultural humans lived in an age of stone is a misconception based on this archaeological bias. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The IBM machines used the inputs they received to make calculations based on the orbit determination programs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “We’re not going to plagiarize her. Filmmakers create stories based on true events all the time. It’s a common thing.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And we were playing touch instead of tackle, so the entire game was really based on speed and ball handling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “That’s where everything falls down. Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them. I’m going to bed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Traditionally, dynamic markings are based on Italian words, although there is nothing wrong with simply writing things like "quietly" or "louder" in the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The hood was a complete sensory overload for me, but within the chaos there was order, a system, a social hierarchy based on where you lived. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Whatever Four’s strategy is, it’s based on the idea that I am weaker than the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “A feeling based off what, Mom? You can't just tell someone you don’t trust them and not give them a reason.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I could scarcely believe what it said: I had been nominated for the international peace prize of Kids Rights, a children’s advocacy group based in Amsterdam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Gordon’s Skill Learning Sequence is based on two main categories of learning: Discrimination and Inference. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “But,” Ainsley protests, “we need time for real homework. We shouldn’t waste it on made-up projects based on pointless ‘Dear Diary’ entries.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z My account of Shawn’s fall is based on the story as it was told to me at the time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I thought it was an improvement on her overall look, but based on Mom’s reaction, she didn’t agree. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Soon after taking office as AEC chairman in 1953, Strauss expanded Project Sherwood, an Atoms for Peace program aimed at developing electric power reactors based on nuclear fusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Beecher-Tilton story was based on gossip spread in part by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Anyone who worked at PIH knew that a simple “epi” map—based on what makes people sick and what kills them, and in what numbers and at what ages—could be coded in two colors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Its supremacy was commercial and intellectual; it was based less on infantry troops than on innovative technology. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I began sending her stacks of information I uncovered about her mother—scientific journal articles, photos of the cells, even an occasional novel, poem, or short story based on HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Newton’s figures are not based on independent measurements; they are the best available, in his judgement, at the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One day he told her he had composed a poem called “The Mango Lady,” based on the accident they’d witnessed, and dedicated it to Ophelia. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The notion of blood purity based on a family’s history of being Christian traveled to what came to be called the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Children often come up with very imaginative ways to group instruments based on characteristics other than sound production. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In particular, my research on the history of words has been internet based. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Her Highness has had me attempt to make several vivant dresses based on the one you created as her wedding look." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It’s based on a true story about a shipwreck and it made Gericault famous. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z One of the first episodes was based on the murders of the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The left column tallies the probability, based on all past meetings between the two wrestlers fighting that day, that the 7—7 wrestler will win. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z What if the balloons that hunted us on the beach were based here, and we’d unwittingly stumbled into a nest of wights? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For the next seventeen years he was based at home in The Hague and devoted himself to the scientific study of nature. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Hello, the book that Lawrence of Arabia was based on?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t make any decisions based on that information, though. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But not as amazed as when the king received, a few weeks later, a written-out fugue, or ricercar, based on the supposedly impossible theme, this time in six parts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The computer reported no change in pressure over that time, other than a minor fluctuation based on temperature. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The same equation we’d used to calculate altitude based on time was the one we needed first; good old S = ½at². October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Immediate reasons for Pizarro’s success included military technology based on guns, steel weapons, and horses; infectious diseases endemic in Eurasia; European maritime technology; the centralized political organization of European states; and writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And there were few relationships among us at Devon not based on rivalry. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This approach led Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and Paul Dirac in the 1920s to reformulate mechanics into a new theory called quantum mechanics, based on the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this was manifested as a new willingness to admit error, as when Niels Bohr visited Berkeley in April 1937 and casually demolished an Oppenheimer theory based on results from the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This isn’t an exact answer, of course, but it is an accurate estimate based on all our calculations. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Among them was the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who later wrote Little House on the Prairie based on her experiences. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I must make decisions based on his survival only. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I followed the épée group into the adjacent cafeteria, where we were broken down into smaller groups of ten or so based on our ability. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Fights based on race or the way someone dresses are just ignorant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The desert was full of men who earned their living based on the ease with which they could penetrate to the Soul of the World. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It appeared to be based on Long Island, New York, and its messages were alarming. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a place where neighbor loved helping neighbor, based on a long-standing tradition that ranchers always left their homes unlocked because you never knew who might need to borrow something or cook a meal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, that’s the word. This hotelier brings him these parts. Now, this fence used to be a doctor, and he knows how to identify a skeleton’s sex based on, I don’t know, measurements.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “But it’s not like our relationship is based on communication.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Back in Acidalia Planitia, if I got off course, I could just point in the right direction based on new data. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A strike based on a political grievance rather than on clear-cut issues like higher wages or shorter hours is a more precarious form of protest and demands particularly efficient organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, we can predict a certain amount based on what we know,” Freddie continued. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her temperament was not based on a series of good and bad days but, rather, good and bad moments. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Your love is based on sensuality, and you must open your eyes to the danger in order to flee it all the more forcefully.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My popularity there is based on more substantive qualities than physical maturity. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Remarkably, his evidence was based on alchemy–natural, spontaneous, scientifically credible, and wholly non-occult, but alchemy nonetheless. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When he reached the American headquarters in Chaumont, France, where he would be based for the rest of the war, he told her all about that, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Much of the training was based on SAS methods and this included the numbers and makeup of each team. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z None of this is in the playwright’s script; Courtney is writing a backstory based on what she imagines and what she knows of real life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Most legal transactions were based on an exchange of oaths sworn in the name of Jesus Christ. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z A really silly name, but it’s based on a mistake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “If either of us had joined this caravan based only on personal courage, but without understanding that language, this journey would have been much more difficult.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sermon was to be based on Luke 23:34, the words Christ spoke from the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The article was in Vanity Fair, and it was titled “Ground Zero,” based on his encounters in Bosnia. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So we get a supernatural ability based on our talents. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As I was listening to him tell us about how he fought against discrimination in the South, I couldn’t help but remember the night that my brother got shot, purely based on our race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The simple type was based on dots and lines, while the complicated type was based on glyphs—grotesque faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was his responsibility to determine each candidate's "fitness" based on how fluent they were in English and how well they knew America and its culture. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The Dalcroze approach is based on eurhythmics, which teaches rhythm, structure, and musical expression through music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. I heard the tryout was based on Bureau knowledge and I told Amari about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Delilah is writing the obituary based on the interview her boss didn’t fire her over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Even there, people were ready to make assumptions about me based on how I looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was too easy to assume that their behavior toward me was based on some sort of racial or religious prejudice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We tried frantically to get the Courts to issue a stay based on the new issues we'd uncovered, to no avail. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Deciding who we were just based on what it said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The actual bait wasn’t based in smell at all. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mill owner Julian Carr went so far as to implement at his Durham Hosiery Mills a system of “industrial democracy” based on the U.S. federal government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Oakland Police have a 16-year-old high school student in custody, based on video camera footage from the bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only thing wrong with it was that it seemed not to be based on the text it was explaining. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Guys, this is Rae Chin, though I assume you already knew that based on the way you’re all looking at her,” Coach says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z As the war approached its peak, every single American military airplane in production was based fundamentally—and in many cases in specific detail—upon the research results and recommendations of the NACA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It remained an educated guess based on logic and circumstantial evidence and was largely ignored by medical professionals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z John’s medical hypothesis was based on the observation that phosphorus naturally concentrates in bone marrow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They are both based on the premise that an epidemic can be reversed, can be tipped, by tinkering with the smallest details of the immediate environment. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, Booth began adding others, selecting them based on expertise with weapons, physical fitness, and knowledge of southern Maryland’s back roads and waterways. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Lying low made sense because we were up the creek with models based on sugar-phosphate cores. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But the story of the steam-powered boat is based on a misunderstanding: Papin had built a boat powered neither by sail nor oars, and the boat was indeed destroyed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Not many people get a chance like this since most people seem to make judgments based on the past. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Figure 2.6: A melodic phrase based on the Siegfried leitmotif , from Wagner's opera The Valkyrie. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Nailed it. Either that or I failed horribly. Could go either way, based on subjectivity and revisionist history,” Sean murmured. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The result is a system of stratification based on the “official certification of individual character and competence”—a form of branding by the government. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, yes, but that is because countries in Europe were based on exclusion and not, as in America, on inclusion,” Mark said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Race had become, yet again, a powerful wedge, breaking up what had been a solid liberal coalition based on economic interests of the poor and the working and lower-middle classes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The second article discusses the failings of choosing government officials based on their faction, asking why only people who define themselves as selfless should be in government. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The trio developed what they called a Win Score, which was a rating system based on combining points and assists and rebounds and turnovers and shooting percentages in a complicated equation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The notion became the foundation of ice core studies, on which much modern climatological work is based. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “The public will judge this sentence based only on the media—very few of the public will do anything to educate themselves about this problem.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Or, as a variation on this same exercise, I may attempt to think of three witticisms based on the events of the past hour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Griffith, however, did not go along, since for some months he had preferred a scheme where gene copying was based upon the alternative formation of complementary surfaces. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z These relationships, and all the others based on mathematically straightforward ratios, are pure and perfect’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In 2012, I was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Muslim Women’s Sports Foundation, an organization based in the United Kingdom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In mid-1951 he developed a radically new design based on placing microscopically thin wires just behind the tube’s glass viewing surface. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If you can't name the scale notes in a key, you may find it difficult to predict whether a chord should be based on a sharp, flat, or natural note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, there would be a multiparty democracy based on universal adult suffrage on a common voters’ roll. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A man of no consequence, except a tiny reputation as a tracker based on one or two escapades signaling his expertise in reading trails. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s based on a simple proposition: Our day-to-day reality is based on what we see and hear with what we experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Sedentary villages based on cereals were already in existence before the rise of food production and predisposed those hunter-gatherers to agriculture and herding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She made a point to meet Representative Benjamin Butler, an influential Republican congressman from Massachusetts, who hoped to lead his party to victory in the elections based on the expansion of women’s suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In the ensuing national hysteria Congress funneled millions upon millions of dollars into the California- based aerospace industry, and the boom was on. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That would give them a chance to get inside and look around and hopefully spot either Ashley or, based on my description, Candy. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z With the financial backing of Durham’s white leaders, Shepard founded North Carolina College, a school based on Washington’s theories of self-improvement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is a guess based on a lifetime’s experience with robots. You had better rely on such a guess, Stephen.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Looking at the designs based on Gale’s traps. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The theory of Burt’s involvement in the murder of Bigheart and Vaughan, though, was still based on circumstantial evidence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A guide on the right-hand side of the page recommended various styles based on body type. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “The safety of this nation,” he insisted, “cannot lie wholly or even primarily in its scientific or technical prowess. It can be based only on making future wars impossible.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilbert and Galileo were developing a new type of science, based upon systematic experimentation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The former date was calculated by Seneca historian Paula Underwood, who based her estimate on the tally of generations in oral records. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His manner as he bestowed a tip suggested generous good-nature, a wish to give pleasure, based on physical well-being and sincere kindliness of heart. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Lacking actual evidence of criminal activity, the officers decided to stop them based on a pretext—a traffic violation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Luckily for the circus trainer, decisions about social rank among higher animals are not always based on brute force. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I can’t help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But many other musical traditions around the world are not based on Western scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The authorities in charge of protecting the burrowing owls would never block construction of the pancake house based on such fuzzy evidence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd never felt a girl's breast before, but I figured it might be kinda like that, based on the shape and the bounce and whatnot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Instruments all over the world can be grouped into five categories based on the Sachs-Hornbostel instrument classification system. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Like Clarkebury, Healdtown was a mission school of the Methodist Church, and provided a Christian and liberal arts education based on an English model. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I like school, anyway, which increases the loser quotient above and beyond what most other kids would calculate, simply based on the whole two-years-younger-than-my-classmates thing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z No one followed Beethoven’s lead in reflecting emotion through nature more passionately than his near contemporary Franz Schubert, also based in Vienna. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z On December 9,1938, under the new name The Campbell Playhouse, the Mercury team presented a drama based on the novel Rebecca. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Still weak from her tropical illness and pressed for time, she was forced to hire others to etch and engrave most of the copper plates based on her paintings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Therapist Dad could probably dissect my whole heart based on that one little feeling, because who in the world is afraid of their own mother? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Which is calculated as a number between 0 and 5 based on the difference in attraction to each other. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts,” she wrote, “and...as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more and more happy.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Because our whole lives are based on dumb stuff,” Link insists. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I loved watching her go over her lessons and rework them based on what worked and what didn't the day before. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “He had a system for predicting how a horse would do, based on what horse was on either side of him, based on their emotional relationship,” Ekman remembers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Fuller based his work on the principle he had learned at Case Western, the belief that if conditions were to improve for poor people, they themselves would have to implement the necessary changes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Her calculations were correct, based on the wrong numbers Becker had given her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He found that the hypnotic, seemingly repetitive and endless patterns of these drum- and mallet- based styles did not in fact stay the same: instead they changed subtly with each reiteration of the phrase. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But all such claims are based on pure speculation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet the fact is that no animal other than Sapiens engages in trade, and all the Sapiens trade networks about which we have detailed evidence were based on fictions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But of course it was based ... on assumptions that were totally false. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Six captains had already been selected—a position based on popularity, not skills. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m happy to, but you should also take lessons. There’s a Korean-language school that is based in our church. We can sign you up to take Korean class with kids your age.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, based on a finite number of preprogrammed conditions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I hate Morris Sampson because he is a somewhat famous mystery writer who wrote a roman & clef, a novel that is obviously based on true events and real people. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We make decisions based on what we see in that limited world and follow the only models available. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I say that because, based on current quotas, a person’s chance of being gleaned within the next one hundred years is only 1 percent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Again our reasoning was partially based upon simplicity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Those rules are only guidelines based on patterns discovered by the theoreticians, which is why there are usually plenty of "exceptions" to every rule. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I listened in as adults spoke about what they thought of themselves and other community members based on color. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In addition, at the end of every “date,” they rate the person they’ve just met, based on the same categories. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The present conclusion of experts is that “housefly control has escaped insecticidal techniques and once more must be based on general sanitation.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He reached for the ticket of the woman in the nearest seat, who—based on the numerous crossword puzzles scattered around her—appeared to be a Talented solver. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Polls consistently show that programs based on class backgrounds have wider support than those based on race. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As long as this flaw remained, calculus would be based upon faith rather than logic. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s not sentimental nonsense: it’s based on the story of Father’s life. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The people, I said, wanted democracy, and political leadership based on merit not birth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So the 7-7 wrestler, based on past outcomes, was expected to win just less than half the time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was coming to them, although a great deal more was due. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The 1999 drug bust incarcerated almost 15 percent of the black population of the town, based on the uncorroborated false testimony of a single informant hired by the sheriff of Tulia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Anderson made her final decision based on her best musical judgment—on the strength of the repertoire and musicianship she had achieved through her years of work with Vehanen. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Arnold, a thirty-one-year-old Confederate army veteran and former schoolmate of Booth’s, was arrested based on a tip. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Because, after all, there really was something ridiculously out of proportion between the verdict such certainty was based on and the imperturbable march of events from the moment the verdict was announced. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z To begin with, it is extremely unlikely that a strategy based purely on costs, crime rates, and the wisdom of drug treatment will get us back even to the troubling incarceration rates of the 1970s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Interesting that it is much more like elfin architecture than goblin architecture. They must have based these buildings on elfin cities.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Who has that kind of money to dish out based on me singing one little song? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the Pythagorean system, all tuning is based on the interval of the pure fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The fundamental structural unit, on which the whole design is based, is the arch. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On what, then, will the economy of this separate nation be based? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Her acts were based on feelings rather than thoughts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fischer: The United States is based on lies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Racism operated as a deeply held belief system based on “truths” beyond question or doubt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The records no longer exist, but his appeal, which went before a five-member review board in Oklahoma, was based at least partly on his cooperation with the bureau’s investigation of the murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z According to the agency, an absolute bar to employment based on prior convictions—without consideration of these factors—violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act if such a bar has a racially disparate impact. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This was because she couldn’t figure out how the Chinese dates, based on the lunar calendar, translated into American dates. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He would walk along groping in the air, although he passed between objects with an inexplicable fluidity, as if he were endowed with some instinct of direction based on an immediate prescience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Bayona based his assertion on interviews with doctors and nurses working in government clinics. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It participates in the pathos appeal inasmuch as it stirs an audience’s emotions to laughter—but more importantly, it participates in the ethos appeal, inasmuch as laughter is based on a set of common assumptions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 I have a feeling you do, based on the little scene that has just unfolded here. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Whether federal judges based in Alabama would actually follow it and hear the case was the big question. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z China had developed intensive agriculture based on millets in the north and rice in the south, and with domestic pigs, chickens, and water buffalo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s what those state troopers did, put together accident scenes based on the physical evidence. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He described it as ‘a supplement to Aristotle’s On the Heavens’ because he assumed it would be part of a programme of education still based on Aristotle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Pythagorean fascination with whole-number ratios in musical harmonies seems clearly to be based on observation, or even experiment on the sounds issued from plucked strings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So his conclusions about the human body were mostly based on studies of other animals and were incorrect in many ways. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Well before other crops began to arrive from elsewhere, Native Americans settled in eastern U.S. river valleys and developed intensified food production based on local crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For that, the AEC gave only conditional approval, with the final nod to be based on the Mark Is performance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For instance, around 3000 B.C. the hunter-gatherers of southern Sweden adopted farming based on Southwest Asian crops, but abandoned it around 2700 B.C. and reverted to hunting-gathering for 400 years before resuming farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All of this was absent not only from my high school textbooks, but from the academic accounts they were based on. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But a new kind of society also appeared in some places, based primarily on the exploitation of animals: tribes of pastoralist herders. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So he based his home reservations system in Salt Lake City, where the vast majority of the women are Mormons and many are stay-at-home mothers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He was cared for by a group of Jansenists, Catholics who belonged to a sect based largely on a hatred of the Jesuit order. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “But you guys wrote a whole song based on your poem?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The relationship between them underwent no major changes with the girl’s development, because it was based on the solid principle of mutual acceptance and the ability to laugh together at almost everything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course it’s all based on averages—we can go days or even weeks without gleaning—but we must meet our quota before the next conclave. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was also equipped with a compass, a telescope, and several strange maps that he had traced himself based on various theories of Leonardo da Vinci and on the polar knowledge of the Incas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill, the British prime minister himself, sent warnings based on captured German codes to the Soviet government. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Nazism and Lysenkoism were based on dramatically opposed conceptions of heredity—but the parallels between the two movements are striking. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z All other intervals are given by irrational numbers based on the twelfth root of two, not nice numbers that can be written as a ratio of two small whole numbers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z To do so he took another job as a traveler, this time with a nursery company based in Portland, Maine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This is what I wondered: Were her feelings about Nathan based on love for him or a reaction to being dropped? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z What is it like to experience discrimination based on skin color, something over which one has no control? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The realization was based on the fact that they remained boys in mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jeanine Matthews is Erudite’s sole representative, selected based on her IQ score. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She’d thought she’d find something based on her divine parent, but she didn’t see anything like Lord Indra’s thunderbolt in this collection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Facts must come first, and inescapable conclusions, at least about probabilities, must be based upon them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Trying to put a dinosaur together based on a few random bones and you don’t even know if they’re all from the same kind of animal. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z One of the two sources Danny had quoted contained a biblical verse, and his father asked him who else had based a law upon this verse. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She based most of her decisions—who she’d date, what classes she took—primarily on how fun it was likely to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The notion of white supremacy rationalized the enslavement of Africans, even as whites endeavored to form a new nation based on the ideals of equality, liberty, and justice for all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths, the way people cooperate can be altered by changing the myths—by telling different stories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every product made in this typical Amish kitchen is based on what nature provides,” one of the girls said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No explanation based upon a hard and fast rule of conduct can be given. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z This was primary source material, research papers based on direct experimental data, involved theoretical constructions utilizing a complex vocabulary and containing a wealth of original ideas—and he was breaking his head on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Later, the judges would score the surviving eggs based on durability and bounce factor and aerodynamic design. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Last week, Noah received an invitation to attend CSA, based on the photos of his mural I took. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A thirty-year-old engineer with a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Semyonov worked for a Soviet trading company based in New York. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Going a bit further back, Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech, as it became known, was based on a classical allusion: “Like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ...” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z When I turned in the drawings based on my scientific calculations to Mr. Ferro, he studied them, asked a few questions, and then called in Mr. Caton to do the work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d make her final decision about the team’s season based on how those tryouts went. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z My mom usually sticks to the list, but some days she changes her mind based on the yellow signs for today’s specials or clearance items. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Eye movement research is based on the idea that the human eye is capable of focusing on only a very small area at one time — what is called a perceptual span. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is this that underlies his decision to declare war on ‘false rumour and the opinions of some, based on unreliable and untrustworthy foundations’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z However, as has been described in earlier chapters, the classical laws were superseded by quantum laws based on the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hanford plant was based on something else scientists had learned about fission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Melodies are based on raga, which is a set of pitches similar to what we think of as a scale, but with many more non-musical characteristics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The New York Times Poll, which is the source of this and the previous charts in this chapter, was based on telephone interviews conducted March 9-14, 2005, with 4,764 adults throughout the United States. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And all based on the delicious smell of soup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to District Thirteen based on that? A shot of a bird? You think you’re going to find some new city with people strolling around in it? And that’s just fine with the Capitol?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This method is based on the slow decay of radioactive carbon 14, a very minor component of carbon, the ubiquitous building block of life, into the nonradioactive isotope nitrogen 14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They are the vehicle to challenge a conviction based on ineffective counsel, the State's failure to disclose evidence, and most important, new evidence of innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The pastor asked me to plan a church program based on Psalm 23. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The agreement was never more than approximate, and it was based on a mystical belief that the heavens must be governed by geometry, not on anything that we would now call science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Apparently, there’s a show based off this series. My Fabiana couldn’t put the books down, and now she’s glued to the TV every week. I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as my daughter did.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Could my religious beliefs be based on such convoluted history? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was aware that the European Community and the States were inclined to relax sanctions based on Mr. de Klerk’s reforms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest recognized that the rapidly rising stature of the Rad Lab in worldwide physics was based partially on its generosity to other universities seeking advice, manpower, and radioactive products. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At that time, based on my job performance, it was possible I would be offered a permanent position with IOI. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z People who are discriminated based on their race are often resentful of their government and join rebel groups. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The need for nets, in Haas’s view, gave the inland cities the whip hand—Norte Chico was based on farming, like all other complex societies, although not on farming for food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, doctors based their medical thinking on the 2,500-year-old Greek humoral theory. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Scheduled to run that summer, the show would consist of one-hour dramas based on familiar novels and stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It may also refer to a single movement or piece of music with a form based on the constant repetition of a single short section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The probable cause showing could be based on nothing more than hearsay, innuendo, or even the paid, self-serving testimony of someone with interests clearly adverse to the property owner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Records show that Cleopatra studied subjects based on Greek literature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Can they tell, based on my reactions, that it’s not music I’m listening to? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He told some people precisely what the experiment was about and told them explicitly to avoid stereotypes based on race. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Farther away another dark creature slashed through the water, and another; of course they are based in New London, and this is their home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I used geometry and focused on the parabola of my shots. I also knew exactly when to feed you the ball, based on timing and patterns I was seeing on the floor.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In Peking, in the 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit astronomer, was able to build instruments based on his designs without ever having seen Brahe’s originals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead, we’d probably be in Times Square watching tourists and trying to guess where they were from based on their clothes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I realized how much of my self-worth, my sense of safety, was based on Rowdy’s fists. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d shown up as a reporter knowing little about the team other than that it was based in a town called Clarkston, the players were refugees, and the coach was a woman. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Shackleton sweet-talked wealthy patrons, took public donations, and raised money as an advance based on future sales of film and photo rights. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Because this new system is not explicitly based on race, it is easier to defend on seemingly neutral grounds. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The planes would radio the reports to Tibbets, who, based on weather conditions and visibility, would choose from the list of targets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He creates a new navigational chart based on the movements of flies swarming around the barrel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Newton’s work was based on a very shaky foundation—dividing zero by itself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Personally, I don’t think the children are at risk based on this single incident, but my supervisor is probably not going to want to accept further responsibility.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Perceptions of the individual based on their gender and race influence all of us in all areas. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Mason authored the first series book based on the rote method in 1864 called The Song Garden. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z By a method termed glotto-chronology, based on calculations of how rapidly words tend to change over historical time, comparative linguistics can even yield estimated dates for domestications or crop arrivals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For Violet, who never knew the girl, only her picture and the personality she invented for her based on careful investigations, the girl’s memory is a sickness in the house—everywhere and nowhere. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to correct her, but the song was based on a poem written by a German soldier during the first war. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She knew better than anyone not to underestimate opponents based on their appearance. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I now had to reconstruct the text upon which the simple commentary had been based. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Neither did I find an entry for those who fear the terrible truth that their self-worth is based entirely on the completion of a daily crossword puzzle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Garzoni’s and della Porta’s facts are based not on a collective knowledge, on a shared understanding, but on direct, personal experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She says it’s from a famous movie based on a book by Stephen King. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The adoption of intensive food production from the Asian mainland was also very slow and piecemeal in Japan, probably because the hunter-gatherer lifestyle based on seafood and local plants was so productive there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That was the golden ticket, because Martha Karolyi would select the next artistic gymnastics women’s senior and junior national teams based on the results at Nationals. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Coca-Cola mystique had always been based on its famous secret formula, unchanged since the earliest days of the company. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z This U.S. stamp is based on a tulip from her flower book. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z First, shared ideology or religion helps solve the problem of how unrelated individuals are to live together without killing each other—by providing them with a bond not based on kinship. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When Calvin stopped replying to his letters, Servetus, based in Vienna, continued to send a stream of increasingly vituperative correspondence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The prosecution also engaged in disparate questioning of jurors based on race—practices that seemed linked to the jury-selection manual. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At trial, the judge finds that the entire sweep was based on the testimony of a single informant who lied to the prosecution. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There were no other life-forms showing up on his screen but, like Foaly said, the hull had a high lead content, even the paint was lead based! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Conant had advised Bush to put the uranium project on the shelf for the duration of the war, but that advice had been based on his impression that a bomb was purely conjectural. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the air, Allied planes based in Great Britain were raining bombs on German cities and industrial sites, killing tens of thousands of civilians. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His reports home counseled patience, based on the growing recognition within the Directory that the bribery demand had been a terrible miscalculation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was hard to judge, based on a story, what he might really have been like. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were to be hostels and inns and seasonal study centers, and eventually permanent woodland villages—“self-owning” communities whose inhabitants would support themselves with cooperative “non-industrial activity” based on forestry, farming, and crafts. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His goal was to create a system of power-sharing based on group rights, which would preserve a modified form of minority power in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks his friends based on whether he likes or dislikes the colors of their names. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Prayer meetings would rotate houses up and down the block based on the day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Kepler’s laws were empirical, based upon the painstaking observations of Tycho Brahe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Traditionally, contortionists are either front bending or back bending, depending on the flexibility of their respective spines, and their tricks and performances are based upon this distinction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I think they could both embark on serious acting careers just based on this behavior. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The color scheme of the whole sanatorium seemed to be based on liver. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “You know,” I said, chewing the rather dry cookie and wondering what to wash it down with, “disliking someone— anyone, really—based on his or her looks is shallow.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He could not be spiritual based on instinct. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dutch, whose economy was based on private profit, nevertheless understood that the unrestrained pursuit of profit posed a threat to the nation’s soul. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And men always live their lives based on the future.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The agricultural economy was based on a seasonal cycle of production, comprising long months of cultivation followed by short peak periods of harvest. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The artifact was based on the possibility of reviewing every morning, from beginning to end, the totality of knowledge acquired during one's life. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Our lawyers, who were based in Johannesburg, had trouble seeing us in prison and were unable to prepare our case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of its methods have ancient roots, based on the knowledge that, like ourselves, insects are subject to disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Eventually, his “buddy” did doze off, and based on the rumble of snores across the Glade, so did everyone else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Its specialty was reading the coded cables of foreign diplomats who were based in the United States. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Her job is to go through them and find evidence of lost treasure, based on what was listed as the ship’s cargo. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Is extraterrestrial life, if it exists, based on the same organic molecules as life on Earth? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Libby's method was also based on the assumption that the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, and the rate at which it has been absorbed by living things, has been consistent throughout history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. But you have to understand—you were the exception to the rule. And I didn’t want it to be based on deception. Which is why you’re the first person I’ve ever told.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Despite considerable pressure from the Federalists in Congress and mounting war fever in the wake of the XYZ revelations, Adams held out hope for reconciliation based primarily on these reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As it was, he reacted to them, and his reactions were based on what he felt at the moment. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurley sarcastically parried Neylan’s questions about his associations with liberal organizations while Latimer quietly seethed at the injustice of a proceeding based on hearsay and FBI files that the accused was forbidden to see. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Five kids from New York State had been chosen to be honored at this ceremony at the University of Chicago, all based on one math test they had taken at the end of last year. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The love was based on solid ground, for Virgil believed that it was a very easy thing to love a man who had saved your life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Other cultures not only have different note names and different scales, they may even have different notes — different pitches — based on a different tuning system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Bunks were assigned based on alphabetical order, which put Sam directly above me—a small mercy, seeing as the rest of the girls were nothing like her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This composition ensured that the panel would lean toward opposing a test ban based on doubts about the feasibility of inspections. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Renaissance view of nature as a machine...is based on the human experience of designing and constructing machines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This is a very powerful conclusion and is in no way based on the idiosyncrasies of a particular civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The War of the Worlds broadcast was based on fake news. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The argument was based on something so trivial it didn’t seem worth wasting a single word on it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were not in Chicago at the same time—Penn has been based in Europe since the early ’30s. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Bull Meecham was approaching that prime meridian of inebriation that his wife, his sons, and his daughters, based on a grievously embattled history, had come to fear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Perrington had given her the poison based on the king’s command, hadn’t he? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When he started his business, he expected a 95 percent payment rate, based on the experience at his own office. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Much of Jordan’s civil code was based on Islamic law. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In the decade after 1927, sixty-six papers were published in scientific journals based on research carried out at Tower House. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It is on that feeling of sublimity, even greater than one feels when standing atop a mountain and looking at a glorious view, that religions are based. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1925, when White was still based in Houston, Hoover expressed outrage to him that several agents in the San Francisco field office were drinking liquor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One of the most useful of these is the scale based on the dorian mode, which is often called the dorian minor, since it has a basically minor sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Immigration and Naturalization Service based in Cotulla, halfway along a seven- to eight-day walk between the Rio Grande at Nuevo Laredo and San Antonio. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z If they were to materialize in our midst today, those among us without true knowledge of our religion would rush to authenticate them as exemplary Muslims, based on their appearance. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A rumor, based on a kiss, is just the beginning. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We did not have enough work to do because a thief’s life is always based on somebody else’s work. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The basics of the forager economy can be reconstructed with some confidence based on quantifiable and objective factors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each fencer was put into a randomly selected pool with other fencers based on ranking. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And sometimes, a rumor based on a kiss has a snowball effect. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The Mike device was based on the Teller-Ulam design and built by Los Alamos; Livermore, which at that time was fully engaged in “simply coming into being,” played no role whatsoever. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “If we are blind to the educational disadvantages associated with need, we will simply replicate these disadvantages while appearing to make decisions based on merit.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Erickson, based at the University of Pennsylvania, worked in concert with a Bolivian archaeologist, who that day was elsewhere, freeing up a seat in the plane for me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They worshipped figures in Staff God poses, lived in networks of vertical exchange, and had public architecture with designs based on templates from the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This was not good news for those people whose measurements of the Earth were based on the assumption that the Earth was a perfect sphere, which was everyone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Orff developed the concept of elemental music based on the synthesis of the arts of the Greek Muses, which combined tone, dance, poetry, image, design, and theatrical gesture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Kids found one another based not on the color of their skin but on who was outside and ready to play. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As a bonus, Hooke filled a space at the end of the book with drawings based on some of his astronomical observations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A singing game is an activity based on a song verse, which has actions or movements associated with it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z With the scientific revolution, the purely logical world gave way to an empirical one, based upon observation rather than philosophy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Salva did not understand much about it, but he knew that rebels from the southern part of Sudan, where he and his family lived, were fighting against the government, which was based in the north. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The seismologists resolutely based their conclusions on the behavior of Hawaiian volcanoes, which don’t blow out sideways. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z These spies saw us as a threat not to the white power structure but to black interests, for whites would mistreat all blacks based on the conduct of a few agitators. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, it was one of the first parts of a project, all the other steps being based on the orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We had our own kind of fame, based mostly on the rich girls' supposition and our own silence. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For both of those reasons, all developments of economically complex, socially stratified, politically centralized societies beyond the level of small nascent chiefdoms were based on food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Using a tool based on rational analysis turns our intuitions upside down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Her theory, demonstrated in practice, was based on the principle that a person who had all matters of conscience in perfect shape should be able to eat until overcome by fatigue. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Maria now felt certain—based on her own observations—that all European butterflies and moths followed the same cycle of transformation: egg to caterpillar to pupa and back to egg again. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Serving size is based on your age, height, body type, health, and amount of physical labor required by your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ptolemy had based his astronomy on measurements, just as Kepler did. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For each question, you will have ten seconds to make your selection on your phone screen. Lemoncello.it will instantaneously calculate your score based on correctness and speed of answering. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Accordingly, HUD policies excluding people from housing assistance based on arrests as well as convictions guarantee highly discriminatory results. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He assigned each of the twelve notes in the scale a different colour, based on Opticks, Sir Isaac Newton’s 1704 study of light, colour and diffraction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He even had the commercial smarts to form a film syndicate, based on the fame of his expedition photographer, an Australian named Frank Hurley. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The story is well known in various versions, and a “habben” play based on it is in the repertory of traveling players east of the Kargav. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve formed a strong impression, but it’s hard to explain quite what it’s based on.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes, French, you gotta trust that people are making decisions for the better of the community based on things they know that you don’t.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Kim said that in the five years he was based in Pyongyang for the state insurance corporation, bags of cash always arrived in time for his leader’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In his first month in office, Barack signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which helped protect workers from wage discrimination based on factors like gender, race, or age. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Plus, based on the last couple of days, the Runner was home hours early. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Her judgment was as swift as it was dismissive, probably based on a quick-glance calculus involving my grades and test scores. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In criminal cases, witnesses who will be testifying are required to sit outside the courtroom so they can’t alter their testimony based on what other witnesses say. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was the almost perfect inverse of the order he had expected based on the qualifying times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We move on to ping-pong and score based on who can hit the most surfaces around the room with a single shot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z If the decision were based on that, she'd be chosen easily. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The upshot is that physics had two theories, based on conflicting premises, that produced the same results. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For Galileo’s rejection of the view that success in science can be based on rhetorical prowess, see below, p. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For this, you need centralized authority, elaborately detailed time schedules, and some sort of reward system based on speed and perfection. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The great majority of what one hears said about his lordship today is, in any case, utter nonsense, based on an almost complete ignorance of the facts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The code was based on a well-known book owned by both André and Arnold: Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Every few minutes. Sometimes there's a gap, based on the satellite orbits. But it's enough that we can track all his EVA activities." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighborhoods it draws from are often called blue-collar, but that is an outdated notion, one based on steady union jobs at U.S. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z People assume stuff about you based on things you can’t change about yourself. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Enquiries based on this premise are bound to conclude that the claims made on behalf of well-founded beliefs are excessive because that conclusion is built into the methodology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This module introduces several traditions that are very different from each other, but that are all based on modes or ragas rather than on scales: Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One such organization, based in Oakland, California, is named All of Us or None. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Data scientists analyze data, separate the noise from the signal, discern patterns, draw conclusions, and recommend actions based on the results.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z For all the banter that flies back and forth between Volpe and his students, it is a collaboration that seems based on respect. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Because science is based upon observation and experiment, some critics argue that string theory is not science but philosophy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Because their system of counting was based on the number 20, the Mayans naturally divided their year into 18 months of 20 days each, totaling 360 days. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He rode the trains very infrequently, for there was a growing anger against tramps, based on the angry violence of the I.W.W. and aggravated by the fierce reprisals against them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The plan was based on the belief that Admiral François de Grasse’s powerful French fleet, with 3,000 troops, was heading from France to New York to aid in the attack. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Hailey had conducted two expeditions to make the measurements on which the map was based, and the hope was that this would open the way to using magnetic variation to measure longitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Malcolm never stopped pursuing truth and the right course, based on the best information he had at any given moment. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They began to endorse Japanese products and had a cartoon and a live-action TV series based on their exploits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Funded by both the War Department and the State Department, the outfit was based in New York City, at a town house on East Thirty-Eighth Street. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My mother would later make an observation about the Stewarts and their new community, based on the fact that almost all of their neighbors on the street seemed to be white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He said that people had rearranged God’s order by segregating the races and that the Civil Rights movement was attempting to restore a rightful order to the universe based on biblical principles. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, like of course I knew the movie was based on a book. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was based on the realization that all living things have within them an isotope of carbon called carbon-14, which begins to decay at a measurable rate the instant they die. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s based on a completely new technology. It uses something called the round processor. I don’t suppose that will mean anything to you.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Think of your two less cups as a long-term investment,” he tells Garrett, who at this point could probably run his own company based entirely on Dad’s cheesy business analogies. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “So, just based on first day impressions, who do you guys think is going to win Insomnia Con?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But most wild animal and plant species have proved unsuitable for domestication: food production has been based on relatively few species of livestock and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She truly cares about us and never judges us based on appearances. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Your next term’s tuition was based on your performance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For one thing the system is sexagesimal—based on the number 60. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment was still based at Saratov, using their fast and dangerous solo Yak fighters to defend and protect supplies and transport on the Volga River north of Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Like most passionate nations Texas has its own private history based on, but not limited by, facts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Andean societies were based on the widespread exchange of goods and services, but kin and government, not market forces, directed the flow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Once I had the record of the case, I could put together an appeal, usually based on some judicial irregularity such as bias, incorrect procedure, or insufficient evidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To determine those differences, the Times relied on a computer model based on the Treasury’s. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Marvin Edwards, the newly installed superintendent of the Dallas schools who had come from Topeka, Kansas, arrived at a simple conclusion based on the obvious proof in front of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s style of differentiation was based upon fluxions—the flows—of mathematical expressions that he called fluents. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was based in New York, and his running mate, William English, had been a congressman from Indiana. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Exceptionally good, I'd say, based on the guys I used to know at his age and the things I see on TV. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Others cater to more specific tastes: ChristianSingles.com, JDate.com, Latin Matcher.com, BlackSinglesConnection.com, CountryWestern Singles.com, USMilitarySingles.com, OverweightDate.com, and Dating websites are the most successful subscription- based business on the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "All your charges are conspiracy based," Newman replied. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A rumor based on a kiss made you do this to yourself? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z No matter where they were, Indigenous peoples’ governance was based on valuing what was best for the community over the needs or preferences of individuals. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Most were based in South America, in countries that were neutral. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The decision not to attend the fight was not based solely on my hatred of boxing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z People are going to form opinions and say nasty things about you based on nothing more than what you are. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Doha knew him to be a huge fan of Americans, although his admiration was solely based on the fact that they resoundingly beat the Imperial Japanese Army. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “First love makes everyone mad—it’s foolish to throw away your future because of one hormonal decision based on less than a year of your life when you were barely in your twenties.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The Klan was so entrenched and broad- based that Kennedy felt as if he were tossing pebbles at a giant. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Well, not all relationships are based on like.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “As you wish. We have also prepared a tableau based on Aesop’s well-loved fable ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf.’” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The protests of the workers this time were based on the lack of sanitary facilities in their living quarters, the nonexistence of medical services, and terrible working conditions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “And your father’s going to be based in Oxford?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I think that maybe I will forever judge her based on what she does and says at this very moment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Annabeth wondered if that burning mark was based on a real sacred owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The foot as a unit of measurement is based, naturally, on the foot. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I feel like lam not hearing anything new—just the same philosophy that spawned the factions, driving people to manipulate their genes instead of separating into virtue- based groups. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Typically, folk, blues, rock, marches, and Classical-era46 music is based on relatively straightforward chord progressions, but of course there are plenty of exceptions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That research was based largely on people dialing and talking on phones, holding them to their ears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z So: • Paintbrush Falls, New York: not real, but based in part on the town of Webster, New York, where I grew up. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “But first you see my face. You react to symmetry, skin tone, the shape of my eyes. And you decide what’s inside me, based on all your reactions. You’re programmed to!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Without Hugh by my side to translate, every interaction was based upon a series of assumptions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In this sense, statistics is to probability as engineering is to physics—an applied science based on a more intellectually stimulating foundational discipline. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Feldman has also reached some of his own conclusions about honesty, based more on his experience than the data. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But how can I make decisions based on love when there is no one left to love? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "She got a promotion. Now she'll be at the headquarters, based right here in New York." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Supporters of Garfield's doctors rushed to their defense, saying that the negative comments were not based on direct observation of the patient or of the autopsy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The law set up the Civil Service Commission to fill thousands of federal government jobs based on applicants' experience and ability, not their political connections. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite the slanted nature of the news, we were glad to have it, and prided ourselves on reading between the lines and making educated guesses based on the obvious omissions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, science is based on experience; it is open to correction by observation and experiment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But the magic was all based on lies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They are now given joint credit with Linde for what is called “the new inflationary model,” based on the idea of a slow breaking of symmetry. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was easier when Miss Scalapino read to the class from a book with illustrations because I made up my own stories, in Spanish, based on the pictures. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was based on a realization that had come to him “lying in bed one night” at Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Was it relevant and based on sufficient and credible information? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They even worked out that the first layer of the encryption, the one that used English letters, was based on digraphs—that is, pairs of letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Minnie looked tired but otherwise appeared as I had imagined—patient and strong—based on Walter's descriptions and my own guesses from our phone conversations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Farmer could only make guesses, based on the wreckage he returned to at Cange. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z As a last defense I had always taken refuge in a scornful superiority, based on nothing. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They based this speculation on the hard lessons learned during the twentieth century about the behavior of children of similar character. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Another palpable temptation is to pretend that none of this has happened, to deny any accusation she makes based on whatever remnant of memory remains. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z What I understood, my philosophy, was based on the New Testament. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There’s a National Orphan Train Complex based in Concordia, Kansas, with a website that includes riders’ testimonies and photographs and a link to FAQs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The global trade network of today is based on our trust in such fictional entities as the dollar, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the totemic trademarks of corporations. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the Civil War, eight different plays based on the life of Uncle Tom had been written and produced, without Mrs. Stowe’s consent. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to take an aptitude test before I started, and, based on the results of the test, the school counselor told me, “You’re going to be in the smart classes, the A classes.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Several letter writers based their idea on the fact that cold air sinks. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The scale is of course more an idea than an object, an arbitrary measure of the Earth’s tremblings based on surface measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It is based on intuition rather than hard evidence. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course if you had to choose an audience for illicit love based on the people you’d least like to have hanging around, Piper and Isaac would win hands down. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Methodist minister was a Reverend Jones, a nervous and gloomy fellow who had been based in the Congo during its revolution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These are arguments by analogy, based on the circumstances of the case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of his last acts as president was to place on file in the State Department his rejoinder to Bache’s accusations, which historians have long since discovered were based on forged English documents. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Many, if not most, defectors arriving at Hanawon escaped North Korea with the help of brokers based in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A diet based on cereals is poor in minerals and vitamins, hard to digest, and really bad for your teeth and gums. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The justification for the implicit doublespeak—“we do not racial-profile; we just stop people based on race”—can be explained in part by the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If they have heard many symphonies, they also would not be at all surprised if the first movement is in sonata form and the third movement is based on a dance. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I took the stance that our actions should be based not on idealistic considerations but on practical ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I was wondering if the Winnebago company is based in Tennessee or something.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But we can make some educated guesses as to what music from ancient Greek and Roman times really sounded like, based on their writings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I have always found this criticism to be vexing and based on both ignorance of ANC history and maliciousness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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