| 单词 | solution |
| 例句 | The simplest solution to the problem of race in America? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "But you're talking to me, so you have a solution, right?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As Briony came up, a probationer with a Primus stove on a trolley was already preparing the fresh solution. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I knew that leaving him in Rome might be dangerous but it seemed every day that things got worse and eventually it became obvious that staying on was no solution. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe we would look harder for solutions to caring for the disabled, the abused, the neglected, and the traumatized. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The problems were compliant, pliable; they yielded to my manipulations, forming into solutions, one after the other. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I click through websites, hoping to find a last-minute solution. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Zeno himself didn’t have a proper solution to the paradox, nor did he seek one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The very strange situation was that by coming nearer and nearer to the solution,” reflected the promising young German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg, “the paradoxes became worse and worse.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So, you see, finally we know the kind of problems we have to solve, which is the first step on the road to finding solutions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look, it’s no use quarreling among ourselves. We should be thinking of a solution. Come on, you two, stop sulking and be pals again.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I know what removal would mean. I’m not a child. It would mean complete instability, with no nonimaginary solutions to the positronic Field Equations.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “We are not just trying to move information and data; we are trying to share business solutions and best practices for how things get done—within companies and across companies.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Another solution would be to do away with weightlessness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no solution and no hope, and so they’d reveled in what they did have—each other, at least in dreams—and tried to forget all the rest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He ran on a platform of improving the school system, fighting illiteracy, and trying to find innovative solutions to the metastasizing drug trade that was poisoning life in major areas of the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Unlike academically oriented research organizations, the NACAs laboratories always strove to live up to the “practical solutions” of their founding mission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “He’s avoiding the grief, not treating it. If I’m his solution, he’ll never really get over her death.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It would be an elegant solution to the problem of space, they thought, one that made the hearts of the NACA’s old-school “wing men” beat faster. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If anyone had a responsible solution to this problem, Jackson claimed to be receptive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z To make things worse, he was having trouble finishing thoughts and thinking up solutions. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The only conceivable solution would be for the past never to have happened. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “So here’s my solution. Everyone gets to put a name in the hat. The one we pull out is what we’ll name the baby!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z This solution may have seemed appealing to politicians, but to an economist it doesn’t make much sense. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Gold was the most famous ingredient in a red, white, and blue solution nicknamed the “barber pole” that employees of the Keeley Institute injected into patients’ arms three times a day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Red Pollard may have resorted to this solution. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats presented with solutions of pure sugar or tubs of pure lard will gorge themselves sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He scratched his head, straining for a solution to this predicament. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Might be your parents, the lawyers, the judge, myself, community members, maybe even your classmates at school. Anybody can be a part of the Circle if they want to help find a solution.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Was that the solution, and if so, what did that mean? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Older students fear word problems in part because they have not been asked to find solutions to such quantitative questions at the elementary level. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who thought they had a solution fell into two opposing camps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Before eyebrows are raised, objections are uttered, two and two are put together, and the solution is that I should be kept as far away from the Capitol as possible. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Does that strike you as a satisfactory solution?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Her solution this time was to pay everyone the same amount—$2,000—therefore saving face and securing the greatest American player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They recognized that economic emancipation was the key to the racial solution. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So when he watched his men begin to build another wall to try to hold back the Jade River, the solution came to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “So the problem is that the shelter has an antiquated filing system, and the solution is that you are going to update it?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z With no obvious solution at hand, Volpe looks like he is about to hyperventilate. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I know things got a little testy today. I think I need to reframe my questions next time. But dialogue is always good. There’s no solution without communication.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “But there’s an easy solution. Very easy, in fact. How much does your father make?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A new social order, combined with the genetic modification, was determined to be the most complete solution to the behavioral problems that the genetic damage had created.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The solution Godel found doesn’t correspond to the universe we live in because we can show that the universe is not rotating. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When unemployment causes poverty, we knowhow to state the problem—typically, “the economy isn’t growing fast enough”—and we know what the traditional liberal solution is—“full employment.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep nodding off between reading the problems and working out the solutions. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But until such a solution materialized, all talk of emancipation must cease. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z What such communities had never been able to do, however, was to build consensus around the problems to be worked on and the solutions that would be regarded as satisfactory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The solution had been one Bea and Henry came up with together, twin philanthropic efforts under their own names. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z An amazing percentage of the white letter-writers agreed entirely with Mr. Muhammad’s analysis of the problem—but not with his solution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the first thing suggesting a potential solution to their predicament. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I talked about what you might expect: about things that happened and how I felt, about what I caught and what I didn’t, about seas and weather, about problems and solutions, about Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Once in a while Lainie suggests that we follow it around ourselves but I think that would only be a temporary solution, we are too mercurial for our own good.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My father was obsessed with Occam’s razor, which, in short, says that the simplest solution is the best solution. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Not long after that, algebraists learned to accept negative numbers as valid solutions to equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was an obvious solution to both problems. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “We are working on solutions, not adding more to the problem.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She could fill them up, of course, with both starlight and moonlight, and any other magic that she could find lying around, but something told her it would only be a temporary solution. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Journeying abroad initially appeared the perfect solution to the complete lack of chemical facts in my head, a condition at times encouraged by my Ph.D. supervisor, the Italian-trained microbiologist Salvador Luria. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Give me another solution. You really think this is what I want?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It means we will have to continue the current housing arrangements for several more weeks, but at least it’s a solution. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The solution for English speakers: pronounce it to rhyme with “books.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That actually sounds like a great solution,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Another solution might be to build a space station, or town, in two parts: one rotating and the other stationary. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina injected the prisoners with a sleeping solution to prolong their rest, and Wylan helped roll them into the gully behind the trees. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The terrifying economy of evolution had again produced the most elegant solution to gene regulation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z All sorts of revolutionary changes in technology are postulated for the future, ranging from final control of human disease to solutions of the world food and population problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But each time I tried to come up with a solution I ran into the obstacle that the four bases each had a quite different shape. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s bad enough that I killed Will, that I didn’t think fast enough to come up with another solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After staring at them for a while, I had my solution. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it doesn’t work, then we will think of another solution. End of discussion. But no one is going to do anything yet. Okay?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The solution, in the words of one writer, was "a fit of intelligence lunacy." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As scientists, Mom and Dad have a scientific solution: power down my phone at night. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Now they’re talking about tearing down all the high-rises and putting everyone in low-rise buildings as the solution. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kleptocrats throughout the ages have resorted to a mixture of four solutions: Disarm the populace, and arm the elite. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the history of science there is no simple solution to the apparently binary choice between radical contingency and predictable evolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To live is to suffer and the only solution of the problem of life is to suffer with courage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple solution, but it also created its own problems. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The woodwork—doors as well as skirting—was washed down with carbolic solution, and so were the beds themselves, the iron frames as well as springs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Those advocating an African solution might profitably study the recent English efforts to establish a black colony in Sierra Leone, where most of the freed blacks died or were enslaved by the local African tribes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was the South Carolina solution achieved in the Virginia style. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With a three-by-three grid and the numbers one to nine, the solution was always fifteen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Again, Roza took the bottle from him, dampened the gauze with solution. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Cahokians' solution to this problem was discovered mainly by Woods, the University of Kansas archaeologist and geographer, who has spent two decades excavating Monks Mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If he could have really made himself believe that, it would have been a solution. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Was that the solution, and if so, what did that mean? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tired of poor living and working conditions, they wanted a simple but drastic solution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At home, I was given a warm salt solution, and when I washed out my mouth I showed Bailey the empty holes, where the clotted blood sat like filling in a pie crust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her problem was nearly solved, and the final solution was in sight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If everything in the universe depends on everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the problem in isolation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The main technical problem now is to find a carrying solution that will stick the bacterial spores to the needles of the evergreens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "Another solution presents itself," he said, his voice quiet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The music education methods of Orff, Dalcroze, Kodály, etc., offer easily implemented solutions to add layers of cognitively challenging musical activities to something as simple as a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Try this chemist’s solution to low energy and waning stamina. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z This had been my solution to the lonely lunchtime problem. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Ask him to whip up a new solution?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Now I wanted to highlight a larger issue and push for larger solutions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And, finally, worked his precise mechanical mind over the highest function of the robot world—the solutions of problems in judgment and ethics. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I expect all members to come prepared to present a solution, no matter how extraordinary it seems. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The solution, when Root first struck it, must have seemed too simple to be real. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Unanimity, however, might be an agreement to disagree, to wait for a more propitious time to propose a solution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only solution was to lance it and let the blood it had collected run down into your stomach. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Probably the best solution—at least, the best Perry could devise—was to leave the stuff with “Jesus.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Mathematicians know how to describe them: they are wave functions, solutions to a differential equation called the Schrödinger equation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It happened early on, when my system hadn’t learned yet to live with hunger and my imagination was still wildly searching for solutions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the second kind of solution, the universe is expanding so rapidly that the gravitational attraction can never stop it, though it does slow it down a bit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That seems to me a perfectly fine solution. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Yes, they have solutions—padding, mostly—and yes, those solutions suck. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Theo was being patched up in the hospital emergency room after a slight miscalculation in his "solution" experiment. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She saved every worksheet and every attempt at a solution. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Liquid air, television, vibro-vacuum massage, radio, boiling caffeine solution, hot contraceptives, and eight different kinds of scent were laid on in every bedroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They led to ridges so narrow and so steep on both sides that straddling was the easiest solution. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they found their way to a full solution. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Well, not really, but it was a lot of stuff—mostly paints and dyes, and solutions to make the colors permanent. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It says that even if space-time is warped so that it would be possible to travel into the past, what happens in space-time must be a consistent solution of the laws of physics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the West it took another century of experiment and debate before this evenly spaced solution for twelve, not nineteen, notes emerged as the front-runner solution. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z All those except Yossarian reporting on sick call with temperatures below 102 had their gums and toes painted with gendan violet solution and were given a laxative to throw away into the bushes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A bow drawn backwards and forwards across a string, or a handle mechanism that turned the edge of a wheel against a string, were the most common solutions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The IV bag contained a solution of lactose; such a procedure was a common method of replenishing depleted body fluids. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “First the Keepers will prepare for the Hearing Circle, where everybody gets together to look for solutions.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to give you a solution,” she said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “What my cousin is trying to say is, you did good coming here and trying to find solutions. Maybe we can find some together.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And the instant it found the answer, it guided them—silently and surely—to the solution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I told the president that the current conflict was draining South Africa’s lifeblood and talks were the only solution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But they had a solution for that too: a shuttle service. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of relying solely on old-fashioned cop know-how, he introduced technological solutions like CompStat, a computerized method of addressing crime hot spots. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A partial solution to this problem was found by the Danish scientist Niels Bohr in 1913. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Kanue understood Coach’s argument about playing with a short roster, but he had a solution. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Lister developed a device to spray the acid solution in the air around an open wound when surgeons operated and changed dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Drugging the entire population is the best solution to our problem. Great plan.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z From there, he could begin to work on a solution that would keep the lights of Ember burning. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The PAC put forward a dramatic and overambitious program that promised quick solutions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, after all the negotiating, divorce is nearly always the solution. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He also began working with the Clinton Global Initiative, a foundation started by the former president to bring together experts and leaders to find solutions to major world problems. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Well,” he continues, “I’ll let you know if I come up with the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Mathematics is not only about getting the correct answer. It’s about being on the road to the correct answer. Knowing the path can be just as important as knowing the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Oh, and I don’t mean to brag or anything, but that lab report that Lil and I turned in for the supersaturated solution? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Crick’s intelligence was as free ranging and as audacious as his voice; he thought nothing of invading the problems of others and suggesting solutions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In Malthus’s paper, Darwin immediately saw a solution to his quandary. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 In this way, it will become clear that even the most transformative, elegant- seeming solution, appearing by inspiration two thousand years before its time, was the result of a struggle. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The solution, he explained, was to establish two separate compartments in his mind. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s insane,” I growled as I pedaled on, wondering how to fix things without any real solutions coming to mind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I waited now his return; eager to disburthen my mind, and to seek of him the solution of the enigma that perplexed me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One victim who accidentally spilled a 25 per cent industrial solution on the skin developed symptoms of poisoning within 40 minutes and died before medical help could be obtained. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A sudden convulsion passed through Enoch’s body and the sheep heart started to beat, spraying out a fine mist of bloody pickling solution. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “To every problem there is a solution,” he would reply whenever we inquired after his progress. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Malcolm refused to see the impossibility of the white man conceding secession from the United States; at this stage in his career he contended it was the only solution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But Russeau, the Carter principal, then came forward with a solution of his own to the problem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to think of a logical solution that could explain what I had just seen — a solution that excluded the assumption that I was insane. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As I walked down the path to the main road, I brainstormed ways to stay in school—every single solution ended with Caitlin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Another British experimenter who applied DDT in acetone solution to his skin reported heaviness and aching of limbs, muscular weakness, and “spasms of extreme nervous tension.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She sees problems and forms solutions based on the data she collects. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My solution to the lack of air conditioning at my own house was to run our T-shirts under the cold, cold tap water in the bathroom sink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I have to soak in a tub full of a thick, unpleasant-smelling solution, while my face and hair are plastered with creams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know how to start decoding this—not that she wanted to solve it or would turn in her solution if she figured it out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In view of this, it seemed a reasonable solution to ask my father to bring his great experience and distinction to Darlington Hall. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Part of the solution to that problem was for one person, the chief, to exercise a monopoly on the right to use force. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The truth hit me hard then, when I realized he didn’t have any solutions, and I began to panic. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I visited the clerk several more times, becoming more and more desperate, until, finally, a solution was found. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Now, sir, it seemed to me, taking everything into account, that we might find here a perfectly good solution. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The damaged limb floated inside, cushioned by saline solution that had to be at exactly the right temperature. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The only solution was to consider the macabre alternative—the selective elimination of the weak. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Francis’ grumbles did not disturb me, however, because further refining of our latest backbone without a solution to the bases would not represent a real step forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As the years passed and the town developed, a quick solution to the water and mud problem was needed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Yet as the long hours wore away Kit could find no better solution. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The solution is to dump the thumbtacks out of the box, tack the box to the wall, and stick the candle onto the box. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the current political climate, conservatives extol marriage as the solution to many of society’s ills, while liberals argue that it alone cannot compensate for the effects of imperiled neighborhoods and failing schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Crick could then buckle down to his thesis task of investigating the ways that hemoglobin crystals shrink when they are placed in salt solutions of different density. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If there was no solution, well then now there was no problem, either. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I having little strength in calculation at that age, Dr. 09-01 led me through the steps to a solution, which was some one hundred and seventy thousand miles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He moved quickly, erased some of Gillian’s work, laughed when he took part of the grid out, made some notes in the white space, and reworked the solution. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You still have tomorrow. Rest your mind for a day, and a solution might present itself.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As he looked into the dark recesses of the Maze, he searched his mind for a solution. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Today, many Americans say that skin color cannot be part of the solution. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The only solution is to have two parties,” Gay replied. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I was done, I arrived at a solution. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But this was not quite the brilliant solution it might have seemed, since F# and Q> were still - to stringed instruments, singers and some brass players - separate notes, albeit just a short distance apart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Clearly, then, the solution was to keep confining him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Imagined the solutions, x - 3 and x = -7, and felt a little better. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z What Maier found is that most people figured out those three solutions pretty easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was one thing to figure out a solution, though, and another to enter a place where she had just seen a buffalo torn apart. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With every other message I waited for the solution to come. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z One student even said, “Gangs don’t die, Ms. G, they multiply,” as if there was no solution in sight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The solution was six letters long, and Pigpen was six letters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Math makes sense. So maybe we could use numbers to express our problem and even the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But right away I thought I saw a solution. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Amity would not allow a schism; no one in Abnegation would be so selfish; Candor would argue until they found a common solution; and even Erudite would never do something so illogical. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was like being given a maths problem when your brain’s exhausted, and you know there’s some far-off solution, but you can’t work up the energy even to give it a go. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The salient policy question was clear: Should the United States declare war on France or seek a diplomatic solution? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z While I pondered the problem and tried to figure out a solution, I came across a letter in the church’s archives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Luckily, I have an excellent solution,” he declared. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d daydreamed about it, but in all of that, no one was looking to him for solutions, and he hadn’t been looking to himself for them, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There we would cast our sufferings aside and intelligently discuss solutions to the problems facing children in our various countries. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When she had stamped out every ray of hope, destroyed their lives completely, like a fairy godmother she presented them with a solution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The other solution was to reduce the number of divisions from nineteen to a more manageable twelve and to fudge the swallowing up of the pitches that were left; out. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They drove away leaving that name, Castor, hanging in the air like some horrible apparition, like the key to a lock, like the solution to an unsolved crime. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t know all the reasons for Cole’s anger, but we do know he’s out of control. Any solution found by this Circle must protect society and make Cole totally responsible for his actions.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My cynicism—which had been my protection against an America that had cast me out—slid from me and, timidly, I began to wonder if a solution of unity was possible. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, if I could just see his face again, I would also be able to see the solution that eluded me now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The obvious solution to my homelessness concerned me only briefly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While Southern whites—poor and rich alike—were utterly outraged by emancipation, there was no obvious solution to the dilemma they faced. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There had to be a solution to Muslim women having to layer their clothes to achieve their modest look. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And I know that the solution when it arrives will not be easy or simple. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z After a bomb threat was made at her school, they decided the safest solution was to move to another town. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s microchemists used hydrofluoric acid to reduce a solution made from the bombardment products and watched a minuscule quantity of pinkish material precipitate out: this was pure plutonium-239. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A solution of stunning simplicity had been found. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z No bolt of inspiration struck, and the bookstore didn’t magically offer up a solution as she’d hoped it would, but she was quite content to roam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Another solution is to use two plurals: If any clients call, tell them I’m out. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I came up with a solution, but I'd done enough physical labor for one day, and I was almost out of daylight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the inside, sharp smells—vinegar, alcohol, purple liquid iodine, red Mercurochrome solution, and soap—filled the air. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He wanted to understand the puzzle, without the iguana solution. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Only that you didn’t want him to give you the solution. It would puncture your ego to have a machine do what you couldn’t. Did you ask him?” she shot at Bogert. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And rather than picking up a pen and finding a solution, they turned to guns and bombs instead. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And there, at the base of the impregnable anchor, where smooth mesarthium met the stones it had crushed two hundred years ago underneath its awful weight, was the solution to Weep’s problem. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had to bite his lip and force himself not to cry out, so badly did the solution burn. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It was while puzzling over this problem that Bohr was struck by a solution and dashed off his famous paper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Father washed the spots with herbal solutions, but they made no difference. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He was given more of the coal solution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know it’s not my fault. All I’m doing is trying to look at things objectively and arrive at a solution to a very difficult situation.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We must come together—no matter what you believe in, no matter how you look—and find some concrete solutions to the problems of the ghetto. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z God worried over the problem for days and nights, until one day he stumbled across the solution: He would send to Africa his other children in Europe, who already knew the Word. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Our problem and the solution for our project are buried in these papers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But Erudite scientists developed this highly effective mineral solution a while hack. It was better for the plants than dirt,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After several hours of discussing alternative solutions, he offered to supply the class with a set of computers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z All the potential solutions are far too unpredictable to be usable. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Is your father the cause of the emergency, or the solution to it?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The solution involved another type of invisible change. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For some time she had measured the extent of her pridefulness, but she could not find any way to remedy it because the more she thought of solutions the less rational they seemed to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z With no help from Luma or any other adult, the boys quickly worked out a solution. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “It is my belief God sends the solution first and the problem later,” replied Dr. Javid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The addition of the ion was critical: with the solution supplemented with magnesium, the ribosome remained glued together, and Brenner and Jacob finally purified a minuscule amount of the messenger molecule out of bacterial cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The solution to the structure was bringing genuine happiness to Bragg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Every problem is a solution in disguise,” Shanti said, echoing one of the Miss Teen Dream manual’s affirmations. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It is the best solution he can come up with, knowing that in a few weeks the circus will be hundreds of miles away, leaving him alone in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is my hope that the harsh reality described in this report is now clear enough that we can begin talking about solutions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “It won’t let us enter the word PUSH,” Thomas said absently, not really speaking to Chuck but trying to think of a solution . The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When he was awake, he made himself drink the bitter solution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Then we’ll go into the Dark World. We’ll find a way to contact him. We can figure out a solution to this.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Though the solutions he’ll go on to propose differ substantially, Obama’s account of America’s situation there is not all that different from what his Republican opponents would have acknowledged. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She might have to wait until they were out of the Ice Court to find a solution, but she could at least count on Matthias to help her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The solution to these problems, once brass valves were perfected, was to add a few valves to the instrument; three is usually enough. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Instead of trying to measure the area inside a parabola as the Greeks did, early algebraists sought to find the solutions to equations that encode relationships between different numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “If any text appeared which needed solution, it was our business to solve it if possible,” she later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He must not move too quickly; he knew that the solution was there waiting to be found, if only he had time, time, more time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Modern Americans have lost the solution to the omnivore’s dilemma and today the problem is bigger than it has ever been. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The quandary deepened in mid-1950, when it became evident that the solution to a vexing technical issue in hydrogen bomb design rested on the collaborative work of Teller and the Polish mathematician Stanislaw Ulam. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And though the solution to this mystery was, to my young mind, occulted, yet did 1 know where it lay: behind the forbidden door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was only when the fire chief asked where they would be staying that Mrs. Richardson saw the obvious solution. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I failed to see the hissy S as a solution to the problem and continued to talk normally, at least at home, where my lazy tongue fell upon equally lazy ears. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The most inventive solution to these questions was the simplest: it dispensed of code altogether. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A more graceful solution would be to rewrite the sentence completely. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent has a solution: he will take S. He would rather not marry her, but if he has to, he will. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “NASA must be working on a solution day and night.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The only true worid solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The signs said “WHAT solutions, Mayor Cole?” and “We want ANSWERS!” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, they would stumble on the solution. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I love that her solution to everything is to tell the truth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I think for a moment what I do know of herbicides, ranging from less toxic solutions like vinegar, salt, and dish soap to something like Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We must have new solutions to new problems. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a child, she drove me so crazy that I decided the only solution was to run away from home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I would watch them with an aching heart, firmly convinced that they were being duped; but if I had been asked to give them another solution for their problems, I would not have known how. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the solution they hoped it would be. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mother’s solution lay in the bottom of the trunk in our chamber. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might come up with a solution to the problem that doesn’t involve destruction.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After giving the matter a great deal of thought, Penelope came upon what she felt was an ingenious solution. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I see,” he said, “that I shall have to give my second solution. But do not abandon this one too abruptly. You may agree with it later.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother put a dilute solution of vinegar in a Flit gun and misted everything. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On the West Coast, however, Ernest Lawrence was developing his own solution to the agency’s dilemma. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After our parents refused to intervene—“Your car, your solution,” they said—I asked Auntie Buzz to mediate. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If Latin offered no perfect solution, what about Greek? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It settled out of solution in a white “fibrous substance...that wraps itself about a glass rod like a thread on a spool.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “My very thought. ... Perhaps you might give me some time to consider a solution? In the meantime, allow us to conduct you into our company, so you might meet our academicians.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I simply told them that they must tell their people that there can be no peace and no solution to the situation in South Africa without sitting down with the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This leaves us with a very innocent-looking equation, 4x + 12 = 0, but the solution to that equation is now –3, a negative number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When Dad was tucking me in that night and we were talking about the book, I asked if he could think of a solution to that problem. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z To see my solution working, functioning, on the screen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sterilization would be a more definitive strategy, a superior solution. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Run along now and have your cup of caffeine solution, dear,” she said to the other nurse. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the mid-1960s that a solution to the programming problem emerged. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The solution is for a variety of people to write about mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He hopes his brother will see his own way to the solution, but he should remember that their father loves him more than this woman does. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If I had been in her position, I thought, I would never even have noticed the problem, let alone come up with such a quick solution. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you looking at me for some easy solution?” she asks, rustling in the bag until she finds a pack of bubble gum. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Instead, it is usually preceded by a long gestation period in which all the hard work is done without finding the key to the solution to the problem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the answer became clear, and he felt silly that he hadn’t seen the solution immediately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And he actually had come up with a good solution: he would ask Darkness to make another communication stone and use the second one to learn the songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t think tea is the solution,” I say slowly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Nita said it would trigger a backup security measure if they did, but it seemed like the most obvious solution to their problem, to me.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A prisoner assisting the doctor gave Jack a bitter solution of coal ground up with water to drink. he whispered. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The solution seemed obvious to me: The worms always came when it rained, and it was easy enough to make some rain for them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The solution is simple if you know whom you are looking for. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposing forces in every school district in the country were left to work out their own solutions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Then you know of nothing on her mind, you can’t suggest a solution, Mrs. Danvers? Those words ‘I have something to tell you,’ do not convey anything to you at all?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was talk now among the directors of seeking a $10 million appropriation from Congress, but the only immediate solution was to reduce expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Then,” said Poirot, “having placed my solution before you, I have the honour to retire from the case...” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Some individuals took the narrow view, insisting that the culpability and the solution lay with the mobs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A bag of salt was sent for from the kitchen to be mixed into a solution that would be applied to the prisoners' legs and partially shaved head. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I came up with a solution, but . . . remember when I burned rocket fuel in the Hab? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The solution he provided was to have Hungry Joe fly the courier ship once a week, removing him from the squadron for four nights, and the remedy, like all Colonel Korn’s remedies, was successful. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Gaur believed in finding solutions rather than in spouting theory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z O for a simple solution to this one! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They produced two identical solutions: The letter, addressed to General Gage, contained reports on Washington’s military plans and on the strength of the Continental Army. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a solution out there with your name written on it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This could provide a solution to the problem, raised earlier, of why different regions in the early universe have the same properties. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The city had no plan for a water shortage, and no real solution was found either. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z No bolt of inspiration struck, and the bookstore didn’t magically offer up a solution as she’d hoped it would, but she was quite content to roam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As he drew the bat out of his pack so he could find the tape, he realized that the solution was in his hand. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some inventor finally comes up with a solution superior to the existing, unsatisfactory technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because no other options occur to me, I return to school—a temporary solution at best. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He held it up between his thumb and forefinger and said, "Dear friends, may I present you with the final solution?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The best solution he could see would mean dispatching her to Eastwatch and asking Cotter Pyke to put her on a ship to someplace across the sea, beyond the reach of all these quarrelsome kings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the short term it would help to provide a solution to the puzzle of the Michelson-Morley experiments in that it demonstrated that light needn’t be a wave after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Apparently, he thinks it’s important to teach students “dedication to long-term projects,” and this assignment is his grand solution. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A pair of economists who heard of this dilemma—it turned out to be a rather common one—offered a solution: fine the tardy parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I have a solution,” said Bull, “and I hope that it meets with your approval.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Everything in Ranofer fought frantically against its closing, so frantically that his racing mind found a solution. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The solution frightened him, it came so quickly to his mind and so glibly to his tongue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Substitute 3 for x in the above equation and you will quickly see that the equation is satisfied; 3 is a solution for the equation 4x – 12 = 0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But it also suggested a solution to the central question in embryogenesis: How can thousands of cell types arise from an embryo out of the same set of genes? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Lister recommended that doctors put a diluted carbolic acid solution on wounds after injury or surgery and also soak bandages and dressings in the chemical. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In their hands, they hold scrubbing brushes and some kind of liquid solution. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Since firing two pieces of plutonium together inside a gun was too slow, the only solution, they reluctantly decided, was to blast the pieces of pluto nium together with explosives—a process known as “implosion.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some attach their eggs to a caterpillar by means of a sticky solution; on hatching, the larval parasite bores through the skin of the host. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I know Joseph needs you to help with the boys. They could stay here with us. And Nell. This way Nell can stay with us, too. It’s the perfect solution.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A compromise seemed to be the best solution. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could remember the man screaming as the solution hit him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In China there were solutions for what to do with little girls who ate up food and threw tantrums. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Foege was one of the people responsible for the eradication of smallpox in the world and was known to favor unconventional solutions to supposedly impossible problems. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z As your company uses the online business tools offered by Salesforce.com to make your work flow, your business process team may come up with a customized solution that works really well for you and your clients. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “The solution is to drop out,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z You can then turn around and offer that solution back to the Salesforce.com platform as a tool others might want to use—for free, or you can get a fee for your business process innovation. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “What about that Miss Roberta? Way she make you sit at the kitchen table while she try out her new hair dye solution on you?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Equal temperament, or the ‘well-tempered’ keyboard, wasn’t perfect, but it was a practical solution to what had hitherto seemed intractable problems. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Yet this morning a solution was here before him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Sure enough, after he did that, most people suddenly said aha! and came up with the pendulum solution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He signaled an assistant manager, perhaps by telepathy, and all together we worked out a solution. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it hit him: Kyle Keeley’s team bad to be working on some other solution to the bigger puzzle of how to escape from the library. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The questions had no answers, the problem no solution. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The best solution to that problem is to give Max an earpiece. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He carried his shoes and socks in his hands, and his toes had been painted with gentian-violet solution, too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Professional historians still disagree about the solution; most are no longer even asking the question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Newcomb worked alongside Director of the Geological Survey, John Wesley Powell, who had engineering training, to find a solution that improved on Jennings’s basic design. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Crack Stress of Airplane Bodies by Computer Analysis” — he was looking for a numerical solution to analytically insoluble equations. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The solution is simple: Be unafraid of living. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The Godel solution and the cosmic string space-time start out so distorted that travel into the past was always possible. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It took ten minutes for him to re-create the solution he’d figured out with Mr. Keeney, this time factoring in the actual spacing between the two rock pillars which had been missing until now. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Swirling the solution a bit, she exited the barn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Colonel Jacobs pondered this and came up with a solution: I could wear long trousers and have my own food, if I agreed to be put in isolation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And later he observed that it was exactly in solutions like hers that a person could see how well they Changs were going to do in their new life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot, like the Queen, was shocked by the solutions of Bors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s another solution: We watched as the surgeon miraculously operated with a plastic spoon. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And he looked at me and said, ‘Marie, listen, it’s got to be these guys, has to, that’s the only logical solution.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the solution at last: There was a way to have Malfoy followed — how could he have forgotten, why hadn’t he thought of it before? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But the fourth solution—to swing one rope back and forth like a pendulum and then grab hold of the other rope—occurred to only a few people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When the solution finally occurred to me, more than an hour had gone by.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There are two characteristic forms that natural philosophy takes in the Middle Ages: one is the commentary on Aristotle; the other is the collection of quaestiones, of problems to which there is no agreed solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It would be Heisenberg and his mentor, the soft-spoken but rigorously logical Dane Niels Bohr, who finally divined the solution, in a process Heisenberg likened to watching an object emerge from a thick fog. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “And when they are ready, they will make proposals toward a solution.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m okay because I have a plan and a solution: I’m going to kill myself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There are four possible solutions to this problem. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He was perfecting a technique by which the gold could be leached out of the rock by processing it with a cyanide solution. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Actually the solution already existed—he just needed to hear about it. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Her steel-trap mind knew a beautiful solution when it saw one. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I had no idea if he’d borrowed any of the puzzles from them too, but I’d studied the games and their solutions thoroughly, just to be safe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All the plans for gradual emancipation assumed that slavery was a moral and economic problem that demanded a political solution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Lastly, prison is hardly a cheap solution: it costs about $25,000 a year to keep someone incarcerated. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To Kaori, the solution was clear: overcome your fears, and the nightmares go away. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Powell shook him, “Wait, Mike, wait. Listen, I’ve got an idea. Jumping Jupiter, this is a fine time to get around to the simple solutions. Mike!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “But that’s when you plant seeds. We now understand better the struggle we face, and share the desire to find a solution. Let’s stand and hold hands again.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was a moment of euphoria for the minority community, until Shannon strongly hinted at a solution. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The clouds of Venus turn out to be chiefly a concentrated solution of sulfuric acid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each new message instructs me to try some new solution and report the results back. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in 1973, David Robinson at Kings College, London, used Carter’s and my results to show that the conjecture had been correct: such a black hole had indeed to be the Kerr solution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba, ever fearful of public ridicule, opted for a solution that would not provide material for malicious tongues, because he knew that his wife’s strange behavior was the target of local gossips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While most scientists at the conference agree that the global cooldown is being caused by the dimming of the sun, none can offer a viable solution to halt or reverse it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The solution to the problem of poor performance scores had been a new system of grading that would encourage students to stay in school as well as improve their self-esteem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had always taught him that there was a solution to every problem. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I might not have a solution for you—especially if it has to do with math. But you’ll feel better if you share your problems. I promise.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Anya searched her brain for a solution, and she found a weak one quickly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The only solution was to stay away from the thicket. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As 7th graders, you will work in teams of 3 or 4 students to identify a need in your community and a solution. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was pinched perspiringly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At a time when many middle-class children and parents grow distant, apart, no longer speak, romantic solutions appeal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had endeavoured to see through the maze of conflicting particulars to a clear and outstanding solution. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s possible that Mr. Lemoncello left a couple different paths to the same solution.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z There may be some convergent evolution because there may be only one best solution to a certain environmental problem— something like two eyes, for example, for binocular vision at optical frequencies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The method involved injecting a solution of beef broth, milk, whiskey, egg yolks, and opium into his rectum. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The only solution was to throw them over the top of the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked to rummage through the messages on her desk, and he sometimes contributed to solutions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When the administration said, “If you don’t give these students grades, they will all fail,” Morrie had a solution: “Let’s give them all A’s.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That they’d have to inject her with a saline solution to expel her baby’s remains. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Grandpa put the bubble solution away, the fairies gradually dispersed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She is always in motion, impatient to find solutions to problems. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Just before waking, the solution came to Bobby as a kind of apparition. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But like many innovations, the solution is remarkable not for its inherent difficulty, but because it took one remarkable mind to apprehend its power. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for “chronic halitosis”—a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The salad’s grilled chicken breast is injected with a “flavor solution” that’s also full of corn products. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z If he placed his faith in Christ and used whatever brain cells he had left, the solution would come to him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She didn’t know how to start decoding this—not that she wanted to solve it or would turn in her solution if she figured it out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Of all the things I thought could go wrong, this was not one of them. We have no solution for this.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Every single solution rose up quickly, its hand in the air—promising to be the answer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Drought indeed stressed the system, but the societal disintegration in the south was due not to surpassing inherent ecological limits but the political failure to find solutions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It seemed like such an easy solution, to just get over it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Everyone in the neighborhood was so full of their own cleverness at having jury-rigged a solution to the Tap-Out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He needs more meat!” is my father’s instant solution, attacking my mom’s attempts to vegan-ize us. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The carbolic acid solution was too weak to kill bacteria, and the procedure only introduced more microbes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Within a few days, he proposed a solution: the protons were disintegration products not of the targets but of the deutons themselves, which were “exploding” upon contact with the atomic nuclei. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This was an unexpected solution to my trouble. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mount Carmel, with its strong Catholic-league basketball team and rigorous curriculum, had seemed the best solution—worth the thousands of dollars it was costing my parents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The only solution he said, was to “extirpate, utterly, if possible” the Indigenous peoples who pushed back against settlements. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Marigold’s eyes scanned the room for another solution. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But the animal keeper had the solution: leather pouches that would enclose the cub’s feet and keep his child safe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Before looking at the solutions, check your own answers to make sure that the answers you get for step 2 and step 4 are in agreement with each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They patiently waited for the campaign to get back to the greater good of forging practical solutions to massive problems, but that shift never took place. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this was particularly an affliction; or rather, it appeared so only in retrospect, once a solution had been found. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The pain was intense, and Zeitoun’s cage mates tried to help, to come up with a solution—anything sharp to use on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “That will be the solution, Captain Balan, no doubt” The silence fell again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So he decided that the only solution, if one wanted to retain the right ratio between water and land, was to break up the land and scatter it across the surface of the waters. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But there’s no other solution we’ve come up with that doesn’t involve death—or at least the chance of it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep the public informed, Brown arranged a solution with reporters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “But he’s writing a book . . .” “That oughtn’t interfere with his book,” she said, sliding easily into a verbal solution of my problem. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Under particular circumstances there may be an economic or institutional investment in a bad solution that allows it to persist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The division would be associated with lunar orbit rendezvous, one of the most ingenious and elegant solutions to the challenge of propelling extraordinarily heavy objects on the several-hundred-thousand-mile journey to the Moon and back. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As the person responsible for seeking solutions to housing problems, she had reached her limit of tolerance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Send your wife up to the wedding,” exclaimed the Doctor, foreseeing a happy solution. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The spray — one- half pound of DDT to the acre in a solution of oil — filtered down through the balsam forests and some of it finally reached the ground and the flowing streams. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He absorbed the details of every problem instinctively, formulated a solution or a path to the solution as he listened, and moved rapidly on to the next item. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Because he believed that the quickest way to ruin a horse was to overwork him, Smith resorted to creative solutions to overcome Seabiscuit’s weight problem. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled the permanent wave solution as soon as he opened the door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I stare at my solution, lost in the beauty of it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “He might be able to ‘whip up a solution’ to this problem.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Still unaware of what caused the noise, Wilson and Penzias phoned Dicke at Princeton and described their problem to him in the hope that he might suggest a solution. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As we stop to rest and drink water, I try to work out a solution. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z This was a delicate process, and the sheet could only remain in the solution a minute; too long a soak resulted in the paper breaking down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I was bemoaning our plight internally again when I saw Pita, disheveled in her best Sunday dress, and realized we’d had the solution all along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Studying them by the hundreds, and then by the thousands, Elizebeth and William devised new tests and tables and shortcuts that helped them to find patterns and solutions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was clearly the best solution to the problem, but instead we went to the half-price ticket booth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In fact, when I was away in the Alps he had spent a week trying to prove experimentally that in water solutions there were attractive forces between adenine and thymine, and between guanine and cytosine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But Swift was interested in a different solution. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “What I’m saying is, there is no solution.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The problem whose attempted solution has brought such a train of disaster in its wake is an accompaniment of our modern way of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It has become part of the problem, not part of the solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Nor was it a satisfactory solution to keep the masses in poverty by restricting the output of goods. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z One person’s infirmity can be a teammate’s extra burden; there’s a constant traffic in herbal and over-the-counter solutions to pain. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The solutions that Sumerians invented before 3000 B.C. were reinvented, halfway around the world, by early Mesoamerican Indians before 600 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And the solution was the extra EVA suit I brought along. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a need, without ever exactly announcing it to herself, to conceal her solution to the grocery problem. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Einstein solved this quandary—the puzzle of the photoelectric effect—but his solution was even more revolutionary than Planck’s hypothesis. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I explained that Quentin and I believed we had a solution to the erosion in our nozzles, but it would require machine work beyond our capabilities. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their solution was a small "collar" that could be attached to the cable—but it would have to be placed carefully, and by hand. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A city with trouble, where people argued over solutions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dieldrin, named for a German chemist, Diels, is about 5 times as toxic as DDT when swallowed but 40 times as toxic when absorbed through the skin in solution. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The time-honored solution is to create an outline, which is just a tree lying on its side, its branches marked by indentations, dashes, bullets, or Roman and Arabic numerals, rather than by forking line segments. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sticky, who still felt sensitive about his performance in the maze, said, “I wouldn’t say I did brilliantly. I didn’t figure out the solution or find a shortcut, I just stumbled around like a twit.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Gagging sporadically, the volunteer patiently scraped out the corpses, cooked up another sugar solution, and rehung the feeder, although already he was beginning to despair of ever attracting a hummingbird to his humble, accursed digs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Only by “cooperation and close collaboration of all concerned could the solution possibly have been reached,” he wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He said that the instruments, tubing, and solutions used to wash out Garfield's wound each day were disinfected as Lister recommended. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “If he really has a solution, he should have told us. He shouldn’t pretend he has solutions when he doesn’t.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To return to the agricultural past, as some thinkers about the beginning of the twentieth century dreamed of doing, was not a practical solution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “The clue said his first idea might be our best solution.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Some solution that would never even occur to me without her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So even while mean-tone tuning was enjoying great popularity, some composers and musicians were searching for other solutions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And then the solution hit him, so ridiculously simple that he laughed out loud. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I lost the bet on a technicality because examples were produced of solutions with a singularity that was visible from a long way away. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As with the locked-room mystery, if we can find one solution, then we have found the solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And just like that, I see the solution play out in my mind, complete with the MacGyver sound track: Nino Carlitos walks through the doorway, eager to press against me, but this time I’m ready. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, there is a third kind of solution, in which the universe is expanding only just fast enough to avoid recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Colorblindness, though widely touted as the solution, is actually the problem. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When Bernoulli saw the solution, he commented, “We recognize the lion by his claw.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no doubt that other solutions would present themselves as clearly to my sight. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This seems the easiest solution until, stopped in his tracks, he remembers that he has no phone and that turning around and crawling back through Ada Taylor’s window is out of the question. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Previous astronomers would have rejected this solution because it did not involve circular movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Never mind. I could use a salt solution, I guess.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The only solution was to hit Cole harder, and that hadn’t helped, either. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Before my students found the safety of Room 203, many saw violence as a solution. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The beans provided a more hopeful solution to the problem of food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a solution to this, I know there is, if I can only focus hard enough. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Immediately we could see that the solution to DNA might be more tricky than that of the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Soon she also came up with a solution to her publicity problems. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Both Senator Kennedy and Senator Humphrey thought they had the solution for West Virginia: active assistance from the federal government in the form of free food, with federal-government jobs to follow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia was content with that solution, but Penelope had to bite her lip not to comment as the little girl explained its new living situation to the attentively chirruping squirrel. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The solution was six letters long, and Pigpen was six letters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now he faced the possibility that Linus’ solution would be no better and yet he would get all the credit for the coiled coils. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The air smells musty, like the pages of a library book mixed with cleaning solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If the rotation is zero, the black hole is perfectly round and the solution is identical to the Schwarzschild solution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When this solution was relayed to Fischer; he demanded that his clock be set back to its original time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Vietnamization would show the North Vietnamese he was serious about working out a diplomatic solution, and at the same time assure Americans the war would soon be over. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z My hands felt like they’d fallen asleep with the story still tingling inside of them, and I shook them as I searched for a solution. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The first stop was an enormous stainless-steel tub filled with a solution of diluted bleach. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Naomi couldn’t imagine what solution Henry planned to offer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d wanted to tell Commander Jameson what the easiest solution would be—to simply round up everyone in the Lake sector whose doors are marked. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “All right, all right! It was the only thing I could think of! What’s your solution, then?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It’s really not much of a solution,” Grandma went on. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, she hadn’t found a link to Parker and the actual construction of the tennis courts at Vickers Park in 1985, but she couldn’t see any other solution. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The U.S. embassy is the problem, not the solution,” he muttered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Society adopts the solution if it is compatible with the society’s values and other technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My old, familiar panic is rising up again, the terror of seeing the wall go up between the problem and the solution. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I think some more about everything Nora and I have talked about, and the solution is obvious. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The solution was, after all, really a physical one: producing Mr. Reilly in the abundant flesh. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My solution is this: If I see wrongs I can’t right I call the cops and roll on. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Otto could consult his pad for a possible solution, a mighty racket sounded outside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Root swabbed his eye with a cleansing solution. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But Homo sapiens, whose body was adapted to living in the African savannah rather than in the lands of snow and ice, devised ingenious solutions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The best solution was to become a singer and leave the instruments to other people. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The ones that didn’t actually have any solutions? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As he watched her across the garden, playing tag at a slow pace because she had Furball in her side bag, the solution came to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The solution was so beautiful that it could not possibly be wrong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It was an obvious and very good solution to my difficulty. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As they met daily with the leaders of the new union, it seemed that this solution might be possible. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The only solution to the problem is ingenious: transform a molecule from a solution to a crystal—and its atoms are instantly locked into position. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If an IV solution normally used in hospitals and at the scene of accidents was now being used during the halftime of a high school football game to ease complaints of exhaustion, so be it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think tea is really the solution to this.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Once she had a key, it took her only seconds to figure out the solution to the Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I had no hair to wash, because the shower also dispensed a nontoxic hair-removing solution that I rubbed all over my face and body. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Of course, the ideal solution would be for you to Transfigure yourself into a submarine or something,” Hermione said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was only one solution: we had to drive by his house on the other side of town and see what the guy was hiding. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Give me a solution for this, then: motel rooms have doors. We don’t have opposable thumbs. We have paws. We can’t grasp and turn a doorknob.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “The next official step is negotiation. And finally, when the eight-hour time limit is about to run out, and if no solution can be reached, a bio-bomb is detonated, contained by the time-field.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I also wished to send a message to the government that while I rejected its offer because of the conditions attached to it, I nevertheless thought negotiation, not war, was the path to a solution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her solution was to insist on vertical seating—an imaginary line drawn from the front of an auditorium to the topmost balcony, giving both races separate but equal seating opportunities. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The kids watched her, hoping she might have the perfect solution for them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was one thing if you were using a handful of plastic pieces to find solutions to a puzzle; it was another if you felt like you’d fallen inside a puzzle and couldn’t get out. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z One solution after another was proposed and shot down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Pollard’s injuries, involving fragmented bones that ground together each time he moved, were agonizing, and medicine offered few practical solutions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the newest sets, Werner can usually puzzle out a solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If there was no solution from Elizebeth before Christmas, Andresen felt “bound” to give the tiger skin to his wife instead. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What if the solution to the structure of DNA could be achieved by the same “tricks” that Pauling had pulled? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But a real school was so messy and random that solutions sometimes fell into place by sheer luck. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I added up the dates, but the solution doesn’t make sense. I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After several weeks, they had worked out solutions for a third of the possible settings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was only one solution: she would divorce her husband and marry his nephew. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Excitement spread, Clock Watchers awaiting solutions they so eagerly craved. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But this is not a complete or final solution, for a zero tolerance on paper is of little value. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The officers silently accepted the assistance of the inmates, but none of them could come up with a solution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As I moped about this morning, feeling sorry for myself, it occurred to me, like a simple solution to an impossible problem: today is the day I’ve been waiting for. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Paul told the leadership to allow Wells-Barnett to join the parade, thinking she could figure out a solution when the time came. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My solution was to stop leaving the house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In Mendel’s paper, de Vries discovered a solution to his question, a perfect corroboration of his experiments—and a challenge to his originality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If Newt and the others hadn’t been able to solve the Maze after two years of searching, it seemed impossible there could actually be a solution. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Here's the solution: Hydrogen is dangerous because it can blow up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had removed the cash drawer so that it wouldn’t be endlessly launching itself into his midsection; the simplicity of his solution pleased him too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Department of Agriculture, in a Home and Garden Bulletin, advises us to spray our clothing with oil solutions of DDT, dieldrin, chlordane, or any of several other moth killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A solution appeared in the late afternoon in a most unexpected way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It is only a likely possibility, given that he wrote about the problem, and that a solution promptly followed his arrival in Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Olanna was disappointed, but he was a priest after all and this had to be his solution: Seek God. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Surely, her father would come up with a clever legal solution, Elizabeth had assumed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The ingenious property of the gene was that it offered a potential solution to all these problems in a single sweep. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z With a three-by-three grid and the numbers one to nine, the solution was always fifteen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “How many years until moving cities becomes insufficient? What is the solution beyond that? Changing our names? I...I do not enjoy being forced into such deceptions.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I want to focus on the solution, not the problem. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But the more she talked to him, the more Mrs. Frisby became convinced that he would produce no solution to her problem. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Sybil didn’t want to move west and leave her home, which everyone assumed to be Lander’s solution. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then went on to demand the ‘solution’ of affirmative action, thereby repeating the mistake of claiming benefits for the relative few because of the absence of the many. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Love is the key to the solution of the problems of the world. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The economists decided to test their solution by conducting a study of ten day-care centers in Haifa, Israel. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Once she had a key, it took her only seconds to figure out the solution to the Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Because, she thought, there really was no solution. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The Americans recognized the ANC as an indispensable element of any solution in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer’s solution was to plant a false, but believable, story about what was happening at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fadi gently pulled out the print and shook it to get rid of the solution. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “A military solution to the problem is not certain,” he told the group. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I stay as hidden as possible at the edge of the room, between two large plants that are suspended in mineral solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I feel the kind of relief that follows an actual solution. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But Haupt wasn't thinking about Hitler's final solution plan as he made his way down the street. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Glancing at the hole by my side gave me the solution to my problem. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every outcome has its cause, and every predicament has its solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Another solution would be to become farmers, like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbie followed these directions, cleaned about a quarter pound of dead ants from the hummingbird feeder, and poured in a fresh sugarwater solution. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not ready to talk about my solution to the choir problem. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It was the economist Milton Friedman who helped come up with a solution to this one: automatic tax withholding from employees’ paychecks. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Grandma’s solution to keeping us busy was setting up what she called a House Systems Program. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But to me it doesn’t feel like she’s suggesting a solution to our problem. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “But Communists don’t believe in ghosts,” Estha said, as though they were continuing a discourse investigating solutions to the ghost problem. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All there is in life is questions and temporary solutions, and even though this was a major solution—it will always stir up questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There is, then, a whole battery of armaments available to the forester who is willing to look for permanent solutions that preserve and strengthen the natural relations in the forest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I believe we have come up with a fine, equitable solution to the situation,” said Mr. Stonecrop. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z James had included a fake solution among the pages he pretended to drop in the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His solution may not always be pretty—it may involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the violation of civil liberties—but the original problem, rest assured, will be fixed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Moss stood from the desk, heart thumping, mind reeling, and the solution came to him suddenly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After they were gone he still wondered what it was about this mute—and in the early dawn when he lay in bed he turned over questions and solutions in his mind without satisfaction. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The promise was kept but the solution was a disaster. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z His solution didn’t look like anything in my textbook. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I was...‘a loner’ as far as any assistance in the solution of secret messages was concerned,” she later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Every afternoon the Washington boys were compelled to choke down first a glass of a chalky-tasting pink calcium solution, then a glass of Knox Sparkling Gelatine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And one word summed up the whole solution: teach. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The simplicity of this solution struck Kat and me at once. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It meant, Mrs. Frisby realized, that she, too, could see no solution to the problem. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z With the optimism of ignorance I thought that the morning was bound to bring a more pleasant solution. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The public offered solutions for dealing with the bullet. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For instance, x2 – 1 = 0 has two solutions: 1 and –1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many otherwise decent men and women could find no other solution. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should have come up with a solution,” he told me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My mom’s solution to my predicament was to make me drink gallons of water—one painful glass at a time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z James had included a fake solution among the pages he pretended to drop in the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The solution is to pull not only two slots leftward, giving us the pleasing symmetry between helped him and freed him. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Yet Clear Lake is typical of a large and growing number of situations where solution of an obvious and often trivial problem creates a far more serious but conveniently less tangible one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I was energized now that a solution was within sight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Printing created a community of astronomers working on common problems with common methods and reaching agreed solutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Which was the solution to a very huge problem in the Beale household. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had noticed that none of the other squadron commanders ever mentioned this secondary responsibility, but once Bull thought about it, he hunted about for a satisfactory solution. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe not a solution, but an answer to Mom’s question. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It took more than a century to solve the problem, but in the course of that century steady progress was made towards a solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For a while she’d given my hair a permanent every few months, but something about the permanent solution made my hair fall out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z That, he must remember, was Jimmy’s “solution,” and Fern’s, too. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The solution is to wrap them: their shoes are wrapped in plastic booties, their bodies in white nylon lint-free jump suits, their hair in nylon caps, and their hands in gloves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking dreams away is the problem, making them happen is the solution. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But I am a hopeful person, and therefore when I see problems, I will always think about solutions. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I figure the scientists are working on solutions. And the government. If we get electricity back, that’ll make things better right there.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Third, there must be ways of establishing priority—Tartaglia’s coded poem is a device to demonstrate that he already has the solution even though he is keeping it secret. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You and I both know how hypothetical this solution is. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Butterfield’s solution was to advise historians to make the past their present. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Speaking broadly, their solution was not to clear the forest but to replace it with one adapted to human use. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He thrived on solving complex problems, prided himself on coming up with novel solutions, the kinds of things other people would never think of in a million years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was while watching an episode of Vampire Prom 2 that Nicole saw the commercial for Miss Teen Dream and figured out the perfect solution to her problem: pageants. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The sentimental solution would be ideal: to remain a liberal Catholic and to worship at a traditional mass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I told Dali-wonga, separate development was a spurious solution to a problem that whites had no idea how to control. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It seems like an extreme solution to jump to immediately,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z For a moment, we all stand under the tent, waiting for Ma to come up with a solution. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But the unknowns of an explosive powder mixed with the toxic solution are too risky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There would appear to be a straightforward solution to this puzzle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If there’s a law on the books that says that black people can’t drink at the same water fountains as white people, the obvious solution is to change the law. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He was sure that once she was in Vancouver, the full solution would come to her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “When you say remedies, do you mean your solutions, your infusions, or your suspensions?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In order to clear it, my solution was to stay away from it and fly solo. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a minute, the Colonel had the best solution either of us would ever come up with. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It was William who stuck with the problem—and stunned everyone by finding the solution. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z |
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