| 单词 | specific |
| 例句 | “Be more specific, Nate,” Libby says, clicking away at her computer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z For instance, the reaction time grows if the person must make a choice, or engage a particular motor skill, like pressing a specific button. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was a peculiar servant, and had no specific duties within the domestic hierarchy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the task of casting such a work calls for a specific image in an audience’s mind.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Such a system set the stage for explosive increases in specific insect populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Massari had not previously been involved in theater, but was driven to seek a specific role—he wanted to be Jesus. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I’d taken a day off from visiting Augustus because I was feeling a bit unwell myself: nothing specific, just tired. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Her e-mail was warm, but too short, telling him she was excited and nervous about leaving her life and moving back home, but there were no specifics. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Some scholars believe, based on the available data, that black males may suffer more discrimination—not less—when specific criminal history information is not available. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I could feel the empty space where the memories used to be, but everything else, the specifics...they were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Hence social scientists continue to debate the specific reasons why receptivity changed in Islam, China, and Europe, and why the Chimbus, Ibos, and Navajo were more receptive to new technology than were their neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Booth leans down from his horse to hand him the envelope and gives him specific instructions to mail it the next morning. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It introduced the index as a ready route to the location of information on specific texts, to make it easier to set one authority against another. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is important to remember when discussing these types of music that it does not matter what specific note the modal scale starts on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her idea was more specific, so I agreed to go along with it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Some specific consequences of these barriers within the Americas deserve mention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of the two talks Farmer was scheduled to deliver, one was for clinicians about the specifics of treating AIDS, and the other was more general, about poverty and inequality, especially in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Indigenous peoples sustained their populations not only by adapting to their specific natural environments but also by changing their environments to meet their needs. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Figure 3.7: There is a whole set of standing waves, called harmonics, that will fit into any 11container11 of a specific length. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She could never figure out the specifics, but the one thing she had always known was that she would get the Book back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But how lucky, when you think about it, that these diseases are at least species specific. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Consumer Reports put together a panel of food experts and had them rank forty-four different brands of strawberry jam from top to bottom according to very specific measures of texture and taste. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They didn’t have a skill specific to the urban economy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When our powers of rapid cognition go awry, they go awry for a very specific and consistent set of reasons, and those reasons can be identified and understood. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Every note must be specific and clear, she tells me for the tenth time, so the sound “flows like water over the listener.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “You have to give me the name of a specific taxi service,” she said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Gold asked Fuchs for specifics about his work in America. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is our thesis that the psychopathology of such murderers forms at least one specific syndrome which we shall describe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We even began to exchange theories and to discuss our interpretations of specific passages in the Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His insistence on being more precise than Archimedes goes back into his youth, when he had devised an instrument, the balincetta, which would make more exact measurements of specific gravities than any made before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “In fact, I’m surprised they’ve kept it going so long. The Capitol will adjust by deactivating specific pods and then manually triggering them when their targets come in range.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Herbert said, “Certainly,” but looked as if there were no specific consolation in this, and remained perplexed and dismayed. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Kendra did not think she had been given a specific reason, just that he had a desperate need. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Like the modal musics discussed above, individual Indian ragas are associated with specific moods. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “As you go from station to station, we’ve targeted specific skill areas we want you focusing on. Put in the extra work this afternoon.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Your Honor, this boy had no notion before he murdered, and he has none now, of having been wronged by any specific individuals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We still need to be more specific,” I say. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to be more specific and use Sugar Maple Tree, her very favorite, but Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle was a bit much even for her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z As instructed by her source, she and Greenwald waited outside a specific restaurant in a mall, watching for a man holding a Rubik’s Cube. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “In this case, in this very specific case, though, I agree with you. I think we should make the decision for ourselves.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Luke: a bit of a loser teen; for specifics, see above. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “You assure me that this is for a specific purpose.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Stalin didn’t mention any specific role for women. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These arrows are supposed to be straight and from a specific tree called a siteti. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They carry specific information in their surface receptors, presented in the form of a question: is there, anywhere out there, my particular molecular configuration? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It is interesting to note that the different keys in a well temperament tuning were sometimes considered to be aligned with specific colors and emotions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Recognizing faces sounds like a very specific process, but Schooler has shown that the implications of verbal overshadowing carry over to the way we solve much broader problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She spent whole days blending oils, making adjustments to achieve specific fragrances and attributes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I presumed she must have been given specific instructions because while we sizzled, she kneeled in front of David O’Neal, a popular junior boy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He’s so mad he has such a specific type of dude and never even noticed it for so long. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Garland snapped, “I think you’re right; it would seem we lack a specific talent you humans possess. I believe it’s called empathy.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He headed toward the lake for no specific reason, just because it was in front of him and he needed to keep moving. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A man who lived to serve—initially a specific people, then a nation, and eventually all people of the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The articles gave specific information on what our homes were like, our backgrounds, our hobbies, our aspirations—all there was to know about us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "The rover currently parses the signal into bytes, then identifies the specific sequence the Hab sends. That way, natural radio waves won't throw off the homing. If the bytes aren't right, the rover ignores them." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z According to him, once the Kuhani entered the hall, patrons would be busy making offerings and asking him to relay their specific prayer requests. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “The specifics in your examples are disturbing sometimes.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And I wrote always with a specific reader in mind. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your uncle Jimmy? Could you please be more specific?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z But when my mom told the doctor about the big concert, he had agreed to discharge Jeffrey with another specific warning to rush to the E.R. if anything didn’t seem right. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And exercising judgement requires a specific set of virtues, the virtues you would hope to find in a jury of your peers: impartiality, assiduity, sincerity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z According to that argument, we can tell that the universe has a creator because only an external agent could have designed and constructed it so that its different parts serve their specific functions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z People had hinted that I could qualify for the Olympic team, but no one, not even my coaches at the foundation, actually helped lay out a specific plan to help get me there. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Instead, Francis had the feeling that DNA replication involved specific attractive forces between the flat surfaces of the bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If you doubt that this is the case, consider the effect of the war on the ground, in specific locales. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Zimbardo’s conclusion was that there are specific situations so powerful that they can overwhelm our inherent predispositions. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A feather spell was a level two point five, which was probably above what Spares were capable of, although Seven wasn’t 100 percent sure what all the specific limitations were. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z All the other experiments made specific assumptions about gases that would be given off or taken in by the microbes, assumptions that were little more than guesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not only for a specific purpose,” corrected Stimson, “but a unique purpose.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted next considered four specific candidates: a site on the lakeshore above the Loop; two inland sites, one of which was Garfield Park on the western perimeter of the city; and of course Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “The specific connection that summons them is ethereal, a bond of blood, bone, and soul.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z That long yah sound was followed by a specific kind of howl from one of the dogs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in awe of the fact that a white woman from across the Atlantic Ocean, who had never been to my country, knew stories so specific to my tribe and upbringing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Second, there was a specific problem which people had long been aware of but which was usually brushed under the carpet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m gonna need you gentlemen to be a little more specific.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She wondered whether in sending his letter with its specific information he was trying to tell her that he knew the truth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z You can go outside for exercise and sunlight, but only at very specific times in your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The leprechaun is bound by certain rituals. Very specific rituals, I might add. We can use them to track one down.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Each subcommittee handled a specific duty, such as obtaining five hundred cords of wood before winter set in, cleaning the streets, or distributing cash to those in need. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “What I want to know is whether or not you have any specific plans for protecting our children.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need something soon. A week, at most. I’ll send Keenan to give you a specific date. Don't miss that meeting.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Amá doesn’t let me go anywhere unless I have a specific reason. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I do have a specific set of skills that appeals to him—I hunt criminals, I hack, I’m a Warcross fan who is very familiar with the game’s inner workings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Like most monumental sculpture, Apollo and Daphne was intended for a specific location. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Experimenters have to insist on the particularity of experience, but they also have to claim that general conclusions can be drawn from specific examples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Many in the Hattiesburg contingent had written back and forth about the specifics of their arrival. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z That person would signal with a specific three-note whistle as he approached. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she looked at me the way Mom did, as if she were searching for something specific. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It had happened thirty miles downstate, and the victims supposedly worked for the railroad, but nothing specific on top of that. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hamilton resisted the recommendation, arguing quite plausibly that such a specific proposal was inappropriate for an address designed to operate at a higher altitude. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Each would check the weather over a specific Japanese city—potential targets approved by President Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have no specific prophecy to offer you, but I can see glimpses of the future. I see the Athena Parthenos on Half-Blood Hill. I see her bringing it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Expert food tasters are taught a very specific vocabulary, which allows them to describe precisely their reactions to specific foods. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Each Xhosa belongs to a clan that traces its descent back to a specific forefather. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only specific people left on my list were Kerns and Dave, and both continued to be nowhere in terms of motive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Few of the ancient sources are very specific about these matters, as we would expect when speaking of one of the most visible and famous institutions of their times. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I guess I have a very specific type. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure Camel mentioned at least a couple of those, but I don’t remember the specifics. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When you arrived, you received no specific information about the inmate under observation—just the special-watch logbook, the only reading ma-terial the officer was allowed to have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted his agents to be a specific American type: Caucasian, lawyerly, professional. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But not just uncle, a specific uncle: your mother’s brother. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They were kind people with specific features, like a man with a blond beard, or a woman with a band of freckles across her nose and different-colored eyes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I dig through tissues, wrappers, and bits of paper until I finally find the pink flyer—the one that was on the door, giving the specifics of the community meeting. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I came to this conclusion after becoming personally involved in two specific incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. Because that answer isn’t specific enough.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Normally, HIV can infect only blood cells, but Axel had inserted a specific DNA sequence from a blood cell into HeLa cells, which made it possible for HIV to infect them as well. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Grandmère knew there were a couple of kids who had made my life miserable, for instance, but she didn’t know the specifics. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He balances the entire design on that one specific word Mr. Barris used. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is meaningless, therefore, to talk about the “safety” of any specific amount of residue. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The question is: Why would the Chandrian attack at that specific place and time?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were those who, in spite of repeated disciplinary action, would glean people with specific ethnic traits. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But the Website I’d found had been very specific about there being this huge parcel of oft- foreclosed land that no one had ever managed to develop. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It seemed as though whenever I reported anything to her, she would work herself up into a lather: I was seeing things; was I being too sensitive; did I have specific details? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Native Americans’ interactions with their environments were as diverse as Native Americans themselves, but they were always the product of a specific historical process. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was going to have to write specific letters to everyone. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Special days were set aside for suffragists who represented specific states, organizations, occupations, or schools. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He hurried up to his con, and Nailer, without any specific task, followed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Brother Rufus had a specific compound that he had invented some years back to deal with such emergencies as summer stings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The thing about Farsi is, it’s a very deep language: deeply specific, deeply poetic, deeply context-sensitive. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z You only get to make one first impression, unless the person you meet possesses a rare and specific kind of generosity. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I wonder if they, too, have received playing cards and firearms in their letter boxes or if they’ve had their own specific tools provided. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She’s never shared with me the specifics of what she thinks would happen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The fish bone fragments would be sent to a lab where they could hopefully identify the specific species of fish, giving clues to the shark’s whereabouts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Most of the doctors at that first meeting felt they did not know enough about the illness to give it a specific name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “She did warn us about the nagual. She just wasn’t very specific,” Juanita said, turning back to face the road ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His report made it to the desk of the head of the FBI's Counterespionage Section—but, lacking specifics that could spark an investigation, the official locked the report in an old safe in his office. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Someone started playing the organ, but I don’t think it was a specific song. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z During the second interview, Nathan even retracted baptism as a specific program, and suggested we might organize some kind of sprinkling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably should’ve asked you to be more specific about where we were going before driving an hour and a half to get here,” he says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Thirty-six states enacted laws that gave victims specific rights to participate in the trial process or to make victim impact statements. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The hour and minute hands had stopped at a specific time. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z In each one something specific is being done: food things, work things; customers and acquaintances are encountered, places entered. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “These situations can be very stressful, very difficult. We are looking for something so specific for E.T.: The Musical. It is a movie that is beloved across seas, and oceans.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But since there was no reason to rule out the participation of specific enzymes, I saw no need to be unduly disturbed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Ad Herennium is actually—and, to me, fascinatingly—almost insanely specific about how these backgrounds should be arranged in the mind’s eye. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When bacteria switched from glucose to lactose consumption, they induced specific lactose-digesting enzymes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He told me there was no specific reason. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Modes also may imply or suggest specific moods or they may be meant to have particular effects on the character of the listener. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Each controls a specific part of the train route and certain stations. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I know it’s not possible to feel a specific person’s presence. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg had given him specific instructions as to what to do with it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He’s not a specific man, with shoulders built strong on his father’s plow. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Ghost doesn’t give me any more specific orders, doesn’t even tell me to stop taking my tiny doses of poison. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Knowing how the story always went, Celaena lifted the candle to the arches above the portals, looking for any inscriptions regarding the sure death that would meet her if she walked beneath a specific arch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He finally suggested that a specific second-line therapy might be the sensible answer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “The next available viewing will be Thursday, May twenty-sixth, at eleven-thirty am,” the voice said, its tone changing with the specific time and date. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Of course, one seeks to provide a general, sustained service to one's employer, the value of which could never be reduced to a number of specific instances - such as that concerning Lord Halifax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Cereal has to be eaten in a specific way, so we did that first. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Each one had specific attributes, weapons, and speed capabilities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He would not believe that the Jesus Bible, with its absolutely prodigious abundance of words, gave no specific instructions to mothers of newborn twins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If I look in the box one more time, with a specific goal to learn nothing new, then how could she be mad? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Do any of the instruments actually make you think of specific shades of color, like fire-engine red or sky blue? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Like all the instruments on the panel, it relayed a specific message. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macromolecules or the attraction between similar chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Nina claimed it had something to do with glands, but Kaz didn’t care about the specifics as long as she showed up when he needed her and she paid Per Haskell his percentage on time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z An effective test-prep class—one that drills students repeatedly on the kinds of questions they will encounter on a specific test—can, in a given year, send test scores skyrocketing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z That genes could also be reproduced, recombined between chromosomes, and repaired by specific proteins, explained how cells and organisms manage to conserve, copy, and reshuffle genetic information across generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Each one advertises a specific category of books. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The latter were programmed to recognize specific people. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Grief, terror, love, longing — these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But no site on the map was adequately specific. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z To the student of broad historical patterns, though, it makes no difference what the specific reasons were in each of those cases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A course calculated for a specific launch date will work only for that date. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z With the crowd softened up by Wilkins and aroused by Farmer, the leader of the local protest group now harnessed the enthusiasm in the church and directed it toward a specific goal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Our bodies are stiff; our words are so specific. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A better way to exorcise the curse of knowledge is to be aware of specific pitfalls that it sets in your path. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My interpretation of the definitions of specific impulse and mass ratio especially seemed to impress him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In both cases, Hoving and Zeri brushed aside a thousand other considerations about the way the sculpture looked and zeroed in on a specific feature that told them everything they needed to know. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Everything done her way, because she had a lot of very specific dance quirks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Even when not barred by law from holding specific jobs, formerly incarcerated and convicted people in Chicago find it extraordinarily difficult to find employers who will hire them, regardless of the nature of their conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In fact, among the immigrants, it was called “gone to Tapu,” which was not a specific place. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z This condition did have a specific cause, and the blanket is part of it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual speed can be determined at any point in the earth's orbit by using the distance to the sun and the specific orbital energy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “That may be so,” Mr. Poe said, “and I thank Justice Strauss for her generosity, but your parents’ will is very specific. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z In elaboration, a single event is first described in a generic way and then in specific detail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I agree that racism and racial profiling are unacceptable. How ever, due to the ongoing investigation, there is a lot I can’t speak on regarding that specific incident.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was known that planets were inclined to orbit in a particular kind of oval known as an ellipse–"a very specific and precise curve," to quote Richard Feynman–but it wasn’t understood why. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To be more specific: She was lost in a dream of long ago, a dream filled with laughter and Black Forest cake and sun-dappled meadows that rang with the singing of adorable birds— “Miss? Miss?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z People who think they are Native American but but have not grown up in a Native community may lack tribally specific knowledge and are vulnerable to stereotypes and other misconceptions about being Native. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The insect pathogens are so specific that they infect only a small group of insects — sometimes a single species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I mean, there wasn’t like a specific reason,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I can’t remember when it was that I actually learned how— that is to say, I can’t recall the specific night or nights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe you could tell me how you came to that decision. I've been wondering what exactly I did to bring about that specific strategy." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So the properties of these standing waves, which are always produced in very specific groups, or series, have far-reaching effects on music theory. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Such narratives do not play down the epistemological problem of moving from the specific to the universal; they accentuate it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He is always making mix tapes for my sister with very specific themes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She was pretty sure she remembered some passage somewhere saying it was okay to kill someone for specific reasons. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z For me, France was never a specific, premeditated destination. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The probability of your winning is clearly the same no matter what number you choose, so, to make the calculation specific, assume you always pick the number 4. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It lay in wait for him, out here, the force which he had felt busily penetrating his specific apartment. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Not specific enough. How about later at lunch?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Having spent so much time in Mason’s white environment, I had always believed and feared that dancing involved a certain order or pattern of specific steps—as dancing is done by whites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked up toward the river, trying to pick out specific landmarks, but all 1 recognized was a small rise where Jimmy Cross had set up his command post that night. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, her condition is fragile. The doctor gave you specific instructions to get her on board,” the recruit said to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We talk about all the big things, but avoid the identifying details—the names of our friends and anything too specific about school. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was as though she had just noticed this specific pain in the same way she had just noticed me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Although this is not typical or standard notation, there are very specific musical attributes that can be visually represented such as sound, silence, and duration or the length of the sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was tough, because she didn’t really have any hobbies or specific interests. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The thing was sleek and simple in design and far too specific to occur by coincidence in two people’s dreams, no matter that they lay side by side, touching. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once again, he remembered a tangible thing from his past, but couldn’t assign it to any specific time or place, couldn’t associate it with any other person or event. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Step one would be simple: He was to stand by a specific lamppost at seven PM on a Tuesday, holding a shopping bag. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This knowledge is nothing specific that I can describe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The optimal habitable zone is very specific. We are nearly ready with a defoliant.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There was still no specific mention of African American women, who, along with African American men, would continue to be disenfranchised by state laws, especially in the South. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There are so many place hints, but nothing specific.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I considered, and admitted that I did not recall any specific thing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But similar reasoning also applies to the diffusion of technological innovations, insofar as they are best suited without modification to specific environments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Except her will was very specific about her final wishes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It gives people—some people—the go-ahead to treat you like you’re nothing but that specific body part. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But in the past century, it’s come to mean something specific: freedom. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The door dings open, the familiar hallways whizz by, everything seeming too bright, too whitewashed to make out specifics. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z "Lady Sylvie, Camellia has just arrived. Her ledgers are chock-full of daytime appointments. She does not work after dusk. I reserve specific Belles for the night." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “So no specific diet restrictions, good. I need you to read these rules.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And lately it had come to seem not just an alternative but the specific death awaiting him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She learned to articulate her reasons for choosing a specific f-stop, to not only find the settings that made it look right but to explain why it looked right that specific way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Only a large number of wires arranged in a specific way, and connected to one another, serve to enclose the bird and to ensure that it cannot escape. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nor is it racial: it’s not a practice specific to either black or white people. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And the talk would weave, roll, surge, spurt, veer, swell, having no specific aim or direction, touching vast areas of life, expressing the tentative impulses of childhood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She told her parents she had no intention of being a chemist and, deaf to their protests, she’d scraped together all the money she had and moved to Paris, with no specific plans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Computing pools attached to specific tunnels or branches grew larger, spawned their own supervisors, and gave the female professionals the opportunity to specialize in a particular subfield of aeronautics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Flora felt a very pointed, very specific sense of doom. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z ‘But,’ said opposition members, ‘let us be more specific.’ Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes into the water supply, sometimes just directly into a few specific homes to see how it spreads. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Strauss was saying: “The problem, Mr. Raynor, is getting sufficient funds to work on projects like these, without having strings tied to the money. When amounts are earmarked for specific purposes, we can’t really operate.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z This was Nuts and Butts, in officer parlance, a very specific procedure that had to be followed to the letter. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She bet the Lees had a specific location for scissors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He then discussed Africa and separated the continent into different nations, giving specific constellations to different tribes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They never use each other’s names or specific locations. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was also convinced that many butterflies and moths were linked to specific plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It tells of growing a circle of sugar cane as a kind of sweet protection for a lover, and it includes specific instructions on how to use sugar cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z What these studies do not reveal, however, is the frequency with which any given individual is likely to be stopped in specific, racially defined neighborhoods. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He was vaguely searching for an identifiable field full of specific problems,” Tuve concluded. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “This box has specific instructions to contact a law firm in Denver if anyone ever arrives with the key.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But an analysis of DNA cannot tell anyone they are part of a specific nation, and simply having Native ancestry does not give them authority to speak as a Native person. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z We still occasionally had discussions about the egg, but these conversations were always guarded, and we were careful to avoid talking about specifics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was not very demanding about the specifics of belief. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be in New York tomorrow. Call you then about the specifics, okay?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mademoiselle, was there no specific thing he mentioned? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Tonantzin had given me specific instructions to give my rosas to Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In some way specific groups of nucleotides must code for specific amino acids. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Due to the change in my employment status, we canned holding the Forum on a specific day of the week and decided we’d have it whenever we felt like it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The only exception is for those jobs for which state or local laws expressly bar people with certain specific convictions from employment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, their exact meaning is specific to each particular culture, giving rise to art’s incredible diversity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted men with specific skill sets and experience to help Hitler win the war. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Journalists' had been hounding him for a specific number, he said, and he hadn’t wanted them to walk away empty-handed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Civil rights advocates have organized vigorous challenges to specific aspects of the new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I run a publishing company, gentlemen. We deal with hundreds of books. Thousands. You’ll have to be more specific than that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For a split second, it displaced the look of all-around wear and, plainly, specific worry that had been on her face since she entered the bathroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z If she obtains a copy of the exam early—that is, illegitimately—she can prepare them for specific questions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask for specifics, but I could tell that it was a touchy subject. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They seem to have far more effect on the displaced Capitol rebels like my crew and Fulvia—even Plutarch occasionally reacts in surprise, maybe wondering how a specific tidbit passed him by. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was something specific for me to worry about. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, we find that certain very specific colors are missing from stars’ spectra, and these missing colors may vary from star to star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob has this very specific way of living. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He shifts our view to the actual person behind this specific mind. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t she left me a specific place? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The white mobsters had the numbers racket split into specific areas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But surely it is grounded in culture, and cultures are specific?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some theorists even believe that there can be no universal definition of music because it is so culturally specific. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Look: The incomers—the real aliens, not me—in my father’s book had the ability to produce vibrational waves that targeted a specific region inside the brains of their human victims. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z From the story of the scholarship boy there is no specific pedagogy to glean. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We weren’t able to sign our names or write anything specific. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z At our next track practice, after we’re all stretched out, Coach West tells us what specific events she wants us to train for. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It’s so specific to our culture that there’s no translation for it in English. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A way we are able to see what another person saw at a very specific moment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The Polgars had offered Bobby friendship and a respite, but it was now clear that the press was aware of his specific whereabouts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a bit vague. I’m sure you can be more specific. What could this ‘friend’s’ father have mentioned that would’ve been so distressing to Mr. Rivers, he’d no longer feel up to hiking?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I could see it was going to be necessary to be more specific with Quentin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For everyone else has, is, a nation, with a specific location and a flag—even, these days, the Jew. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z With that olfactory observation, that specific little detail, the Terror unspooled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She can’t take the time to find the specific building, but even if she did, what could she do? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Keep it to yourself, but swear on the River Styx it’s specific and accurate. You also have to swear that if you lose and die, the harpies will be released from their curse.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I selected a very specific item, then scheduled its delivery for noon two days from now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “We asked very specific questions and were looking for clear answers,” Rosemary Truglio, Sesame Street's research head said. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where it comes to the more specific question of living witnesses, Aristotle is as ever pragmatic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There were two specific triggers that encouraged Copernicus to come up with something better than the Ptolemaic model. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Let’s examine the ranges of these factors, before considering their specific consequences for Polynesian societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This allowed scientists to begin mapping human genes to specific chromosomes by tracking the order in which genetic traits vanished. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mom has very specific things in mind, and a bird-daughter with terrible shyness and a dirty hoodie was never one of them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Once you understand that context matters, however, that specific and relatively small elements in the environment can serve as Tipping Points, that defeatism is turned upside down. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Arts as Curriculum—presence of arts teachers in the school teaching art, music, etc. using the state standard goals for their own specific discipline. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Celaena beamed at her note and handed it to the nicest-looking servant she could find, with specific instructions to give it immediately to the Crown Prince. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Clearly allocating a specific day for rest during the week wasn’t such a bad idea. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But aside from inventing a Latinate name for a vague principle, Wolff could provide no further specifics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Court has ruled that a city police department cannot be sued for damages unless a specific city policy or custom can be identified authorizing the illegal practice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Have you written to Parliament? They need the specifics of our difficulties.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently two different scientific communities will always produce two radically different bodies of scientific fact and theory, and science is not a cross-cultural form of knowledge but a local consensus, specific to a particular community. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "These are serious charges and we all know that the brother's work has been splendid. Be specific." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All the kids in the Thursday resource room celebrated their birthdays with a sheet cake, and he had made a specific note when it was Valencia’s turn. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A few caught her attention, but when she tried to recommend specific styles that flattered her, she received only the wave of a hand and a curl of the lip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Were they just being nosy, or did they really think that knowing specifics was the best way to help? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “A bit like my fear of killing someone,” Queenie said, “but less specific.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The specific antibodies that we gradually build up against a particular microbe infecting us make us less likely to get reinfected once we become cured. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Marks had forwarded the emails to the Division of Detectives, nobody specific, just info@. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Listen, I actually came here because I have a specific problem.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He writes a letter to the editor of the National Intelligencer newspaper stating, in specific terms, what he is about to do. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But the planters instead preferred to pay by the “task”—they insisted that they wouldn’t pay a worker until he had completed a specific job. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Soon, other scientists connected specific bacteria to diseases such as plague, typhoid fever, and cholera. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m still not entirely sure why I threw myself into the fire over this specific incident. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They worked as an assembly line, with each man assigned to specific tasks that he applied to one identical house after another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I wonder if Dain told him to give me that specific message. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Could be a reference note. The old masters used all sorts of specific codes to make their maps.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z These debates are worthwhile, but it is critical to keep in mind that the question of how we do reform work is even more important than the specific reforms we seek. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some of the Rough Guide series focus on specific folk or traditional musics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z To be “charged” meant that a warder claimed that a prisoner had violated a specific regulation, which could be punished by isolation or by loss of meals and privileges. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For a bull to be chosen as the Buchis bull, it had to be a specific color and have special markings on it, and when a Buchis bull died, priests gave it a sacred burial. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Martin Gardner, the mathematics writer, illustrates the distinction between general and specific occurrences by means of a spinner with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet on it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As the war approached its peak, every single American military airplane in production was based fundamentally—and in many cases in specific detail—upon the research results and recommendations of the NACA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z One could predict the approximate number of times that the result would be A or B, but one could not predict the specific result of an individual measurement. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to be generated from scratch, using specific instructions locked inside the sperm and egg. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The articles included scientific language and specific details about the telescope’s unprecedented power. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Galileo also wanted to construct an object which would fully immerse but not sink—an object with the same specific gravity as water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It requires no language skills or specific body of acquired knowledge. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He could separate women from men, young people from old, white from brown, but nothing more specific. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z First those policemen two years ago: Mademoiselle, was there no specific thing he mentioned'? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Certainly there was no drowned child in her memory, no specific tale. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You’re right. It says thirtieth anniversary, school appropriate, but nothing about specific types of acts.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They cut electricity to specific apartment blocks and then raided every apartment to see what tapes and disks were stuck inside the players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Each refusal was a general loss for the black man, and, for the Nation of Islam, each refusal was a specific loss—and each refusal was made because of Chicago’s attitude. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Teams of students appeared to be assigned specific kinds of torture. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was that a hardworking and respected colored maid has agreed to let me interview her and describe in specifics what it’s like to work for the white women of our town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It recommended specific changes that would ensure patients’ rights to control how their tissues were used. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There is another, more specific dimension to this. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Parathion is not a specific for blackbirds: it is a universal killer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “She was set up to give specific clues or bits of information if someone used the right prompts.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Things at GOP were much more specific than that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “They can’t find anything specific on the She Elephant,” said Eye, looking over the police records the General had sent. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the crew had a specific job with carefully delineated responsibilities. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Scientists could now pause cells at various intervals during an experiment so they could compare how certain cells reacted to a specific drug one week, then two, then six after exposure. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As Schafer began his work on understanding the sonic environment, he realized that we don’t have a very specific vocabulary to describe sounds—what we’re hearing and how we’re hearing it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z There was never any specific moment when I admitted the situation to myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a test—of my mettle, my strength—which means there must be something specific I’m supposed to do to get out of here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes it felt like she was listening for something specific, although I could never tell what that was. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was about to demand that he be more specific, but he said, “Good-bye, Mr. Ai,” turned, and left. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They had to work out details like the specific placement of the memorial, the exact length needed to fit everyone’s names, and the thickness of the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I awoke because of a dream, but I can’t recall specifics. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The rooms had all been converted into one-room efficiency apartments, and each unit had been modified to meet the very specific needs of a full-time gunter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Working for the Soros Foundation, a privately funded philanthropy organization, Goldfarb had been focusing on a very specific health crisis—a hundred thousand inmates in Russian prisons with active TB. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She bet the Lees had a specific location for scissors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In fact he was very specific about whom he wanted to kill—himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That may seem a bit long, but I have a specific goal in mind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The third cardinal feature of gene regulation, Monod and Jacob discovered, was that every gene had specific regulatory DNA sequences appended to it that acted like recognition tags. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It seems to me that he is looking for something specific, and that the something specific is not related to sex, in which case I rather suspect he will not find it here. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Scientists in laboratories throughout North America and Europe began fusing cells and using them to map genetic traits to specific chromosomes, creating a precursor to the human genome map we have today. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Every single thing he did had a specific purpose. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The old-line Wall Street law firms had a very specific idea about what it was that they did. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Notice the use of “we” and the fact that the request is now much less specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The initial questions were simple, but even when I was asked more specific ones, my worries faded because the incidents I was asked to recall were as vivid as the day they happened. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to tell Koffi that he was almost certain someone else was there, watching them—especially when that someone was wearing a very specific shade of blue. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Both these words seem to be real-estate agent code for a house that doesn’t have many specific attributes worth describing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was difficult to be specific when the core of a man’s character was elusiveness. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Chang had used those cells to discover enzymes and genes specific to liver cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z More Dauntless arrive, reporting successful sweeps of specific floors of the Merciless Mart. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When pressed, the mayor wasn’t willing to get into specifics. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We have, in our minds, a very specific, biological notion of what contagiousness means. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Señora Oralia’s laugh was loud and boisterous from deep in her belly like it had been stored there, waiting for this specific moment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He and his new bride would come to them soon, though the Lady Una could be no more specific about the date of their arrival than this, and it appeared to irk her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she and Mom talked for a long time about all these different creams and light treatments where I would go into this stand-up booth and have a specific type of light shined on me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z If ‘Romantic’ still means anything specific in the history of music, it best refers to a period when the composer’s or performer’s personal emotions, or sentiment, became paramount in the dialogue between music and audience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Something was being made, and even if it wasn't anything specific, it was something, and I thought that was pretty cool. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There’s a magic you take from death. Something leaves the world, something else comes into it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The sum total of these chains makes a web in which every work of art occupies its own specific place. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It also follows that though the past is alterable, it never has been altered in any specific instance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z While his guilt wasn't really in question, there were persuasive reasons why this case should not have been a capital murder case, above and beyond the absence of a specific intent to kill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If you want to avoid using the terms yourself, you can be more specific. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “The Collective was specific that this needs to occur sooner than anticipated.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He kept these thoughts to himself, but Scythe Volta could read, if not the specifics, then the general nature of his thoughts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I had to get more specific, so I put “Malden” after his name, since that’s where he and my mom grew up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They announced they were looking for a specific passenger. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In addition, food production contributes in at least three ways to specific features of complex societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He could remember theaters, but not what any specific one looked like. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was that perfect, perfect smell that would always take me back to the specific feeling of being a child: the scent of onions being sautéed in olive oil. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But we were missing an important number—the specific impulse of zincoshine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then Rukia said, “I know what our specific subject can be. We can talk about what would happen if a woman ran for president of the United States.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Bengalis like Masjid learn early how to save ten minutes' worth of words by raising an eyebrow, wrinkling a nose, or tipping a head at a specific angle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Choosing few words, but being as specific as possible, was the best approach on a database like this. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure,” she replied, and named a specific female patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z As each person was “cleared” a Fruit of Islam man ushered him or her to a specific seat in the drafty interior of the 7500-seat coliseum. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as Moss had lived in West Oakland, he’d never tired of this specific view, so he pointed toward the windows. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The National Core Standards for music takes the details from each of these anchor areas and breaks them down into specific, individual standards for use by each grade level. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "What are you-?" He could not bring himself to be specific at first; but then fear and loneliness goaded him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In August, Bunderson wrote Reggie for the first time with specifics of a possible plea, or, rather, of the offer from the county. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A formal operation was in progress at the port, but specific details had not yet been revealed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We have seen that each step in oxidation is directed and expedited by a specific enzyme. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Next time you should be more specific about what it is you are seeking.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I narrowed the question, made it academic, specific. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hemoglobin has multiple variants, including some that are specific to the fetus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "The specific manhole eventually selected for an entry point was in the worst possible location," according to one account, "except for the fact it was better than all the others." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z By October, KGB officers in Moscow were able to produce a complete report on plutonium bomb design, containing detailed descriptions of each component of the weapon and specific materials needed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Americans who might have been philosophically inclined to oppose the Klan had now been given enough specific information to oppose them more actively, and public sentiment began to shift. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Commonplaces are culturally specific, but they will tend to be so deep-rooted in their appeal that they pass for universal truths. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In these dire circumstances, survival depended on specific, well-defined contributions from each member of the family. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I vaguely remember a trip to visit Uhmma’s parents, but their faces and the specifics of the visit are blurred and faint in my memory. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “As interesting as this may be, we have limited time, and you came here to do specific research. What can I help you with?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Because once a kid had been evaluated, Dell could complete the district's form in a flash, giving everyone in a specific category the same rating. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But once Isobel pointed out specific elements, she could see the complicated emotion, the impending revelation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Something prevented them from taking a single step that was not in a specific direction. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I had thought I would have some revelation of specific evil. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He was so used to the specific ridges of Dawit’s shop that this was like wearing someone else’s clothes or putting your shoes on the wrong feet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The Chancellor couldn’t think of anything specific for me to do,” she chirps in a high squeaky voice, “so I will be looking for raw material for nanotech. Do you know anything about carbon nanotubes?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And so he dictated elaborate and specific demands that it was then Lazlo’s duty to fulfill, with the help of a number of locals Suheyla organized to assist him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By the time graduation rolled around, I’d decided I wanted to go to law school, with a specific focus in international law. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Nothing specific; nothing you could put a name on. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A Holo is activated by a specific commander’s voice giving his or her name. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z For Jefferson, all specific decisions about American foreign policy occurred within the context of this overarching, indeed almost cosmic, pattern. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But his publisher did not think one huge book would sell well and encouraged him to publish smaller books about more specific topics, which is what he did. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Because even if I didn’t have the specifics nailed down yet, I did have ideas about the future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Here Francis forcefully argued that specific hydrogen bonds were not the answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Rick said, “I’m capable of feeling empathy for at least specific, certain androids. Not for all of them but—one or two.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Without getting into specifics, Furman explained that the United States and Germany were racing to make a new kind of bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If the farmer had come in for a specific book, he left empty-handed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I know this is a difficult thing. You’re young. But maybe you could get more specific about your feelings.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It had a specific value, a fixed place on the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But something about Buster Friendly irritated John Isidore, one specific tiling. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Without specific motivation, such as winning against the United States, it seemed the Soviet men in charge of the programs did not see any justification to put a woman into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z As if Frederick understands already that both have been assigned to their specific courses, that there is no deviating now. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The stories that Vivian began to tell only with prodding, in dutiful answer to specific questions, are spilling forth unprompted, one after another, so many that even Vivian seems surprised. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The first is the athlete’s performance: that is, how well he or she has played in a specific game, or series, or season. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Benji got the feeling she was looking for a specific answer. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But for some reason, they refused to have a discussion on suicide without specifics. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “She was set up to give specific clues or bits of information if someone used the right prompts.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the last phase of weightlessness, she had to pronounce a specific phrase over the radio. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “In that way. Only in that specific way.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There’s a specific intensity in his gaze now, a glow that brightens his entire expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Specific receptor proteins have been proposed, with different olfactory cells carrying specific receptors for different “primary” odors, but no one has yet succeeded in identifying the receptors or naming the “primary” odors. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each member nation had its own specific interests because each had had different experiences in the previous 150 years of British and French intrusion, including the French and Indian War. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Of all the people who’d come to the Lackses over the years talking about the cells, he was the first to tell the family anything specific about what happened to Henrietta at Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “More specifics about his life and work, Justin,” Mr. Griffiths explains. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to ask for more facts and specifics. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z If Ken did not return by a specific time, she was to gather the children and leave immediately, knowing that her husband had been nabbed by the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Lining them up like a long thin train, in some very specific order Jinny couldn’t fathom. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I know she went to see a lawyer, but the directory is not very specific. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He would ask specific questions, and she would search for answers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The assertion was remarkable partly for being so arrestingly specific but even more for flying in the face of accepted wisdom about the age of the Earth.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He mostly remembered the workings of the world—but emptied of specifics, faces, names. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It is a highly specific organism, attacking no other type of insects, harmless to earthworms, warm-blooded animals, and plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Next time, be more specific about what type of kitchen stuff is in the box. I’ve gone through three, trying to find plates.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It’s easier to imagine she’s mine and mine alone when there’s no specific tie to anything else, no reminders of black and white. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The reality is that you can focus your attention on one very specific thing, not everything in your field of vision. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She’d been so ashamed of her own face, it was hard to remember anything specific about Peris. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When they—you—send me a specific question to answer, I work on that, taking time out of my five hours. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When I was in the doghouse, 1 felt as if I were assembling a jigsaw puzzle in which each piece had a specific place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a very specific way that one must think if one wishes to achieve true success. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I can tell there's another person in the room with him because he's not being specific. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he used electronic techniques to make incremental transformations to a pattern, later having live players and acoustic instruments imitate this effect under his very specific and detailed configuration. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I’d appreciate something a little more specific than dots of vegan options.’ Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I run a publishing company, gentlemen. We deal with hundreds of books. Thousands. You’ll have to be more specific than that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s crazy to believe you can always put into words what you think of when you think of a person who’s gone, mainly because a lot of times it’s not about specific things. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The more specific term i.e., short for the Latin id est, means “that is.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would tailor the speed and specifics of the changes according to what his people were ready for. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z More important, a specific part of the brain of humans and other primates — the region known as the neocortex, which deals with complex thought and reasoning — is huge by mammal standards. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rue has given specific instructions on how to reach the best spying place near the lake from this point. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Grandma quickly filled them in, Genie helping with the specifics of what had happened that Grandma wasn’t so sure about. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Their instructions for what to do were even more specific. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I figure if I’m going to get any answers, though, I need to be specific with my questions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It combines learning how to handle die specific processes for the company whose calls they will be taking or making, and attending something called “accent neutralization class.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Some were requests for books with specific titles or authors, but others were more general requests for information. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a means of determining the relative merits of propellants. By using the number denoting the specific impulse, calculations can be made to determine the exhaust velocity of a rocket and ultimately its overall performance.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tonight Bod asked about Hauntings, getting more and more specific, which exasperated Mr. Pennyworth, who had never gone in for that sort of thing himself. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “All right, old chap. An easy one. Define specific impulse.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On the television, we watch a terse Head Peacekeeper lay out specific rules regarding how many people per square foot each resident will be expected to take in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She was clearly shocked but couldn’t seem to put her finger on my specific sin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Agricultural use of insect diseases, caused by a bacterium highly specific for certain lypes of insects, is already being tried in California, and more extended tests of this method are under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was in those motel rooms that I learned about my new body, its specific instructions and contraindications. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “That’s not true! Turtles mean something very specific in my culture.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And the specific quality that a message needs to be successful is the quality of “stickiness.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The 1880s saw two scientists, France’s Louis Pasteur and Germany’s Robert Koch, isolate various bacteria—extremely small one-celled creatures—living in animals and humans and link them to specific diseases. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Press coverage hyped the personal nature of the conflict between the offender and specific victim. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to ask them any specifics. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Of course not. I need to...I need to advise one of my sisters on whether she should complete a specific beauty request for one of her clients." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But a spinal tap was required before a specific diagnosis could be made, he told me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If researchers wanted to figure out how cells behaved in a certain environment, or reacted to a specific chemical, or produced a certain protein, they turned to Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As some specific titles, especially in poetry, would have been used in works by multiple authors, it is also likely that some labels included an “incipit”—the first line of the work. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z More specifically, it is testimony to the power of one specific aspect of context, which is the critical role that groups play in social epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So Reilly worked with his staff to develop specific protocols for efficiently treating asthma patients, and another set of programs for treating the homeless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z For example, a bugle can play only the notes of a specific harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I brought groceries from the store; twice he came to the back door as I was leaving the eggs and asked for specific things—he had run out of salt; he needed cooking oil. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He’s been teetering on the edge of letting go of this specific dream for months now, terrified of it, but the relief is startling, a mountain off his back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Others cater to more specific tastes: ChristianSingles.com, JDate.com, Latin Matcher.com, BlackSinglesConnection.com, CountryWestern Singles.com, USMilitarySingles.com, OverweightDate.com, and Dating websites are the most successful subscription- based business on the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But this did not bother us, for we only wished to establish that at least one specific two-chain complementary helix was stereochemically possible. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Al Shepard, the chief of the astronaut office, assigned each one of us a specific area of responsibility, in which we were to train ourselves to become experts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Craving certain specific foods had almost devastated her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother rolled her eyes, for her sister's accomplishments could only be measured by weight, not specifics. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “A large one. It has specific borders and its own governing body, and we’re in the middle of it right now. We can talk about it later. Go ahead, sir.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The mission parameters don't give a specific location to dump the RTG. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They also crave specific foods, such as protein-rich foods, fat, salt, sweet fruits, and foods that simply taste good. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Middle children are in an unfortunate position. They get neither the privileges reserved for the first born nor the special attention specific to the baby of the family. Do you follow me?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s white and very soft, made from the bark of a specific tree. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. But it's may, not can. And there’s no need to be quite so specific.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "It's more like a post-balloon—sent off in a specific direction, but allowed to make its own path." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They were hunting for a specific street, but all they found was a succession of dead ends, one after another. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But what Kurchatov really needed was specific information on bomb design, and there was only one place to get it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In previous wars against Indigenous nations, British commanders had assigned ranger groups specific missions, but to fight the Cherokee, both the regular forces and the rangers would target even the elders, women, and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z They like to be able to point to specific evidence that clinches an argument: but in the case of the printing revolution we are talking about a long, slow transformation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So Freak and I get up to go and the teacher says, "No, Kevin, you stay here. Mrs. Addison was very specific. Maxwell is to go alone." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he asked for something specific—a television, a soccer ball—she sent it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Furthermore, in this case we have a much more specific explanation for why introspections mess up our reactions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z |
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