A few managed to break loose and make a mad dash for freedom, only to be recaptured in no time, admonished or whipped, or both, and ordered to march again.
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
In 2004 two U.S. anthropologists and a Venezuelan medical researcher proposed that Native American susceptibility to infectious disease might have a second cause: helper-T cells, which like HLAs help the immune system recognize foreign objects.
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Confronted with an intractable problem, he was prepared to work at it harder and longer than most people and to be more receptive to unorthodox explanations.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The more I participated in class, the more I realized that I was no longer interested in the lesson plan because of the possible reward, but because I genuinely found the lesson captivating.
The Freedom Writers Diary
Since the nobles are more perceptive and cunning, they always have time to save themselves, seeking the favours of the side they believe will prevail.
The Prince
“I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious.
Franny and Zooey
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
Levinson’s travels smash a lot of his preconceptions — for instance, when he sipped 12-year-old scotch with citizens of Pakistan, a supposedly “teetotaling Islamic Republic.”The New York Times
In fact, much as I admired his planning and pluck, his trip seemed frighteningly ill-conceived.
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