Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of south-central England west of London. Occupied by the Danes in 871, it was chartered in 1253.
- A city of southeast Pennsylvania on the Schuykill River northwest of Philadelphia. Settled in 1748, it is an important commercial, industrial, and transportation center.
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- proper noun A
town inBerkshire ,England .
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(Study in Emotional Power -- X, 177.) (Study in Close Reading -- X, 225.) _Reading History_: V, 394.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester
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READING Rock Academy will host a Battle of the Bands at the Hexagon, Reading, tonight.
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For example, unless one has visited England, one cannot guess the correct reading of the names/places like Reading, Gloucester, Leicester, Peugeot, Plymouth ….
Fedora People 2009
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The 50-store chain, based in Reading, is a presence at most area malls.
Eschaton 2008
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Remix Reading is an awesome project in Reading, Berkshire.
Boing Boing: January 23, 2005 - January 29, 2005 Archives 2005
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Ogden also said he believes that in general, the term Reading has more value the closer to the city you are.
Berks county news 2009
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"Reading" is the process of forcing the text to conform to one's pre-established critical paradigm, not the act of exploring its verbal complexities.
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Remix Reading is an artistic project based in Reading which aims to get artists working with music, video, images and text to come together and share their work, to be inspired by each others’ work, and ultimately to create remixes.
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Man of the Year) Levinson, with the word "Lick" in the title Reading the universal pans that this Joel Schumacher-directed Jim Carrey thriller is receiving reminded me of an idea for a TV show I heard Trey Parker and Matt Stone joke about a few years back.
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Man of the Year) Levinson, with the word "Lick" in the title Reading the universal pans that this Joel Schumacher-directed Jim Carrey thriller is receiving reminded me of an idea for a TV show I heard Trey Parker and Matt Stone joke about a few years back.
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