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  • Though it was telling that the first reaction from her camp was to assert that the crosshairs were actually map-reading symbols.

    Ian Gurvitz: Put Hate Speech in the Crosshairs Ian Gurvitz 2011

  • Not the easiest of QGCs this morning - I found the map-reading clue impossible to answer without cheating.

    Quick crossword No 12,709 2011

  • When he discusses his participation in a roadgeek-sponsored map-reading contest, he confesses that he "wimped out halfway."

    Lost in a Good Atlas John J. Miller 2011

  • Though it was telling that the first reaction from her camp was to assert that the crosshairs were actually map-reading symbols.

    Ian Gurvitz: Put Hate Speech in the Crosshairs Ian Gurvitz 2011

  • My brother was on the passenger side, his scouting experience earning him the official map-reading position of authority.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Another way I could impress Dad was by map-reading to get us to these obscure nature reserves.

    Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

  • Getting lost in its pages may provide a welcome distraction, but after a while it feels like what Gertrude Stein said about Oakland, which is just a few miles from where Mr. Jennings made his first mistake on that roadgeek map-reading contest: There is no there there.

    Lost in a Good Atlas John J. Miller 2011

  • My brother was on the passenger side, his scouting experience earning him the official map-reading position of authority.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Specialising in "unearthing the books the chains miss", owners Patrick and Polly host events including author readings Jeremy Paxman in November, Buddhist meditation, map-reading classes and a book club on the first Wednesday of every month.

    Independent bookshops in south-east England 2011

  • Census workers must be proficient in English, pass a test to prove their math and map-reading skills, and preferably be U.S. citizens.

    Census Jobs Tough to Fill Ana Campoy 2010

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