In October 2006 she returned to Paris, this time with assigned reading given her by Classical Pursuits, a Toronto literary tour company.

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When I was in high school, we used SparkNotes, online CliffsNotes, to avoid reading assigned literature.

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Students also said they were reading the articles assigned for the course on their iPads rather than printing them, which was another hoped-for benefit of the switch.

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The Indian-born MP for Reading West, Alok Sharma, has been assigned the task of generating more ideas on how to woo minority voters.

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And when we were assigned to do that I really got the knack and saw the importance of reading word by word, line by line, paying attention to every single word that was on the page.

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After reading a recent article on how law firms are using software to perform tasks formerly assigned to young lawyers, I began wondering if an actual human being had read my post.

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