Then he read a passage from Scottish theologian Oswald Chambers' My Utmost For His Highest.

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In every one of these conflicts I went to, it's all about resources, and you just had me read a passage from Sudan.

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In South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai read a passage about the link between water and education, followed by a seafront performance by musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

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One summer afternoon in Delhi, as the father lay in bed, his health in rapid decline, Manglik's sister Kalpana visited his bedside to read him a passage she had penned in a biography she was writing about him.

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Agent Corey Walsh read passage after passage from emails and text messages between Officer Gilberto Valle and a man the government said used Moody Blues as a screen name and MeatMarketMan as an email address.

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Read in this context, Nemesis and The Passage have a great deal in common.

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Only a 14-year-old sensibility could read this passage when Miss Steele first encounters Christian without laughing at the witlessness of the words.

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