Power, calm and confidence oozed from her seated position in a bedroom reading chair.

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He would be snug in his reading chair in their Houston study, paging through weighty art books.

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An hour in a chair reading a book while leaving the kids in front of the television.

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Speaking during the second reading debate, the chair of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee, Vital Moreira, said there was an urgent need for a "smooth transition from one legal system to another".

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If I were a designer of any repute or had a spec of design skill, I would make an illustration that depicted a brand sitting in a chair in a bedroom reading a story to a consumer, who lied anxiously under the covers waiting to be regaled about stories of adventure, escapades and perhaps a coupon or two.

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Just in case you missed it the first time around, or fell off your chair and forgot what you were reading about: Sony will lose the equivalent (or more) to the retail price of a competing console every time a cash register rings up a PS3 sale this holiday.

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We spoke to him about his own fashion choices ("comfortable"), favorite endurance sports (reading Proust) and darkest secrets (well, it's a chair fetish, and currently under control).

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Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, chair of the judging panel, created the competition along with the reading charity Booktrust.

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