The British Library has since improved its security as a result of this case, with a "massive" increase in its CCTV cameras, and in the number of staff who walk around the library's reading room floor.

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The plans would also see the ground floor of Reading Museum redeveloped, with more Abbey artefacts and improved signage.

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It had become more frequent of late, this coming home and knowing that Sall was asleep somewhere, the magazine she had been reading slipped to the floor, a mug of tea cooling on a side table.

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Senate Republicans did their part to keep the trend going, reading tweets on the Senate floor and promoting the hashtag with their own accounts.

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Then they flubbed a reading of the Constitution on the House floor.

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Stuck in a cubicle-laden environment, a former colleague of mine turned part of her cubicle into a reading nook with the help of two floor pillows and a brightly colored piece of fabric.

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Crawl inside and you will find a futon spread over a tatami-mat floor, with a small television and reading lamp mounted on the wall.

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She spent her nights on the floor of her husband's hospital room, reading medical journals.

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Torchieres or floor lamps with an upward glow or more traditional shade brighten corners and reading nooks and add extra light to a dark room.

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