Every nation could have had a national recommended reading list decades before we had cheap computers.

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He even had some recommended reading for his colleagues: Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance.

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Intel has dedicated a web page to the phenomenon that is recommended reading to those who want to explore this in depth.

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For the English language standards, Wilhoit said, the plan isn't to hand out a list of recommended reading, but to let the states make their own choices of literary works, with an eye toward certain criteria.

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He recommended reading The Singularity is Near.

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The books that I recommended for summer reading are still good.

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Think Apple iBookstore-meets-Linked In, with colleague's reading lists, recommended books, and book clubs.

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In addition, brain rest is recommended following a concussion, so reading, watching movies and playing video games -- things you might normally do to pass the time on a plane -- may make things worse.

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Reading Borough Council received 49 suggestions and recommended 27 which were approved at a Planning Application Committee meeting on Wednesday.

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Customers can experience full-screen browsing, reading view, and improved browsing with most-visited, trending and recommended sites all available from a single screen.

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