He learned the alphabet, upper and lower case, in two days, compiled his own spelling books, and set about reading the one book in the Tswana language, the Bible.
As individuals and parents it is certainly appropriate that we set boundaries for reading for ourselves and our children.
Peter Benchley set the beach-reading standard almost 30 years ago with Jaws, which made you afraid to go in the water.
Portland set a record snowfall reading of 31.9 inches, the National Weather Service said, and blowing snow reduced visibility on the coast.
The bill's second reading was set for 30 March 2012 - a date when the House is not expected to be sitting.
Rhian Jones, a teacher at Ysgol Botwnnog in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, said the secondary school had set up a boys' reading group because staff felt they were falling behind the girls.
You could start to wake up earlier and spend an hour job hunting before work, create a to-do list before you leave work for the next day, or set aside an hour of reading every day.
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That law passed the first of three readings on February 22, but since then no date for a second or third reading has been set, which can mean that a piece of legislation has in effect been buried.
It set up a regimen of state reading and math tests for students in third through eighth grades, intended to identify failing schools.
The company posted screen shots that documented a PC hijacked by cybercriminal software successfully reading the CAPTCHA to set up one Gmail account after another for spamming purposes.
Set yourself a goal of not only reading about productivity, but developing a collection of 10 time management techniques that you use every day- a quiver of productivity weapons that become central to your working life.
Counselling service The Survivors' Trust has been awarded funding to set up the new centres in Preston and Reading.
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The cash for Reading's Station Interchange scheme is set to improve transport links and generate more jobs.
Forty-eight states have now joined a nationwide partnership to develop a common set of rigorous, career-ready standards in reading and math.
In Liberia, for example, Marcontee Okai was inspired to set up the exquisitely-named "Girls of Destiny Reading and Etiquette Club".
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The prime minister also said reading, writing and maths classes would be set up to help the unemployed seek jobs.
The University of Reading's School of Biological Sciences recently set up a questionnaire to measure how many people fed red kites in their gardens.
Latitude was set up last year by Mean Fiddler, the firm behind the Reading and Leeds festivals.
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But after keeping City out until the 74th minute, Reading boss Brian McDermott was disappointed to concede from a set-piece.
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On Tuesday afternoon I was reading the Sports Business Daily and stumbled upon this interesting set of data regarding the Nielsen Ratings for Sundays at the PGA Championship over the last 15 years.
In June 2007, the Royal Court Theatre in London cancelled a reading of an adaptation of Artistophanes's Lysistrata which was set in a Muslim heaven, for fear of causing offence.
The wall is linked to a reading scheme which this year showcases a book by a local author set in 1950s Brighton.
ADM, which the company claims is simple to set up and operate, has been designed to provide half-hourly meter reading data direct to suppliers through secure information gateways.
In his address, the president appealed for all states to adopt a nationally established set of performance standards centered on skills evaluations that measure students' achievement in reading and math.
Another set is essential for the advancement of knowledge, civilization and culture: notation, reading and writing, and the algorithms for logical thinking.
The sci-fi script, billed as a "cosmic conflagration" for the benefit of the Hollywood trade press, gets a reading by actors in full regalia at a Beverly Hills hotel during a set piece that's staged with a delightfully straight face.
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On this reading, the political party that wins elections now is not the party that can set off the most ideological fireworks, as with Thatcherism in the 1980s.
You know, it's easy, after a hard day's work, to just put your kid in front of the TV set -- you're tired, don't want to fuss with them -- instead of reading to them, but that's a sacrifice we must joyfully accept.
We set the drink aside, covered it, and allowed it to get back to room temperature for an accurate hydrometer reading.
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"I've had to stop reading Twitter and Facebook because there are so many nasty comments, " said Ursula Cary, who was set to run her first marathon on Sunday.
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