Sixteen-year-old violinist Nicholas Black joined after he read a story about the group in a local newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

He read historical documents written by past explorers, prisoners of war,pilots, and ship wreck survivors.

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He read books by the American writers T.S.Eliot,Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

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Then he read about a famous French magician named Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin.

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He read for more than two and a half hours.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

He had an idea for a tool that would help television actors read their lines without having to memorize them.

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His mother, the only woman, he had ever known told him to read the Bible and read it every day.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

He decided to make it on March seventh, just three days after Calhoun's speech was read to the Senate.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Emily once said: "He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they upset the mind."

VOA: special.2010.07.18

He told them to call home once a week and to read at least one book a month.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Smith said he was able to read the strange writing in this book and put it into English.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

Lee read it slowly. When he finished, Grant asked if the Confederate general wished to propose any changes.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He would learn how to read and write. He would buy a bigger farm for his family.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

As Mister Mindon read it, he felt as if his mind was spinning out of control.

VOA: special.2010.05.29