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Readers and immediately
Readers unacquainted with its reputation as a satirical work often do not immediately realize that Swift was not seriously proposing cannibalism and infanticide, nor would readers unfamiliar with the satires of Horace and Juvenal recognize that Swift's essay follows the rules and structure of Latin satires.
Readers immediately responded favorably to the story, spawning parodies including Thomas Dunn English's " The Ghost of the Grey Tadpole ".
Readers got a preview of the new-look feature starting with the October 5 strip in which a middle-aged Les talks to an unseen psychologist about events that immediately followed Lisa's passing, which are then depicted in flashback form.

Readers and interpret
Readers who interpret the relationship as overtly homosexual quote such lines as the fact that Charles had been " in search of love in those days " when he first met Sebastian, and his finding " that low door in the wall ... which opened on an enclosed and enchanted garden "an image that some interpret as a Freudian metaphor for homosexual sex, though it recurs when Charles is expelled from Brideshead by Lady Marchmain, suggesting it refers more generally to the glamorous world Sebastian represents: " a door had shut, the low door in the wall I had sought and found in Oxford.
Readers are better able to interpret the text and watch for bias.
" Readers are left to interpret and feel the bare facts for themselves.

Readers and words
Readers new to the author will probably develop a love affair with his ability to draw you into a story ( sometimes with only a line or two ) and then, in a few words, give you something you'll never forget.
Readers can search the news in the past by inserting the dates or key words of the news.

Readers and mean
Readers had misread the cover, which said KOF vs. SF, to mean that there was a fighting game that would pit characters from Street Fighter and The King of Fighters.

Readers and is
Reporting on the popular culture site Inside Pulse and in The Eagle newspaper, Robert Saucedo remembered to be " not the only one ... having to sit through the movie as a kid fidgeting in your seat as the film delivers abstract image after abstract image ", concluding that Fantasia is " for adults and very nerdy kids ," while news and gossip website PopSugar included Fantasia in its " 10 Movies That Scared Buzz Readers as Kids " list.
Readers should be aware that, though picturesque, it is not entirely realistic.
* In the children's literacy program Super Why, the Super Readers change into their costumes in a " transform " sequence that is reminiscent of G-Force's " transmute " sequence.
*" The Observant Ethnographer "Readers of ethnography are often led to assume the report of a scene is complete – that little of importance was missed.
Readers could always find use of a book, even if it is to refute the ideas presented on its pages.
Readers ' advisory is a fundamental public library service that involves suggesting fiction and nonfiction titles ( often called " readalikes ").
Readers valued Procter's poems for their plainness of expression, although they were considered " not so very original in thought ; merit is that they are indeed the utterances ' of a believing heart ', pouring out its fulness.
A small volume on the Anthology, by Lord Neaves, is one of Collins's series of Ancient Classics for Modern Readers.
) In particular it is increasingly used to denote the more-right-wing views of those who are not in such minorities ; Readers of The Daily Mail, for example, are often characterised as being from Middle England, as are members of the Countryside Alliance ..
Readers can read the on-line edition of Metropolis all over the world by simply registering as users at its official site, and it is totally free.
The multiple choice component of the exam is scored by computer, while the free response and essay portions are scored by trained Readers at the AP Reading each June.
In Metal Edge's 2000 Readers Choice Awards, it won Album of the Year and tied with " Iron Maiden's Brave New World for Album Cover of the Year, while the single " Revolution is My Name " won Song of the Year.
Readers have also theorized that he is somehow connected to Darkhounds, maybe as an evil wolfbrother.
Readers have searched for any in-story connections between the two characters, but there is none.
Readers sympathetic to the passage may be connecting it to the opinion that Beethoven's music is in some way " phallic " or " hegemonic ," terms often used in modern feminist studies scholarship.
It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
William Holmes McGuffey ( September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873 ) was an American professor and college president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, one of the nation's first and most widely used series of textbooks.
It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers is a discontinued award presented by the Horror Writers Association ( HWA ) for " superior achievement " in horror writing for young readers.
The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year.
Readers may believe that Skip Wiley is a slightly more crazed version of the author ; both are newspaper columnists, and both are very passionate and entertaining writers.
Readers can infer that knowledge of truth is something like a divine state of being for the K-PAXian society, considering prot's vast knowledge, scientific aptitude, and admiration for the arts.
" Readers can not only visualize the scene, but may infer from it that it is actually the feud that has trapped him.

Readers and ,"
So we're going to do a fusion of the two cultural traditions ," Chlumsky said at the Condé Nast Traveler Readers Choice Awards .< ref >
In 2008, " to celebrate Alley Oop's 75th year ," the Benders conducted a contest for " Dinosaur Drawings from Our Young Readers "; the entry Tyrannosaurus Rex holding a banner wishing " Happy Birthday " to Alley Oop, by 12-year-old Erin Holloway of Hammond, Louisiana, was published in the comic strip on 2009 January 17.
* Catherine Conybeare, " sanctum, lector, percense uolumen: Snakes, Readers, and the Whole Text in Prudentius ’ Hamartigenia ," in W. Klingshirn and L. Safran ( eds ), The Early Christian Book ( Washington DC, 2007 ), 225-240.
Readers should understand that this book is Russell Means ' version of reality, and it does not necessarily bear any relationship to the truth ... Ultimately, this book is a chronicle of Means ' bottomless rage ..." which Brenner notes may have been justified by " the circumstances of his life in particular or American Indian lives in general ," but he thought Means ' stance was overdone.
In the article " Real Readers, Implied Readers, and Professional Writers: Suggested Research ," Charlotte Thralls, Nancy Roundy Blyler, and Helen Rothschild Ewald of Iowa State University define " real readers " versus " implied readers.
Readers have noted a striking similarity between the novel's plot and the synopsis of the TV show " Alias ," ( aired September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006 ) in which a secret agent working for what she believes is the CIA discovers she's been working for a terrorist organization all along.
*" Crucibles of the Cosmos ," The New York Times Magazine, January 14, 1979 ; New York Times Syndicate, 1979 ; reprinted in Readers ' Digest, May 1979 ; Science of the Times 3, 1979 ; The Living World of Nature, Readers ' Digest Press, 1980.
" Lynn Rutan in " Books for Older Readers " wrote that this novel is “ dark, edgy fantasy, and a must-purchase ” Additioanlly, Wood from Teenreads said she “ enjoyed the book ," noting Black's subtlety: “ the real world is never that simple, and neither is Black ’ s vision of faeries .”

Readers and would
Readers would write in with problems, and Roger would try and find a dodge for it ( which would usually go wrong ).
Readers would trace their fingers over the text, comprehending slowly but in a traditional fashion which Haüy could appreciate.
In 2011, the Giller Prize committee incorporated a Readers ' Choice process into its longlist for the first time, allowing members of the general public to nominate and make the case for books of their own choosing, from which the winning book would be included in the long list.
Readers were told that the new town would be the logical point for shipping grain They were also told that by shipping from Ellsworth their grain would go throughToledo, “ avoiding the grain scalpers of Chicago .” All interested people were to gather at the Illinois Central Depot in Bloomington at 9: 00 in the morning.
These seven titles, all of which carried a " Suggested for Mature Readers " label on their covers, and shared a sophistication-driven sensibility the fan press dubbed " the Bergerverse, would form the initial basis of Vertigo.
Readers during Poe's time would have been especially interested amidst the controversy over the insanity defense in the 1840s.
In Gray's Inn the Readers, when they existed, were required to attend Pension meetings, and other barristers were at one point welcome to, although only the Readers would be allowed to talk.
However far more Readers were appointed than Benchers — 50 between 1600 and 1630 — and it appeared that Readers would remain the higher rank despite this change.
Readers of the Washington Post had better hone their gaydar skills, because in story after story, the newsgathering behemoth either ignores questions of sexual orientation or employs endless winks and nods to convey what would be better spelled out.
Readers were encouraged to email Webb their video game-related inquiries ; she would then answer one question each month.
Readers would go to read the Back Page first and then proceed to read the magazine from back to front.
Henry Prize Stories 2009 would be directed to PEN's Readers & Writers Program, which sends well-known authors to under served inner-city schools.
Readers could send in floppy disks containing their In The Style Of drawn in Deluxe Paint, and every month Amiga Power would select the one they liked best and feature it in the magazine.
Readers would submit their dreams to the artist and were credited as authors of the resulting cartoon.
Readers were encouraged to mail their predictions of which technology companies would fail ( dot-bombs ), and NTK would proclaim " FALCO " with the list of accurate tipsters when announcing that companies had actually failed.
Readers with poor decoding skills but relatively preserved listening comprehension skills would be considered readers who are poor decoders, or dyslexic.

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