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Right-reading (adj): Having the proper orientation (used in printing)

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Today is Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:48 am (U.S. central time).

“The multitude of books is making us ignorant.”
-- Voltaire

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03-17-2009 You've read these books. Sure you have.

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Comment from Aiden
Time: April 21, 2009, 2:35 am

Interesting ideas, the most important thing firstly is the colours and image, then the position of the text near that image or colour set.

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