1.  Any resemblance to the scandals Mexicans have been reading in their daily newspapers may not be mere coincidence.

2.  Deputy Mayor Rudy Washington drew rousing applause when he read a statement from Giuliani that praised the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of Asian immigrants in Flushing.

3.  Dennis Jr. now has a stack of e-mails and faxes to read, more stuff on top of Mrs. Rooker's usual homework assignments.

4.  Denouncing Steere, they carried signs that read "Ticked Off" and "Leave Our Doctors Alone."

5.  DENVER at PITTSBURGH I was reading up on John Elway the other day.

6.  Deftly narrated by Kenneth Branagh, with Glenn Close reading diary excerpts, the movie may sound like a total downer, but it isn't.

7.  Cuban's playoff uniform is black jeans and Mavericks T-shirt that reads "Payback Time!" in six languages.

8.  Derek Jacobi's reading of these hideous bloodlettings gives us some sense of how the ancients might have felt on hearing them told aloud.

9.  Degener read books in his bunk or watched television through a porthole, as a low hum from computer and exhaust fans echoed off white walls.

10.  Desai typically spends a long time, years sometimes, collecting material, reading, researching, thinking, "scribbling," before she begins writing.