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  • April 12 is celebrated as Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day.

    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage on Sun Apr 13 18:15:03 2025
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    April 12 is celebrated as Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.)
    Day.

    This annual event is dedicated to promoting literacy and the joy of
    reading by encouraging people to set aside time to read together.

    The day coincides with the birthday of beloved American author Beverly
    Cleary, whose character Ramona Quimby popularized the concept in her
    book [Ramona Quimby, Age 8]
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  • From Anton Shepelev@anton.txt@gmail.moc to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage on Fri Apr 18 02:21:16 2025
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    HenHanna:

    April 12 is celebrated as Drop Everything and Read
    (D.E.A.R.) Day.

    It is the day The Soviet Union paved man's way into space.
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage on Sat Apr 19 16:50:22 2025
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    On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:21:16 +0000, Anton Shepelev wrote:

    HenHanna:

    April 12 is celebrated as Drop Everything and Read
    (D.E.A.R.) Day.

    It is the day The Soviet Union paved man's way into space.


    I see. I believe you. It must be the day linked to the
    famous line about [THe Earth was Blue]


    it was the most famous line about Space-exploration
    until .... One Small step for (a) white man..............


    __________________________

    It shocked the USA's NASA community and became (the day of)

    Drop Everything and
    [Re-think our Math education] (D.E.A.R.) Day.

    As a teen-ager I read a book
    taht was a product of this [Re-think our Math education] movement

    ------------ it was a book by W W Sawyer.
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