required reading
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The losses inflicted on the U.S. fleet in 1941 at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, in whose navy Mahan was required reading, were soon replaced, and then some.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The story he tells, especially in its grim final chapter, should be required reading for leaders of modern nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
That message is echoed in what’s colloquially known as the “musket fire speech,” which recently became required reading for incoming students at Brigham Young University.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
She wrote opinion articles and book reviews for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, and her reports from her trips to China were required reading for government and business leaders.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023
For fun, I filled mine out as Holden Caulfield fromThe Catcher in the Rye , that semester’s required reading and the first person to come to mind.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
