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  1. Industrial town (biscuits, electronics) on
  2. the river Thames; administrative headquarters
  3. of Berkshire, England; university 1892;
  4. population (1985) 138,000. It is an
  5. agricultural and horticultural centre, and
  6. was extensively rebuilt after World War II.
  7. The writer Oscar Wilde spent two years in
  8. Reading jail.
  9.  
  10. 2.
  11. Industrial city (textiles, special steels) in
  12. Pennsylvania, USA; population (1980) 78,686.
  13.