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Sen. Harry Reid, 75, is recovering at home after he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face" when he was exercising, his office said Friday in a statement.

The Nevada Democrat was using a piece of equipment to exercise on Thursday when it broke, causing him to fall.

His doctors expect a full recovery, and he's set to return to Washington over the weekend before the Senate reconvenes next week.

According to the statement, the Senate Democratic Leader was treated and admitted overnight as a precaution at University Medical Center in Las Vegas after first being transported to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson by his security detail.

President Barack Obama called Reid on Friday, White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters, "to wish him a full and speedy recovery."

Reid's office later announced Friday that Reid had been discharged from the hospital.

"He spent the day with his wife, Landra, talking to fellow senators, friends and staff and preparing for the Senate's return," Reid's Deputy Communications Director said in an emailed statement Friday. "He sends his thanks to all those who sent warm wishes and is ready to get back to work."

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, was quick to make a joke and wish his colleague well.

It's not the first time Reid has hurt his ribs in recent years. In October 2012, his motorcade was involved in a multi-car accident in Nevada that left him with rib and hip contusions. He went to the hospital but was released shortly afterward.
1. Who is the article about?
2. What happened?
3. When?
4. How?
5. Has this happened before?
6. How many hospitals did he go to?
7. Where first?
8. Then?
9. How long did he stay?
10. What party is Sen. Reid?
11. What state?
12. Did anyone call him?
13. Why?
14. Did anyone else make the same wish?
15. Who is he?
16. What party?
17. State?
18. Has Reid been injured before?

Numbered answers:
1. Sen. Harry Reid,
2. he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face"
3. Thursday
4. piece of equipment broke, causing him to fall
5. No
6. Two
7. St. Rose Dominican Hospital
8. University Medical Center i
9. overnight
10. Democrat
11. Nevada
12. Obama
13. to wish him a full and speedy recovery
14. Jeff Flake
15. Sen
16. R
17. Arizona
18. yes

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CHAPTER XIII

LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS

The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger. He knew that Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people of the Green Forest and that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed for a long time; otherwise he would work only at night.

Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank. He kept right on swimming with the branch of a poplar-tree until he reached his food pile, which, you know, is in the water. There he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond. This done, he swam over to where Lightfoot was watching. "Hello, Lightfoot!" he exclaimed. "You are looking handsomer than ever. How are you feeling these fine autumn days?"

"Anxious," replied Lightfoot. "I am feeling terribly anxious. Do you know what day this is?"

"No," replied Paddy, "I don't know what day it is, and I don't particularly care. It is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we've had for a long time."

"I wish I could feel that way," said Lightfoot wistfully. "I wish I could feel that way, Paddy, but I can't. No, Sir, I can't. You see, this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me. The hunters started looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed. At least one hunter did, and I don't doubt there are others. I fooled that one, but from now to the end of the hunting season there will not be a single moment of daylight when I will feel absolutely safe."
1. Does today have special significance to Lightfoot?
2. Why?
3. Who does he think will be around?
4. Did he encounter one yet?
5. Late in the day?
6. When?
7. Does he feel secure?
8. Is Paddy anxious?
9. What is he doing when Lightfoot arrives?
10. On what?
11. Does he always do that during the day?
12. When does he work during the day?
13. And when does he labor when there have been folk around?
14. Why?
15. What time of year is it?
16. How's the weather?
17. Does Paddy mention Lightfoot's appearance?
18. Does he call him ugly?
19. How does he describe him?
20. Where do these characters live?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. it is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for him
3. hunters
4. yes
5. no
6. before Mr. Sun was really out of bed
7. no
8. no
9. working
10. his food pile
11. no
12. when he has been undisturbed for a long time
13. at night
14. he is one of the shyest of all the little people
15. autumn
16. fine
17. yes
18. no
19. handsomer than ever
20. the Green Forest

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Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and some other Asian languages. In Standard Chinese they are called Hanzi (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ). They have been adapted to write a number of other languages including: Japanese, where they are known as kanji, Korean, where they are known as hanja, and Vietnamese in a system known as chu Nom. Collectively, they are known as CJKV characters. In English, they are sometimes called Han characters. Chinese characters constitute the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world. By virtue of their widespread current use in East Asia, and historic use throughout the Sinosphere, Chinese characters are among the most widely adopted writing systems in the world.

Chinese characters number in the tens of thousands, though most of them are minor graphic variants encountered only in historical texts. Studies in China have shown that functional literacy in written Chinese requires a knowledge of between three and four thousand characters. In Japan, 2,136 are taught through secondary school (the Joyo kanji); hundreds more are in everyday use. There are various national standard lists of characters, forms, and pronunciations. Simplified forms of certain characters are used in China, Singapore, and Malaysia; the corresponding traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and to a limited extent in South Korea. In Japan, common characters are written in post-WWII Japan-specific simplified forms (shinjitai), which are closer to traditional forms than Chinese simplifications, while uncommon characters are written in Japanese traditional forms (kyujitai), which are virtually identical to Chinese traditional forms. In South Korea, when Chinese characters are used they are of the traditional variant and are almost identical to those used in places like Taiwan and Hong Kong. Teaching of Chinese characters in South Korea starts in the 7th grade and continues until the 12th grade where 1,800 total characters are taught albeit these characters are only used in certain cases (on signs, academic papers, historical writings, etc.) and are slowly declining in use.
1. how many letters do they have in Chinese?
Numbered answers:
1. tens of thousands letters