In 1953, his manuscript spent seven months being sniffily perused by publishers, who all promptly returned it.
In education, for example, the school league tables so anxiously perused by English parents have gone, along with the tests sat by English seven-year-olds.
At Lamartine, a swanky shop in the seizième, the prime target is "La nouvelle histoire de la France contemporaine", a volume much perused by university students.
The museum's video collection, which includes extensive Beatles holdings, may also be perused by visitors, and for certain items, it is the place to go.
The National Lymphedema Network's Web site, www.lymphnet.org, has a directory of certified therapists that can be perused by state or region.
For example, he said, a home in Garrison designed by the architect and industrial designer Paul Mayen in 1975 was recently advertised in material regularly perused by art gallery owners in New York City.
The documents are being perused by a team of the country's most fearless journalists, who cannot believe their luck at the treasure trove that has been laid out before them.
The paper he waved jubilantly on the UN podium is now being perused by a committee, where it could be stuck for weeks or months.Some people contrast his diplomatic theatrics, which have yet to make a difference on the ground, with Hamas's more brutal ways, which have got 1,027 prisoners out of jail.
This chain of earlier versions could easily be ignored by readers who don't care about the historical record of a story, but could just as easily be perused by anyone who wants to know what the Times previously published about a given news item.
He added: "All North Korean periodicals and a significant number of publications on social and political topics were regularly removed from common access libraries and could only be perused by people with special permission … This rule was obviously introduced to ensure that the changes in the policy line of the regime would remain unnoticeable to the populace".
