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Shortly before midnight, the children get into their beds to listen to a live reading of the 1993 children's book "The Night at the Museum" by Milan Trenc -- the inspiration for the film.

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"I will be a president who listens and reflects and who speaks when it's necessary," she said.

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Responding to odds that place her as an outsider to win a place on the Democratic ticket - even behind Hollywood actor Dwayne the Rock Johnson - she said she never listened to polls.

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She and Bhumibol travelled extensively throughout the country, often listening to rural Thais' concerns first hand, earning her the affectionate title "Mother of the Nation".

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When a group of key European leaders discouraged him from signing a peace deal with Russia that would require Ukraine to cede land, the president listened.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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