Word: chadli
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bags of chad on eBay have been sold off. The last Washington lawyer has left Florida, apparently setting off a smoky fire on his way out. On the news channels and in the papers, the faces of the Supreme Court justices have given way to those of the incoming Bush administration. The election is over...
...when the slumber of the holidays is over and we wake up in January 2001, America will have a new president, a fascinating new political scene and four years before it has to worry about holding another presidential election. Chad jokes will be so 2000, and Congress will be busy enough just trying to act civilized without giving an inch to the enemy across the aisle...
...when, in balancing a work life with a home life, work too often wins. "If you got a break for a minute on a Sunday, you'd look out and see all these families together," says Jason, 29, who came after Harry Jr., 30, and before Chad, 24. "It was hard to deal with sometimes, because we never got a chance to do that. We worked side by side, but that wasn't the same as being together as a family." The four Sutton men begged Mom to slow down, maybe close Je's two days a week instead...
...charities, and if someone knocked at the back door hungry and penniless, she couldn't say no. To the very end, that was Diane. "We were at home that night, and she had trouble breathing," Harry says, eyes glistening. "She started coughing, and next thing, she was unconscious." Chad performed CPR on his mother, 58, who had no history of serious illness. Harry called 911 and kept pleading with his wife, who was having a heart attack. "You just can't leave me like this!" They were close to retirement, the house nearly paid for, the boys self-sufficient. Harry...
...because of that, we are about to be rewarded. While all of unemployed America spent eight hours watching a Ryder truck filled with ballots travel at the speed limit across Florida, one brave woman in Los Angeles saw that truck as a way to bring joy to this chad-torn country. Or at least to make some cash...