Word: faxes
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...compensation to parents, hush money that reportedly ran as high as $14,000 in exchange for a promise to keep quiet. Those that didn't acquiesce faced official intimidation. Lu says police frequently questioned him and demanded that he cease his calls for justice. The only shop with a fax in his village has been told to not let him send documents. Nevertheless, Lu continues. In late October he received a statement from Beichuan officials denying any flaws in the building. Lu's not satisfied. "As long as I am breathing, I will seek an answer to my question...
...blocking access to the sites of demolished schools where parents and journalists would gather. The government offered compensation to parents--hush money in exchange for a promise to keep quiet. Those that didn't acquiesce faced official intimidation. Lu says police frequently questioned him; the only shop with a fax in his village has been told not to let him send documents. Nevertheless, Lu continues. In late October, he received a statement from Beichuan officials denying any flaws in the building. Lu isn't satisfied. "As long as I am breathing, I will seek an answer to my question...
...primitive! The actual color separations were done at home by ladies working in their kitchens! Really basic. It had been unchanged since the 1930s. And of course, we didn't even have fax machines. So Alan would have to physically send the script to me. When I started to run low on script, to keep me busy, he put the scripts in a taxi and paid $100 to get the script to me. Nowadays, script's done, send. Art's done, send...
...kind, I became slightly paranoid, so I called the Manhattan Borough Board of Elections. The woman on the other end of the line - who was juggling multiple calls - informed me that while I was a registered voter, they had not yet received my absentee application - and that I should fax another one and mail it as well, just to make sure. I did as told, making it a nightly ritual for a week to call before bedtime to see if they had received my fax. I never got through. (Read about the 7 things that could go wrong on Election...
...Finally, with less than two weeks to go until the election, somebody answered. She explained to me that they were inundated with absentee applications, that people have been calling repeatedly and - get this - that the fax machine was broken. She told me to fax my application again, but to a different number. I went through the same motions for the third time, this time including a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB), a back-up ballot (which doesn't include candidates for the state level) used by people like me who aren't able to get their absentee ballots...