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Khaled: Are you going to the polling place or are you voting by absentee ballot again? Bernice: I always vote with an absentee ballot so I can vote in the comfort of my own home and in my own time. In fact, Ive already mailed in my ballot. Khaled: Go

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16th October 1860 1860年10月16日 Hon A B Lincoln Dear Sir 尊敬的亚伯拉罕林肯先生： My father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlins. 我爸爸刚刚从集市上回家，带回来了您和汉密尔顿先