From The Boston Globe- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 :
1. Penciling in a scorecard as he sat in Row X near the left field foul pole, Mike Van Hoven of Brandenton, Fla., watched the ballgame play out at Tropicana Field as he listened to a whole different contest: a deafening vocal battle between Red Sox and Rays fans.
2. There were announcements on the public address system. there was a election day lunch special, a "good-sized" haddock filet with french fries and cole slaw for $3.99. And wedged between the rotisserie chicken counter and the baked goods:the polling booths.
"This is great," Dianne Mann, a 23-year resident, said after casting her primary election ballot at, of all places, Price Chopper. "I'm going to get my cart and get things for dinner now."
From boston.com (boston globe online)
3.When a young mother from Brockton named Uloma Ikeagwuonwu roamed the hallways of the State House yesterday looking for someone, anyone, to discuss school programs, it took her 90 minutes before she finally found two legislators.
"Nothing seems to be happening," she said. "It's so quiet. The people I expect to see, I'm not seeing them."
4.The little boy answered the teacher's question in perfect Cantonese, which until recently would have earned him praise at the Kwong Kow Chinese School in Boston's Chinatown.
But the teacher shook her head.
"No," said Catherine Lui, peering at the boy over her eyeglasses as he stared up at her from the front row. "You have to use Mandarin."
5.It was a moment to rejoice. On Nov. 3, 2004, police supporters in Stoughton hoisted Manuel J. Cachopa to their shoulders and carried him around Club Luiz DeCamoes as they celebrated the voters’ recall of two town selectmen who had refused to renew Cachopa’s contract as police chief.
It was also the beginning of the end, some say.
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