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 	worked a full day in my life since then. 
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+Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
+Kennedy exactly one hundred years later in 1946.
+
+Lincoln was elected president in November 1860.
+Kennedy in November 1960.
+
+Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who urged him not to go to
+the theatre.
+Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who advised against his going
+to Dallas.
+
+Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran off into a warehouse.
+Oswald shot Kenned y from a warehouse and ran off into a theatre.
+
+Lincoln was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson.
+Kennedy was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson.
+
+The first Johnson was born in 1808.
+The second Johnson was born in 1908.
+
+		-- Alistair Cooke, "Letter From America", 26nov2001
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