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<div> I have shared a few earlier messages from Mr.
Chris Jensen concerning his 1952 familiarity with the term
"chad." (The earliest attestation remains the 1947 one in
the Merriam-Webster files.)</div>
<div> Just to be sure, I double-checked with Mr.
Jensen about whether 1952 was the year he encountered
"chad" in his army training. Here is an excerpt from
his reply:</div>
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<div> "<font face="Arial" size="-1">Good idea
to double-check dates. I was a Korean war draftee. I entered the Army
in late 1952 and was home in graduate school in 1954. In deference to
sheer accuracy, I went through Teletype school in December, 1952, and
January, 1953. What little published material we had in Teletype
school was from the vendor, the Teletype Corporation, and was old and
well</font>-used."</div>
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<div>---Gerald Cohen</div>
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