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一 | CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire presidential primary filing period starts Wednesday, a ritual unruffled by either a changing of the guard or changes to the nominating calendar elsewhere.For the first time in more than four decades, candidates will file paperwork with a new secretary of state thanks to the retirement last year of longtime elections chief Bill Gardner. But his successor, David Scanlan, is carrying on the tradition of ensuring New Hampshire remains first, waiting for the dust to settle in other states before scheduling the 2024 contest.“I’m really in no hurry,” he said in an interview Tuesday.In contrast, the candidates themselves — particularly the longshots — often are in a race to sign up first in hopes that a bit of media attention will boost their campaigns. In 1991, a writer from New York drove 11 hours in a snowstorm only to find another perennial candidate waiting at the door. In 2007, a Minnesota fugitive living in Italy sent a package by courier that arrived just before an ex-convict embarked on a 90-minute rant that included five costume changes.Current candidates have until Oct. 27 to sign up, and dozens are expected to do in part because it’s relatively cheap and easy. They need only meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee.In 2020, 33 Democrats and 17 Republicans signed up. The all-time high was 1992, when 61 people got on the ballot. But this cycle could be notable instead for whose name isn’t on the ballot.New Hampshire, with its state law requiring its primaries to be held first, is defying the Democratic National Committee’s new primary calendar which calls for South Carolina to kick off voting on Feb. 3, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada. The shakeup came at the request of President Joe Biden in a bid to empower Black and other minority voters crucial to the party’s base.Biden’s campaign won’t comment on whether he will be on the ballot in New Hampshire. But he wouldn’t be the first reelection-seeking incumbent missing from the primary ballot: President Lyndon Johnson won the 1968 Democratic primary as a write-in, though a shockingly strong-second place showing by Sen. Eugene McCarthy helped push him out of the race.Scanlan, who served as deputy secretary of state for 20 years, said he was excited to welcome candidates starting Wednesday. Like his predecessor, he plans to greet them with a few encouraging words, but don’t expect the obscure trivia Gardner often added.“I don’t have any history lessons planned,” Scanlan said. “That was Bill’s style, and he was really, really good at it.”。 中新社北京8月23日电 (记者 周昕 李京泽 迟瀚宇)应中国教育国际交流协会邀请，支持中国治沙事业的美国友人“赛考斯”(本名罗纳德·萨科尔斯基)23日凌晨抵达北京首都国际机场。时隔20多年，第三次来到中国的赛考斯难掩激动，刚一露面，就用不太流利的中文说出：“我回来了！” 1999年，跟随“中美教师交换项目”来到中国任教的美国教师萨科尔斯基筹集5000美元，帮助殷玉珍夫妇治沙造林。
二 | 如今，5000美元长成5万多棵大树，赛考斯跨越万里，也即将迎来与故友殷玉珍的重逢。 8月23日凌晨，支持中国治沙事业的美国友人“赛考斯”(本名罗纳德·萨科尔斯基)抵达北京首都国际机场。 中新社记者 富田 摄 历经十余小时的跨洋飞行，赛考斯直言丝毫没有疲惫之感。“当飞机落地时，我意识到自己回到了第二个家，即将见到我的‘家人’。
三 | ”对他来说，此行就像“一个快乐的小孩在过圣诞节”。“快乐的小孩”很关注自己的行李箱，里面有他精心为中国朋友准备的礼物。 对于赛考斯而言，此番来华是一场圆梦之旅——看望治沙英雄殷玉珍、见证成片林木的成长，与昔日学生和老友重逢，是他长久以来的心愿。他感慨，当年一次小小的善意资助，竟孕育出片片绿洲，这是他从未想过的美好结果。“我想对殷玉珍说声谢谢，她让中国更加美丽。” “这是一段由上天书写的故事，我只是扮演好自己的角色，殷玉珍才是真正的英雄。我即将要去的那片森林，会揭开这个故事的全新篇章。
四 | ”赛考斯期待，等到行程结束，可以向世界传递清晰信号：美中两国可以跨越差异、携手合作，共建和平世界。“就像是荒漠化防治，两国要把关注点放在共通之处，秉持开放心态，守护和建设更加美好的世界。” 赛考斯正式开启为期10天的中国之旅，后续还将到访内蒙古鄂尔多斯、呼和浩特及河南洛阳，再续两国民间友谊。
五 | (完) 【编辑:刘欢】。
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