On a personal level, though, it just feels sad.

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Joe Paterno died on Sunday at 85, and it feels swift and sad and unresolved.

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"It is almost a sad fact that that feels like a win -- that it is not so bad, " Flowers told CNN during a visit on Tuesday -- just 98 days, or 14 weeks, until the November election.

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Linda Friedlander, 49, of Tallahassee, Florida, said she feels comforted and sad when she lights hers for her grandfather, aunt and mother because it reminds her of how much time has passed.

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