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...sheer size of such facilities dwarfs the capabilities of private competitors and makes it tempting to take these rivals lightly. Postal managers boast that the U.S. system delivers as much mail daily as FedEx handles in a year. "We are at the extremes in everything," says New York Postmaster Sylvester Black. "We talk about the evolution of the mail, but the overwhelming majority of people get their bills by mail, pay their bills by mail and get their magazine subscriptions by mail. The old standby is still the old standby...
With a starting price of $15,200, the new Beetle can't boast that it's the cheapest of its class, a huge part of the original's appeal. German automaker Volkswagen was careful to add an array of modern amenities such as an adjustable steering column, a six-speaker stereo system, an air filter for the cabin, and air bags front and side. Still, such similarly equipped subcompacts as the Honda Civic, GM Saturn, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Prism and Toyota Corolla are all cheaper and better-established models...
ROCK OF AGES Can old men make new music? The Grammy nominators seem to think so. The five codgers competing for best rock vocal boast an average age of 51. Bob Dylan received his first Grammy nomination before four of the five female nominees were born. The women's division skews significantly younger and includes the barely legal Fiona Apple...
...does boast a solid defensive package, holding all opponents this season to under 45 percent shooting, and will test Harvard's mettle from the field...
...risk in a lifetime appointment: the young but widely respected scholar who shows ever indication of continued intellectual growth over the long term, or the scholar recognized as a mature authority in a given field who resists new modes of working in or thinking about that field. Harvard does boast a number of senior Faculty who continue to be vital and innovative in their teaching and scholarship. Nevertheless, its anomalous and increasingly laughable tenuring procedures also make it a haven for the latter type of scholar described above, a critical mass of whom generally thwart the appointment of the former...