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...Postal Service. In a surprise audit disclosed last week, postal inspectors in Washington found that some local managers temporarily stashed unprocessed mail in parked trailers so that the letters and packages wouldn't be immediately noticed as delayed. Millions of pieces of undelivered mail were found, including 2.3 million bulk- business letters, some of which had been delayed nine days, and 800,000 first-class letters, which had been held for three days...
Inevitably, the bulk of Lighter's entries is concerned with scatology, illicit behavior, drunkenness, sex and genitalia. About 12 pages are given over to what is undoubtedly the most frequently used obscenity in the English tongue, the ever versatile F word. No other slang expression approaches it in its variety of permutation, application, hyphenation and intensification (e.g., unf -- -- -- ingbelievable). In its earliest recorded use (late 15th century), this word was possibly already taboo, says Lighter, who found it in a rhyming couplet written in cipher. The dictionary is rife with other synonyms for copulation; some are splendidly ingenious (for example...
...think [the Liems] have been doing a good job," one former tutor said. "I think the bulk [of the problem] is tutor hiring because it shows poor management style and less than complete regard for equity and openness of discussion...
Montgomery argued that the best approach was to send the bulk of the forces north through Belgium and into the Ruhr under one commander -- himself. "This is a whole-time job for one man," he said. He was determined to avoid handing over command of the Allied ground forces to Eisenhower, as planned, on Sept. 1. In a direct challenge, he told Eisenhower that "to change command now would be to prolong the war." He was convinced that "one really full-blooded thrust toward Berlin is likely to get there and end the German...
...America of 1994, what you do for a living--how you spend the bulk of the waking hours of your day--is far more central to your identity than the color of your skin or the name of your house of worship. And in this crucial regard, Harvard College is the site of a massive failure in bringing about diversity among the students on campus...