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Meese had no reason to doubt that Reagan was still with him. "I've never been one that wanted to throw the baby out of the sleigh to the wolves in order to lighten the load," Reagan told a group of newspaper reporters. While he had not examined Meese's finances, "I do know that he had to make some pretty great economic sacrifices to come here and work for the Government." Reagan said that Meese would remain as his Counsellor until he was confirmed as Attorney General. After completing his required preliminary probe, Smith was expected...
...self-sustaining, the Postal Service has turned first class. It is handling more mail than ever: 119.4 billion pieces last year, 400 million pieces every workday, up 4.7% from 1982. That is more by far than any other postal system in the world. Since 1971, the service's load has increased by 35 billion pieces, to 18 million new addresses...
...Postal Service corporation is carrying that load with fewer people: 678,845 vs. 741,000 in 1971. Employee productivity has gone up 43%, chiefly because of mechanical mail sorting. In 1971, a postal worker processed 120,212 pieces a year; now a person handles 173,320. Output will go up even more when high-speed optical scanners, which read addresses, convert them into printed bar codes and then send them off for automatic sorting into 136,000 carrier routes, are fully installed...
...approach to conducting: "You cannot impose your will on an orchestra. If you do, they will imitate you, not create on their own. They will not be able to see your reasons. Toscanini was a very great conductor, but he was not a great musician." Despite the work load and the stream of mysterious utterances, many Curtis students love him. Says Concertmaster Susan Synnestvedt, a third-year violinist: "He feels there is a truth in music, and it should be discovered...
Laundry Lifted: Someone took a load of laundry valued at $200 from a washing machine in the Holworthy laundry room between 9:30 and 10:20 p.m. last Sunday, a victim told police...