Word: mail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among the Lowell House resident's mail was a letter addressed to Mr. Robert Bork, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, which was not meant for him but for another Robert Bork who has never resided in Cambridge...
...joked with my father about getting mail[meant for Judge Bork], but we agreed that it washighly improbable," said the Lowell Houseresident. He said he had thought about thepossibility of receiving letters intended for "theother guy" 10 years ago, during Nixon'spresidency, but had forgotten about theconservative politician until this summer...
Money-back guarantees have long been used to promote mail-order kitchen knives or lawn trimmers, but now that classic gimmick is helping sell a most unlikely product: prescription drugs. G.D. Searle -- best known for introducing the first birth-control pill and NutraSweet, the widely used sugar substitute -- is offering full refunds to customers who find the company's medications ineffective or experience unpleasant side effects. All a patient has to do is fill out a postcard-size form with information about where the drug was bought and how much it cost, and attach the sales receipt. The patient...
Almost every working day, wherever he is in the world, Cosby receives an express-mail packet or a courier bearing checks: for the dentist, for college tuition, groceries, sculptures; he personally signs them all. Almost unique among major entertainment couples, Cosby and his wife Camille very seldom grant power of attorney to their business managers. This practice dates from Cosby's acrimonious breakup with a manager in the mid-'70s. At restaurants and shops, Cosby pays cash. Even on major purchases like real estate, he shuns financing. "For people from a lower economic background," he explains, "it means...
...article confirms the worst fears of those of us who sense a growing intolerance and resurgent McCarthyism in this society. Only this morning I received in the mail a campaign letter from Senator Howard Metzenbaum requesting support in his fight against a red-baiting smear directed at him by extremist elements in the Ohio Republican party. The Senator will no doubt be even more saddened to learn that a Harvard professor has suffered the same injury from one of his own students. Orlando Patterson