Word: mail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...post office, however, you can get three 22-cent stamps for the same 66 cents. You can even get a book of 20 for $4.40 or a sheet of 100 for--you guessed it--$22.00. But you have to wait in line behind 15,000 people, each waiting to mail a box of lemon twists to their grandchildren in Tacoma, Washington...
Shortly after midnight, Cabot House security officer Manny Mango found the student imprisoned in a two-foot space between the two pairs of locked doors. After a brief conversation through the front door's mail slot, Mango liberated the adventurer by following his route into Moors in order to open the inside doors...
...years ago the NCAA prohibited alumni from meeting with prospective athletes, but still allowed them to contact athletes through mail and by telephone...
...industry leader is San Diego-based Mail Boxes Etc., a chain that has sold 400 franchises in 32 states. Its business has doubled in each of the past four years (1985 revenues: $4.6 million). Other private chains include Washington State's Pony Mailbox & Business Center, which has spawned 31 shops in four states, and New Jersey-based Postmark International, with 14 outlets in Canada...
...reason for the increase in near midairs is that air traffic has soared under deregulation. Flying accounts for nearly 90% of all interstate travel; the annual number of airline passengers has jumped from 292 million in 1978 to 415 million last year. The number of airlines, including cargo, express mail and charter service, increased from 150 to about 400, and ! the roster of passenger carriers grew by 97 (to 157). The FAA offers another explanation for the rising number of near midairs: its reporting system has improved. In 1983 the FAA began installing what controllers and pilots call a "snitch...