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...winter, it is snowballs. Last month it was firecrackers. Now is the season of bees, wasps and gypsy moths. Indeed, U.S. mail carriers are used to finding all manner of surprises in the 25 million home mailboxes that line America's roads. But whether citizens leave a week-old baby boy (as once happened) or a cup of steaming coffee in winter (as often happens), it is all illegal. Though a man's home may be his castle and though he must buy and maintain his mailbox, its interior space essentially belongs to Uncle...
...mailbox remains the private property of the individual," says Postal Service Lawyer Jack T. DiLorenzo. "But we do have some control." Yes, indeed. That control began shortly after the 1896 start of rural free delivery. By 1899 Postmaster General Charles Smith was already grousing that "tomato cans, cigar boxes, drainage pipes upended, soap boxes and even sections of discarded stovepipes were used as mailboxes." There followed three quarters of a century of regulation and regularization. Now the owner of a rural mailbox must place it at a height convenient to the carrier, and the box he buys must...
...Every Mailbox. The anti-Marketeers argue that EEC membership will lead to more unemployment, higher food prices and less sovereignty for Britain. Pro-Marketeers maintain that membership will reduce unemployment, lower food prices and bolster Britain's world influence. The official referendum campaign pamphlets-which are being delivered at government expense to every mailbox in the land this week-do little to clarify matters. With more drama than cogency, the Why You Should Vote Yes pamphlet argues that "outside [the EEC] we should be alone in a harsh, cold world with none of our friends offering to revive...
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...name on the mailbox-New Alchemy Institute-suggests that the small Cape Cod farm is dedicated to the ancient quest for a way of transforming base metals into gold. In fact, the farmers are pursuing an equally elusive but more modern goal: alternative methods of feeding the earth's billions without excess use of fertilizers and pesticides, waste of coal and oil, or reliance on the new hybrid grain crops, which despite their high yield are often vulnerable to disease...