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STEVE AND I set off for downtown Harvard Square in the middle of Friday afternoon rush hour. We positioned ourselves in front of the mailboxes outside the Coop, and asked random passersby: "excuse me, would you like to use the mailbox...
Some people laughed. They even called their friends over to "look at the goofy guys standing in front of the mailbox." Other people were nasty. They felt threatened by having their personal space violated, and even called us assholes. They were probably right. Still others were confused. "What's wrong with the mailbox?" was a common response. So was "what the hell are you idiots doing here...
...favorite catalog to date, though, is the one I got from the Norwood Trophy and Engraving Company. It arrived just in time, as I was almost out of trophies and things to engrave when the catalog showed up at my mailbox...
...about to start theirs. Some 60% of this spring's graduates will enroll in college, and though the choice of where to go is the culmination of twelve years of schoolwork, many will make the decision knowing little about the place they choose. They must sort through a choked mailbox of color brochures from student-hungry colleges, face down a blizzard of intimidating forms, and assess parental advice that is based either on no college experience or 20-year-old impressions. Enter the college guidance counselor to champion the student's cause. Too often, though, such a paladin is battered...
...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...