Word: mailings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thielicke, the publishers Harper & Row call it "a new approach to the subject the whole nation is discussing." TIME'S Jan. 24 cover story-which drew on Thielicke's thought-quite obviously stimulated and sharpened that discussion. The story not only brought us a greater volume of mail than any other article we ever printed-this week's Letters column presents a second large installment of that mail-but it is being talked about in newspapers, on the air, at formal and informal campus conferences, and in the pulpit. Comment ranged from the 9th Annual Layman...
...publications. It's a long way to Hong Kong, but Combined Allied Forces Headquarters there has renewed its subscription for 1964." A quick check revealed that there was no such thing as CAFIC. Indeed, it turned out that Hong Kong's P.O. Box 14940 was simply a mail drop for Communist Chinese spies. Though the newspapers contained no military secrets, Peking's intelligence agents apparently read them avidly for hints of U.S. army morale, announcements of troop movements, maneuvers and other tidbits that might fit into a larger mosaic of U.S. military effectiveness...
...airline shipped along the thing that made him distinctive: a 2,300-lb. sugar cookie that the lad had baked himself. Nowadays, the nation's airlines are willing to carry almost anything-including some substantial losses-in the rush to fill their cargo bins. Air freight (excluding air mail and air express) has increased more than 50% in the last four years, reaching a volume of $230 million last year. This year it will increase another 10%, and aviation experts believe that it may some day rival passenger travel as a source of airline income...
...some Eastern stores and opened many new ones, is erecting a mammoth distribution center in Secaucus, N.J., to service them. Meanwhile, capitalizing on its Latin American experience, Sears next year will open stores in Madrid and Barcelona, use Spain as a wedge into the Common Market, where U.S.-style mail-ordering is a postwar phenomenon. Such moves delight Chairman Cushman, whose pleasures seem to be simple. Says he: "I love to hear the sound of the cash register ringing." If projections hold true, Sears's registers will ring to the tune of $6 billion within three years...
...friendly circulation desk. On the night before a final exam his love of the place is unbounded, surmounting even smell, wonks, and inscrutable lighting. Last night the love was unrequited because of a few gentle snowflakes. Not rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the United States Mail. The men who staff Lamont are not made of such stern stuff...