Word: parcelling
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...choice of these lights was not only a product of the kitchen renovations—the plans included a blank wall, with the suggestion that some artwork could be placed there—but is also part and parcel of Loader’s larger plan of how Quincy House should look and feel. Since her arrival there three years ago, Loader has served as an interior decorator of sorts, making stylistic choices about the furniture and décor of all the House’s public spaces. In general, she looks to give the house...
...University is seeking the board’s approval to build a total of 328 units of faculty and affiliate housing in two sites in Riverside—along Cowperthwaite and Grant Streets near Mather House, and on a parcel of land along Memorial Drive...
...more surprising than what Erickson and his peers at a nondescript warehouse in Elizabethtown, Ky., accomplished that day is who they work for: United Parcel Service. Isn't UPS, universally known as Big Brown, a package-delivery company? Yes--and no. Sure, the bulk of the Atlanta-based company's $33 billion in revenue still comes from moving boxes from one place to another. But the company is rapidly expanding into something called supply-chain management, helping hundreds of clients like Royal Canin not only move products from place to place but also store, assemble and repair goods, even interact...
...mail almost always brings a smile to a student’s face. In the past few weeks, however, all too many of these important e-mails went unsent, and as a result students’ packages idled away in increasingly infamous package depots. While the buzz of parcel activity related to the start of school makes the depots a necessity to prevent the bombardment of boxes on House superintendents, the current implementation of the system is absurd...
...Northern Santa Fe, CSX and Norfolk Southern, are a linchpin of the U.S. economy; when they don't run smoothly, it's tough for the economy to grow. And lately, for companies whose bottom line depends on moving goods on schedule, the situation has become dire. UPS, the huge parcel service, was recently forced to shift some shipments to trucks. Dow Chemical, which supplies, among other things, chlorine for water utilities, suspended operations at a Michigan plant until the distribution logjam clears. Passenger trains are affected too. Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which makes a thrice-weekly run from Orlando...