Word: postal
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...first Williams had a wild swing that often, eerily, found the ball. Later, observed Red Sox star Carl Yastrzemski, "he studied hitting the way a broker studies the stock market." Williams treated the game as a science and a fine art, weighing his bats on a postal scale, massaging them with olive oil and resin. When he said, "Hitting is 50% above the shoulders," he was speaking of a sharp eye--to read the seams on a curve ball and then smack the cover off it--and a UNIVAC brain that held all relevant data on a rival pitcher...
...Gartner Group and Intel. Although it took over 25 years to reach this milestone, the next billion should sell in just six years, with high demand in China, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Reform Lost in the Mail Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was forced to compromise on deregulating postal services, which he made a litmus test for larger reforms. A public postal corporation will be formed, but the effort to introduce competition has been returned to sender. The Flow Slows Money may make the world go round, but cash itself isn't moving as it used to. A fall...
...team failed to secure a paid bid this year because its video was damaged in the postal system following the disturbances in mail delivery related to the Sept. 11 attacks...
...USPS cannot continue to charge for personal mail delivery. There is no cost to transfer documents electronically, and as electronic transfer becomes more prevalent, expensive letter and postcard costs will make postal delivery unattractive...
...year. The USPS cited a decline in the mail volume last year—likely the first of many. Free delivery of letters and postcards, financed by the U.S. government, is a luxury the American public would be willing to pay for with a small tax increase. Government subsidized postal service is not new to the U.S. The USPS has a legal right to accept taxpayer assistance, and it received operating subsidies as recently...