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...should the Target react? Must he docilely accept this new aggravation? If he ignored the ZIP code entirely, thus challenging the U.S. Postal Service to try to find the historic town of Lexington without any numerical clues to guide it, would the letter go hopelessly astray? Sure, he has heard the postal authorities' soothing declarations that the nine-digit ZIP is designed to move mail faster and at a discount to firms that use it, but he suspects that if that thing poking under the edge of the tent looks like a camel and smells like a camel, it probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Must Remember This . . . | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...carry on, brave Postal Service, the Target thought as he grudgingly addressed his correspondent in Lexington as 02173-8087. Carry on through snow and rain and gloom of night, for even those numbered citizens who sometimes make fun of you still need you and depend on you. --By Otto Friedrich

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Must Remember This . . . | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...request from the College administration, both Ezaria and Redline had to shift their postal operations off campus in order to alleviate the workload of the Harvard Mail Services. Their leaders say that applying for campus approval was otherwise relatively straightforward...

Author: By Nina L. Vizcarrondo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Entrepreneurs Create Campus Businesses | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...have any, and went to church twice on Sundays. The Keillors did not shun the world rigidly, however, as some Brethren do, and their children were allowed to play with neighborhood children outside the faith. Gary was a quiet boy, recalls his father John, a retired postal worker. The elder Keillors, who now live in Orlando, listen to the program, recognize the germs of a few stories and think that "some of it's good and some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lonesome Whistle Blowing | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...there is no doubt that the developing nations are greatly helped by the debating forum of the organization. And if by airing their opinions these countries are helped, then so is the world. Some of the U.N.'s agencies, like the World Meteorological Organization, the Universal Postal Union and the World Health Organization, also perform valuable functions. Fielding H. Nalder Rome Powers of Science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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