Word: postally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, I have put my rebellion - my version of going postal - on hold, as the Army has acceeded to most of my demands. Suddenly, the quartermaster's office came unclogged and we had toilet paper and paper towels in the latrine (no small thing). And on Monday, the platoon was at last outfitted in our camos - camouflage - and big black boots. Make no mistake, this finally is very cool stuff, especially the jackets and gloves. Hallelujah! Now all I need is my camouflage shirts; they're adding an inch onto the sleeves...
...decline in workplace homicides can be credited in part to tough initiatives by companies after a string of postal-worker shootings in the early '90s. Most of these programs involve zero tolerance for threats or violence, require conflict resolution among colleagues and offer tips on what workers should do if they're threatened or attacked. Meanwhile, at gas stations and other retail businesses, such security measures as silent alarms, buzzer locks and bulletproof glass have contributed to a 46% drop in robbery homicides over the past five years...
...fact, I ought to save a lot of people embarrassment right now by stating the following: there is no "Good Times" virus. Microsoft and AOL are not "teaming up" to conduct any kind of survey. The Postal Service is not about to charge 5[cents] for every e-mail. Deodorants do not cause breast cancer. M&M's will not give you free candy, nor will the Gap send you a free pair of jeans, nor will Honda drive a brand-new Civic to your front door if you pass on "their" messages...
...Carrie helps her tear off the brown postal paper. Harriet has sent her a jar of pink body glitter and some brightly colored nail polish, rolled up in two Guam T-shirts. Carrie can't stop laughing. She holds a T-shirt up to her chest and bats her eyelashes...
...filmmakers want to portray Vann as a "zero," a nothing--a "nobody home" type of guy. He is merely a reflection of whatever others want him to be: a son to an unhappy old couple; a buddy to a high school football star; Mr. Right to an unmarried postal worker. Yet Fancher also wants the audience to sympathize with the real Vann--a man who is tormented by nonexistent cops; a man whose killing is not always within his control ("You don't always choose what you do. Sometimes what you do chooses you," his voice-over proclaims...