Word: postally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Four people were shot to death and one seriously wounded during a holdup at a post office in the quiet suburban community of Montclair, New Jersey. Acting on a tip, police arrested Christopher Green, a former postal co-worker, who the authorities said quickly confessed to the killings, saying he robbed the facility to pay off debts, including his rent...
...jumped out of a stolen taxi, and as one stood watch, another fired at the van with an AK-47 rifle. Sixteen gunshots later, Gary C. Durell, 45, a CIA communications technician, was dead, and Jackie Van Landingham, 33, a consulate secretary, was fatally wounded. A third employee, postal clerk Marc McCloy, 31, was shot in the ankle. The gunmen spared the Pakistani driver and sped away. Said a stunned Karachi resident, Mohammad Ismail Said, an office clerk: "The barbarians have arrived...
...change the whole layout of the paper). I grabbed my camera and took pictures of the smashed Bay Bank window and another of a police officer pointing to a bullet lodged in a mailbox. I was especially impressed by the officers' respect for jurisdiction as they waited for the Postal Service police to come get the mailbox before prying out the bullet...
...source will face fierce competition from electronic shopping and banking services. America Online, for example, gives its members access to a service called 2Market, allowing them to browse for products online and order electronically. Since purchased goods are delivered by either FedEx or U.P.S., these transactions entirely circumvent the Postal Service...
...Postal officials counter that their service is truly universal, whereas their electronic predators are unduly optimistic about how widespread the new communications infrastructure will become. Faithful human couriers still haul letters by mule train to the Havasupai tribe in Arizona and don Santa suits to deliver cards and presents at Christmastime. Besides, the 206-year-old service is planning for its survival -- experimenting with ventures ranging from stamp collectors' services on CD-ROM to the certification of business- related electronic communications, similar to what it now does for postmarked, certified and registered mail. Another scheme would locate electronic kiosks...