Word: postally
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...pension funds and hedge funds. Among other means, I obtained their funds through interstate wire transfers they sent from financial institutions located outside New York State to the bank account of my investment advisory business, located here in Manhattan, New York and through mailings delivered by the United States Postal Service and private interstate carriers to my firm here in Manhattan...
...This Easter, the live-chicken trade will reach its peak, and it will pass right through the innocuous looking U.S. Postal Office on Mount Auburn Street in Harvard Square. There, as at most U.S. postal offices, live baby chickens can be sent through the mail...
...trapped in tiny postal packages, many birds will be crushed or suffocated in transportation. Most websites promised to pack extra chicks to account for the inevitable fatalities in the two to three days of transit. Premium sites even offered to insure my cargo against the off-chance that all birds show up dead...
...Postal Service duly obliged, mandating that all air carriers accept chicks when outside temperatures are between zero and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Shortly thereafter, a Minnesota postal worker reported disposing of boxes of birds that had perished in 95-degree heat...
...Congress should act to prevent this abuse, using its right to regulate interstate commerce to stop the inhumane transport of animals. Students can avoid buying live chickens, or perhaps even the eggs they produce, this Easter. And the U.S. Postal Service should end the live chicken trade—a postal box is no place for a sentient being...