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...here, beyond the reach of postal cookies (one never can trust customs inspectors with cookies anyway), it is nice to know a little flour, a few nuts and the essential raspberry jam can bring a taste of home to a bachelor pad halfway across the world. And I get to lick the bowl too. Adam I. Arenson '00-'01, a Crimson editor, is spending the year in Jerusalem...
...possible to have 3,600 corporations and no visible presence? Easy. All the real work is still performed back in the U.S. The companies merely hire a local firm to maintain their records, open a bank account, conduct that annual board meeting and provide an offshore postal address. "FSCs are transparent companies," says a longtime agent on St. Thomas. "They don't really exist." To comply with the law, companies send their already processed sales invoices, brochures and other export literature in boxes to St. Thomas for mailing. Perhaps 50 islanders, mostly low-salaried clerical help, work...
...including the best way to purchase used cars, plus tips on buying clothes (wait for end-of-season sales) and making your own snacks. "I grew up in poverty as the daughter of sharecroppers," says Kilgo, whose husband Randal, 55, retired in 1997 after 32 years with the U.S. Postal Service. "But my parents were smart and frugal and taught me how to save money. This kind of knowledge allowed us to retire early and still be secure financially." The Kilgos are earning about 80% to 90% of their previous income...
...away from the nearest blackjack table. Las Vegas is on a $7 billion building jag, with 18 major hotel and casino projects scheduled to open before 2000. By the millennium, Vegas will have more rooms than New York City, Paris or Los Angeles and more slots than the U.S. Postal Service...
United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers mail directly to the Houses and the Science Center, where it is then passed on to students. Although employees who sort mail agree that the job offers a unique view into the lives of undergraduates, they split on the job's perks--or lack thereof...