Word: postcard
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...also drew a personal postcard from Harvard Coach Joe Walsh. That—combined with a positive recruiting visit—lured San Salvador to Cambridge...
DIED. DEAN BUMPUS, 89, oceanographer who littered the Atlantic with tens of thousands of bottles to study the ocean's currents; in Woods Hole, Mass. He asked seabound friends and strangers to dump overboard boxfuls of bottles--each with a note asking its finder to send a postcard with the place and date of its discovery, in exchange for 50 [cents]. The project helped track weather and fish patterns; postcards are still coming...
...USPS cannot continue to charge for personal mail delivery. There is no cost to transfer documents electronically, and as electronic transfer becomes more prevalent, expensive letter and postcard costs will make postal delivery unattractive...
...American public would be willing to support a free letter and postcard service because its cost to the government would be small. The USPS has an operating budget of $66 billion, but most of its income comes from sources of revenue outside selling stamps to Americans for personal use. Fees charged to commercial companies for mail and catalogue delivery should remain in place.The USPS should continue to charge for parcel delivery—competing with the United Parcel Service and Federal Express. The USPS should also keep special service charges in place—Americans will continue...
...policy makers must realize that the USPS monopoly on personal mail delivery is gone. To prevent personal mail from following Pony Express and Western Union Telegram into oblivion, these decision makers must use this moment of transformation to initiate a U.S. government funded, free personal letter and postcard delivery service.When they do, I’ll send them a letter of congratulation right away—without wasting time finding a stamp...