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...system into a sort of hybrid messenger service. The technique is easily recognized: first let the system deteriorate, then announce that usage is declining, so service must be curtailed and/or prices must go up. It sounds just like the New York City subway. The French postal ministry now offers "postexpress," which guarantees same-day service for two or three times the price of a pneu. Soon people will forget that the pneu ever existed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Adeiu to the Pneu | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

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