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...National Public Radio call-in program, a ticked-off citizen of Castine, Maine, (whose downtown P.O. was spared last year after cbs's This Morning took up its cause) chewed out Postmaster General Marvin Runyon: "Doesn't the Postal Service have some kind of obligation not to rip small communities apart?" Runyon, a former auto-company executive, responded with executive generalities concerning aging buildings and population growth, then effectively reversed himself. "It is not our business to be closing down small post offices," he said. "Our intention is to keep them open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: lLIVINGSTON, MONTANA: IT BREAKS A VILLAGE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...trying to make accommodations where we can, but the subscribers actually made the calls and it would be unfair to other subscribers to offer those people the option of not paying." The FTC says it has no evidence that the government of Moldova was involved in the rip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: XXX Pictures, XXL Phone Bill | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...required sourcebook for Introduction to American Government which, according to government concentrator Novisi Atadilea '99, is a $124 rip...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Crashing The Coop | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

...freshman than to see a movie which features the topical and knee-slapping narration provided by the Crimson Key Society....Here are some of the other typically uplifting movies CKS [The Crimson Key Society] will be showing in the future, and transcripts of more of the same kind of rip-roaring comments you have come to expect...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Demon's Humorless Antics | 11/27/1996 | See Source »

...questioning the health of Social Security, money has poured into the stock market. It's not gamblers' money but real people's, and one day it'll be needed to buy real things like cars and toasters and to keep the economy humming. A crisis in confidence stemming from rip-off artists in the markets could have far-reaching consequences. "The threat to the system now begins to escalate," says sec enforcement chief William McLucas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STOCK MARKET POSSE | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

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