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...poll's results and the statements of postal officials bear out Cooper's cynicism. Though the survey found that a majority of residents want to keep their post office downtown (including 79% of the senior citizens, who tend to walk there), postal spokesman Robin Wright dismisses the stay-putters as "emotional" and says the poll "is a private kind of deal" to "help us with our strategy." An internal Postal Service document makes this "strategy" as plain as bureaucratic doublespeak can be: "Provide a clearer identification of the 'real' underlying concerns by the antimove advocates, along with compensatory responses designed...
...Amato much moved by critics like Rolf Bloch, the main spokesman for Switzerland's 18,000 Jews. "We are Jews in a Swiss way," says Bloch. "We don't want to blame all the Swiss or put them under assault." A Jewish lawyer in Zurich representing 20 people seeking information on wartime accounts considers D'Amato's and Bronfman's tactics counterproductive. "So aggressive, so hostile," he says. "This banging on the head is wrong, and it has provoked reaction. Now we are seeing signs of anti-Semitism in Switzerland...
American doesn't quite see that as a problem and contends it can't afford to let APA members fly the regional jets. Says American Airlines spokesman Chris Chiames: "We would be at such a disadvantage, we could not compete. The trend in the industry is to move to the regional jet, but this jet is not flown by the majors." The small jets are now flown by the likes of Comair, Delta's commuter affiliate, and Northwest Airlink, both of which have pay scales like American Eagle...
...offered only on a "case by case basis." And although AT&T won't say what it takes to qualify, they did hint that bigger bills were more likely to get bigger discounts. "Our effort is on retaining old customers, not getting new ones," said an AT&T spokesman. "It's far more expensive to get new ones." That may not remain true if AT&T's secret plan angers more consumers than it keeps...
...Prime Minister Li Peng unexpectedly cut short countryside visits this weekend to return to Beijing. The Chinese government insisted on Tuesday that Deng's health was fairly good for a man of his years. "There has been no major change in Comrade Deng Xiaoping's health," assured one government spokesman. TIME's Douglas Waller notes that Jiang and Li may have returned to the capital to deal with the defection of North Korean official Hwang Jang Yop, currently ensconced in the South Korean embassy in Beijing. Waller notes that there is a more telling signal to watch...