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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 9, 1963 | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

...government. He launched Accelerated Business Collection-Delivery (ABCD), a service in which letters mailed in any of 273 cities by 11 a.m. are delivered to any point in the downtown section of the city by 3 p.m. the same day. Day's recently inaugurated Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP), using five-digit codes affixed by the sender, is designed to speed mail service by pinpointing exactly how the letter should be routed-through one of ten U.S. regions, and on to states, cities, towns, postal zones or even large office buildings. Already in use by advertising mailers, ZIP eliminates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Goodbye, Mr. ZIP | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

...have me catch a cold instead?" But more often it is mildly amusing, as when one of the men logically demonstrates that the tree is not a tree. The funniest moment in the play, though, is not verbal at all; it comes when the other man is unable to zip...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: 'By The Sea' at the Ex | 7/30/1963 | See Source »

...Banana shouldn't prove too slippery a skin for Milton Berle to zip himself into. Gaithersburg, Md.; Devon, Pa.; Haddonfield, N.J.; West Springfield, Mass.; Westbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jul. 19, 1963 | 7/19/1963 | See Source »

...worst of these is the United States Post Office Department. A few years ago they instituted zone numbers and now the second step in their program is revealed in the form of the heinous ZIP Code. In order to head off the loosely organized foes of numerification, the post office is carrying on a large-scale public relations program, including the biggest mass mailing in history. They have even gone so far as to devise a little ZIP Code anthem, arranged for the music of "Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah," a sacred tune which once signified the beauty of life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ZIP - a - Dee - Do - Dah | 7/16/1963 | See Source »

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