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...damn polls, Dick, economy thing -- Reagan Democrats, Clinton Republicans, every which way. Get the jobs out to the ZIP codes, Jim says, or it's January in Kennebunkport, too cold for golf...
...American culture. What is new, however, is not the facts but our attitudes toward them. Once upon a time, Americans knew what to do with people who seemed different: obliterate the differences. Today increasing numbers of nominal Americans refuse to see America as anything more than a collection of ZIP codes. Their ideal is Yugoslavia, without machine guns. Multiculturalism, in the words of historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "belittles unum and glorifies pluribus...
...different from flying mosquitoes as seals are from buzzards. Not much water is needed: a tablespoon in an old beer can or tire casing is enough to provide a home for 200 of these little air-breathing water worms, but the more water the better. The larvae zip around, feeding on bacteria and bits of vegetation, which they filter through bristles in their mouths. In some species they also eat one another or the larvae of other mosquitoes, a habit the folks at the Mosquito Unit would like to encourage...
SORTING MAIL. The U.S. Postal Service uses voice-recognition systems in 30 big postal centers to sort bundles that cannot be processed by its automatic equipment. A human reads the ZIP codes off the labels, and the system directs the packages to the proper chute. The Postal Service figures it is cheaper to buy a computer to do the job than to train people to memorize which ZIP codes correspond to which locale...
While first-years still zip from the Yard to slam late-night coffees at Au Bon Pain and a few upperclass students still hide behind books in Cafe Pamplona, many have noticed the dearth of younger patrons...