Word: although
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Meanwhile, private carriers from Atlanta to Frankfurt, Germany, are battling for a bigger piece of the delivery pie, forcing the Postal Service to contract with the likes of DHL and Emery Worldwide just to maintain its global reach. Although still delivering 40% of the world's mail, the men and women in blue just can't seem to keep pace. Says Representative John McHugh, a New York Republican, whose postal-reform bill has been stuck in congressional limbo for six years: "The postal system is heading toward a disaster of tremendous consequences...
...Henderson is trying to shake up the system. Last month word leaked that he and Fred Smith, founder and CEO of Federal Express, were putting the finishing touches on a broad alliance--a striking move, since Smith has long been an outspoken critic of the USPS Although details are still sketchy, the deal would reportedly give the government carrier access to the air network of the company, which is based in Memphis, Tenn. In return, the blue-uniformed postal workers would pick FedEx packages up from your door and deliver them right to your door. In effect, that would hand...
These days the former Playmate wears ruby-red lipstick and four-inch heels to court, where two dozen attorneys scuttle and scat over the spoils. Although Smith's name wasn't in the old man's will, the California judge said she was entitled to spousal benefits anyway, and accused one brother of tampering with the will to keep the whole hill of beans for himself. A finding in her favor in Texas probate court, where she is arguing that the old man promised her half of everything in return for marrying him, could bolster her claim...
...readers, many of us carry a secret longing for unauthorized histories, works that are therefore free to deliver the real story. The Beatles Anthology is an official version, and although we're occasionally surprised by the Beatles' candor, much of the time we're left thinking that there must be better stories about the group and more eloquent ways of telling them...
...that is just what he's done. Although Eminem's sensationalist rapping still rides high on the charts, that old consensus may at last be showing signs of breaking down. In searching for a little meaning in his own heart, Everlast may have touched on something that will make hip-hop reconsider...