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Thank you for your article on the U.S. Postal Service. I have recently been hired to operate one of the automated bar-code sorters that you described, and am amazed at the speed and efficiency of this machine. Before my appointment, I had the impression that many people working in the post office were "coasting" in a well-paying civil service job. This is not the case. The increased productivity should in part be attributed to the attitude of the service's workers. The cooperation and communication between management and labor are the best I have experienced...
...Builders, grimly informed Reagan that a crunch was inevitable. Said he: "Deficits keep interest rates high. Deficits are inflationary. Mr. President, time is running out." Reagan hardly reassured his audience when he noted that ending tax deductions for home mortgage payments might be one way to simplify the tax code, a highly impolitic suggestion that left the builders sputtering...
...telephone conversations. According to court documents, important calls were exchanged from phones in or near Al Dente pizzeria in Queens, New York, owned by Catalano and a frequent meeting place for lieutenants in his faction of the Bonanno family. The smugglers spoke in obscure Sicilian dialects and in code. Shipments of heroin were called "cheese" or "tomatoes." U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani says the bust was part of a larger assault on the Mafia. "We can substantially crush organized crime," he said. "And we are doing just that...
...committee, which does not include a single Black, to look into the ethical issues of Harvard investments, and advise the Corporation. Bok appoints the committee members himself, but does not always follow their advice. And when he says he will accept their decision, for example, about the meaningless Sullivan code-of-corporation behavior in South Africa, he lies and the University maintains investments in companies which fail to sign the Sullivan principles. Where is democracy--or even an "appropriate" means--in this situation.' For Bok to come out and define "appropriate" to be those methods which he has insured...
...proposed law, which amends the State Civil Rights Code, would make it illegal for landlords, employers and creditors to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation--whether heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual...