Word: postalized
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...substantial increase in telephone and postal charges. Local calls in Britain will...
...from New Delhi, official hints that he ought to pack up his whole shebang and trundle out of Hyderabad to his flossy mansion in Bombay. India's Premier Nehru himself has penned some politely worded eviction notes to the Nizam, but for reasons beyond India's tottery postal system to explain away, the Nizam never seems to get them-even though he is the only Nizam in Hyderabad. Settling down to enjoy the winter last week, His Exalted Highness murmured languidly: "Come what may, I am not leaving...
...first book in world government's Bible is Union Now, by Clarence K. Streit. Writing in 1938, Streit proposed a federal union of the democracies of the North Atlantic. He urged a common citizenship, defense force, money, postal and communications system, and a custom-free economy. By 1940, Streit's book had gone through 17 editions, for with World War II fast approaching, people were seeking a slogan, a goal--in short, a blueprint for a new post-war world...
Case No. 107, a substitute postal clerk, was accused, among other things, of having Communist art hung on the wall of his home. At his hearing, the employee said he owned reproductions of Picasso, Matisse, Renoir and Modigliani. He was rated ineligible for permanent Civil Service appointment and barred from competing in Civil Service examinations for three years...
...charge of the busy Manhattan office. The Harmers, father and sons, collect stamps only for pleasure. Henry Harmer specializes in forgeries. Cyril has a collection of "pigeongrams," letters entrusted to commercial pigeon service by 19th century settlers on New Zealand's Great Barrier Island. Bernard collects Victorian "postal stationery," i.e., envelopes printed with grotesque designs and slogans in praise of temperance, penny postage and peace. Says Henry Harmer: "The great charm about stamp collecting is that you can collect what you like, and you can't lose money...