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France's rougher, tougher future: not to mention ours.
A FEW years ago, standing in line at a post office in Paris, I made the mistake of glancing briefly at my shoes. In the eye-blink's moment that my attention was diverted, two things happened: One, the person directly in front of me moved forward about 22 inches; and two, the old crone behind me jabbed a bony finger between my shoulder blades, gestured with outraged theatricality at the 22 inches of (now) empty space between me and the person ahead of me, and cried out in exasperated impatience, "Monsieur!"
Because, of course, there were 22 inches of unoccupied space in front of me that I should have been occupying, and the 22 inches of space that I was occupying ...
- POST OFFICE IN #71 MILLION ACQUISITION DEAL.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 9, 2000 700+ words
...transmitted on behalf of The Post Office. The Post Office announced today that...bought Extand, one of France's leading operators...the Crie Group in France; General Parcel Austria...Netherlands. Last month The Post Office also acquired a 49...
- Sorting out the men of letters. (British Post Office)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 15, 1990 700+ words
...block the practice. The British Post Office, though still state-owned...splitting British Telecom from the Post Office (France is finally due to undertake a...British Telecom was privatised; the Post Office stayed in the public sector...
- WAKE-UP CALL FOR TELECOMS MARKET FROM THE POST OFFICE.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 15, 2001 700+ words
...branch each week the Post Office has some 18,000 branches...Savings to be made with the Post Office phonecard: Countries BT Phonecard Plus Post Office phonecard You save...90% Canada 60 5 92% France 50 5 90% Germany 50...
- Post Office Group
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 1992 700+ words
...mileage rate by both the Post Office and the operator; the...a mileage rate by the Post Office, took the revenue from...The government saw the Post Office as a source of revenue to finance the wars with France during the 18th century...
- Tele2 AB Announces Partnership With the Post Office to Launch Fixed Line...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 15, 2001 700+ words
...service offered by The Post Office and Tele2 will be positioned...balance direct from their Post Office or by standing order...fixed line telephony in France, Germany and other European...partnership with The Post Office as it provides us with...
- THE POST OFFICE STRENGTHENS ITS POSITION IN GERMANY WITH NEW PARCEL ACQUISTIONS.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 3, 2000 700+ words
...conducted to date by The Post Office are: German Parcel...Slovenia; TPG, British Post Office and Singapore Post in...Parcel network; The Post Office took a 49 per cent stake...UK; Extand, one of France's leading operators...
- Infonet announces commercial availability of NOTICE Post Office Service;...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 25, 1995 700+ words
...remote users. Since NOTICE Post Office is fully managed and maintained...host mail systems. NOTICE Post Office, announced earlier this year...headquarters in Strasbourg, France, is utilizing NOTICE Post Office for electronic-mail exchange...
- Return to sender: Post Office privatisation. (Britain)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) February 13, 1993 700+ words
...therefore, is enough of a Post Office monopoly to enable it to cross...privatisation is not worth it. The Post Office has done well. It has been profitable...with 75% in Germany and 69% in France. But the Post Office wants change. Business mail...
Source: HighBeam Research, France's rougher, tougher future: not to mention ours.