postmaster
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Both the postmaster general and Congress choose to ignore the elephant in the room—the American Postal Workers Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Sadly, her aunt turns out to be dead, but Quartz Creek’s postmaster encourages Selena to move into her house anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
U.S. in 1838, which limited presidential control of the postmaster general, and Myers v.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
This month, the Postal Service’s Board of Governors announced its selection of David Steiner to be the next postmaster general.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
The postmaster would argue, reasonably, he’s got no other way to support his family—his pay envelope arrives empty each week, with an official printed statement about emergency economic measures.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Today, we apologise unreservedly for the suffering which Post Office caused to postmasters and their loved ones.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
The statement added that it recognises there will be an "absence of evidence given the length of time which has passed" and therefore will give the benefit of the doubt to postmasters.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
He said moving to a fully franchised network was one part of enabling the Post Office to deliver a new deal for postmasters.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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