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
He applied for the role after reading an article about last year's Antarctic postmaster.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
He handed the paper with its seemingly meaningless words back to the postmaster.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
It will look at how to meet changing consumer needs while also strengthening the relationship between the business and its postmasters.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Today, we apologise unreservedly for the suffering which Post Office caused to postmasters and their loved ones.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
It told the BBC that it is "implementing changes across the entire organisation" so that it is "fit for the future, fundamentally changed and with postmasters at its heart".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 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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