Harrisburg postal plant under pressure amid steady mail flow
In Harrisburg a thousand workers face a relentless stream of 3.5 million daily mail pieces with night shifts busiest and 230 trucks in and out each night. Plant manager Allen Lariviere praises open communication yet probes a 58 letters per minute keypunch amid an environment where stress, discipline history, and violence risk shape employee behavior.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Allen W. Lariviere
U.S. Postal Service
Larry Jasson
Dearborn
Mich
Mark Richard Hilburn
Dana Point
Calif
Lariviere
Tiny air particles raise death risk even within limits
A study of over 8,000 adults followed 15 years links very fine airborne particles to higher early mortality from heart and lung disease. Lead author Arden Pope and EPA scientist Joel Schwartz say results imply tens of thousands die yearly from pollution still within current standards. The work, presented in San Francisco, suggests long term exposure may worsen existing conditions rather than cause new disease.
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New York
Schwartz
San Francisco
American Lung Association
American Thoracic Society
Pope
Grade inflation hits grad rankings at top schools
Harvard Stanford and Princeton officials acknowledge rising A and B grades fuel concern over fairness and accuracy of student ability. Studies link inflation to shifts away from math and science while high schools show rising GPAs as competition for elite colleges grows.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvey C. Mansfield
Harvard
Stanford University
Princeton
Mansfield
Stanford
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