A letter opened has been placed on the window sill in the corner of a kitchen.
The building has been closed since Oct. 17, two days after anthrax microbes spilled out of a letter opened in Mr. Daschle's office.
For example, summarizing how well your research interests match those the department advertised provides an effective letter opening.
For example, summarizing how well your research interests match the ones the department advertised provides an effective letter opening.
The letter opens "Dear Buddyroos" -- a moniker that the book's hero, Holden Caulfield, tosses around, too.
Trivial actions, such as picking up a letter or opening an unlocked door, are usually automatically successful.
She had contracted anthrax from powder in a letter she opened in late September.
It raises the prospect of a letter being opened by a relative, which could cause embarrassment.
"Being a letter-opening elf can do someone's head in," I think.
L'Objet's desk accessories, for instance, include a magnifying glass with a gold-plated handle shaped like a crocodile, a letter-opening gecko with Swarovski crystal eyes, and a leopard-print Limoges porcelain pencil cup.
In the latest case, several dozen employees were in the vicinity of Dr. Frist's offices when the powder was discovered on a letter-opening machine, but John Eisold, the Capitol physician, said no one had shown symptoms that might be associated with exposure.
