Considering the size of the postal system, relatively few people were infected.
The Random House phone book--which, in 1958, had been the size of a postal card and listed 90 names--is now the size of a small city directory.
In sum, it is reasonable to conclude that in a jurisdiction with the characteristics and size of BC, postal code and birth date were sufficient variables for linkage, any residual problems was caused by data entry errors.
A CPU is an electronic device, essentially in the size of an ordinary postal stamp with hundred even thousands of connections molded on a bigger rectangle such that can be handled by human hands.
The size of the heavily unionised postal industry also prompted caution.
A postal approach was chosen as the most appropriate and practical data collection method, given the large size of the study population and robust postal research methodologies with bereaved relatives developed in the UK.
Similarly, the introduction of postal address codes and the standardization of sizes of envelopes and cards, which are prerequisites for mechanical handling, are relatively slow because of difficulties inherent in the change of procedures.
But federal law enforcement officials, who recently disclosed the discrepancy in the size of the anthrax particles, called the postal investigators' theory possible but unlikely.
Such pneumatic tube systems date back to the early 19th century, when they drove the workings of postal services, department stores and other commercial businesses whose physical size demanded something faster than standard human pace.
The size of an area covered by a residential postal code depends on the population density of the area; on average, a postal code includes 35 persons.
