Delivering hundreds of millions of messages a day to more than 141 million U.S. homes and businesses is no small feat. Tracking the evolution of the United States Postal Service is a journey into the history of transportation, economics, industrialization, communications and government.
With an act of the Second Continental Congress in 1775, the birth of the Post Office Department,...
Hundreds of U.S. companies sell the kinds of products or services that the U.S. Government is interested in buying or needs. Each year, the government purchases goods or services from private contractors that amount to 1 trillion dollars. How can your company benefit from this kind of business and where do you start? Private sector companies that want to do business with the government start...
Who comes to mind when you hear the word "cigar" smoker? If you're like too many people - most of them nonsmokers - you imagine a well-dressed male, perhaps wearing a sweater vest, someone - no matter what age - who exudes a certain personal gravity.
In fact, though, many important women throughout history have bucked this stereotype. From Catherine the Great to some of today's most popular...
Moving and relocation can be an exciting time. It can also be a time fraught with worry and apprehension. Placing your entire life inside a bunch of boxes is no easy task. But it doesn't have to be overwhelming. Tackle some of the stress head-on with these tips on how to stay organized during the packing process.
In the long run, it pays to purchase appropriate moving supplies. Sturdy moving...
Great cigars can be made anywhere, of course. But just as Detroit makes us think of cars and Hollywood reminds us of movies, cigar smokers often think of Cuba as the apex of cigar-making.
Why Cuba? As with so much of history, the answer has to do with colonialism. Tobacco smoking took off in Europe after Columbus's expeditions, and as various European countries fought amongst each other for...
Secretariat. Man O'War. Affirmed. Barbarino. Whirlaway.
Where, you may have wondered once or twice over the years, do racehorses get those crazy names?
The rules for naming and registering a racehorse are actually quite complicated. It starts with the Jockey Club, the organization responsible for overseeing all Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States. The Club gives all racehorses...
A Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that arthritis limits millions of working Americans' productivity, activity, or ability to work. According to the Arthritis Foundation's coverage of the report, state-specific data shows those reporting arthritis-related work limitations ranged from 25 percent in Nevada to 51 percent in Kentucky. The state median is 33 percent. These...
In England, and sometimes in America, horse racing is referred to as "the sport of kings." Some Gulf nations, too, have their royal sport: camel racing.
Unfortunately - just as concerns have been raised in recent years about the widespread incidence of anorexia and bulimia among champion jockeys - human rights groups have criticized the widespread use of child labor in camel races. After...
The 1970s represents one of the last decades when high-stakes Thoroughbred races dominated the public mind as they had done during the 1920s, '30s and '40s, when great horses like Man O'War, Seabiscuit, and Citation went from being sports-page celebrities to bona fide culture heroes. Take a look at two great stories of '70s horseracing: the rivalry between Affirmed and Alydar, and the life of a...
As with the baseball stars of that era - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth - the names of the greatest horses of the Roaring Decade are with us still, decades after most of those who witnessed their glory are dead. Who hasn't heard of Man O'War? In an iconic decade, great race horses became icons, and icons they remain.
Exterminator
1922's Horse of the Year was originally intended as a mere workout...
