The battle over postal regulation was never going to be easy.

围绕邮政法规的博弈从来都不简单。

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By 1947, the post Office was a going concern, with a small fleet of bicycles, a crew of postal carriers and 336 stations, operating twenty thousand miles of postal lines.

到了1947年，邮局的业务很是兴旺，拥有一些自行车、一批邮递员和三百六十个邮站，邮路营业里程达两万英里。

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This week, all letters going through New Zealand's major postal sorting centres will be postmarked New Zealand: Home of Middle Earth, complete with The Lord of the Rings logo.

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Similarly, postal workers in another country are going to be less worried about being held accountable for not returning a letter from far away, as they are probably less likely to face complaints and have someone calling up their boss and demanding to know where their letter is.

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The Postal Service has criticized the Senate plan for not going far enough.

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