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carrierIn medicine, anyone who harbours an infectious organism without ill effects but can pass the infection to others. The term is also applied to those who carry a recessive gene for a disease or defect without manifesting the condition. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SANTA CLARITA -- Letter carrier Jeannie Wells is not above dashing through sprinklers on sizzling hot days -- sans the letter satchel -- to cool off long enough to perform her job. As a letter carrier for twenty-three years, I am a lot less interested in who wants to be part of the AFL-CIO or the Change to Win Coalition than I am with the profound apathy that dominates many of the existing unions. On the back write, "Dear Letter Carrier, Please mail this postcard as soon as you see it. |
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