31.   On Tuesday, Couchand, who lives two miles from the Mexican border in tiny Hereford, Ariz., received a package in the mail from Kansas City.

32.   Potter urged citizens to use common-sense caution if they receive suspicious packages.

33.   Reporters often receive bizarre packages in the mail.

34.   She received a package from a family friend in Dallas about a relative in India, Anshu Jain.

35.   Several weeks ago, Thomas R. Tyler, a professor of social psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, received a package in the mail.

36.   Since the Florida cases were made public, a number of media outlets have reported receiving strange packages through the mail.

37.   Some are large enough to receive packages through a door on the side of the mailbox and mail through a hinged flap on the front.

38.   The company said it was taking the steps as a precaution and officials said there was no evidence that any suspicious packages had been received.

39.   The FBI confirmed yesterday that it was Tyler who received the package, but otherwise declined to discuss the case.

40.   The fired workers will receive buyout packages.