1.   Among other things, postal authorities are exploring new sanitization equipment, possibly using radiation, that would scan the mail and kill bacteria such as anthrax.

2.   But a spokesman said that they were working with postal authorities to upgrade service.

3.   But the postal authorities said they were a long way from doing this.

4.   Dudley Harrison, the executive of Terrell County, said he fought for years to get postal authorities to restore the connection with Dryden.

5.   During the afternoon, postal authorities were conducting a series of meetings for employees who worked in the repair center.

6.   Marketed and purchased on the Internet, increasing numbers of drugs are being shipped illegally to Europe from the United States, postal authorities say.

7.   On Monday, Afghan postal authorities asked for permission to fly at least twice a week to collect and deliver mail to this landlocked country.

8.   Postal authorities also were perplexed when they heard about it Wednesday.

9.   Postal authorities might also consider flooding the workplace with enough ultraviolet radiation to disable any anthrax floating in the air without harming workers.

10.   Potter said postal authorities operated under the assumption that there was only a remote chance that the letters had contaminated the mail system.