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  • Go no further than what a sterling fellow known as The Mailman -- Karl Malone of the U.S. men's basketball team -- replied to the innocent Dane who inquired why ex-actly it is that two points are awarded for a basket.

    Georgia On Our Minds 2008

  • If only there were some way of convincing her (without revealing the source of his knowledge) that the Mailman was a threat.

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

  • "It turns out the Mailman was the greatest cliche of the Computer Age, maybe of the entire Age of Science."

    True Names Vinge, Vernor 1984

  • The Mailman is the classic power forward - athletic scorer and rebounder with a mean streak.

    unknown title 2009

  • -- "Mailman," the vice president of a pay-for-porn Web site showcasing Capri Anderson, the adult-film starlet (not strictly a prostitute!) swept up in Charlie Sheen's trashed hotel room, in an interview with Adult Video News: "We of course expect traffic to her site and Internet searches for her name to skyrocket."

    Quoted: Adult website cheers Charlie Sheen's hotel room crackup The Reliable Source 2010

  • One thing I really like about much of Soundgarden, as opposed to Audioslave, is the almost gothic-like humor used at the service of soul-baring lyrics (for example, "Mailman": "My place was beneath you/But now I'm above/And now I send you a message/Of love.")

    Tuning in... 2009

  • Two of them had the same look as the "Mailman": middle-aged, with scruffy beards and untucked shirts hanging over dark trousers.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Two of them had the same look as the "Mailman": middle-aged, with scruffy beards and untucked shirts hanging over dark trousers.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Two of them had the same look as the "Mailman": middle-aged, with scruffy beards and untucked shirts hanging over dark trousers.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • J. Robert Lennon's ( "Mailman") shocking new novel, "Castle," begins with Eric Loesch, a single middle-aged man, returning to his childhood hometown in upstate New York.

    The Seattle Times 2009

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