mail a letter

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In 1799, it would cost so much to mail a letter-- I don't know exactly, something like $10 or $20 to mail a letter at today's rate-- and it would take a long time get there.
在1799年，寄封信需要花费-,我也不清楚具体的数字,大概相当于现在的10到20块钱-,而且还要花很久才能送达。

But members of the Digital Due Process Coalition say sending an e-mail should be no different from mailing a letter that is protected by law from being opened.
Most people wouldn't ever mail a letter or get a letter--too expensive, not to count only the paper and everything was expensive.
大多数人可能从未寄过信,或是收过信，因为太贵了，不单单是纸贵,什么东西都贵。
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.. In 1799, it would cost so much to mail a letter-- I don't know exactly, something like $10 or $20 to mail a letter at today's rate-- and it would take a long time get there.
在1799年，寄封信需要花费-,我也不清楚具体的数字,大概相当于现在的10到20块钱-,而且还要花很久才能送达。
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AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) just received a walloping piece of good mail: a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying that its new cholesterol drug, Crestor, is approvable.
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The lead investigator of a controversial study of the cholesterol drug Vytorin threatened to end working with one of the drug's makers over delays in the release of the findings, according to e-mail messages excerpted in a letter sent to drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough by Sen.
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Opening your mail box to that letter is a little daunting to anyone.
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