What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered (递送) ?

如果从远方朋友那里得到消息的唯一方法是写信，并且这封信要花很长时间才能送到，那会怎么样？

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Coauthors Lauren Cook and DeAnne Blanton spent more than ten years combing through letters, archives and news reports to document some 250 women warriors.

考舍斯·劳伦·库克和德安妮·布拉顿花了十年多的时间，查阅了各种信件、档案和新闻报道，记录下大概250名女战士。

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Letters containing anthrax spores were sent to American senators and news outfits in autumn 2001, killing five and infecting seventeen.

2001年秋，美国参议员和新闻工作者们收到装有炭疽包子的信件，5人死亡，17人受到感染。

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Chinese-Americans could buy goods, mail letters and money home, get news about the community and meet with friends.

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It was named after her, and when it made international news she got letters from around the world from those wanting to visit "Dinosaur Island".

BBC: Isle of Wight 'pterosaur girl' named tourism ambassador

News of the letters came around the same time as the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, leading to initial speculation that the two acts were part of a coordinated terrorist plot.

WSJ: New Suspect in Ricin-Letters Case to Appear in Court

News of the letters came about the same time as the April 15 bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon, leading to speculation that the two acts were part of a coordinated terrorist plot.

WSJ: Mississippi Man Arrested in Ricin Letter Case