But the unions do bring important resources: telephone banks, envelope stuffers and mailing lists.

That is, he said, as an envelope stuffer.

Only envelope stuffer, prostitute, drug dealer, fortuneteller and beggar were lower.

The Japanese system of measuring and marking the wood is as unfamiliar to them as origami would be to the average envelope stuffer.

They plan, for instance, to use "envelope stuffers" in utility bills and paychecks, reminding people to have various tests and vaccinations.

On many occasions, companies have unilaterally wiped out customers' right to sue by sending out notices of new arbitration requirements in the form of envelope stuffers.

In one survey, dishwashing ranked No. 735 among 740 occupations in terms of status (only envelope stuffer, prostitute, street-corner drug dealer, fortuneteller and panhandler ranked lower).

But in recent years copiers, fax machines, postage meters, envelope stuffers - in effect, all the hardware that Pitney sells - have moved from stand-alone machines to digital devices that are plugged into computer networks.

Mr. Richard left school for a while, worked on fishing boats along the Eastern Seaboard, then returned, finished his degree and in the years that followed bounced from one job to another: photographer, Xerox machine operator, envelope stuffer, newspaperman.

COMPUTERS AND ENVELOPE STUFFERS WHAT Ticketmaster does is more complicated than might first appear.

A man who never received a college degree, Mr. Powell began his career in politics two years after graduating from Patchogue-Medford High school in 1980 as an envelope stuffer and phone secretary for the Brookhaven Republican Committee.

Verizon will stop sending paper bills on request, but customers can still read complete bills online, including the usual promotional material and regulatory notices found in envelope stuffers, according to Maria Malicka, executive director of e-commerce at Verizon.