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     She signs on and checks her mail. No personal mail, just a couple of mass-distributed pronouncements from Marietta.
     NEW TP POOL REGULATIONS
     I've been asked to distribute the new regulations regarding office pool displays. discount uggs for women The enclosed memo is a new subchapter of the EBGOC Procedure Manual, replacing the old subchapter entitled PHYSICAL PLANT/CALIFORNIA/LOS ANGELES/BUILDINGS/OFFICE AREAS/PHYSICAL LAYOUT REGULATIONS/EMPLOYEE INPUT/GROUP ACTIVITIES.
     The old subchapter was a flat prohibition on the use of office space or time for "pool" activities of any kind, whether permanent (e.g., coffee pool) or one-time (e.g., birthday parties).