Registration No. 333-103689



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                       TO
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               SPRINT CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Kansas                               48-0457967
       (State or other jurisdiction                 (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)             Identification No.)


            Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
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                     1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
       (Shares previously issuable under the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan)
                            (Full title of the Plan)
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                              CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT
    Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary
                                  P.O. Box 7997
                       Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE


     This Registration  Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
3,500,000  shares of FON Common Stock and  3,500,000  shares of PCS Common Stock
issuable under the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan, which was adopted as a subsidiary
plan under and pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (the "1997
Program"),  which had been  approved by  Sprint's  shareholders.  As  previously
reported,  Sprint's Board of Directors  combined the 1990 Restricted  Stock Plan
with and into the 1997  Program to form a single plan (the "Plan  Combination").
The shares of FON Common Stock  covered by this  Registration  Statement and not
previously  issued  under  the  1990  Restricted  Stock  Plan  before  the  Plan
Combination will be issued in connection with awards of restricted stock granted
under the 1997 Program.

     On  February  28,   2004,   Sprint's   Board  of  Directors   approved  the
recombination  of the PCS Common  Stock and the FON Common  Stock,  effective on
April 23, 2004 (the "Conversion Date").  888,360 shares of PCS Common Stock were
issued before the Conversion Date, leaving 2,611,640 shares of PCS Common Stock.
Following the recombination of the PCS Common Stock and the FON Common Stock, no
shares of PCS  Common  Stock may be  issued.  Accordingly,  the  purpose of this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2 is to deregister the remaining  2,611,640 shares
of PCS Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.





           PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 8.     Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

 24.      Power of Attorney.



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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this  Amendment  to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 18th day
of January, 2005.

                                   SPRINT CORPORATION



                                   By  /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
                                      (Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President)




     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the  Registration  Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Name                    Title                                   Date

                        Chairman of the Board and      )
G. D. FORSEE*           Chief Executive Officer        )
                        (Principal Executive Officer)  )
                                                       )
                                                       )
                        Executive Vice President       )
ROBERT J. DELLINGER*    - Chief Financial Officer      )
                        (Principal Financial Officer)  )
                                                       )
                                                       )
                        Senior Vice President and      )
J. P. MEYER*            Controller                     )
                        (Principal Accounting Officer) )
                                                       )
                                                       )   January 18, 2005
                                                       )
DUBOSE AUSLEY*          Director                       )
                                                       )
_____________________                                  )
(Gordon M. Bethune)     Director                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )
E. LINN DRAPER, JR. *   Director                       )
                                                       )
_____________________                                  )
(Deborah A. Henretta)   Director                       )
                                                       )


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                                                       )
I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.*    Director                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )
L. K. LORIMER*          Director                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )   January 18, 2005
C. E. RICE*             Director                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )
LOUIS W. SMITH*         Director                       )
                                                       )
                                                       )
GERALD L. STORCH*       Director                       )
                                                       )
_____________________                                  )
(William H. Swanson)    Director                       )







/s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
__________________________________________

*    Signed by Claudia S. Toussaint,
     Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power
     of Attorney filed with this Amendment
     to the Registration Statement No.
     333-103689.





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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

 24.      Power of Attorney.