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...intend to find out who altered the transcripts," Kelly told reporters Wednesday. "When we catch that culprit, we shall find out if he did it on an original impulse or if some superior put pressure on him. In that event, we certainly will not spare the superior...
...Last year a giant orange "51" was mysteriously changed to an equally giant "'54" by the then-freshman class. Just as mysteriously the following night it was changed to a "'24," which happens by some coincidence to be the Princeton class of several important University officials, including Godolphin. The culprit has not yet been found...
...constitution and its students, Open uses the honor system exclusively in all phases of its activities. However, Open's honor system is not plagued with the usual moral problems which accompany its use at lesser institutions. There is no incident on record in which anyone but the actual culprit has been responsible for the reporting of an offense against the regulations of the college or community...
...culprit willingly identified himself as Richard, and seemed delighted to get a ride in one of the squad cars. Said he: "This ain't the same auto you had the last time you arrested me." He and his pals, it developed, had gotten into the meat market twice before, had scored a $63 haul the first time, but had been nabbed on a second try. With forthright gravity, Richard described other details of his criminal career: he had also helped break into a hardware store, a fish market, a dress shop, a dry-cleaning establishment and a candy store...
...than talk for oldtimers, there came a faint but ringing echo from the regime of rape and rapaciousness. A shrunken man in his 70s stood before a court in law-abiding San Jose, Costa Rica, and paid a fine after conviction on a morals charge involving minor girls. The culprit was sick and lonely but no down & outer. An arrogant sybarite, wealthy from U.S. investments, with a fierce, bristling mustache, he gave his name to the court as Santos Matute...