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Loneliness, aloneness and loss are his particular loves. There are occasional notes of tinny sentimentality and studied coyness. But there are also funny fantasies casually conjured out of sad realities. For example, a depositor, fated always to select the slowest line at the bank, finds himself behind Siamese twins: "One of them is putting eighty-two dollars in his savings account anc the other one is closing his savings account. The teller counts out 3,574 dollars for him and he puts it away in the pocket on his side of the pants...
...five years without interest. Anyone depositing $7,700 on the same terms gets a Ford Pinto. First State and another Chicago bank, Park Way, which was founded by Voss in 1964, also have gifts for those willing to let their cash lie fallow for two years. A depositor gets a mink coat for an account of $15,000, a snowblower for $2,900 and an 18-in. color television...
...plastic identification card and punching a code number on a ten-digit keyboard. The machine verifies the information by means of electronic sensors, then slips the money to the customer through another slot. It keeps the card, which is returned by mail. The withdrawal is deducted from the depositor's checking account, along with a 1% service charge. If a card holder punches the wrong code number or tries to use an invalid card, a lighted notice tells him to try again. If he is unsuccessful on the third try, the machine swallows his card. That allows the bank...
...struck. As some 150 students and professors crowded the cafeteria of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, a 2-lb. plastic bomb, hidden in a flowerpot, exploded and injured 29 persons. On the same day, a grenade was hurled into a bank at Ramallah, north of Jerusalem, wounding an Arab depositor...
...stockholders actually responded. John Hancock, American Mutual, and Liberty Mutual are among those that did. The main task facing the bank now is soliciting accounts. Response, generally, has been good, with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts placing $360,000 in Unity last week to become the largest single depositor. Previously, the United Front Foundation had the largest account. Brandeis, Andover Theological School, Northeastern University, and Boston College have all become depositors and M.I.T. is a stockholder. A few large Boston corporations including New England Mutual, Prudential Life, New England Telephone, and Boston Gas have also responded. But 65 percent...