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...system was simple: he pocketed cash a depositor pushed across the counter-usually $25 and never more than $100. He credited the sum to the depositor's account, then extracted ledger cards of other depositors. These he shifted around, always keeping out deposit cards equivalent to his total embezzlement to that date. Thus the ledgers always balanced, and the defrauded depositors never discovered the thefts. In 14 years George took $7,541 without a soul's being the wiser, although there were about 150 bank examinations during the period...
Eleven years passed. Then, last summer, the bank missed four ledger cards. Orville asked George if he knew where they had gone. George-being George-confessed his crime immediately. He settled up. But Orville-being Orville-fired him forthwith, and reported the crime. George pleaded guilty in federal court...
When asked whether the work would be a defense of McCarthyism, Bozell said, "It will be an examination, but not necessarily a defense. In looking at the ledger so far, however, we've discovered that a great deal of the charges made against Buckley are false. We intend to set the record straight...
...coming from behind three times to gain the victory over Davidson, the Crimson assured itself of its first winning year since 1948, and of its 61st victorious season in 79 campaigns. Ten losing years and eight even ones are also on the ledger...
...will see an even half dozen ascend the platform. Nearly everyone who took the course found the lectures, given once a week with two sections, consistently interesting. The lecturers won almost universal praise for their fresh approach, enthusiasm, variety, and general competence. On the other side of the ledger, some felt that the material was delivered too rapidly, that the bulk of the material was too often merely factual. However, all throught that the lectures were very well organized and therefore easy to take notes on. '55 found the background material presented in the lectures, although not absolutely essential, both...