Word: pocketing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, the FDIC has consistently covered all depositors in large bank failures to prevent runs. "The government can get away with relatively small- scale pocket picking," says Bert Ely, a financial consultant based in Alexandria, Va. "But on a major scale you cannot do it. The consequences are just too significant...
...claimed a two-game sweep over his alma mater for the first time in his six-year coaching tenure. "This by no means does anything but give us one-up on everybody else. Until somebody proves they can win up here in this environment, we have one in our pocket...
Most of the time I simply put the books in the small pocket of my backpack. To add a little pizazz, I put them right on top of the main pocket a couple of times. Beginning to think that I was charmed with luck, I even had a friend...
...lasting solution to excessive energy consumption in dormitories must introduce market incentives. A lasting solution must get people in the habit of conserving scarce energy with the prospect of saving scarce pocket money. A lasting solution requires that Harvard make students pay for excessive use of electricity...
...University Hall sit-in two weeks ago, a Harvard police sergeant took photographs of those sitting in the lobby of the building with a pocket 35mm camera. He took pictures of all those who sat silently in the hallway, although many of those people walked out before the group was formally asked to leave...