WASHINGTON ---- WASHINGTON ---- A cache of financial records gives new insights into George Washington's life -- and into the era in which he lived. He was the CEO, in effect, of a farming, manufacturing and real estate operation that by the end of his life encompassed more than 50,000 acres of field and forest. He detailed business matters with double-entry bookkeeping in ledgers running to 100 pages or more. 1,150 words, by Joel Achenbach (Post). Los Angeles Time-Washington Post News Service 