Word: harshe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gardiner Hempel, 48, president of Speedcall Corp., a small electronics firm in Hayward, Calif., was tired of going home each evening reeking of tobacco smoke. A ban on smoking at the plant seemed too harsh a step. So, a year ago, he offered his 36 employees a $7-a-week bonus for not puffing on the job. To qualify, they have to put their names on a weekly sign-up sheet hanging beneath a poster that reads: SMOKERS ARE O.K. NON-SMOKERS...
...Harrod's victory may be hollow. Fearful of stirring up more trouble, the judge has not decided whether to resume sentencing shaggy-haired miscreants to terms in the barber's chair, even though he remains convinced that in many cases, prison cells or fines are too harsh a punishment. Says he: "I'm going to wait and see. I've been burned by this...
...Recalling the anguish of saints and mystics in their lifelong search for a flash from heaven or a sudden touch of grace, some Christians find it difficult to accept the validity of easy Evangelical contacts with God. Still, grace has always been amazing, and that judgment may be too harsh. Whether they wrestled mightily in their souls for a private sense of the divine presence or slipped salvation on as easily as a glove, a certain radiance, kindness and integrity do seem to flow from many born-again Christians...
...Harsh penalties should be imposed on those who exploit the young for sex. If the kids can make thousands of dollars for their pimps, it's time society took those dollars away from the pimps...
These comments that The Gondoliers seems static and low key are not intended to be harsh. I had to attend the Sunday matinee performance at which half the audience was either over seventy or under ten. They are not particularly responsive age groups: one not prone to belly laughs, the other a little slow on puns. But even septegenarians, kindergardenians and stray matinee-goers--in the words of W.S. Gilbert himself--beg, desire, demand a show with gusto. Still, this production of The Gondoliers is enjoyable. On bad days, it is at least beautiful pictures set to well-performed music...