Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Should the punishment fit the crime? To most penologists, criminologists, judges and even many prosecutors, a far more important concern is whether the sentence fits the offender. Thus, judges throughout the U.S. have leeway to give stiff or light sentences according to the merits of the individual case. After considering the results of broad judicial discretion in New York State, Chief Judge Stanley Fuld of the court of appeals was so dismayed that last week he suggested that it might be necessary to remove the sentencing power from judges altogether and turn it over to "a correction authority or some...
...least seven days on charters in North America and ten days elsewhere. If a traveler changes his mind before takeoff and decides to scratch the trip, the new rules-which are scheduled to remain in effect on an experimental basis until Dec. 31, 1975 -give the agent some leeway for making refunds...
Adjusted family income is defined on the Federal income tax form as 90 per cent of gross income minus a $675 deduction for each dependent, allowing some leeway for families with more than one child to support. For example, a family with an income of $19,000 and two children would qualify, as would a family with an income of $21,000 and four children...
...Globe's strivings for both vivacity and quality result from the happy association of Winship and the Taylor family. Publisher Davis Taylor is content to give his editors considerable leeway and solid financial backing. The Herald management diverted attention and resources into the long, doomed fight to save its broadcasting license (TIME, May 8); the Taylors have sold much of their interest in Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting and invested proceeds in a $6,000,000 expansion of the newspaper...
Adjusted family income is defined on the Federal income tax form as 90 per cent of gross income minus a $675 deduction for each dependent, allowing some leeway for families with more than one child to support. For example, a family with an income of $19,000 and two children would qualify, as would a family with an income of $21,000 and four children...