Word: leeway
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...avoid prison, could further this trend. Attorney General Janet Reno has announced she will review and possibly dispense with sentencing guidelines for minor drug offenses, and U.S. District Judge Harold Greene declared guidelines unconstitutional in a variety of cases. A change in the federal procedure could allow judges greater leeway to find creative alternatives to prison terms, and thus give consultants a larger role. "There's a lot of very talented people in prison mowing lawns and doing laundry," says Herbert Hoelter, an adviser to Helmsley and other well-known offenders. "Why not put them to work on the outside...
...People are real dissatisfied with access, and rapid access appointments are less than entirely satisfactory," Zuromskis says. "But it gives students more leeway to get care quicker...
...International Office will send out a newsletter in the next few days informing students about the change, he said. While foreign students who made no income do get some leeway with a later due date, Malin said he would continue working with other schools nationwide to change the decision as soon as possible...
CLUH expressed concern that vague language incertain parts of the committee report will giveHarvard more leeway in instituting its new policy.For example, in one part, the committee allows a"symbolic connection with discriminatoryorganizations...
While Beijing accepted his declaration of "deeply deploring" the war record, officials gave no such leeway to Christopher Patten, Hong Kong's gutsy new British Governor. On his first visit to China, Patten was snubbed by the top brass and told curtly that his ideas for further democratizing Hong Kong before the 1997 Chinese takeover were unacceptable. Beijing threatened to annul such political reforms, even if Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms are mainland gospel today. Chinese reverence for the wisdom of age was clear when the 14th Communist Party Congress's 2,000 delegates cheered the ultimate appearance of Deng...