Word: leniently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These regulations are more lenient when the entertaining group is an authorized university organization; in this case wives and relatives of the club members are allowed at the meetings until midnight...
Best Friend. In Detroit, Glen Stewart asked the court to be lenient with the dog that bit him: "I suffered no ill effects but the dog got sick...
...Right Direction. Meanwhile, as the Japanese government became increasingly lenient toward Christianity, Dr. Hepburn was able to preach the Gospel openly. When he returned at last to the U.S. in 1892 to spend the remaining 19 years of his life, the Japanese showered Kunshi with honors, as they did again last week in newspaper articles and at the unveiling of Yokohama's monument. Said Monument Committee Chairman Kumakichi Nakajima: "Lately we Japanese have made a great mistake in the direction of progress. We sincerely desire that this monument, although very small, may be a milestone for modern Japan...
...German cities, burning synagogues and carrying on street fights against their own government. What has happened to American civilization, the American home, the American church, and our educational system, that it produces or tolerates this sort of conduct? And why should the St. Louis law enforcement agencies be so lenient with such rioters? Is closing the pools to Negroes the answer? Is the assault of a mob on a few helpless individuals a less serious offense than an assault of a single individual upon another...
...tunnel built through which they planned to escape. Frank Enley (Heflin) tried to persuade them not to attempt it but when they defied him Enley went to the Nazis, who agreed to leniency in view of the fact that Enley reported the scheme. The Nazis weren't lenient. Parkson was the only one who lived, and in "Act of Violence" he is out to "get" Enley...