Word: leniently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reported that a juror told him: "Until the state provides a public defender, I will let everyone go free." Statistically, the judges thought that only 2% of the cases tried were "very difficult" for juries to handle; only 9% of the verdicts seemed to them "without merit." The most lenient juries for serious crimes are found in small, Midwestern towns; the most harsh in medium-sized Eastern cities...
...shrapnel-pocked ex-Marine with a face "like a clenched fist," Bauer looks even meaner than he is-and there are signs that he may be mellowing. Nobody on the squad has been fined all year. Curfews are lenient, and bed checks are rare. The Orioles obviously are enjoying their new freedom. Outfielder Powell, who batted only .248 last year, was up to .299 last week. Curt Blefary has twelve homers, and Centerfielder Russ Snyder is batting .337. Rightfielder Robinson ranks No. 1 in the American League in homers (22) and runs scored (68), fourth in batting (.312). Third Baseman...
...lower court was "too lenient" in merely ordering Providence's Grinnell Corp. to sell three subsidiaries after it was found guilty under the Sherman Act of monopolizing a segment of the burglar-alarm industry. In such cases, the court suggested, the remedy should include continuing Government surveillance of the companies to police compliance with the decree...
...Ultimate Consumers." Resale restrictions on licensed merchants are lenient at best, and Saigon's black market is as black as that of any other wartime capital. There is also considerable pilferage of AID-approved imports both on shipboard and at dockside, though it is more limited in scope and ingenuity than the mighty orgy of looting that went on in Naples, for example, during World...
...increase in applications continues, the summer school may have to raise admissions standards for the summer of 1967. In 1960, when Crooks became director of the summer school, he introduced a set of lenient requirements and the enrollment fell by almost 500 students. Since that time, the student body has grown steadily each year...