Word: leniently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decide to play ice hockey in your living room or set fire to your roommate's desk, your proctor will probably lay down a few guidelines. But, beyond regulating minor catastrophes, proctors are generally lenient and have not enforced curfews (none exist anymore) for at least 10 years...
...term. Those sent to jail typically serve one year or less. In contrast, an estimated 70% of defendants convicted of all kinds of felonies go to prison or jail. Prosecutors and critics of the courts maintain that business crime is on the rise because corporate crooks have received such lenient treatment...
...separate action against G.E. on billings for aircraft parts. A Pentagon audit of 8,000 agreements from 1978 to 1983 revealed that G.E. realized an actual profit of 24.6% on the deals compared with the anticipated rate of 15.2%. The Defense Department puts some of the blame on too lenient Air Force and Navy employees who negotiated the contracts. But it also accuses G.E. of overestimating inflation and labor costs and setting up a delivery schedule that benefited the company. For example, say the auditors, the company frequently delivered parts faster than called for (a somewhat unusual occurrence...
...Morgenthau, who faces an election this year, the case has become a political snare. Those upset by the first grand jury's lenient treatment contend that the district attorney did not press the grand jury hard enough for an indictment for attempted homicide against Goetz, who had overnight become celebrated as a quirky urban hero, an Everyman who finally fought back. In New York, unlike some other states, prosecutors seeking a grand jury indictment are required to present a balanced case and must include exculpatory evidence. Even so Morgenthau was astonished by the original grand jury's finding. "We thought...
...summer of 1963 I joined the Soviet mission to the U.N. Ambassador Nikolai Fedorenko, head of the mission, was an elegant man and a lenient boss whose consuming interest in foreign affairs lay in China. He was a true expert, a member of the Academy of Sciences. As time went on, he delegated more and more responsibility to others and retreated into scholarly pursuits. This earned him Gromyko's distrust...