Word: leniently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Berst claims that the punishment was "as lenient as the committee could make it," the Associated Press reported. The defending national champions almost had their program shut down for the entire 1988-89 season...
...Misdemeanors don't spend much time in jail," he said. "The courts are a little lenient on them...They should maintain closer supervision so they don't act out in this fashion again...
...more lenient admissions policy would presumably lead to better results on the field. This year, Columbia is testing the results of that policy. Columbia's sophomores are the first to be admitted under the new admissions standards...
...study suggests that economic class is an important factor in how youths are treated by the juvenile justice system, whether they are black or white. Elliott believes that when more affluent youths run afoul of the law, they are more likely to find lenient treatment from police, and that courts are more willing to release them into the custody of parents who can promise counseling and special schools. Says he: "When lower-class families don't have these options, the court has little alternative but to order a jail term...
...lighten the mood, by ones and threes the spryest fans took slides on the tarp, ultimately including a pretty girl in a pink dress. Making a case for lenient court fines, four Cubs took flying dives on their own stomachs, including the pitcher Les Lancaster, who happens to be on the disabled list after an appendectomy. It's actually a promising young team, and if Chicago does play better over the next couple of summers, people will say it was the cooler August nights, and maybe they will be right...