Word: leniently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks later, on August 6, in the Kenesset, the Israeli parliament, socialist legislators voted against an anti-racism law that they themselves had proposed earlier. The final version of the law was very different from the original draft. The religious parties forced through a more lenient version because the old text conflicted with parts of the Jewish Law that prohibit marriages between Jews and non-Jews...
Backman and DeNucci released a highly critical report on the board late this summer: the document charges that the seven-member board has been lenient toward developers and sloppy in procedures, and has also made decisions without consulting the public...
...smoke. We make mistakes. My roan colt gets scared because I'm scared, and he tries to run off. Les' chestnut mare slips and falls on her because Les has been too demanding. Chuck's mule and Elaine's colt pull away because they've been too imprecise, too lenient. "The horse is a mirror. When I see your horse, I see you too," Ray reminds...
Judge Vincent Broderick said he would be lenient because of Gucci's age and the painful publicity the defendant had already suffered. The sentence: a year in prison, $30,000 in fines and five years' probation. Gucci will begin serving his term in October at a still undisclosed prison and will be eligible for parole after four months...
...Germany after flying from Sri Lanka to East Berlin and then crossing legally into West Berlin. They then fled West Germany because they were worried that authorities would reject their applications for asylum. Since 1949 Bonn has accepted any foreigner "persecuted on political grounds" in his native land. This lenient policy has led more than 37,000 Sri Lankans to pour into the country since 1980. The flood has provoked racial conflicts and calls for stricter immigration laws; new arrivals meet rising hostility. At the same time, rumors spreading through Tamil communities in West Germany depict Canada as an asylum...