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Meanwhile, Dean Watson revealed yesterday that he would "ask the Administrative Board to be very lenient" on students whose bursar's cards had been taken during the riot. He said that most students had behaved themselves "very well indeed," but warned that in the future the College would be forced to take "much more serious disciplinary measures...
...incongruous. And Penelope Laughton portrays the simple naivete of Platonov's wife with great subtlety. Unfortunately, the roles of the young fop and the widow's stepson are somewhat overinflated by David Bouvier and Joseph O'Sullivan. And Betsy White, as the widow, proposes sin to Platonov like a lenient mother trying to sell her children on brushing after every meal...
...statutes of Harvard College have always been very specific about the matter of undergraduates gathering in great and opinionated numbers for purposes not altogether academic. The law is a good deal more lenient now than it once was but overt disruptions have remained officially unacceptable for three centuries...
...Wisconsin's Doughboy Industries paid out $10,000 to remodel the ground floor of a top executive's home and $6,000 to construct a swimming pool on the grounds. A lenient court ruled that the company could deduct 95% of the outlays because the executive often entertained customers at home...
...some New Frontiersmen expected a tremor of presidential wrath. But no: a White House aide put out the word that "the President is not upset about the story." Like many ordinary citizens, John and Jackie Kennedy look at show business personalities through star-struck eyes, judge them by more lenient standards than those applied to lesser folk...