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...Matt learn on his own. We didn't manage his life at any point. We try to give advice," Professor Kishlansky says. Indeed, Matt had an unusual amount of freedom during his teenage years. "I had no curfew in high school," he says. "My parents were always generously lenient with me, almost laissez-faire...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Close to Home: The Story of Four Families | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...reckless flying, in what seemed to be an open-and-shut case. But the defense convincingly argued that the ski lift was not on Ashby?s official map, that the jet?s altitude gauge malfunctioned and that Ashby believed speed and altitude restrictions in the area to be more lenient than they were. None of the defense arguments will make much of a difference to the local residents or to the large segment of Italy?s population that is left-leaning and opposed to an American military presence, says Burke. ?The verdict instead is bound to complicate relations between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marine's Acquittal in Cable Car Disaster Strains American-Italian Relations | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...reached with tobacco companies, it is no surprise that the city of Chicago is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from another societal cancer, the country's leading gun makers. The city has charged them with creating a public hazard by flooding markets with their product and by using lenient standards in distribution control. As a result, prosecutors contend, gun makers have assured that criminals have access to firearms...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Make Laws, Not Lawsuits | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...course, Chicago's prosecutors will probably argue that gun makers have contorted both law and morality. They will say that manufacturers have attempted to subvert stringent Chicago gun laws by flooding the markets in states with more lenient statutes such as Florida and Texas. Many economists who have studied gun sales believe that firearms entering those states are then taken to more heavily restricted areas such as Chicago...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Make Laws, Not Lawsuits | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

Madan's trial date is set for December 8.Supporters of the demonstration hope that thepunishments will be lenient...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumna Jailed At D.C. Free Burma Protest | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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