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Harvard should encourage continued communication by assuring that if students seek help in a medical emergency, their punishment for drinking will be lenient. The administration should continue to support alcohol advising programs, in spite of fears of legal libility. After all, campus groups have been counseling about drug abuse for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grand Tradition | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

Still, Keno's popularity may allow for more lenient treatment. Much of the city seems willing to forgive the misadventure. New Yorkers were astonished -- and, in a way, flattered -- that anyone could be obsessed with their much maligned subways. Movie-of-the-week packagers are lining up for Keno's signature. Said ex-Mayor Ed Koch: "If I were the judge, I'd explain to him that he did place people in danger. Then I would ask the ((Transit Authority)) to give him an internship." That would be a dream come true for Keno Thomas. But such an ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great A Train Robbery | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

Some have voiced a second argument against sexual restriction codes which relates directly to constitutional freedom. How can any university justifiably dictate morality to its students? Harvard's policy, though more lenient than the one on which UVA officials will vote next month, still reflects the University's narrow-minded view of sexuality. Though it has never seemed to stop determined students before, Harvard forbids males and females from rooming together. Should it also have the power to tell people with whom they can and cannot sleep...

Author: By Joseph A. Acevedo, | Title: Regulating Romance | 4/17/1993 | See Source »

Today, grade inflation is not race related and Black students do not receive more lenient grades than do other students, Mansfield said...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: Prof. Mansfield Defends Views | 3/12/1993 | See Source »

Actually, the IRS has long been lenient with those who voluntarily offer to pay overdue taxes. According to a policy statement issued last December, "the vast majority of nonfilers need only be concerned about filing and paying what they owe." Moreover, anyone who employs an illegal alien can pay Social Security taxes through a special irs account, and the agency says it does not automatically report such filings to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. But there is a catch: the IRS naturally notifies the Social Security Administration, and that outfit does share information with the immigration office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nanny Outing | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

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