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Authoritarianism is cropping up in some of the republics. The leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia and some Central Asian republics, while fiercely bent on independence from Moscow, are anything but lenient toward internal opposition. "There are a lot of Saddam Husseins arising in the Asian part of the country," warns Vladlen Sirotkin, a prestigious Soviet historian...
Many have suggested that Thomas's lenient prosecution discouraged people from even pursuing complaints with the EEOC. This made expensive, private court action the only alternative. Even the EEOC's official 1990 report acknowledged that the 10 percent drop in discrimination complaints within the federal government between 1987 and '88 was "the largest reduction in the government wide inventory" of complaints ever...
Though New York State last week decided to allow Salomon to bid on some state treasury and Urban Development Corp. transactions, Moody's Investors Service was not so lenient: it downgraded Salomon's credit rating. The downgrading may further weaken investors' faith, making Buffett's job that much tougher...
This year, Harvard's free speech guidelines came under fire from some students and parents for being too lenient on "hate speech" in its handling of the Confederate Flag controversy...
...more restrictive side," said Green. "There are universities with more lenient policies...