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...feel that draft evasion was a lonely decision of a high moral order. Even the general outline of his plan, which he sketched during the campaign, was criticized as "too little and too late" by some of the exiled Americans who might be affected, and denounced as too lenient by various veterans' groups...
...courses in the Gov department while the Gov students now receive A's or A-'s in 15 per cent of their courses in the Gov department, and 30 per cent of their courses in the Ec department. This would show that the Ec department had a significantly more lenient grading policy than the Gov department, and that the Gov students were as intelligent as the Ec students...
...folding-cardboard boxes between 1960 and 1974. Last week Federal Judge James Parsons sentenced Brown to 60 days in jail and fined him $35,000; 14 other executives from nine companies drew sentences ranging from five to 45 days. The defendants have three weeks to plead for more lenient treatment. Even if they lose, some of them-although probably not Brown-will be eligible for "work-release" programs. That means they could report to their offices by day but would have to spend their nights locked...
Stoessinger admits now that he "did not immediately reveal the full extent" of his knowledge of her dealings. His subsequent cooperation with federal authorities will, however, probably win him more lenient treatment when he is sentenced on concealment charges next month. As for his ex-mistress, she faces from five to ten years in the slammer on fraud charges if she loses her case. It is expected to go to the jury next week...
...Sholem Postel, associate director and chief of medicine at University Health Services, said that more students may be opting to postpone their exams because undergraduates now attach less stigma to taking make-up exams than they have in the past. He added, however, that UHS has not become more lenient in dispensing medical excuses...