Word: leniently
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Richardson's aides were willing to entertain a bargain. What Agnew wanted was of course not possible, they said, but would Agnew be willing to plead guilty to a single charge in the case? In turn, the department was prepared to urge the courts to be lenient with the Vice President after his resignation...
...racial strife continues between blacks and whites. Several whites charged that foremen and stewards (floor supervisors) are lenient with blacks who make mistakes. White workers say they think the foremen are too scared to "come down hard" on the blacks...
Since Cox has indicated that he might be lenient with those that confess, the shamefaced corporations have been stepping forward-Gulf Oil Corp...
...past, Greek authorities have been lenient with captured terrorists. One reason: the presence of large Greek communities in Arab countries. But to the Greeks, increasingly angry over the terrorist habit of using Athens as a convenient hunting ground (six incidents in five years), this most recent atrocity was the breaking point. The two captives -Shaif al Arid, 22, and Tallal Kantourah, 21, both from Jordan-were quickly indicted for premeditated murder. They face the death penalty, which in Greece is by firing squad...
...spiriting to Denver of ITT Lobbyist Dita Beard, whose memo had linked a lenient antitrust settlement by the Justice Department against ITT with an ITT pledge to provide funds for the Republican National Convention...