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...Eventually, all but 12 soldiers agreed to follow orders. In the past, army officers have been lenient about sending in religious Zionist troops to clear out settlers, looking the other way when they failed to report for duty or called in sick. But this time, senior officers treated the defiance as a clear act of insubordination, a failure to recognize that in the Israeli Defense Force, an officer's orders supersede a rabbi's moral advice...
...maximize the returns and the valuation for our investors." Carl Icahn more recently suffered a similar predicament when shareholders rebelled against his offer for auto-parts maker Lear Corp., forcing him to cough up more cash. And several PE financings have flopped because investors balked at the lenient loan terms...
...limited menu of government and community service jobs to receive a waiver. A good solution would be to have students seeking a waiver submit a brief application to the FAO explaining what they are planning on doing. We would hope that the FAO would be particularly open minded and lenient in determining which proposals are up to snuff. Such a system would allow students to pursue what they—rather than the University—think would be a valuable summer experience, regardless of financial constraints...
...MPAA needs the teen market. Tougher than most other national ratings boards on sexual images in movies, it's far more lenient when it comes to violence. In many countries, Saw was forbidden to those under 18. In the U.S., your 17-year-old could go and chaperone his younger siblings. The argument may be that sexuality is real and disturbs kids more than pretend maiming. But these ratings teach that sex is forbidden and killing is cool. They also tell the world that America is a place where violence rules...
...arrested by HUPD for allegedly piggybacking into the Malkin Athletic Center, and charged with trespassing and assault and battery of a police officer.Students and administrators say that the trespassing incidents have exposed the potential dangers of an urban campus, and some wonder whether students are becoming too lenient about whom they let into their house.CLOSED DOORSAccording to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, the number of burglaries in residences last year was down from previous years. In 2006, there were forty-two burglaries in a residence, a 52 percent decrease from 2005, says Catalano. He says that in January and February...