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...most fateful exercise of judicial discretion is the one that starts with the words "I sentence you . . ." Whether to slap the wrist or slam the cell door is a complex and partly subjective decision in which the particulars of the crime, the history of the culprit and the disposition of the judge all play a part. No wonder, then, that a stickup may draw anything from hard time to probation and defense lawyers maneuver to get their cases heard by judges known to go easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Sentences by the Book | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

SASC Leader: We'll all get away with just a slap on wrist, probably disciplinary probation which means nothing. If things look like they're going bad at the Ad Board, we'll throw a symbolic blockade up around the members. They'll learn to see things the right way. In any case, there won't be a next time because we have Dean Spence in our symbolic pocket, so to speak. Next time we'll just remind him that the controversial speech quota has been filled, and the speech will be cancelled...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: A Symbolic Conversation | 4/22/1987 | See Source »

Boston College got their only goal of the night at 19:26 of the first period when Ken Hodge scored on a wrist shot from 20 feet in the slot through a screen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Hockey Tourney Wrap | 3/21/1987 | See Source »

Britton begins to play, with the counter-intuitive, complicated movements that make the Uilleann pipes so damnably difficult: he presses on the bag with his left arm, periodically refilling it by pumping on the bellows with his right, occasionally hitting his regulator keys with the right wrist while simultaneously playing melody on the chanter, not using the sensitive tips but rather the relatively nerve-poor second joints of his fingers. "It feels bizarre at first," he says (since his mouth is unencumbered, he can, unlike a Scottish piper, play and instruct at the same time), "but, believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia Piping | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Some proponents maintain that their sport is safer than skiing. Since there is just one board, the legs can never cross, so there are fewer broken ankles and hips. The injuries that do occur are usually bruises to the upper body (thumb, wrist and shoulder) and come from falls and occasional collisions with trees and other downhillers. James Lithman, 19, of Los Angeles, says snowboarders get a bad rap because there are so many novices loose on the slopes. "Look at all the crazy skiers," he argues. "The medics carry the bodies down all day long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Snowboarders Invade the Slopes | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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