forgiveness period

San Francisco offered a six-week fine forgiveness period this year, during which it unblocked the cards of more than 5,000 people and recovered nearly 700,000 items, including one book that was overdue by a century.

Being human comes with a full set of frailties, so loving people requires forgiveness, period.

Suzanne Martindale, a lawyer for Consumers Union who participated in the negotiations on rules for the new plan, said that many consumer advocates preferred a 20-year forgiveness period for all borrowers, but that adding five years for graduate borrowers was a compromise because of the Education Department’s concern over the impact on its budget.

“The Foreign Ministry has clearly stated that the matter is now entirely in the hands of the military,” he said, “and the military has said there can be no forgiveness, period.”