Word: lax
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Smith was brilliant on the offense, scoring eight goals from the floor and two from the foul line. Captain Gordon registered six goals and showed considerable improvement in his defensive play, which has been lax in recent games. Maher, playing his first full game at guard, speeded up the attack perceptibly. His clever passes to Smith led directly to four of the latter's goals...
...other two Toronto tallies were the result of speedy skating on the part of the visitors and lax covering up by the Crimson players around their goal. Thus when the Canadian captain skated around the Harvard net and made a back hand flip into the net, Newell was the only one to raise a hand against him, for the University defence was lined up a few feet in front of the cage, waiting to intercept the pass that didn't come...
...party has failed badly in many features of its administration. Its lack of a clean cut, decisive foreign policy has made America's foreign relations infinitely involved and uncertain. Its high protective tariff has destroyed the prosperity of large regions of the country. Its enforcement of law has been lax and its legislation ineffective...
...Significance. Quezon and Osmena with their Collectivist Party practically control Philippine politics. They have carried on a bitter attack on the Governor for political reasons. He deprived them of most profitable freedom to do as they pleased, which they had enjoyed under the lax Administration of the previous Governor, Harrison. There have been reports of impending revolution in the Philippines because of their "incendiary" attacks. But revolution is most improbable; Messrs. Quezon and Osmena would gain nothing by it. They play with matches, but they have no intention of committing arson. They capitalize politically the popular emotion which...
...Edison in his latest interview explodes as usual into flying criticisms of the soft-headed youth of this lax age. As usual he is interesting, but interesting particularly in his inability to fathom psychological intricacies as he has fathomed the mysteries of mechanical invetion. It is easy to put faith in his prophetic vision when he says that the immense development of hydro-eletric power now in progress may lead within a score of year to a four hour working day. But when he prophecies that the younger generation will "spend that shortness basely" few who have either faith...