Word: lax
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question a day might keep Costello away." The next morning, resplendent in pearl-grey Homburg, Ryan was back at City Hall. This time he nailed to the front door of the Hall photostats of some old (and generally discredited) grand jury charges that O'Dwyer had been grossly lax as district attorney of Brooklyn. Ryan happily held every pose the photographers yelled for, withdrew the nail, and went away...
McDowell fired her on January 11, alleging that her administration was lax, and that she had violated state laws in attempting to cut through red tape...
...Hollywood has been lax in failing to clean up the private lives of sinful stars. Instead, some producers have deplorably chosen to make capital of their "outrageous exploits...
Other charges made by Commissioner McDowell, who fired Dr. Van Waters on January 11, deal with alleged violations of state penal laws, and "lax administration." The prosecution has until Friday night to wind up its case...
There were a tremendous number of checks thrown, mostly by Carman and Al Key, and a multitude of spectacular collisions. But there were surprisingly few penalties, though some observers claimed the penalty lack was due to lax officiating. No sentences were meted out by the referees at all during the opening session, and but one in the final twenty minutes. In between, however, various ever-eager gentlemen, mostly Harvards, resided in the little wooden chair next to the scorekeeper...