Word: lax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...standard British label-"the irresponsible Americans"-kept its composure, though there was ample reason for exasperation at Britain's reaction. Too many Britons are too ready to believe that Washington is aching to plunge into World War III. Britain's government-Labor or Tory-has been lax about telling Britons the facts of life in Korea, has kept alive the notion that the best way to peace is to be nice to Mao Tse-tung. Britain's newspapers have treated the Korean fighting as a dull, disagreeable affair worth only a few sticks of type. The House...
...million believers of the Moslem world had devoted themselves to their annual spiritual stocktaking. For 29 days, to commemorate the month when they believe the Prophet Mohammed received God's most sacred book, the Koran, Moslems fasted, prayed and meditated. Their uncompromising fast made similar Christian regulations seem lax by comparison. It required a rigid total abstinence from food and drink each day, between dawn and sunset, mostly in climates where the tropical sun is especially unkind to such self-denial...
...looks as though he could be. He added that due to the crackdown announced by Chief Patrick F. Ready on Monday, the store's owner had ordered all clerks to demand identification from anyone who could conceivably be a minor. "You can't afford to be lax with a license at stake," he said...
...made in a few years. Most enterprisers expand frenetically, cut the pie in a quick, cold-eyed killing, then move on to bigger things. Declared industrial profits average 18%-but many a Paulista would not touch a deal for less than 100%. Taxes are low, and collection is lax. In an atmosphere as favorable to freewheeling enterprise as the U.S. in President Grant's time, 100% profit is an attainable goal. At least 500 Paulistas have made their million (in terms of U.S. dollars), and 1,000 more are nearing the mark...
...addition to the relay. Freshmen Rittenberg and Collins will also run in the hurdles and dash respectively, while track captain Bill Geick will be a third Crimson sprint entry. Bob Mello and Ed Jacobson are entered in the pole vault but won't stay in contention with Don Lax, Bob Richards, and Don Cooper, all three of whom have cleared 15 feet...