Word: lax
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...boost in the arm. While Howie Weiss did take two out of three, Bennett just couldn't get straightened out, dropping his first two bouts in inglorious fashion. The foil squad, which Marion had hoped would be the major strength of his squad, continued to look unimpressive, adding another lax performance to its collection...
Harvard has yet to beat any strong team other than CCNY, but that was before vacation and since then the Crimson performance has been lax. In the three matches this month Harvard has yet to show any of the spark or polish that the Crimson displayed before Christmas...
...Leary, have been as much propagandists for the drug experience as investigators of it. They are so convinced of the benefits of these drugs that they have dispensed with many normal research procedures; for example, they have conducted some of their experiments in highly informal settings. They have been lax about screening potential recipients of the drugs; indeed, they have urged many who have expressed a casual interest in the drugs to try them for themselves. Far from exercising the caution that characterizes the public statements of most scientists, Leary and Alpert, in their papers and speeches, have been given...
...that grading of often capriccios-and, what is worse, it is usually too lax-but nonetheless it is better than alternate methods. All of us have times when we are laxier than usual, but rather than defending our indolence, we should try to eliminate it. Those who aim to abolish grades only encourage the weaknesses which grades can help to eliminate. For those who protest that they have no interest in outstanding academic achievement but would rather be well-grounded, which is to say moderately good at all things, it is important to receive moderately good grades rather than outstanding...
...reports. (Liacos even found that there was no official police record of Largey ever having been arrested.) Yet, Liacos leaves discipline in the heads of City Manager John H. Corcoran and Police Chief James Reagan--the two men ultimately responsible for the department whose procedures Liacos described as "lax" and "inadequate...