Word: lax
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...divulges secrets can be convicted only if it is proved that he acted with "intent" to injure his country or aid a foreign nation-almost an impossibility to establish in a court of law unless he is caught dealing with a foreign agent. No other democratic country is so lax about its intelligence: the U.S. can surely make it tougher for those, including the KGB, who want to compromise national security...
...question confronting New England lacrosse fans these days is, Can the red hot Crimson lax squad sweep its next four games for an incredible 11 game win streak? And if so, will it earn them a berth as New England's sole rep in the NCAA playoffs...
Egasti and company are especially wary of Princeton's lightning quick lair of attackmen. All-American Dave Huebeck, Bob Thomas, and George Brush--all natives of lax-happy Baltimore--combined for 98 points last year, and all have returned this season...
...Business School Field, scooping, shoving and finally shooting its way to a 13-9 victory. That makes an impressive string of six wins in a row for the stickmen, whose only two losses to date this season have come at the hands of a pair of genuine lax heavyweights-- Johns Hopkins and Cornell (by the agonizing score...
This history is behind the main charge leveled against the NRC by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is composed of 70,000 members, including 2,500 scientists and engineers, and three dozen nuclear experts. The nonprofit organization charges that the NRC has been far too lax about safety standards for nuclear power. Says U.C.S. Spokesman Robert Pollard, a former NRC safety inspector who resigned when his recommendations were overridden: "The top men at the NRC grew up [in the AEC] with the dream of nuclear energy. For that dream to work, it has to be economical. Even though they...