Word: lax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...amidst a seething abyss of turmoil, despair, defeat, defeat, and defeat, not all is black on the Yale lacrosse scene--or so this reporter has discovered, after boldly defying the administration ban by contacting his old school pal and lax team captain Buddy Bixford...
Beside the intrepid, naked reporter crouches another man. A big man. A man with the taut flanks and self-assured ease of a man who could only be lax team captain Buddy Bixford. The men crouch, together in the alleyway. There is silence...
...says Ramon, pulling out a calculator. "Your countrymen have been rather lax about their financial obligations to the United Nations. There's $28 million you owe for the regular budget--you know, for everyday items like tips, office supplies, kickbacks, and bribes; $172 million for peacekeeping in Southern Lebanon...
...light of controversies concerning the Citadel, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Michigan, et. al., we are appalled by Harvard's lax attitude towards addressing racial tensions, no matter how serious. We call upon the administration to issue a reasonable explanation as to why Williams does not have to endure the full weight of his original punishment. Furthermore, we believe the University must stand behind the force of its decisions. Kyra C. Armstrong '89, Co-Chair, Black Students' Association Political Action Committee Shannah V. Braxton '88, Former Co-President...
...left, in particular, has waged its fight with an almost palpable sense of vengeance. Some liberals want to make up for their leadership's rather lax opposition to the promotion of William Rehnquist to Chief Justice and the appointment of conservative Antonin Scalia to the court last year. Moreover, with only 16 months remaining in the Reagan Administration, the Bork issue has become a device to galvanize and unify the disparate interest groups on the left. Neas is overseeing a "megacoalition" of prominent liberal organizations, including the N.A.A.C.P., Common Cause, People for the American Way, the National Organization for Women...