Word: lax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...federal government's allegations against the pharmacy included charges of "lax security and improper pharmacy practices, ... persistent discrepancies between the pharmacy's inventory documents and physical counts, ... improper distribution of controlled drugs by the Pharmacy to unregistered Harvard locations ... and improper handling of outdated controlled drugs," according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Massachusetts...
...state with regard to such an appetite as that for alcohol, will best be served by allowing the college culture to function autonomously and for students to discipline themselves. The state has no particular interest in preventing students from drinking, only in receiving federal highway funding, so lax enforcement seems to be the most appropriate compromise...
...unable to collect more than the $75,000 maximum liability permitted under Warsaw Convention rules governing air travel. A finding of mechanical failure would open the way to much larger settlements, as would solid evidence of a bombing--if lawyers can then prove that TWA's security measures were lax. The 225 families that settled with Pan Am over the Lockerbie disaster, for example, collected some $500 million with such a claim. In this case, as in the Pan Am case, it is increasingly clear that any such resolution will be a long time coming...
...Wednesday the plane that would become the fatal Flight 800 to Paris had touched down in New York after a flight that originated at the airport in Athens, Greece, an aging facility with a reputation for lax security. After the explosion, suspicions were immediately voiced that terrorists might have planted a bomb in Athens, set to go off when the plane turned around in New York and headed for France. Greek authorities were livid at the implication...
...Greek airport improvement may have happened in a roundabout way--and as a result the Clinton Administration may come under fire for trying to play politics with airline safety. Last February, White House aides tried to squelch a Transportation Department warning to American travelers about lax safeguards against terrorism at the airport. White House aides feared such a warning would prompt a frosty reception for Hillary Clinton when she visited Athens in March to witness the lighting of the Olympic flame. Outraged FAA officials protested that travelers shouldn't be kept in the dark about the warning--which was required...