Word: lax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Susan were taken aback. They were admittedly lax about such tax matters themselves, but they had an employee whose job was to make sure taxes on the developments got paid on time. But whatever the reason for the delinquency, in Clinton's anger McDougal saw a glimmer of opportunity. Perhaps he could extricate the Clintons from the deal while still saving face. "Let's just get you out of this," McDougal suggested. Whitewater will "break even," McDougal euphemistically said, but that was the best that could be hoped for. Bill and Hillary could simply sign over their interest...
...recent years Mexico has replaced Panama as the leading drug-money Laundromat in Latin America. And much of the money stays in Mexico. Aided by lax government regulation and the willingness of Mexican banks to accept suitcases full of cash without asking questions, drug barons have been able to squirrel billions of dollars into legitimate businesses; Garcia Abrego owns dozens of such businesses, including computer stores, car dealerships and meat-packing plants. The effect on the economy can be pernicious. Since businesses supplied with capital from drug dealing don't have to worry about profits, efficiency or paying interest, they...
Colgate got off to a quick start, taking advantage of Harvard's lax perimeter defense to shoot out to a 20-6 lead. As the Crimson defenders collapsed on Foyle inside, Red Raider guard Seth Schaeffer lit it up, sinking two three-pointers and a 15-foot jumper in a span of just...
Both women also say that although every state as well as the District of Columbia has laws prohibiting smoking before the age of 18, lax enforcement of these laws also contributes to increased teenage smoking...
...member of the Security Council, a nuclear power and the main contributor of troops to the U.N. We are not an average nation. France also has an old humanist and universalist tradition, strongly attached to human rights and democracy...Our weaknesses are mainly the result of 14 years of lax management, which consisted of spending more than was reasonable and led to the accumulation of deficits and debts. [Another weakness] is a certain resistance to change...The labor unions and professional organizations have a lot of trouble understanding that there are necessary evolutions [and that] it is better to spend...