Word: lax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would say there is a general consensus that the colleges have been too lax," Sabatine says...
...pain and dislocation they cause, tighter defense budgets could lead to a more efficient industry. As the Pentagon encourages more competition for contracts, companies that grew lax during the Reagan buildup will be forced to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of their products. McDonnell Douglas, the No. 1 defense contractor, is currently competing with Boeing for a contract to build a new generation of light military helicopters. McDonnell Douglas boasted last week that its new choppers can be easily repaired in the field. Everything from their turbine engines to their pit- viper cannons can be fine-tuned with twelve...
...this year the traditional lax hierarchy has been shaken up. Except for the defending champion Orangemen, who are still far above the rest of the competition and even better than last year, there may be more parity in the sport than ever before...
...Crimson's thrilling 12-11 defeat of Cornell Saturday at Ohiri Field was enough to convince pollsters that the squad has regained its prowess as a lax powerhouse. Harvard is ranked ninth in the USILA Coaches' Poll, and was tied with Ivy rival Brown in the final spot of the Baltimore Sun's Top Ten. Both polls were released yesterday...
Sorting out the assets would be hard enough if they had been in the hands of honest businessmen, but many failed thrifts were ruined by larcenous schemers who took advantage of lax S&L rules and poor supervision during most of the 1980s. Testifying before Congress last week, Seidman said criminal fraud had been discovered in 60% of the S&Ls seized by the Government during the past year, almost triple the rate in commercial bank failures. Some of the wrongdoing may even be traced to the CIA. According to the Houston Post, the intelligence agency had connections with...