Word: lax
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...Enron would never have been discovered in Europe." James Leisenring, who is helping draft International Accounting Standards, on the Continent's lax regulations...
...quarter of all fake weapons carried by undercover TSA agents were not detected.) The fact that most checked luggage is still not being screened for explosives remains a glaring lapse, and there's a raging dispute over the machines the TSA has selected for the job. Plus, as the LAX shooting at an El Al check-in counter revealed, there are plenty of other places in an airport that are vulnerable to people intent on causing havoc...
...This lax attitude may change as awareness of the dangers of Alprax begins to spread. In March, socialite Natasha Singh was found dead outside a New Delhi hotel. Police concluded she had committed suicide by jumping from the roof. An autopsy revealed she had swallowed more than 30 Alprax tablets before her death. Singh, who reportedly suffered from depression, was a champion of Alprax and used it almost compulsively, according to her friends...
...quarter of all fake weapons carried by undercover TSA agents were not detected.) The fact that most checked luggage is still not being screened for explosives remains a glaring lapse, and there's a raging dispute over the machines the TSA has selected for the job. Plus, as the LAX shooting at an El Al check-in counter revealed, there are plenty of other places in an airport that are vulnerable to people intent on causing havoc...
...BORDER In December 1999, Algerian Ahmed Ressam was stopped trying to cross from Canada to the U.S. in an explosives-packed car, which he intended to use in a plot to blow up LAX...