Word: lax
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...JetBlue's core strategy is as old as business itself: Keep costs low. Non-union labor, a small 15-plane fleet and secondary airports like Long Beach instead of LAX allows JetBlue to price their flights at their main audience - namely, folks that would normally be going from Rochester to New York City by bus. (JetBlue's growing reputation for punctuality is also starting to attract the business...
...that brings us to the second part of the solution. What should governments be doing? Some, most notably in the European Union, think they should pass laws restricting the use of personal data. Others, like the U.S., restrict the use of medical information but are pretty lax on almost everything else. Still others haven't addressed the issue. (And all are hampered by the fact that their citizens use websites outside their own country and beyond their own government's control...
...parietals were fairly strict, whereas now they're very lax," Fred Fortmiller '51 says. "Back in my day you could drink but you couldn't have sex-now you can have sex but you can't drink...
Reputedly America's oldest athletic game, "lax" is played by a team of 10 players, each using a long stick with a webbed pouch to maneuver a ball into the opponents' goal. Male players wear helmets and pads, and they are allowed hard body checks, but in the women's game, players are not allowed to strike one another. The sport will get a boost on June 7, when the Fox Sports Net begins televising the inaugural season of Major League Lacrosse. It's made up of six teams in the Northeast, which will play games through August...
...first time, Harvard officials plan to cut off Yard access to all non-ticket holders on Class Day. Enforcement of ticketing has been lax in the past, with anybody interested able to attend...