Word: lax
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...matter how much Yale tries, it will never be able to become Harvard. Hence the institution's endemic unhappiness. What someone needs to explain to the Elis is that contentment lies in accepting yourself, your strengths and limitations. Yale has a better exam schedule, a more lax alcohol policy and is closer to New York City. It's when Yale pretends that New Haven is actually a nice place to live, or that its Af-Am studies department is equal to ours, that it gets into trouble...
...Cambridge Community Development Department originally called the meeting to discuss lax zoning regulations in the area, which currently allows buildings up to 120 feet in height. The surrounding neighborhood falls under much stricter zoning regulations...
...People are lax when it comes to security," Pasquarello says...
...patrols can't be everywhere all the time. Anecdotal evidence suggests that poaching has increased since last year's ivory sales. "Even if elephant numbers have recovered, there is nothing new since the horrors of the '80s to stop the ivory trade," says Moss. "Laws are just as lax, African wildlife departments are even more poorly funded, and corruption is worse...
...this was not mere vandalism either; too much planning had gone into it. Phase 1 took place as early as last year. The culprit first scanned the Internet for vulnerable networks to use as unwitting allies in the final attack. Small businesses and universities, where security is often more lax, are prime targets. Both Stanford and the University of California at Santa Barbara had been co-opted. A UCSB computer participated in the CNN website attack. Even the Navy's computers may have been enlisted as unwilling dupes...