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...this doesn't please you there is always the testimony of Rupert Hughes who pointed the red, red finger at the producers. He contends that "They are the people who hire and fire. I think they have been unjustifiably lax. They have paid from two to five thousand dollars a week to men whom they know to be brilliant. Many Communists are very, very brilliant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/6/1948 | See Source »

...obligation requires a more detailed survey into a graduate's personality and special ability than a hasty appraisal of his college record. The positions must be made more competitive, either through stressing their honorific aspect, or increasing the stipend when possible. Finally, even the mechanics of advising are needlessly lax. Four 15-minute visits a year can never establish a worthy program. They can barely accomplish the business of course selection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pride of the Finest | 4/13/1948 | See Source »

Charges of incredibly lax officiating came from both sides with Chase finally calling off the game because of the fight and the high tempers of the players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chase Stops Game in Hockey Brawl | 3/18/1948 | See Source »

...instituted the "hoax" deserve the thanks of the college for emphasizing the lax manner in which Council supervised elections are conducted. the men who actually supervised the election were "victims of the system." Final responsibility for permitting conditions under which such a thing could happen must be placed on the attitude of the Council as a whole, which has failed to follow the simplest and most obvious recommendations of its own Committee on class Affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smoker Joker | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

Fletcher Taft, resident manager of the community, admitted that dog owners had been lax in their observance of the rules, but said he had not considered mass extermination as a solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'It Shouldn't Happen,' Say Persecuted Devens Dog Owners | 12/17/1947 | See Source »

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