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Senate Investigator Charles Heave Dolan: The Air Bureau economized to a hazardous extent, "violated regulations 100% in some districts," was lax in reporting forced landings, blamed more than 80% of crashes on weather or plane personnel. U. S. airlines, though deeply in the red as a whole, still spend great sums on new safety equipment, are chiefly responsible for making U. S. air transport five times safer now than...
Because the Dramatic Club had been rather lax about enforcing Administrative Board rules in previous cases, the Board followed the precedent of the Lampoon reorganization after the Parody number last May and reached an understanding with the Club that there would be a reorganization before the Spring production...
...crooked smile. Prone to swearing a good deal in a quiet, pleasant way, he never loses his temper, though he is a martinet about detail. When he is in command, his ship must be spotless, his men equally neat. In only one respect is he himself lax-his beard, which is fast-growing, heavy. Hating to shave, he has tried all types of razor, has lately returned to an old-fashioned straightedge...
...sooner was General Coxey, 81, nominated than he started on his campaign-in the vehicle by which he had arrived, a patent medicine truck, from which he sells a concoction of his own making called "Cox-E-Lax" for $1.25 per bottle (see cut). Heading in the general direction of the Pacific Northwest, he promised in the 16 months before election to peddle "Cox-E-Lax" in every one of the 48 States, talk "mostly on money...
...Congressional delay, caused by an unwieldy party majority, lax leadership and the customary rebelliousness of Congressmen at Presidential midterm...