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...character is necessary to establish her as a woman at a stage in her life in which her sexual proclivities are pushed to the forefront of her developing emotional maturity. At times the film plays like a kind of realist La Dolce Vita, showing a woman so lax and free of worldly commitment that her desire for pleasure becomes the core of her identity...
Goss, who has spent several days at CIA headquarters studying for the hearing, could also be grilled on what some Democrats regard as his committee's lax oversight of intelligence matters--failing to correct problems that, according to the 9/11 commission and other investigations, may have paved the way for 9/11 and intelligence mistakes on Iraq. But that line of questioning could backfire. Goss and his defenders could point out that, whatever shortcomings Goss's committee can be accused of in the years leading up to 9/11 and the Iraq war, the same could be said of the Senate intelligence...
...However, Harris Chowdhury, a key adviser to Prime Minister Zia, denies the charge that his government is lax in protecting the rights of Hindus and says Bangladesh's record in safeguarding religious minorities is superior to that of many of its neighbors. Dismissing critics who accuse his government of failing to curb lawlessness, he insists: "The law-and-order situation in this country is quite good...
...rare to see a Chinese doctor blazing such a trail in the surgical field, but Huang has a distinct advantage over American counterparts. China's comparatively lax medical rules mean the safety trials he ran were more cursory than those required in the U.S., where they would typically take up to two years. And the olfactory cells he uses are taken from aborted fetuses, which America's antiabortion lobby would furiously oppose. His follow-up information about former patients remains spotty, and Huang says his bosses have refused to let him share cell samples with other researchers so that they...
...this mix add lax law enforcement, a flood of inexperienced drivers, and a marked indifference to safety on the part of many motorists, and it's little wonder that Asia's highways sometimes resemble a Mad Max movie set. Shanghai resident Huang Wei, a recent graduate of a Chinese driving school, recalls how during one training session her instructor scolded her for using her turn indicator to signal her intention to change lanes: "He shouted at me, 'What are you doing? Never use your turn signal for changing lanes! If you let the car behind you know what...