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...eradication of opium smoking in the mid-20th century, antique opium pipes, lamps and the sundry trappings that surrounded the habit in China and Southeast Asia are now quite rare. Only since the early 1990s has more-lax enforcement of laws in China allowed these treasures to be traded as antiques...
...course, the standards for proper citation in journalism are, for good reason, more lax than in academia; reporters from different newspapers regularly borrow story ideas and information from each other without a second thought in a manner that, were they academics, would land them in some hot water...
...there were indications that the West Warwick calamity, at least, was not the product of lax regulation. The building was 60 years old and consisted of approximately 1,200 sq. ft. of concert space, a kitchen, a bar and a few pool tables off to the side. It passed a safety inspection as recently as December after infractions like malfunctioning exit signs were corrected. The venue did not have a sprinkler system, but Rhode Island state law does not require one in structures built before 1976. The club's owners, Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, were well regarded by West Warwick...
Several of Harvard’s clerical and technical workers criticized their union representation as being too lax in protecting worker’s rights at a semiannual members’ meeting last night...
...creative talent comes from that country and whether the film is thematically reflective of that country," he says. "We have to be extra careful about our rules as movies become more international and it becomes harder to ascribe nationality." If anything, Johnson says, the committee has been lax this year. It accepted Afghanistan's Fire Dancer, a film set in New York and featuring an Afghan-American cast. "It's debatable whether Afghanistan actually qualified," says Johnson. "But given everything else going on in the country, it would be hard not to include the film...