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...Institute of Politics seems to be particularly lax in this regard. It was disturbing to see former Vice President Al Gore ’69 feel obliged to wear a suit and tie to adress Harvard students, many of whom could not even put on a long pair of trousers to hear him. Wearing something other than jeans and a t-shirt does not imply that you are old and stuffy; it simply demonstrates a modicum of respect. If the former vice president has the time to throw on a jacket, the students who go to hear him should have...
...company hired to screen passengers at the nation's largest airports, Argenbright Security has proved unnervingly lax at screening its own employees. Last year, following an investigation at the Philadelphia airport, Argenbright pleaded guilty to criminal charges of falsifying employee backgrounds, which had led to the hiring of those whose records included drug possession and aggravated assault. The FAA imposed a probation, and Argenbright's then parent company, AHL, paid $1.6 million in penalties...
...brave enough to alter existing policies that might incite terrorism? To stop the sanctions on Iraq and take our troops out of Saudi Arabia? Are we brave enough to look critically at our relationship with Saudi Arabia and ask if our dependence on oil has made us too lax with a state that helps fund bin Laden’s ventures? Are we willing to trade our big cars and big muscle for smaller cars and a dose of national modesty? Are we brave enough to aggressively work towards nuclear disarmament and engender an international framework for peace, justice...
...Young Choi ’02, a native of Lexington, Mass., said she was able to access Widener as a high school student because of the lax security at Pusey Library, which connects to Widener through an underground tunnel...
FOILED DEC. 14, 1999 PORT ANGELES, WASH. Alert U.S. Customs agents noticed that Ahmed Ressam was sweating--in winter--while waiting to cross from Canada into the U.S. In his trunk, they found explosives. Ressam later confessed to a plot to blow up LAX airport...