Word: laxness
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...somewhat remote and curious cause of six Bulgarians, Sarkozy replied with a slightly quirky answer of his own. "They were French because they were unjustly accused, and were suffering," Sarkozy remarked - echoing previous assurances by international experts that the Benghazi infections were the result of unsanitary conditions and lax hospital procedures, rather than criminal intent. "They had to be gotten out of there, and that's what...
...Independent observers and health experts have long said it was not the medical personnel, but unsanitary conditions and lax hospital procedures that caused 438 Benghazi children to be infected with HIV, and turned the fate of the accused health workers into a humanitarian cause celebre. But international efforts to secure their freedom had largely been frustrated until Sarkozy's election to the French presidency in May - curiously, he had made defending "the Bulgarian nurses" one of his campaign promises. Although no one in France is certain why Sarkozy took the plight of the Bulgarians so close to heart, his involvement...
...would be tough. But they hoped that a lot could be fixed in conference with the House, which Democrats control by a much larger majority. But to the environmentalists' dismay, when House chairmen floated their bill last week, it came out even weaker than the Senate version - with more lax fuel efficiency standards and a coal-to-liquid provision...
...arrested for assault but not for jaywalking. It's time to think seriously about exactly where the act of illegal immigration lies in the spectrum of criminality. Consider the complicity of U.S. employers ranging from multinational corporations to suburbanites looking for gardeners. Factor in the mixed signals that lax law enforcement sent to would-be immigrants throughout the '80s and '90s, and the crime should rank as a misdemeanor, not a felony. Even if we step up border enforcement in the future - as we should - it is true that for a long time, crossing the Rio Grande was akin more...
...time renaming course categories—who needs Moral Reasoning when one can have “Ethical Reasoning?”—while completely evading the real issues.Nevertheless, there remains a glimmer of hope. The SCGE might demonstrate the sense its predecessor lacked and take a lax approach to departmental exemptions. Thankfully, the General Education legislation requires that the SCGE be headed by a faculty member, as opposed to an administrator, who will hopefully have a lesser sense of self-importance and a clearer sense of educational priorities.We also hope that, despite the vague legislation, Faculty members...