Word: laxness
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There are also plenty of problems our government needs to solve to ensure robust, long-term economic performance before it passes another tax cut. The continual degradation of our natural resources as a result of lax environmental protection will ultimately have very adverse consequences on our economic growth. Or consider the highly unequal nature of opportunity for America’s children. Sure we have universal primary and secondary school, but when children don’t have access to preschool or medical coverage, that hurts their chances at success and undermines the nation’s future productivity...
...this is just a single lapse. After all, even mighty Leavenworth prison once had 17 inmates escaped (way back in 1898). Those prisoners, however, were all soon recaptured, and Leavenworth greatly increased its security measures. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be the case in France, where lax prison security has revealed itself over and over again...
...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...