Word: laxness
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Enforcement of the rule requiring BAT presence has apparently been lax in the past few years...
...atmosphere is the real draw, however, as Naples is a major pick-up spot for high school and college students. This designation is facilitated by lax ID checking by some Naples employees. And even if you get bored here, you can always entertain yourself by carving your name or initial into the black lacquer tables and walls. (Don't worry, everyone does...
...years. The factories export the vast bulk of their output, basically duty-free, back to the U.S. Some 2,200 maquiladoras, most of them American-owned, employ more than 500,000 Mexican workers. Not only has the shifting of the facilities to Mexico cost some Americans their jobs, but lax environmental standards and poorly enforced regulations have turned large stretches of the 2,000-mile border into toxic cesspools. Maquiladoras are blamed for the noxious brown cloud that often overhangs El Paso, Juarez and other cities, as well as for the foul wastes that flow into the Rio Grande...
...Washington is relatively lax compared to other states. At least I can mail my ballot myself, anytime until election day. A friend from Memphis had to have her ballot signed by someone in the post office before she could mail it off. And on the one occasion that my roommate filed for an absentee ballot (a friend of the family was running for a local position) she discovered at the last minute that it actually had to be received by election day. This led to a complicated maneuver in which Jeanne's brother hand-delivered a Federal Express package...
...Blue Shield companies, which control more than 30% of the private health- insurance market. While the majority of the "Blues" are financially sound, others, like Empire, have been walloped by spiraling health costs and "cherry picking" -- the loss of the best customers to for-profit rivals. Gross mismanagement and lax oversight in many states have raised urgent questions: Can the Blues still carry out their mission as insurers of last resort? Are they too big and powerful to be regulated properly? Should the executives of these nonprofits enjoy the same perks as their brethren at FORTUNE 500 companies...