Word: looser
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...states are daring Spellings to make the next move. It could come any day, with new, looser guidelines. (Educators would be thrilled if Spellings started rewarding schools that showed progress over time among the same children instead of the same grade levels...
...aspects of the British, for instance, that are not clearly visible from a strip joint in Soho. But John David Morley, 37, never pretends to have found all there is to learn about Japan. He simply notices, as have others, that the drinking behavior of Japanese males is looser than the polite but evasive demeanor they customarily display. The Westerner who can inconspicuously swim along with these schools of nightly revelers will almost certainly see much that is barred to casual or sober tourists. Morley did so and managed to keep his head clear enough to bring back a number...
...Faced with problems ranging from a sagging recovery last fall to an Ohio banking crisis in March, Fed Chairman Paul Volcker has been allowing the money supply to grow more rapidly to keep credit affordable. With inflation still in check, the central bank will be tempted to continue its looser-money policy. "Right now the economy's giving off a mixed picture," says Manuel Johnson, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy. "But if we can be sure that monetary policy won't tighten over the course of the year, then we can be sure of a continued solid expansion...
There's plenty out there to offend. TV's mores have become looser in just a few years. In 1999 it was shocking for Fox's sitcom Action to use obscenities that were bleeped out. Now the same words are bleeped routinely (often barely) all over network TV--and go unbleeped on basic-cable networks like FX and ESPN, let alone Showtime and HBO. In an episode of Fox's since-canceled Keen Eddie, three men enlist a hooker to arouse a horse to extract semen from him. The PTC recently protested an episode of NBC's Medium in which...
...standard green, above, as well as desert and cold-weather fatigues. The new duds substitute Velcro and zippers for buttons, which used to snag on gear. Those are just some of the 22 changes the Army has made. The soldiers' favorite updates so far: the $85 getup is looser, machine washable and wrinkle free. --By Jeremy Caplan