Word: lax
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...lax enforcement of the letter of the law shows the need for a change on the statute books. The general rules as laid down by the University are "subject to interpretation" by masters and senior tutors, and consequently varying degrees of strictness have developed in different Houses. In one, a student simply signs a book for guests on Saturdays and Sundays, without having to obtain any official sanction; in another, permissions are dispensed with in practice; and in all Houses infringements by students of some or all of the rules are common. Uniformity cannot and should not crush out "states...
...conditions, the regimented press urged Frenchmen to realize that they cannot expect to recover "the easy life of yore." More than mere anxiety lay behind a Government decree providing the death penalty for civilians found with firearms after July 30. In the chaotic days of the armistice, control was lax and a large percentage of military equipment was not surrendered. Thoughts of this "phantom arsenal" in the hands of a desperate citizenry caused sleepless nights to the quasi-Führers at Vichy...
...scraped the dishes clean while eating. The general treatment was quite decent and humane, but the control of the entire camp was lax and very inefficient. For instance, the delivery of the mail from the men's to the women's camp (which was only 20 kilometers distant) took about three weeks, often being lost altogether. This anxiety, together with all the other ordeals, caused many to have a nervous breakdown. There were many different types of people among this large group of men. Jews and non-Jews were together&151;unlike German camps. There were Germans, Austrians...