All this takes place in an environment of laissez-faire: "everyone is trying to go on with their lives, therefore no one worries about disciplinary measures or about punishing the prevaricators", with lack of career structure, workload and working conditions as attenuating circumstances.
It seems to me that the Bush team is trying to go back to the 1890's, when there was untrammeled laissez-faire and everyone was on his or her own, for better or worse.
Before switching on the beast, he gave a few warnings to people with electronics on them — which, at Maker Faire, is just about everyone.
Mr. Iversen's laissez-faire editing philosophy has not pleased everyone, and that is fine with him.
We cannot simply take a laissez-faire approach to citizen empowerment, urging everyone to do their bit.
Trying to engage Mr. Lyon on the relationship between his show and his uncharacteristically laissez-faire former employer, I point out what everyone who has seen the show has noted: that Nicky and his roommate, Rod, resemble Ernie and Bert from "Sesame Street".
Everyone at fair will try and convince you to fall in love with faire.
Everyone knew that the blind confidence in laissez-faire had helped to drive the country into the depression, and the business conservatives and their political allies were never able to regain the support they'd lost with the stock market crash.
SAVOIR FAIRE Sometimes it is hard to distinguish the staff from the customers, since pretty much everyone fails to disprove the stylish and skinny stereotype of the French.
At the same time, the Clintonites are not totally laisser-faire: they want to "empower" citizens, to "help people to help themselves", so that everyone is equipped to deal with inevitable transitions.This is politically astute.
(One area in which handlers are not so laissez faire: Winners are being encouraged not to fuss over Mr. Obama in their speeches out of fear that everyone who clambers onstage will have a comment).
