Word: lest
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Lest I assume the Cold War was completely over, I was happy to see that my quarterly letter from Radio Havana had arrived right on schedule. And, much to my delight, I still had the opportunity to win a trip to Havana...
What a man among men! Sammie Hamilton observes, "Ed Watson were . . . as good a farmer as has ever cleared a piece of ground; he could make anything grow." Henry Thompson marvels at his skill on the waters: "One of the best boatmen on this coast." And lest anyone get the idea the man's skills were laboriously acquired, Thompson adds, "Mister E.J. Watson could hear a frog fart in a hurricane...
...Lest some of us should think we live in a glass bubble from which we may watch such movies--sympathetic and untouched--allow me to share my lesson with...
...civil rights bill has Bush playing for time. Business lobbyists and activists on Bush's right flank widely oppose the measure. Pressure from the right is so intense that White House officials have been careful not to commit bargaining positions to paper, lest their boss be accused of backing down in the end. After counseling Bush to cut what deals he can, Lee Atwater, the convalescent Republican National Committee chairman who masterminded the 20% solution, advised him to "sign this bill...
Around the block is Temptations, which opened last year on the site of the old Haagen-Dazs. Temptations has more offbeat flavors than Licks does, but its mall decor is slightly unsettling. Temptations also weighs your yogurt portion, lest they give you that extra tenth of an ounce. Personally, we feel violated when someone weighs our yogurt...