Word: lest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Anger. The sprightliest precampaign politicking has been supplied by the fractious Free Democrats, who are desperately worried lest they win less than 5% of the vote and lose their right to sit in the Bundestag. Their advertisements forcefully remind the electorate that they have not been afraid to walk out of the Cabinet when the Christian Democrats dragged their feet. Many Christian Democrats were so infuriated by the ads that they talked of throwing the Free Democrats out of the coalition-but they relented. No one wanted to reprimand the sinners so severely that they would be tempted to form...
...about spirals. Everything from bikinis to ball gowns swirled their way up and down the figure. The bias that really biased the crowd was a black, silk, matelasse evening dress-the high halter neck in front dropped to a dangerous curve at a point slightly northwest of the coccyx. Lest any man not notice-which seems hardly likely-there is a big shiny bauble planted at the perigee...
...Lest G.M. steal last week's whole show, Ford announced that it will immediately begin offering rear-seat portable television sets as optional equipment on all cars. Manufactured by Ford's Philco subsidiary, the 9-in. sets will sell for $169.95, can be plugged into the cigarette lighter or powered by a battery pack that costs an additional...
...eyes even before her décolletage," says Elizabeth Arden's top Makeup Artist Pablo. Eyes are outlined in black and thatched with double-thick layers of false lashes. "We want to direct attention straight into the eyeball," says Saks Fifth Avenue's Evelyn Marshall. Lest eyelids get in the way of the ultimate goal, cosmetic firms are now touting a frosty white eye shadow to replace the usual blues and greens. Heavily applied, such white eye shadow gives a pale glow all the way up to the nonexistent eyebrows. The end product of all this work...
...grilled suspect has a constitutional right to see his lawyer-and by inference, to be told he has a right to silence. But did the court's ruling mean that police must now advise all suspects of their rights to counsel and silence (a standard FBI rule), lest all voluntary confessions be automatically tossed out of court? No, said Illinois' highest court in People v. Hart-greaves, a decision that the Supreme Court recently refused to review. Yes, said California's highest court in People v. Dorado, a decision that expanded Escobedo by tossing out a murder...