Word: lest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moscow did not shout back last week; but it could not long remain silent, lest Khrushchev appear to be the "coward" that Mao now called him. Now that the Chinese Reds have nailed their theses tothe Kremlin wall, some men in Moscow would be thinking of excommunication. Stalin's posthumous excommunication took only three years to accomplish; and already the Sino-Soviet quarrel has raged for longer than that...
...become clear that Le grand Charles has established a personal regime in which, though it is not remotely so autocratic a government as that of Francisco Franco, almost any potential controversy is similarly quelled by the government lest it be interpreted abroad as a direct expression of national policies. With virtually unlimited powers under France's emergency laws, De Gaulle's government in recent months...
...Fearful lest the hot little war engulf the entire Middle East, the U.N. last week sent Ralph Bunche, a veteran Middle East troubleshooter who is trusted by both sides, to discuss a solution with representatives of Sallal and the Imam; from Yemen he will go to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan...
Early in the week, track coach Bill McCurdy had hoped to repeat lest year's sweep of the two contests. Saturday morning, however, the strategic manipulations became much too "hectic," according to captain Ed Hamlin, and McCurdy decided to concentrate on winning the dual meet at Dartmouth...
...Jews had arrived in Governor Stuyvesant's New Amsterdam in 1654. Peter sent off a letter to his superiors in the Dutch West India Company seeking permission (unsuccessfully) to evict the members of the "very repugnant, deceitful race, hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ, lest they infect and trouble this new colony with their customary usury and deceitful trading...