Word: lest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...addition," the editorial continued, "lest any danger of democratic representation arise, an extra--constitutional 'policy committe,' dominated by party hacks, was created. It is these hacks who have thus far dictated the operations of the government...
Readymade for the status-seeking Washington hostess who is worried lest her cocktail party fall flat: the You-Rent-a-Cocktail Party Crowd. Invented by Writer C.D.B. Bryan for the funny crew of a funny supper-club routine at the Captain's Table in Georgetown, the device is described thus...
...feared that membership for Outer Mongolia was only the first step in the U.N. recognition of Red China. Bitterly, he sent a letter to France's Charles de Gaulle, asking for his help in threatening or importuning the French Africans; De Gaulle replied that he dared not intervene lest the Brazzaville group be aroused against France. Finally Chiang gave in. Decrying Russian "blackmail." Nationalist China walked out of the Security Council, but did not veto; the U.S. abstained, permitting Outer Mongolia's "unanimous" admission. Moments later, Mauritania too was admitted, becoming the U.N.'s 103rd member...
...issue at the University in the matter of "unreimbursed costs." "In sufficient magnitudes, Federal grants can make a university poorer rather than richer by building up unreimbursed costs (overhead, etc.). More than one Faculty at Harvard has fond it necessary to limit its participation in desirable programs lest their indirect costs drain away its unrestricted income," says Cheever. The report has brought this problem up for debate among those in the community who ought to be concerned...
...support, indirect costs are negligible and may in fact be difficult to identify. In significant magnitudes, however, Federal grants can make a university poorer rather than richer by building up unreimbursed costs. More than one Faculty at Harvard has found it necessary to limit its participation in desirable programs lest their indirect costs drain away its unrestricted income...