Word: lest
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Democrats. Because Khrushchev's virulent attacks on the President were interpreted as insults to the nation, Democrats found it increasingly tricky to fault the Administration. Events moved so swiftly that a candidate had to take care with every word, lest a critical statement made in one context bounce back to bruise him in another-as Jack Kennedy discovered. Still the Democratic pacemaker, Kennedy was beginning to regret a remark tossed off in Oregon right after the summit blowup, to the effect that the President might have saved the summit had he apologized to Khrushchev for the U-2 incident...
...Lest anyone have any doubts that her East-West blend can stand comparison with Hollywood's well-known brands, company flacks have already hastened to announce that under her high-buttoned cheongsam (the Chinese sheath with the slit skirt), she is the equal of any Occidental. But Nancy promptly corrected the claim that she has "the ample bosom of the Nordics." Said she demurely: "It is big for the Chinese, enough for the English, maybe small for Italians...
...slide in rates, which has dropped yields on Government bonds until many are selling at around 4%. Thus Anderson, who must raise between $2 billion and $2.5 billion in new money in the next few weeks, is expected to try to raise some of it in long-term bonds, lest the Democrats who opposed ending the ceiling criticize him for not trying...
...Once before, over the objections of doting Queen Mother Zaine, Hussein had tried to persuade the prince to go abroad for medical treatment. Finally last week, the palace cryptically announced that Mohammed would leave at the end of the month for a trip to the U.S., Canada and Britain (lest this seem an affront, the King named his younger brother viceroy during his own two-day absence from the country this week). Prince Mohammed still remains the immediate heir to a stouthearted young King whose perpetually threatened life is all that keeps alive the dynasty of the Hashemites...
...Japanese fishermen that work that remote area figure they will be away from home for at least six months at a time. Since the ocean currents often shift (carrying the tuna with them), the board's survey ships keep constant vigil, reporting their findings to the fishing boats lest they travel 10,000 miles only to find no fish...