Word: lest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...formal litigation and lawyers. Ever since Confucius, the Chinese have valued collective harmony over the assertion of individual rights and the adversary system now characteristic of American justice. Lawyers did not practice privately in China until after the 1911 Nationalist revolution, because laws banned the "fomenting" of litigation, lest it disturb the smooth fabric of Confucian society. "It is better to enter a tiger's mouth than a court of law," goes another Chinese proverb...
...Lest we forget the 17-0 and 14-3 sandblastings at the sticks of the Lady Friars, Harvard was impressive, especially defensively, where backliners Julie Starr, Alison Bell and Anna Jones, and forwards Tania Huber and Lauren Norton killed off five penalties and thwarted many an NU bombing mission...
...demanded that the Corporation live up to its commitments on shareholder responsibility, and recommended that the boycott of CRR remain in force until the Faculty Council agreed to certain reforms. As the term progressed, the assembly passed resolutions dealing with Hispanic studies, the tuition increase, alternative meal plans, and, lest we forget, toilet paper...
...growing out of the "Chicago Seven" trial. He also knows that I have spoken out in behalf of the "Wilmington Ten," participated in the defense of Johnie Harris, and represented numerous other Americans charged with political crimes. Mr. Kunstler's well-known disregard for the facts is legion, but lest anyone forget, he is always there to remind us again...
...believe it or not, it didn't seem like an upset. The Larries, who came into the game with the third worst record in the ECAC (2-6-1) and an eight-game losing streak against the Crimson (lest we forget the 10-0 slaying at Watson Rink two Reading Periods ago), completely outskated and outclevered the otherwise engaged icemen from start to finish, and left the bite-sized crowd feeling guilty over the productive things it could have done instead...