Word: lest
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...that something like an interim solution?reduced, equal deployments on both sides with the vague, nonbinding espousal of zero as a long-term goal?might be possible later, but not now. They do not want to give even the hint of an official endorsement before the West German elections, lest the U.S. appear to be leaving Helmut Kohl, a strong public supporter of the zero option, out on a limb...
...Seattle-First National Bank, reported a surprisingly large operating loss of $61.4 million for the fourth quarter, bringing its 1982 deficit to $90.2 million. Just before the stunning announcement, a dozen of the largest U.S. banks, including Wells Fargo, had agreed to make available $1.5 billion in standby credits lest some of Seafirst's large depositors lose confidence and withdraw their money, precipitating a run on the bank...
...eventually for Newsweek changed when the Wall Street Journal hired her in 1974 as a correspondent for their Washington Bureau. The editor assigned her to cover the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other regulatory agencies, an area in which, House admits, she did not want to become an expert, lest she be condemned to cover it for the rest of her career. She made the best of it by covering the human interest angle of her beat. When the FCC issued a regulation limiting the number of newspapers, television and radio stations a single family could own, she travelled...
...well be skepticism. When announcements of new "breakthroughs" are made today, one must always wonder whether these "discoveries" are really new or significant or whether they are simply creations of Madison Avenue designed to boost a stock offering on Wall Street. We must be sensitive to these concerns lest the public's support for scientific funding be undermined...
Livelier preppy reading lies in Items from Our Catalog, a parody of the L. L. Bean mail order guide. The booklet offers such essential items as a Norweigan bulletproof sweater, a deerskin dieter's mask and the state of Maine--price tag $76,000,000 plus $3.20 postage. Lest you fear such outdoorsy materialism is not in the holiday spirit, note that the catalog also offers a down yarmulke and Thinsulite papal vestments...