Word: lest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...test took the form of simultaneously addressing and satisfying three separate audiences: the Arabs, the Israelis and the American public. To the moderate Arab states it was necessary to show concern over Israel's act and publicly to reprimand Jerusalem, lest the Soviet Union profit from Arab outrage over the bombing. To the Israelis it was necessary to administer a tap on the wrist-and that was all it was-without altering the strategic and historic special relationship with the U.S., on which Israel's survival depends. To the American public it was necessary to show the fledgling...
...officials agreed that Israel's attack should be sharply criticized, but they debated the timing of any such condemnation. Some contended that the U.S. should wait for Arab reaction, rather than run the unlikely risk of appearing harsher than Israel's Middle East neighbors. Others were worried lest any U.S. condemnation might coincide awkwardly with an Arab reprisal mission against Israel. On Sunday night the group drafted a mild statement to be issued as soon as the news broke. It stressed that the U.S. had no prior knowledge of the attack, which was blandly described as "a very...
...first four months of the year, 51 stabbings were reported in "Jacktown," but there undoubtedly were more. Some prisoners have become skilled at stitching up cuts, often with plain needle and thread; prisoners are afraid to report assaults, lest they be singled out as snitchers...
...process is not always orderly, nor so thoughlful as it should be. But creative government rarely is. Events move too fast. Decisions must often be made as much on instinct as on precise information, lest the time for action pass. After the big budgel-resolution win, plans to cul Social Security were rushed to the White House. They were presented one morning lo Reagan, almost cold. At first he was disbelieving, then irritated. "Can I have twelve hours to decide?" he asked grumpily. Bul it took less time than that for Reagan to make his decision and seek Ihe cuts...
...held their fire. Israel was reported to be massing forces along its northern border with Lebanon and even within the "Free Lebanon" enclave south of the Litani River that is under the control of Major Sa'ad Haddad, a right-wing Christian militia leader. Lebanese officials were fearful lest Israel invade the south and attempt to destroy the Palestinian bases there...