Word: lest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...never told College officials about the message. Blom was already in trouble with the Freshman Dean's Office at the time for sending other fake e-mail messages, And after the prank, he sent the women a message--this time, in his own name--begging them to keep quiet lest he be expelled, according to a transcript of the message obtained by The Crimson...
...However, lest we concentrate too heavily on the asexuality of this film, it must be noted that femme fatales needn't be sexual superpowers. Great objects of male desire are invariably so much more than that. They are multi-dimensional, interesting women who flaunt their own indentities and resist being typified as silent, passive, objects of male interest. One thinks of Debra Winger as Joy, C.S. Lewis' love interest in "Shadowlands," or Meryl Streep as Karen von Blixen in "Out of Africa." The same principle holds true in light romance, from Meg Ryan's idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic Sally...
...Lest poor Gannett not take the letter seriously, it is signed pointedly: "Believe me, my dear Gannett, your friend and wellwisher...
...Lest you think I must have been a religious child, let me correct you now. I thought the Bible was just about the most exciting book I had ever read. I read it morning, noon and night (literally--that's the only way you could get through that mush of it in three weeks...
...dancing Suite, he says, "I think it's all about Jerry -- a man leaning on one leg and listening, wondering, 'O.K., what's next?' There's irony and urgency and also a bittersweet quality. This is a man of intelligence, a man of the world, a thinking man." But lest that serious thought prevail, he adds with a twinkle, "Sometimes I think Jerry's inspiration comes out of his beard...