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...fast food. There is no sign that Arab producers will use the "oil weapon" and follow Saddam Hussein's decision to halt petroleum production to spike up world prices. Nonetheless, Arab leaders - especially those with close links to the U.S. or relations with Israel - have been quick to react, lest the anger turn to domestic unrest. In Egypt, after days of protesters chanting "Where is the Egyptian army?" the government cut off most contacts with Israel. "When it comes to decision making," says Egyptian government spokesman Nabil Osman, "we listen to public opinion." In Jordan, authorities prevented a potentially volatile...
...there is another side to the rugby team, which the co-captains are quick to emphasize lest potential recruits are scared away by the brutal nature of the sport...
...rights. This process was anything but “anti-democratic,” and it was far and away better treatment than Senate Republicans gave to Clinton’s nominees. Perhaps Steorts ought to pay closer attention to his admonition for law students about writing juvenescent opinions, lest he be “clobbered over the head” with them...
...University of Illinois and went to work. But "the call" persisted. Since his ordination in 1992--during Chicago's pedophile-priest scandal--he has had to do things differently from the way Pelton did as a new priest. Shanahan has never met with a child behind closed doors, lest he open himself to false accusations. If he has to drive a group of kids home, the last one out will be the one closest to the church or the one whose family he knows best...
...Almost since it opened in 1864, the Galle Face has been a Sri Lankan institution. It was a center of British colonial life and later the playground of the rich and famous passing through the island. Lest you forget its illustrious clientele, the hotel has a bronze plaque listing its celebrity guests, with names ranging from famous to infamous: John D. Rockefeller, Emperor Hirohito, Indira Gandhi, Imran Khan, Bo Derek, Carrie Fisher and Kurt Waldheim...