Word: leste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wrath of France by a raid on French Morocco in which their forces nearly captured Fez. Instead of thereby intimidating France, and?as they appear to have hoped?persuading her to exert pressure upon Spain to grant the Riff autonomy, they instead roused the French to an active fear lest Krim become supreme throughout both French and Spanish Morocco...
...Morgan loan has been repeatedly declared "untouched" by the French Government. Naturally its use last week?if it was used?was carefully concealed lest speculators gain an inkling of the extent to which the Government is prepared to embark upon salvage operations...
...great military men of the old world and the new, Alexander of Macedon, Scipio Africanus, General Ambrose E. Burnside. They have pointed out that "when Alexander first took command of the Macedonian army he gave his soldiers the once-over and ordered them to cut off their whiskers lest the beard afford a handle to the enemy." They have quoted Pliny: "The younger Africanus was the first who adopted the habit of shaving every day." Of General Burnside they said...
...country where thought is so rare, where it is so delightful when apparent, not even a Cambridge school commissioner should place too little value upon it. He wants his sons to grow up free from ideas on the nature of things; he should fear lest they grow up with none...
...their citizenship. Most of their talk is far too compact of selfishness. But when the chief executive of such a government as that of the American nation leans too heavily toward either side of a situation which at best is a very difficult one can sanely be afraid lest that accurate balance between state and central government is truly one with "the consulship of Manlius...