Word: leste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tobin stood up and roared: "He'll do what I tell him to do. He'll do what the general president wants him to do." At this, Dave tiptoed to a hall door and closed it, lest Dan Tobin's voice be heard all over the Statler's fourth floor...
...worldly Edward VII, and of his mother, Queen Mary, as the ruler of the family. But the Duke describes his late father as a stern sea dog, a domestic martinet who lived on a clockwork schedule and refused to let David go to public (private) schools lest they teach him bad habits. (" 'The Navy will teach him all that he needs to know...
With the here only a silent bit of fluff, an extremely light touch was needed lest the downy plot be brushed away. The touch provided fills the bill, for the writers stress the humor, underscore the sentiment, yet never lose the bird in the shuffle. By keeping their dramatic proportions constant, they maintain the credibility of the Pipit throughout--in fact, so important does he become that he assumes a par with the RAF: winged creatures all. Bird lovers everywhere, farmers or ornithologists, forget the War and join the Pipit's Cause; and the blood, sweat and tears shed...
...steel operations were to decline to 80% of capacity," said National Steel's Chairman Ernest T. Weir, "there would be no profit under present costs." (Prewar break-even point of U.S. steel: 48%.) Though most businessmen keep their break-even points to themselves, they were plainly worried lest a small drop in volume lead to a big profit drop. Thus, even a "mild" recession might be something like a depression for many companies...
...clay images and ceremonial parades. Durga is the good side of the same ambivalent goddess of which Kali is the evil face.* In this same week Moslems will celebrate Id-el-Atha, their version of the story of Abraham and Isaac. Usually they sacrifice cows, but this week many, lest the Hindus be offended, plan again to sacrifice sheep.† Even so, the two coincident festivals might touch off killing in Bengal, which, along with Bihar and the United Provinces, is considered the next great danger spot...