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Word: leste (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aside from her effect on the mission, authorities are most concerned lest Lenshina be taken over by the anti-white movement in Africa. Though she has given no indication that she will, this is a constant possibility; many mission-educated Africans among her followers have been changing their names from Christopher or John back to Shamwa or Mkoshi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Lenshina Mulenga | 6/25/1956 | See Source »

Black Monday, a book written by Tom P. Brady, is one of the Citizens Councils guides. It is dedicated "to those Americans who firmly believe socialism and communism are lethal 'messes of porridge' for which our sacred birthright shall not be sold." On the back cover is written "Lest we forget integration of the races and the destruction of White America is one of Communistic Russia's objectives...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Integration Becomes A Fight Over Principles | 6/14/1956 | See Source »

...Worried lest the weather beat him again, Maki sent his men scurrying upward before early monsoons. They made a base camp at 24,000 ft. and rested for their predawn assault. Near the summit the air was dead calm, and the climbers hacked steps that took them up the final 2,658 ft. in a scant six hours. On the sun-drenched summit they stayed long enough to take pictures and offer Buddhist prayers. Two days later, a second team climbed the peak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Manaslu | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

Their weakness in allowing students to smoke is deplorable. Cigarettes should be checked lest they have messages on them; brand names should be erased lest they have a symbolic value. In the bathrooms, there is obvious need for more vigilance. Improvements on the present system can not be discussed here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Efficiency | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...ministers' wives do not play their full part in parish life because they are prone to "creeping caution," wives of fledgling ministers were warned by the Rev. Theodore A. Gill, managing editor of the Christian Century. "You don't have to be ghostly to be godly . . . Beware lest your piety get too drab and narrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

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