Word: leste
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When Bush decided is a mystery even to his top aides. But the next afternoon, in his private study upstairs at the White House, Bush dictated a string of decisions to Rice. First, sell the mission as a campaign against terrorism that threatens every nation, lest it seem a purely American reprisal, but limit it in scope so that the U.S. isn't committed to defeating every terrorist on the planet. There would be no public offering of any "proof" against bin Laden that might undermine the military mission or compromise intelligence...
...like a lot of women, I was hoping that was going to be nothing." A few days before he authorized the bombing of Afghanistan, the President confided his decision to Mrs. Bush. They stuck to their plan to have close Texas friends go to Camp David that weekend (lest the terrorists win), although they would now be joined by the national security team (who helped the President put together a jigsaw puzzle of the White House...
...operating software, in which it has a monopoly, Microsoft said it would donate more than $1 billion in software and training to the poorest schools in the U.S. Not everybody is happy. A U.S. federal judge is considering whether to make the company donate cash instead of its products, lest Microsoft gain dominance in the education market...
...time. It will be for exactly the same reason people drink too much beer and wine: Because alcohol makes people feel better, or lets them relax, or dulls their pain, at least in the short term. Yes, it's dangerous, and yes, abusing it can lead to alcoholism. But, lest we forget, this is a free country, and the law permits us all a certain latitude to choose how we'd like to abuse our own bodies. Some people self-medicate with food, others with an occasional drink. When networks start pulling ads for legal products simply because they...
...take down anything which is deeply offensive to what Shira D. Kieval ’04 points out, in a recent Crimson article, is a very small minority, then it should expand this policy to things besides Christmas trees. The American flags widely displayed should be taken down, lest they offend our foreign students (a large minority) or any Jehovah’s Witnesses among us (before you argue that the flag is supported by our government, let me remind you that Christmas is, too). The rainbow flags which have occasionally appeared in a few dining halls should not have...