Word: leste
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...bear market"?) - which need round-the-clock news marathons to spike ratings and readership. But ironically, the media are so far also showing a second, contradictory tendency that works against this interest: their tendency to parrot the language of the administration in power, especially when reporting on international affairs. Lest they appear biased or unpatriotic during wartime, for instance, reporters surrender their understanding of English and let "bombing victims" become "collateral damage"; in the Gulf War, our supposedly combative media meekly submitted their reports for the Pentagon's creative copyediting...
...pair of jeans lurking in most everyone's closet. But for the trendy, getting the right brand, color, length and width is a science that requires precision. For the last few years, the mode in denim was dark - so dark that fashionistas were having their jeans dry-cleaned, lest they fade. But no more. Distressed denim is now the stylish option. So get out your oldest pair, chop off the hems, pin up the holes and throw on a thousand-dollar coat. Violà! The newest in street chic...
...know, that's not entirely fair to Connecticut females. In fact, it's a dreadful, horrible, recklessly awful generalization. So let me immediately backtrack, backpedal and otherwise retract what I just said, lest the lovely, gorgeous, impeccably attractive ladies of my home state rise up, march to Cambridge, seize every copy of this fine paper and put it to the torch in protest...
...always possible, so over time, Donna has come up with other answers. When she opens the refrigerator door, rubber-soled shoes are a must. If a light bulb blows, she will tolerate the dark until someone else changes it for her. Clothes shopping is done only when necessary, lest static on garments send her running from the store. And swimming at night is absolutely out of the question, lest underwater lights electrocute her. When there's a possibility that lightning may strike, she simply shuts off everything in her house and sits alone in a darkened room until the danger...
...Lest she laugh in my face, I should tell her that there are other kinds of news I do understand. The news of the heart's surprises, for example. I should tell her about my brother, her granduncle, who last month upped and got married for the first time to a schoolteacher from Beijing. He spent an entire life alone, and then appears the thoroughly lovely Chao Mei, and presto change-o, a heart beats. I should tell Jessica about that...