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...immigrants often have more to fear from exploiters, or "coyotes," as they are called, than they do from American authorities. They are fair game for every kind of shyster lawyer and racketeer, many of their own ethnic background. The victims of the fleecing can scarcely complain to the police, lest they give themselves away...
...simple sham to preserve the perks of the good life for the whites. Preservation of Afrikaner political power has determined the country's policies for nearly 30 years, and resistance to change is part of that policy. Thus television did not come to South Africa until last year, lest it intrude alien ideas, particularly among blacks. Movies are censored and books are banned by the thousands to keep what Pretoria considers immoral or subversive ideas away from black and white alike...
...them attend Mass. But as they go into the church they pray to themselves: "When I enter here I adore neither wood nor stone but only the God of Israel who rules all." Each Friday they light a Sabbath oil lamp, which is hidden inside an earthen pot lest other villagers see it. They prepare a menu consisting only of fish and vegetables because at one time it was dangerous for them to buy kosher meat for the Sabbath; now they consider mainstream Jews sinful because they eat meat on the seventh day. The Marranos shun all Saturday work...
Minor Alterations. But privately the Arabs were so pleased with the overall tenor of Carter's remarks that they tried to conceal some of their pleasure, lest they give away a bargaining advantage. Declared one Egyptian official: "They told us he had no experience in foreign affairs, but these statements show that, at least on the Middle East, he has studied hard or has excellent advisers...
...Russian threat to destroy democracy that occupied center stage in his innumerable previous efforts. In its place he has contrived a threat to the Egyptian royal dynasty, stemming from the machinations of a priestly cult bent on weakening the Pharaoh and aggrandizing a mysterious golden idol. But lest his fans grow confused at this radical turn of events, he has obligingly included the familiar signposts that dot his other works: the danger of growing unrest among the unwashed masses, treachery and lunacy afoot in the councils of government, the gruesome and untimely deaths of several key characters, and a goodly...