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Lest the president’s remarks be insufficient to demonstrate the point that other Americans, with their competing vision of a country made great through its incredible diversity, we can once again rely on his supporters.

Even then, the firm could remove only a small portion of the parking lot’s asphalt, lest they trigger local low-impact development codes.

In the lead-up to the Iraq War in 2003, dissenters were warned to be careful of what they said, lest they risk being seen as terrorist sympathizers.

Its lavish, privately funded $73-million Performing Arts Center is the showpiece, where only white wine is sold, lest a splash of red stain the carpeting.

We can titter at the shock and horror that some of the characters display at even being in the same room as a divorced woman — Lady Mary is rudely escorted from a ball and asked to hide under a staircase lest she come into contact with a royal — and also empathize with the frustration of a new generation that desperately wants to take over from the old guard and maybe even shake things up a bit.