Yes, this would have to be introduced at a very low rate lest it drive trading offshore.
The driver who has caused the accident quits the scene lest it undermine her family's social standing.
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Inside, however, is a decency that he keeps at bay lest it get in the way of his ambition.
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Instead, the feds pressured KPMG into admitting to wrongdoing lest it be indicted.
He has also warned that new regulation of finance must be co-ordinated internationally, lest it harm the City's competitiveness.
That distant muffled rumble lasted ten seconds, no more, until the tale went off the scale, lest it should be a bore.
But any such group receiving IRS missives is immediately going to become cautious, lest it risk the arbitrary wrath of some tax official.
Mr Dumas had earlier vetoed the sale lest it imperil French relations with China, at which point Thomson apparently called on Elf's persuasive powers.
And a little sunlight might actually force the FDA to be clearer and fairer with these communications lest it draw the ire of patient advocates.
But state legislators, fed up with the city's failure to enact a fiscal plan and worried lest it impose an unwelcome commuter tax, have intervened.
And, as in any convertible, it will make you think twice about wearing a baseball cap, lest it gets whipped off your skull at speed.
For one thing, the United States retains a strong interest in Pakistan's stability, lest it fall prey to Islamic extremists like those in Afghanistan (see box).
So firms are reluctant to be the first to close a factory lest it should lead to lower market share, or to forgo investment in a growing market.
In one instance, Kazakhstan revealed the existence of a ton of highly enriched uranium and asked the United States to remove it, lest it fall into the wrong hands.
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The many British contemporary accounts of the truces help scotch another myth: that the authorities kept all knowledge of fraternisation from the public at home lest it damage morale.
"There's an old social welfare quip: Beware the floor you set below which no one can fall lest it become the ceiling above which no one can rise, " Mr. Culhane said.
Despite the recent celebrations of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, it now seems that NATO's biggest member is determined not to stay too close to anyone, lest it limit its options.
Inflows of foreign capital have pushed up the leu against the dollar, restoring some of Romanians' lost purchasing power and prompting the central bank to sell the currency lest it rise too much, choking off exports.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and World Bank President Robert Zoellick have admonished the Europeans to move forcefully to resolve the European debt crisis lest it threaten the already meager U.S. economic recovery.
Believe it or not, the cleaning must be sufficiently scrupulous so as to ensure that not a single grain of desert sand is transported out of the Middle East, lest it carry bacteria or diseases back to U.S. shores.
Bloggers and forum posters will catch on, and instead of a raucous dinner party, the web will become more like a never-ending global job interview, in which every remark is carefully vetted lest it look bad in the eyes of a future employer.
Lest it be accused of loan sharking, Sanwa Bank points out that the venture is aimed at untapped middle-income, middle-risk consumers (apparently it is already getting calls from school teachers and tax inspectors) who cannot borrow money at banks but flinch at traditional consumer-finance rates.
It is because of that fear that doctors order unnecessary tests and procedures in an attempt to cover themselves in case of lawsuits, and it is the reason health care professionals think twice about sharing information in writing or even verbally, lest it be used against them.
Lest you think it sounds a bit, well, dramatic, let me explain.
Currently access to the FBI's background check system is limited to licensed firearms dealers, who have an incentive not to abuse it lest they lose their license.
It even specifies the font, lest Cupertino try to squeeze it into fine print.
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When news breaks on Quora, as it did with the rumored Google Me product, traditional and online-only publications like Fortune and Gizmodo are almost compelled to jump on it, lest their readers go elsewhere to read the news.
The Pentagon understandably worries about disclosing in advance ways in which this magnitude of harm would be accommodated lest a blueprint for making it so be provided.
In a spate of recent statements on the subject, Obama's top advisers have warned the other networks not to follow Fox's lead on any of the stories it reports, lest they discover they have allowed themselves to become the tool of the Republicans.
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