Word: forswear
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Even though this is a state occasion, let us, for the present, forswear all the obligatory cries of acclamation. None of this "the king lives!" stuff. And no "once and future king" either. They may be true, but they sound a little stiff somehow, something his music never was. So -- taking a cue from the music itself -- let's just salute the memory of Nat King Cole with one bright "flash!," a loud "bam!" and a reverent but resounding "alakazam...
...them dictators and monarchs -- upon whom Washington currently counts. Perhaps the only hope of declawing Islamic radicals is to resolve the Palestinian question, thereby denying them one of their best vehicles for inflaming Muslim passions. Instability also provides a handy excuse for the region's autocratic leaders to forswear democratic reform and continue their ironfisted rule...
...Lithuanians' reply: We are stronger than you because we have historical justice on our side. We are also strengthened by your own promises to govern democratically and to forswear the principle that might makes right. Therefore you cannot crush...
Despite many pious promises by candidates to forswear such tactics, negative campaigning is here to stay, in part because it is easier to tear down an opponent's reputation than to take strong positions on controversial issues. "If there hadn't been negative campaigning, no one would have had anything to talk about," says political scientist Paul Green in Chicago. "Politics is a giant minute waltz...
Words and ideas formerly on the extremes have engulfed the cultural mainstream. But have they polluted it? Many people think so. The moral right wing surely does, and it has friends in powerful places. Senator Jesse Helms fights to force artists to forswear any unwholesome intentions before receiving Government support. Alfred Sikes, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, leans on radio disk jockeys to clean up their acts. No less than the FBI sends a warning letter to a rap group. Susan Baker (wife of the Secretary of State) and Tipper Gore (wife of the Tennessee Senator), founders...