Word: oath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...construction begins later this month. The committee will take the additional precaution of discussing sensitive matters inside a top-secret "bubble," a conference room constructed of steel panels impervious to external listening devices. The human factor has been secured as well: staff members will soon sign a mandatory "nondisclosure oath" promising to stay...
...McFarlane has served his country long andfaithfully, and never with greater distinctionthan by coming forward and being the only one togive a full story, under oath and without accessto a single page of his official record, of theIranian arms sale," Garment said. "I am sure thecountry will simply wish him well...
...paid by Iran be funneled to the Nicaraguan rebels. Ghorbanifar furiously denies that he had anything to do with money for the contras -- and in fact it is hard to see how he could have gained anything from the diversion. The Senate committee report, he charges, reflects "lying under oath" by "some U.S. officials in trouble (who) were trying to deflect the heat off themselves and onto me." He insists that he has been caught in a dispute betwen two CIA factions vying for influence in Iran. One faction, he says, botched the diplomatic initiative by trying to make...
...stood frail and trembling, an aging lion leaning on a walking stick concealed beneath his robes. When it came time for him to affix his signature to the act of his ennoblement, Macmillan fumbled and had to be guided. Then, straight and firm, he held the paper containing the oath close to his failing eyes and read his pledge in a clear, ringing voice: "I Harold, Earl of Stockton, do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty...
...medical establishment may still draw its primary inspiration from the Hippocratic oath, but many hospitals are taking a few lessons from Madison Avenue. Items...