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...Harvard peace organization, with both student and faculty members, was formed last year after 50 people from the Divinity School signed the Pledge of Resistance, an oath of civil disobedience in the event of a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua...
...beleaguered surgeon suffers from an appalling handicap: 20/400 vision in his right eye, the result of a 1978 tennis accident. Because of the damage, which is only partially correctable, the prosecution contends that Billig cannot accurately judge depth and distances. A number of his former colleagues have stated under oath that he is unable to see small blood vessels in tissues and has difficulty clamping arteries and veins. Army Colonel Russ Zajtchuk, who had worked with Billig in the operating room, described his technique as that of "a first-year resident...
...well as taking action on the economic front, Babangida moved aggressively to ensure basic human rights for Nigerians. An hour after taking the presidential oath of office, he abolished an edict that Buhari had used to muzzle criticism from the lively Nigerian press. Babangida permitted Buhari to retire honorably from the army. Buhari's right-hand man, Major General Tunde Idiagbon, a Muslim, was allowed to return from Saudi Arabia, where he was making a pilgrimage to Mecca when the coup occurred. Noted a Nigerian journalist: "In most countries, a man like Idiagbon would have been shot...
...Prince Felipe of Bourbon and Greece, the rite of passage was also an unprecedented event in the life of his country. At a formal ceremony in the packed Cortes, home of parliament, the son of King Juan Carlos became the first heir to the Spanish throne to swear an oath to uphold the nation's constitution. The crown prince's voice cracked as he promised to "faithfully carry out my role, respect the rights of the citizens and remain loyal to the King." Then the entourage moved to the royal palace, where the King bestowed on his son the Order...
...Museveni was sworn in as President just three days after his insurgents routed the forces of the military government that had seized power in a coup only six months earlier. A hush fell over the crowd as Museveni, dressed in the unadorned fatigues of an army private, took the oath of office from the Chief Justice of Uganda's Supreme Court. Then, his hand still resting on a Bible, he declared, "No one can think that what is happening today, what has been happening in the last few days, is a mere change of the guard. This is a fundamental...