Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Baldwin knelt, got up, moved to a reading desk where a clerk sonorously summoned him "to sit among the Lords of the realm." Earl Baldwin was clearly uncomfortable. He searched for non-existing pockets, scratched his brow, had to be reminded to sign the Lords' register, take the oath, kiss the Bible. In five minutes it was over. He was led to a seat on the front bench, rose three times to tip his hat to the Chancellor, then dashed out to change his clothes...
...unfriendly policy against the Soviet Union. They . . . permitted wrecking acts intended to undermine the power of the Red Army and to prepare for . . . the defeat of the Red Army in event of an attack against it. ... The special court session found all eight guilty of violating their military oath, of treason to the Red Army and of treason to the motherland and decided to deprive them of all military ranks and to sentence all of them to the highest measure of criminal punishment...
Governor Hurley deals Oath Law repeal bill death blow by veto...
...pleasant to watch, The Go-Getter's sole significance is that it definitely establishes Actor Winninger, with Victor Moore, George Arliss and Wallace Beery, as another contender for the position of the late Will Rogers in the affection of U. S. cinemaddicts. Typical shot: Cappy delivering his favorite oath, "By the holy pink-toed prophet," when he learns that, despite his instructions to the contrary, Bill and Margaret have eloped to China...
There was no attempt to deceive anybody. I'm telling you under oath that it was a plain error and nothing else-made by the clerks in my office...