Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among Bao Dai's other loyal followers are the Mois, a million G-stringed men and bare-breasted women who still lead a nomad life in the uplands. Last June, Buddhist Bao Dai personally took the oath of allegiance of a Moi tribal chief. The Mois still live under their ancient tribal laws, including the one that covers adultery. The first time an adulterous wife is caught, her lover is punished for seducing her. The second time, she is punished for permitting herself to be seduced again. The third time, the husband is punished-for not knowing...
...will of Hollywood's late, Red-hating Director Sam (For Whom the Bell Tolls) Wood carried on the crusade. A clause in the will requires every beneficiary, except his widow, to file a non-Communist loyalty oath before collecting...
...present time more than 30 states have teachers' loyalty tests on the statute books. Massachusetts' loyalty oath dates back...
Then Shortliffe said, he was asked if he believed in the overthrow of government by force. He replied that he did not, and took an informal oath to that effect. This episode, he later wrote a St. Louis friend, greatly upset him and his American wife...
THIS IS DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. He is pummeled by his squire, and at last dumped off his horse in a put-up tourney and forced under oath to give up his quest. Beaten, Alonso Quijana admits that Don Quixote was mad. "In last year's nests there are no birds this year," he says, and dies of a broken spirit...