Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...loathe the Nazis and their criminal accomplices than our most patriotic citizens can ever know. They have felt the lash of the Gestapo and the agonies of the concentration camp; they have been despoiled of loved ones, possessions, home, country and citizenship. These people are pledged by every sacred oath, by every claim of human decency and dignity, to a war to the death upon Hitler, Hirohito, and all they represent...
...becomes deductible as an expense by ex-husbands who pay it, and becomes subject to tax by ex-wives who receive it; sickness is recognized as an expense, deductible up to $2,500 if extraordinary medical costs run to more than 5% of net income; small concession: returns under oath are no longer necessary...
...battery of girls at typewriters took down statistics, after which applicants underwent prison-type photographs in front of glaring white lights. An oath of allegiance had to be signed, all the papers turned in, and the volunteers will now wait to be informed by telephone or letter whether they have been accepted...
...crowded Newark courtroom, Thomas F. Meaney last week took oath as Federal District Court Judge for New Jersey. Judge Guy L. Fake made a little speech of welcoming praise. Said Judge Meaney, with a moist eye, a lumped throat: "I can only say what is in my heart, and that is gratitude...
...morning Columnist Clapper read the announcement of Mayris Chaney's appointment to OCD, the Clapper breakfast-table peace was shattered by an oath that shook his family out of their seats. That day his column crystallized the general feeling that Mrs. Roosevelt should retire from politics. Nevertheless, Mrs. Roosevelt kept him on her visiting list...