Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's coup was engineered by the Air Force. Not only did Air Force Chief General Dusan Simovitch take over the Government: his blue-uniformed fliers personally commanded the tanks which supported his revolt. In an air corps general's uniform King Peter II took his regal oath...
...very interesting sidelight to the President's inauguration took place in one of the schools of our county. Plans were made to read the same chapter of the Bible (for that day) as the President laid his hand on when he took the oath. Somehow or other the teacher opened to the 13th chapter of II Corinthians instead of I Corinthians, and was amazed to read, "This is the third time I am coming unto...
...Greek who lived in the golden Age of Pericles. He was the first doctor in Western history to: 1) take the practice of medicine out of the realm of magic, the hands of priests; 2) draw up a set of lofty ethical rules for doctors (among them the Hippocratic oath,* still followed by physicians today); 3) make careful scientific observations (he published a classic description of tuberculosis); 4) let nature take its course, instead of using drastic purges and operations. Nevertheless, he strayed from the scientific path in originating the universally popular doctrine of "humors" (blood, phlegm, yellow and black...
John Garner stepped close, rattled off the oath to grave Henry Wallace. In a voice that reached to Iowa, Mr. Wallace said: "I do," and was Vice President. Now the plaza became really still. Mr. Roosevelt moved forward. The Chief Justice had jerked off his skullcap. Mr. Hughes stated the oath and the President repeated the worn, full, old words: "I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
...crowd in the lobby set up a cheer when he came down. With the Secretary he rode the few blocks to the White House, past the stand where he might have taken the oath that President Roosevelt would soon be taking. In his oval study the President was putting the final touches on his inaugural address: "I won't be long," said Wendell Willkie. "I know what it is to be interrupted while laboring on a speech." The President and the man he defeated shook hands, and with a laugh Mr. Roosevelt said that he wished Wendell were going...