Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this was Greek to Mrs. Surowitz, but she readily agreed to act as plaintiff in a shareholder's suit alleging fraud. Since Rule 23 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that "the complaint shall be verified by oath," she swore to her belief in the truth of its contents before a notary public. Skeptical, Hilton's lawyers forced Mrs. Surowitz to take the stand in a Chicago federal district court to prove her understanding of all the details in her 60-page complaint. Naturally, she flunked the quiz. Calling it "a sham," the judge dismissed...
...Samuel Bowles is not the first person Harvard has dismissed for refusing to sign the loyalty oath...
...oath, he added, "represents a politically inspired interference with the independence of the university, an invasion of the teacher's privacy of opinion, and an inhibition of his freedom of speech...
...teaching fellow in Engineering and Applied Physics had his appointment terminated last year after he failed to return successive copies of the oath mailed to him by the Corporation...
...Harvard graduate student, he feels that his chances for an appointment in some other state might be jeopardized if his refusal to sign the oath were divulged...