Word: oaths
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Mary Josephine Fitzgerald, 98, widow of Boston's famed Mayor "Honey Fitz" and maternal grandmother of John F. Kennedy, who watched on TV as J.F.K. took the presidential oath on her Bible and as Grandson Ted beat out George Lodge to become U.S. Senator (thereby avenging Honey Fitz's 1916 defeat by George's great-grandfather), but was never permitted to see or hear anything about the assassination-though the family "had a hunch she knew"; in Boston...
...anti-poverty's potential weaknesses. Few will know or care about the veto power given to the governors who object to integrated projects, will realize that this could cripple the program where it could do the greatest good--in the South. Few will know or care about the loyalty oath requirement which tramples the civil liberties of those who participate in the program...
...city of Dallas. He charged that Ruby had been convicted by "the biggest kangaroo-court disgrace in the history of American law"; he called the verdict "a victory for bigotry and injustice." Craig complained publicly that Belli "should so flagrantly disregard the code of professional ethics and his oath as an attorney." He also suggested that Belli's membership in the A.B.A. might be revoked. Such statements, Belli decided, were defamatory and prejudicial to his professional standing. They would cut into his income. Last week he filed suit against Craig and 25 co-defendants and asked...
Moreover, even in the South Humphrey, although hardly popular would be less of a liability than Bobby Kennedy whose name has become an oath. (It's not passing the law but enforcing it that...
...ministers filed awkwardly into the palatial reception room overlooking the rapids of the Congo River, then raised their right arms stiffly as they took the oath of. office. Some of them got the phrase backward, but that didn't seem to matter. Premier Moise Tshombe grinned, clapped his new government on the back, and capered with flailing fists in a mad jig down the bright green lawn as his admirers screamed their approval: "Down with Adoula and vive Tshombe." Thus the Congo's fourth Premier in as many years began his rule...