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...grain-storage operators). Said Freeman: "The Government hasn't lost a dime . . . Estes hasn't got a cent of the taxpayers' money." Of three Agriculture officials accused of accepting gifts from Billie Sol, one has resigned, one has been fired, another has denied the charges under oath. The official who approved Billie Sol's low bond has been shifted to another...
...Devices. The Viet Cong regular swears to a ten-point soldier's oath stressing instant obedience, dogged courage, and a complete willingness to sacrifice his life for the Communist cause. From experience, and from the manuals of Red China's Mao Tse-tung and North Viet Nam's crafty General Giap, the Viet Cong learns the tactics of speed, surprise and security. Says General Harkins: "They are a hard, tough bunch. I don't think their leaders care how long it takes, but they want to take over the world. They are resourceful...
...Seducing Minds." As a professor at the University of Bonn, Barth was technically a civil servant. But he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Führer or open his classes with the Nazi salute. It would be bad taste, he told them, "to begin a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount with Heil Hitler." At the end of 1934, Barth was brought before a Nazi court, found guilty of "seducing the minds" of German students. For his defense. Earth pulled a copy of Plato's Apology from his pocket, read Socrates' argument...
...minutes later Kenneth P. Dillon, Nelson Rockefeller's lawyer, filed the Governor's reply, which he had sworn to under oath before a New York notary four weeks ago. It said, with utmost simplicity: "The defendant denies each and every, all and singular, allegations...
...Mark Lane raised the question of Carlino's impartiality after Warren C. Adams, a prospective investor, quoted Lancer officials as saying they had Carlino "in our hip pocket." Adams testified to this under oath, and Carlino admitted that his law firm received $5,000 from Lancer while he personally received other fees in his role as director. But, the accused Speaker claimed, though he was still director of the construction firm when he guided the bill past the Assembly, he had already given notice of his intention to resign. By phone. "I neglected to send that letter," Carlino sighed...