Word: oustings
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...word "swear" and left "affirm" (which is an offered alternative since certain sects regard swearing as blasphemous), but had also stricken out the words "so help me God" which conclude the oath. The oath is prescribed by law and it was suggested that the Treasury Department might undertake to oust him on the grounds that he had not taken a proper oath...
...Laborite (or Communist in all but name), to a Liberal candidate. Ex-Premier Ramsay MacDonald and most of the moderate Laborites frowned; for was not Purcell's victory also a victory for John Wheatley, the extremist opponent of Mr. MacDonald, whom Mr. Wheatley fondly hopes one day to oust...
...Japanese!" were heard frequently. Part of the native press supported the students and the Government's policy favored them. Subscription lists were opened and bankers promised aid. After the killings at Hankow (see below), the students demanded that the Government break off diplomatic relations with Britain and oust them by force from their concessions...
...over-training, the tendency to develop brawn at the expese of brain, in short, athleticism at its worst--are the direct result of introducing the commercial spirit into the colleges, where it has no proper place. It is the commercial spirit that needs to be attacked, not football itself Oust commercialism and save football for its many beneficial qualities--this is the need. The action of the Stevens authorities is like the method of a doctor who, instead of amputating an infected member, kills the patient outright because that is the easier way to handle the case...
...national figure whose constitutional theories do not fit in with those of the majority of his countrymen or with the sentiments of the people of Britain. More than that, he is still Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, and it seems worth nobody's while to oust...