Word: swear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mass of undergraduates who know nothing about fencing and have never been inside of a salon the name of M. Danguy means little. But to the group who swear eternal allegiance to the play of the swordsman--and there is no group of sportsmen anywhere more loyal to their game than fencers--the resignation of the man who has directed Harvard fencing for eight years means the passing of a well loved personality. Fresh from the schools of France, where swordsmanship is still the gentleman's exercise, M. Danguy brought to Harvard a knowledge of the sport which his Gallic...
...Mussolini, "His Majesty the King invites you to be seated!" They sat. He read the oath of office. He began to call the roll. Like clockwork, as each name was barked, a white-gloved hand shot up in the Fascist salute, and the deputy in question shouted "Giuro!" ("I swear!"). Straight down the roll to "M" read Il Duce, never moving a muscle until he came to his own name. "Mussolini!"-his right hand shot up like all the rest. "Giuro!"-he swore allegiance to king and country. Perched on the enormous throne sat tiny King Vittorio Emanuele, looking even...
...swear to you my cellar's filled...
Alert, clear-eyed, sharp-eared, she heard Chief Justice Taft begin the oath: "You, Herbert Hoover, do you solemnly swear . . ." And what was her amazement to hear him conclude, "preserve, maintain and defend the Constitution of the U. S." That was a bad misquotation of the text, thought Helen, who sat right down and wrote the Chief Justice a polite note of correction...
...Chief Justice began the Presidential oath-he knew it well; he swore it once himself. "You, Herbert Hoover, you do solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of your ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...