Word: swear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...least of the evils of dictatorship is the hostility which it frequently manifests toward academic freedom. The new Fascist oath, by which Italian professors are compelled to swear loyalty to the existing regime and all its works, is a pertinent instance of that evil. The action of the Harvard professors who have requested the League of Nations to intervene in the case, is a well-timed protest against an act of tyranny...
...General Purchasing Agent of the A. E. F., on War expenditures. Under the detailed questioning of the committeemen. he lost patience and exploded: "Damn it all! The business of any army is to win the war, not to quibble around with a lot of cheap buying." Continuing to swear, he kept the air thick with oaths for which he said he had neither apology nor excuse...
...Laffoon's face twitched with emotion as he raised one hand to swear, rested the other on a Bible opened at: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." In his inaugural address he promised more road building, economy, better schools. Republican Sampson by his side premised him "unstinted support," added: "We who love Kentucky realize one of the most outstanding needs is a moratorium on selfish, low, mean, part politics.""Both the Laffoon and the Sampson feet ached before...
...Lords- ¶ Received into their House former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden who, scarcely able to support the weight of his ermine-barred, scarlet robes, hobbled painfully on his two canes up to Lord Chancellor Sankey and piped "I, Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, swear by Almighty God that I will bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help...
...coined to his initials. Idolized by employes, he once issued an order to the entire payroll of 100,000 saying that any one who wanted to see him had only to make himself known at his office. Known as a "cinder railroader" he nevertheless does not chew, smoke or swear. "You can run a railroad without cussing," said...