Word: swear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been denied citizenship because they made reservations in their promise to bear arms for the United States Dr. MacIntosh "would not promise in advance to bear arms in defense of the United States unless he believed the war to be morally justified", while Miss Bland was willing to swear the oath of allegiance provided it carried the added interpolation "as far as my conscience as a Christian will allow...
...Corwin was in our Chicago office a short time back and gave a sample of an imitation dogfight he had perfected for use in a future "Thriller." I swear to you that half the tenants of the world's largest Merchandise Mart came running, fully intending to witness the fight. Fully six or seven dogs of various breeds, ages and sizes were closely distinguishable in his imitation...
...Manhattan, Amalia Sorenson, Norwegian waitress, and Thomas Thomassen, Norwegian laborer, sought a marriage license. Asked to swear to the truth of their application, they refused, said that they are members of the Salem Scandinavian Pentecostal Assembly in Brooklyn which bans oaths. Said Amalia Sorenson...
...right then, we will not get a license." Four days later they returned, said they had consulted Assistant Corporation Counsel George Cowie, had been told they might "affirm" instead of swear...
...into plenty of trouble, was "sent down" after two stormy years. But his interest had already fastened on Oriental languages which he studied by himself with no other help than a grammar and dictionary. "He used to say that when he set out to acquire a language, he learned swear words and after that the rest was easy." Burton was big, bearded, muscular. When he took up fencing it was in no garden-party spirit; he became one of the foremost swordsmen of Europe...