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Word: swear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Highest Compliment. The members of the office staff who stick around long enough to get to know him swear by Adams. Says Alice Smith, a former secretary on his White House staff: "The work he does! A few times people in Washington asked me where I worked, and when I told them they would look at me with a squint and say, 'Oh, you work for him?' And I would say, 'Yes, I do, and he's the finest boss in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: O.K., S.A. | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

...gets you worse than rum. You get away and you swear you'll stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Bottle Alley Barkeep | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

...loyal. Ibn Saud had a father's control over his 40-odd sons. Saud has only the stature of eldest brother, and the power of his purse. There is inevitable rivalry with his brother, Crown Prince Feisal, though the old King, when death was near, made the two swear on the Koran never to oppose each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Decay in the Desert | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...bill would also help high school graduates in the armed forces know what they are "fighting against," he added. Caples's bill would require loyalty oaths for all teachers giving the course, open only to seniors. The teachers would have to swear that they had never been Communists and were not connected with any subversive organizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Representative Wants One Anti-Red Course In Each High School | 11/26/1955 | See Source »

Although left-wing Artist Rockwell Kent, 72, long ago testified under oath that he has never been a Communist, he is not willing to swear so for the State Department. Reason: Kent claims that repetition of his earlier denial is "irrelevant" to getting a passport. Result: a passport has thrice been denied to Artist Kent since 1950. Last week, Kent admitted the paradox of his position: "I have spent so much money on lawyers in my fight to get a passport that when I eventually do receive it, I'll have to recover financially so I'll have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

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