Word: swear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Evren and the other four members of the ruling National Security Council took the oath of office, they chose not to swear on the Koran or any other holy book. Instead, to underscore the secular nature of the Turkish state, they swore on their honor and invoked the name of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey...
...claimed, falsely, to have been wounded while fighting in Garibaldi's army, to have crossed the Rocky Mountains in a covered wagon and to have learned ancient mysteries in a Tibetan lamasery. She knew how to charm snakes and people, roll cigarettes, and swear fluently in several languages. She learned horsemanship from Kalmuck tribesmen and was a superb rough-and-tumble rider. The granddaughter of a Russian princess, she cared nothing for Victorian morality, but insisted, after two marriages, several lovers and the birth of an illegitimate child, that she was still a virgin...
...Pope John Paul II and icons of the Virgin Mary. Each day at 5 p.m., hundreds of citizens gathered outside to kneel and hear Mass with the strikers inside. Once a Communist Party member from a nearby factory suddenly grabbed a silver Crucifix and held it aloft. "I swear on this Cross that I am with you," he cried. The Crucifix was later placed on the front wall, slightly higher than the statue of the shipyard's namesake, Nikolai Lenin...
Sinatra on the mound, and here's the pitch. A single-for Dean Martin, who could swear that "this was one of those moving fields. I ran to first base and it was gone." Having wrapped up a benefit concert in Atlantic City, N.J., the two crooners chose teams for a 3 a.m. game of Dom Pérignon-fueled softball. Frankie's Blue Eyes challenged Dino's Red Eyes, a crew described by Sinatra as "unemployed bartenders and those who failed the Alcoholics Anonymous physical exam." Despite the hour, 2,000 fans showed up to donate...
...likely to reveal the most tantalizing secret since the identity of Deep Throat. Neither are the approximately 15 others in the know: Dallas' producers and story editors, the major writers and directors, the show's chief publicists and a few Lorimar and CBS executives. All principals swear they have not even told their spouses. The actors will not know until the crucial scene is shot-a date propitiously delayed by the Screen Actors Guild strike. The first two shows will be littered with red herrings, but only one version of the "revelation" will be shot...