Word: swear
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While the Reverend Robertson holds views which are contradictory to the very constitution he would have to swear to uphold, the means he has chosen to garner support in his race for the presidency should not be taken lightly. Too often politicians ignore the fact that real people vote for them, choosing instead to rely on polls and television. But there are real people out there and they want to feel wanted and perhaps they even hope for the politicians to offer them a little fervor...
Well before the accident, the prosecution contends, Landis was so overbearing on the job that he was disposed to recklessness. D'Agostino said her witnesses would swear that when warned by a casting director that children should not be used in the stunt, Landis curtly responded, "The hell with you." As D'Agostino told it, Landis cavalierly shrugged off the concerns of another employee during a rehearsal of the stunt. According to the attorney, the director told his worried colleague, "This is just a warmup for what's coming. You haven't seen anything yet." Landis, she said, refused...
...momentum in the seesaw war has increasingly swung in Iran's favor. In February, Tehran staged its most sophisticated assault of the long and bloody conflict. Named Val Fajr (I Swear by the Dawn), the attack seized the Iraqi oil port of Fao. Iraq recovered briefly by capturing the Iranian border town of Mehran in May, only to lose it again in June. Though it enjoys an enormous advantage in equipment, its reliance on rigid defensive tactics makes its soldiers vulnerable to the night attacks and lightning raids of its enemy. "Remember," says a senior U.S. official, "the Iranians...
...this year will be different. Because the Red Sox, apart from their admittedly splendid luck, are really, honestly, truly, I swear to God, the best team in their division and in their league. Do I protest...
After Arturo Tolentino, an ally of ousted Leader Ferdinand Marcos, tried to seize power last month, Philippine President Corazon ("Cory") Aquino offered him clemency. But Tolentino refused to swear allegiance to Aquino's provisional constitution. Last week the Aquino government responded by formally charging Tolentino and 30 other Marcos supporters with rebellion. Under a Marcos-era decree, a person found guilty of leading a rebellion...