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There are two ways out of this dilemma. The U.N. could develop its own army, a kind of foreign legion for desperadoes, mercenaries and idealists from around the world. They would come to New York and swear allegiance to Boutros- Ghali and the blue flag. A fine idea, but even as a screenplay, farfetched...
...much to hope for a "Prague Spring"-like renaissance in the party? It is too much to hope for a slew of liberal legislation, for the country's benefit, at any cost. Perhaps if Congresspeople had to swear an additional oath, along the John F. Kennedy '40 line, "Ask not what your country can do for you," we'd have some less self-interested politicians. Liberals of all people should realize that they have to put the greater good ahead of their own ambitions...
...ANGELES -- What's worse, TV cops who sing or TV cops who swear? America will get to decide that question this fall when producer Steven Bochco, who created Cop Rock (as well as Hill Street Blues), premieres his NYPD Blue on ABC. Bochco negotiated an unusual agreement with ABC over the crude vernacular he could use on the show. According to that confidential document, among the 30 or so prime-time words acceptable to ABC are such bizarre semi-obscenities as mother jumper and humphead, as well as a vulgar term for feces and a vulgar term for female genitalia...
...Court itself is not even consistent in its application of this bizarre principle. Courts all over the nation require witnesses to swear on the Bible to tell the truth "so help me God," and our money still reads, "In God We Trust," but children, unless they can afford private school, are denied the chance to learn what those words mean and how they relate to our civic ideals...
...game was tied after 15 minutes of play, 3-3, but Harvard scored eight unanswered goals and ten of the next 12 over the next 30 minutes. All the Wildcats could do was mutter to themselves (and swear, which they did eloquently...