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...District Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a trim, tiny woman of 67 whom Kennedy had appointed to the bench in 1961, pronounced the oath in a voice barely audible over the engines. Johnson, his left hand on a small black Bible, his right held high, repeated firmly: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help...
...Come Blow Your Horn. "Of the two of us, Doc was always the shy one," remembers Danny. "But the lines were always there whenever we went into a room to write, although everybody always suspected that I was bringing him along for charity. I used to have to swear that Doc was funny...
...would fight to the death against Communism for the values upon which the principles of democracy are based, but I swear, if we go to war over how many men can possibly be in a convoy truck [Nov. 15], I will not even go to a bomb shelter...
...amateurs are quite so bold-though most teams swear that they can "hang in there" with any small college. Practice is generally limited to one night a week, often on poor fields with inadequate lighting, and a team's repertory is likely to be dictated by circumstance as much as by design. The Townies rarely try end sweeps because their practice field-"The Oily" (so named because it is covered with a thin film of oil)-is split by a sewer...
Collies & Champions. There are 500,000 pedigreed bird dogs in the U.S.-silken-haired Irish, English and Gordon setters, springer spaniels (named for their ability to "spring" pheasants from thick brush), high-strung German Weimaraners and Dutch Griffons. Some hunters swear by collies and cockers, and it is not uncommon to find a German shepherd or even a great Dane ranging through the cornfields. But for speed, range, endurance and nose, no dog matches the pointer. A good pointer can scent a bird 100 yds. away. He will hold a quivering point for half an hour or more, and once...