Word: swearing
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...thin, unsmiling man of 40 strode into the small chamber where Jordan's Parliament was waiting, walked to a huge, satin-covered royal chair topped by a crown, and began reading: "I swear by God Almighty to safeguard the provisions of the constitution and to be loyal to my country and its people." Prince Talal had returned to claim his throne...
Sheila found an odd way out. With Awood's life savings ($400), she hired a lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to declare her officially nonwhite. One of Sheila's uncles was on hand to swear that the family had some Negro blood in its veins. Perplexed Justice DeVilliers, looking on Sheila's straight brown hair and clear white skin, admitted that his eyes told him a different story, found Sheila "predominantly white." He nevertheless agreed to Sheila's request, ruled her colored,ordered the magistrate to marry her.* At home last week, Sheila nursed newborn daughter...
...from my room I heard everything. My father and my uncle went out to the woodshed and got two axes. Then they went to the cellar and killed every one of the drunken soldiers. They buried them that night outside the village and my father made me swear to keep the secret which would have cost the lives of our whole family...
...passion for food is only one of Mario's freely indulged appetites. "All my life I liked fun," he explodes. "I'm young and alive. I like people with heart. Even today when people get gloomy around me, I swear in high C and smash a glass against the wall and say, 'Let's get going! You're fracturing me with this misery.' " Once, in a moment of high spirits, he dispelled all the misery in the immediate vicinity by bursting out of his studio dressing room, clad only in an athletic supporter...
...before the throne, he stopped, turned, and bowed right & left. A hush hung over the chamber ; the young man's black shoes glistened in the subdued light. He raised his right hand with two long, slim fingers pointing upward and in a tensely precise voice, he vowed: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people, to maintain their national independence and the integrity of the territory...