Word: swearing
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...Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou...
...Time was when even the use of such 'swear words' devoid of blasphemous intent or meaning had a proper and respected place in our language. Their use was a great art, reaching its noblest . . . among men whose lives were bound to beasts of burden . . . the cavalry man, the artillery man, but most of all the mule skinner...
...town council of Brentwood, Md. two years ago. He was sworn in with an oath of office, customary in Brentwood, which contained the phrase "I believe in God." He made no objection at the time but, after thinking it over later on, decided he could not again honestly swear to the statement...
...humor is broad and some times raucous, but the sort of countrified slapstick that is amusing in Erskine Caldwell or Jesse Stuart is mildly unsettling when combined with Mrs. Arnow's delicate and sensitive prose; she seems to have forgotten that people seldom like to hear a woman swear...
...counterattackers had begun to get results. As faculty resistance mounted, the University of California Regents watered down the new loyalty oath that they had proposed. Staff members would no longer have to declare that they were not dabbling in subversive doctrine, though they would be asked to swear that they are not members of the Communist Party...