Word: swearing
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...will hear all sorts of things about me from the radio. You may hear that I have made a confession or other things ... Whatever happens, don't believe that I have surrendered . . ." He spoke in a clear, loud voice, tense with emotion. "I come to you and swear to you that I will never sign an agreement that violates the laws of the church...
What Do You Believe? Meanwhile, the University of California's Regents suddenly decided to broaden and sharpen its loyalty oath. Henceforth, on pain of dismissal, the university's 4,000 staff members would have to swear that they had never joined, supported, or even believed in any organization that wanted to overthrow the U.S. Government...
...teachers are to be investigated by the FBI; this seems to me impossible, and it would be intolerable if it were possible. Making all teachers take an oath of loyalty would be most objectionable, from my point of view, and it will not keep out the Communists, who will swear falsely without batting an eye-lash...
...Oklahoma, the House recently passed a bill which would require students in state-supported schools to swear that they were "not affiliated directly or indirectly with the Communist party, the third Communist International, or with any foreign political agency, party, organization, or government...
...placed comfort before chastity"), he had little compunction about booting his wife out of the house, retaining custody of most of the children and giving a thoroughly dishonest version of his behavior to the newspapers. He aroused millions to compassion for "fallen women," but once, hearing a young girl swear obscenely on the street, he had her marched straight off to jail. It was this inability to see life (or himself) in consistent proportions that was his strength and weakness; it made the Dickens novels, says Author Pearson, seem like "a blazing volcano of genius almost entirely surrounded...