Word: swearing
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...great body of archaic statutes, enacted as the "Law of Property Act of 1922" ; 2) the Constitution of the Irish Free State which he worked out with Michael Collins and to which he contributed the ingenious "Oath of Fealty," having discovered that Irish Parliamen tarians would choke rather than swear an oath of allegiance to George V. Matter of fact fealty implies a lower grovel than allegiance...
...horses and mules as they came close. We spread germs in their food and in their drinking troughs. We did it at the stockyards north of Van Cortlandt Park, maybe just across the Yonkers city line, where horses were being collected [by the Allies] for shipment to France. I swear...
Last week the five new commissioners marched up on their courtlike bench, raised their right-hands, took the standard oath of office ("I swear to uphold the Constitution...
...defense Eugenio Bassani pleaded: "I confess that I used the vulgar words these women have repeated in court, but I spoke in jest. By the Blessed Name of our Holy Mother, I swear that I spoke in jest...
...picture, Hell's Angels. They went away only partly pleased. They had seen incomparably the greatest air spectacle ever projected. They had seen this spectacle woven through a war story of tragedy and cowardice. Despite the vivid dialog of Joseph Moncure (The Wild Party) March who wrote swear words for the actors in defiance of cinema custom, the story seemed inexpert. It told of two British brothers flying against Germany. At the climax the brave brother shot the timid brother to keep him from telling British army secrets to the Germans. There was also a love story which ended...