Word: swearings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...repeated after him Egypt's new creed, the Liberation Oath: "Almighty God, you love the strong and detest the meek. You spread your mercy over those who prefer to die in dignity for the sake of liberty to a life of dishonor in a realm of bondage . . . We swear by Thy Holy Name to work to our utmost [for a country] free from wicked passions and compatible with what is right and just . . . Our motto shall always be unity, discipline and work. Almighty God, best of witnesses, be our witness." With a mighty cheer, the crowd thus pledged themselves...
Over the vast, silent crowd on Capitol Hill and through homes and offices across the land, the voice rang sharp & clear: "I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, do solemnly swear . . . [to] preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States-so help me God." Black-robed Chief Justice Vinson stepped back, and the new President of the U.S. stood alone...
...inauguration time, Eisenhower decided to swear on two Bibles: the historic one used by George Washington, and the one Cadet Eisenhower used at West Point. His own was opened at II Chronicles 7:14. The Washington Bible was opened at Psalms 127:1: "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain...
...American Association for the Advancement of Science on December 28, Mather clatured that the two McCarran-sponsored laws had dropped "a red tape curtain" around the United States. This was an obvious stab at McCarran's controversial immigration act which compels everyone entering or leaving the United States to swear that he is not a communist, anarchist, fascist, criminal, prostitute...
...heavy eyebrows, a conservative, old-line unionist who likes a round-table conference but dislikes public speechmaking. He is the Cabinet's only Roman Catholic, is vice president of the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems, goes to Mass every morning even when he is traveling, does not swear, drink or smoke. He has three sons, four grandchildren, lives with his wife in suburban Chevy Chase, Md. The first Secretary of Labor drawn from labor's ranks since Herbert Hoover's Railroader Bill Doak, he favors unification of the A.F.L. and C.I.O., thinks the Taft-Hartley...