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...Jesuits swear an oath of obedience to the papacy but, throughout their 441-year history, their independent ways and elitist style have ruffled many Popes. John Paul II, no stranger to controversy, last week took a bold step to bridle the Society of Jesus. In a move interpreted as a warning to all religious orders, he suspended the normal workings of the Jesuit Constitutions, removed the acting leader of the organization and replaced him with two Italian Jesuits who enjoy the Vatican's confidence: Paolo Dezza, 79, and Joseph Pittau...
Tellers of the story swear it is true even though there are many tellers and many datelines. Brunvand, 48, professor of English at the University of Utah, says reports of the bloody hook have surfaced in Maryland, Wisconsin, Indiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oregon and parts of Canada. The hook has been hung up on so many door handles in recent years that either Detroit has begun issuing it as optional equipment or the story has become nothing less than an American folk tale...
Elvis made 31 excruciating formula films in 13 years. One off-screen date, Natalie Wood, said he was "terribly conventional ... He didn't drink. He didn't swear. He didn't even smoke! It was like haying the date that I never ever had in high school." But for diversion, "the Guys," Elvis' entourage of good ole boys, would procure women. The requirements: under 18, under 5 ft. 3 in. and under the Elvis spell. Some starlets cooperated by forming threesomes, wrestling in their under pants while the excited King, sated on cheeseburgers, watched from...
...time you swear...
...introduced the principle of judicial review of executive and legislative acts, establishing the court's authority in the fledgling nation. The bailiff cried the traditional "oyez, oyez," and the eight Justices stood silently behind the wooden bench. O'Connor then took a second oath ("I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States ..."), and a clerk of the court helped Justice O'Connor slip on a black robe over her lavender-colored dress. With a quick smile and a sure step, O'Connor took her place beside her colleagues...