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Word: swears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...elaborate screening process, agreed on by Government and party attorneys beforehand and designed to ferret out both pro-and anti-Communist bias, Judge William B. Jones asked the eight women and four men picked to hear the case in U.S. District Court to swear that they 1) did not regard the Communist Party as "subversive" or a threat to themselves or their families; 2) felt no "hostility" toward the party; 3) had "not read, seen or heard anything derogatory about the party," and 4) would not doubt the truthfulness of any officer of the party or the party itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communists: Breathes There a Jury With Soul So Pure? | 11/12/1965 | See Source »

...part. He looks like a young god, projects his specially stylized diction affectingly, and has superb control of his bodily movements. The moment of astonishment when he discovers the existence of writing is a sight to behold; and, when he lies dead for minutes on end, I'd swear he didn't take a single breath...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Royal Hunt of the Sun | 11/9/1965 | See Source »

...Swear Word...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Repeal of PR May Alter Nature of Cambridge Politics | 10/28/1965 | See Source »

...many parts of the City, the CCA's image is terrible--and "CCA" itself is probably a swear word. This is a reflection of antipathy between rich and poor, tension between the two large universities--and those associated with them--and the rest of the City. So bad, in fact, is the CCA's image that many politicians will not accept the association's endorsement because they believe it would be political suicide to do so. One present Councillor, Bernard Goldberg, first ran with CCA endorsement and lost; in the next election, he declined endorsement and won. If campaigns became...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Repeal of PR May Alter Nature of Cambridge Politics | 10/28/1965 | See Source »

Then the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of a Buddhist named Lidge Schowgurow, who successfully argued that he had been denied equal protection of the laws while on trial for killing his wife His jurors, he noted, had to swear to do their duty "in the presence of Almighty God." Since Buddhists do not believe in God, members of his faith were theoretically excluded from the jury. Though no Buddhists were even considered for his jury, the court up held Schowgurow-and voided all such jury oaths in Maryland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oaths: God & Man in Maryland | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

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