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...always been fond of the oath as a way to enforce orthodoxy, to lay down a prior restraint upon people's opinions. During the 1950s the loyalty oath turned into a destructively pervasive American genre, with a legion of earnest patriots afoot, like the ghost in Hamlet, crying, "Swear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: What Does an Oath Mean? | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...reason why oathing gets overdone is that it is so inherently dramatic, even a form of fanaticism, a way of connecting (spuriously sometimes) to the Absolute. Knights, crusaders, saints and opera singers are forever swearing: it is a lovely plot device. Ahab swears his vengeance on the whale. In Don Giovanni, Ottavio vows to avenge the Commendatore by raising his fruity tenor to Donna Anna: "Lo giuro, lo giuro/ lo giuro agli occhi tuoi/ lo giuro al nostro amor" (I swear it, I swear it/ I swear it by your eyes/ I swear it by our love). Was there ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: What Does an Oath Mean? | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...labels the controllers criminals. There's a law, you know, and they've broken it, and my hands are tied. I don't like to do it, but... It is true that the controllers all swore they would not strike. It is also true that they had to swear it in order to get their jobs, feed their families, heat their homes and all those other little niceties. It is also true that the strike--and, the threat of strike--are the only power the laborers have. Public sector strikes are far from uncommon; what is new is the stubborn...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Departures | 8/7/1981 | See Source »

...swear to God, this is taken verbatim from the pages of GQ. There are also a bunch of improbable photos: six fashion models in khaki landing a hot air balloon amidst a herd of giraffes; six fashion models waving from on top of a jeep. Breaking down into couples, the six alternately hug, slice meat, look tough, read maps through glasses of Chablis, practice foreplay, wade in rivers, listen to New Wave on a tape recorder, and become good friends with the Masai tribesmen, who obviously know a smart buy when they see one. As the caption reads: "The magnificent...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: The Green Hills of Manhattan | 7/7/1981 | See Source »

...Denton is not a predictable, doctrinaire conservative or a prude. He gambles, takes a social drink now and then, and can swear like the sailor he was. He is an intimate of Baptist Preacher Jerry Falwell, and his campaign was backed by Falwell's Moral Majority. A month after the election he complained to Falwell that the group had no blacks or Jews on its board. Said Denton: "I don't see the Moral Majority supporting the commandment 'Love thy neighbor.' " He challenges fellow Southerners who support a vast network of all-white "Christian academies" that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Admiral from Alabama | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

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