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...week's end Marshal Rodolfo Graziani reviewed the joint Nazi-Fascist force. A German officer shouted: "At the beginning of Italian-German cooperation on African soil, we swear to make the greatest effort for a joint victory for Great Germany and Great Italy. Long live Great Italy! Long live Great Germany...
...assembled troops roared: "We swear...
...appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps of the U. S. -." The candidates, standing, one by one replied: "I, Alvis H. Allen -," "I, Harry B. Anderson -," "I, Maurice L. Appleton -." Down the rows it ran to the last man: "I, Charles B. Wuertenberger." Then, all together: ". . . do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . . bear true faith and allegiance to the same. . . . So help...
...Iowa, Mr. Wallace said: "I do," and was Vice President. Now the plaza became really still. Mr. Roosevelt moved forward. The Chief Justice had jerked off his skullcap. Mr. Hughes stated the oath and the President repeated the worn, full, old words: "I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
...gypsy was quickly pardoned by George II. Reason: a swarm of witnesses were uncovered to swear they had seen that unforgettably hideous face far from London at the time of the crime. Soon it was Elizabeth Canning who was being tried, for perjury. Found guilty, she was exiled to Connecticut. In the two trials, involving 134 witnesses, the hag was clearly proved to have been in a London suburb in January 1753, and at the same time to have been several counties away. This forms "the strangest enigma that ever faced a court of law," says Lawyer Barrett R. Wellington...