Word: swore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blandly informed the conference at Nice that he had more schemes up his sleeve for converting or consolidating France's internal debts and juggling with her allied obligations. He declared that he could not "divulge" his plans, vowed that Germany had tried a capital levy three times unsuccessfully, swore that he would resign rather than introduce it, and apparently expected the conference to express confidence in his famed "Wizardry," now wearing rather thin. The upshot of the matter was that M. Herriot, after imploring M. Caillaux tearfully to throw up his lot with the capital levy, negotiated a compromise...
...lacuna swore to fill...
...swore by his good right hand...
...blazed through his matches to the very final. Two former champions had sickened at that fell onslaught, tall Bob Gardner of Chicago and seasoned Walter Fownes of the home club, and only with difficulty did ponderous Dave Herron at last fix a damper on the ardent cherub, who swore and flung his clubs when a crashing drive soared astray or a tricky pitch was topped...
...ardent cherub who swore and flung his clubs...