Word: swore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...become part of an Arab superstate, Greater Syria. El Solh stood for Lebanon's complete independence. Two years ago the Syrian National Party broke out in open revolt. The revolt was suppressed and Party Leader Anton Saadeh, who fled to Syria, was extradited, tried and shot. His followers swore they would get revenge on el Sohl...
...were good mimics (and still are), but Jim was even better. One day, during their young manhood, he phoned William and pretended to be a tailor, claiming in dialect to have made a suit for him which had not been called for, and demanding to be paid. Flabbergasted, William swore he had never ordered the suit and finally put his mother on the phone. After some angry argument, she challenged the tailor to describe William.† "Ha!" said Jim. "It's a fine mudder dat don't even know...
...black water. While the emergency team went to work, the carrier continued on its course. There was no confusion. From amidships, men threw float lights overboard as the still-blazing crust of the crashed Corsair slid past. On the bridge, Captain William Gallery, the Princeton's commander, swore stoutly...
...Navy plane, a Privateer, dropped low over the water, barely 150 feet above the surface. Looking from the tiny ports, it seemed that even a moderate-sized wave could reach up and capsize us. Lieut. Bill McCord, at the controls, swore beautifully and expressively...
That was too much for fed-up Panamanians. Crowds gathered outside Chichi Remón's headquarters and clamorously demanded that he get rid of Arias. A general strike broke out. That night the National Assembly impeached Arias and swore in Vice President Alcibíades Arose. mena as President. Chichi sent Arias an ultimatum: get out or be booted out. Arnulfo holed up in the presidential palace with his henchmen. Police ringed the palace and began peppering the windows. After a four-hour battle, Arias gave up. As he left the palace under guard, he lifted his hand...