Word: swore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Swore that neither Sherman Adams nor other public officials had received any of the $776,000 in mysterious treasurer's and cashier's checks bought by his companies since 1941 and still uncashed as of last...
...Hall of Mirrors of Rome's block-long Quirinale Palace. Italy's 70-year-old President Giovanni Gronchi swore in his good friend Amintore Fanfani, 50, as Premier, along with a Cabinet of 19. Not since Italy became a Republic after World War II had an Italian government leaned so far to the left...
Exotic Sale. A poodle went for $175; a pony given by Tennessee Ernie Ford netted $345. Most exotic item was a set of lavender sheets smeared with lipstick, which (the Cliff Hotel swore) had been used by Kim Novak. The sheets were bought by a tie manufacturer for $200, converted into cravats, and reauctioned as neckwear two nights later...
...Loud you swore before the nation...
Friends in the Cabinet. The new President rode through cheering crowds to the presidential palace, where he received the sash of office from General Pedro Aramburu, the retiring provisional President who brought the nation firmly back to democracy. Seated in the ancient red-and-gold presidential chair, Frondizi then swore in his eight-man Cabinet, most of them moderates and close personal friends...