Word: swore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Confined to their bases to mourn their fallen comrades, Egyptian army units, re-equipped with Soviet armor and vehicles, swore a solemn oath "by great Allah" to liberate Arab lands occupied by Israel. MIG 21s wheeled over Cairo in tight combat formation...
Jean & Jack. Most serious of the U.S. worries is the reaction of the Saigon government. Already, fears of a U.S. withdrawal have produced symptoms of a virulent anti-Americanism. Both Thieu and his flamboyant Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky last week swore they would "never" have anything to do with a coalition government that included the Viet Cong. Ky was particularly upset by U.S. criticism of the performance of the South's government and army. Speaking in Dalat, he lashed out at "those colonialists who think that by giving us a small quantity of material support that they can slander...
...increased his crop yield by serenading corn plants with Rhapsody in Blue. And few believed Indian Botanist T.C.N. Singh when he said that a shrill electric bell speeded the germination of seeds and that classical Indian violin and flute selections promoted crop growth. Or the Australian fruit farmer who swore that he had raised bigger and better bananas by bombarding them with a loud, constant bass note broad cast from loudspeakers set up among the trees...
...break the impasse, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen conferred with Attorney General Ramsey Clark on a possible compromise measure. Before they could even produce one, Southern Democrats swore they would talk it to death, and Northern liberals began speaking darkly of a "cave...
...swore by my honor that the visits had nothing to do with politics. "Gamal," I told him, "if I had wanted to seize power I would not have resigned in June. And if you still doubt my intentions, I am prepared to prove my innocence before any military court." He said that this was not possible. I asked if he was ordering me to keep silent [about events leading up to the war]. "Yes," he said. I answered that I could not keep silent because it would be a betrayal of my duty and military honor. He said, "You better...