Word: swore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woodwork classes in school the boys made book-racks and took them to homes where there weren't any books. They sweated and felt pride over fancy rollers to hold lavatory paper where only newsprint was used. But it kept them busy, and that, the teacher swore, was next door to happiness...
...your Essay on vanning [Sept. 5]: may I say that while shopping for my van, I passed by many $5,000 to $8,000 cars that I swore I couldn't afford, but the $12,000 I'm paying seems like nothing for what I've got. A car is transportation, but a van is an experience, even just sitting there. Also, after pushing an 18-wheeler around all day, it's a comfortable way to go home and still be above traffic. And watching the Caddy and Mercedes drivers eat their hearts out at times...
...strange initials on Britt Ekland's jacket? "R.S.G. stands for Rod Stewart Gone," shrugs Britt, 34. The Swedish-born actress and the British rock star once swore "faithfulness to each other in mind, body and soul." Alas, some other pretty face came along and faithfulness fled. Now, on grounds that "he became a superstar with my aid," Britt is suing Rod, 32, for $5.25 million -believed to be half his assets -and another $10 million in punitive damages...
...from the Spanish-speaking community. Paco bit his lip and then started swearing in Spanish about how he didn't know they had so many Chicanos in Beverly Hills except for the gardeners. The rich kid said no, the maid spoke Spanish too, and walked out. Paco laughed and swore a little more and realized he was beginning to learn a lot at Harvard...
After re-examining the key witnesses, the convicts1 lawyers produced a white minister from New Jersey who swore that Chavis had an alibi. The Rev. Eugene Templeton, a former pastor in Wilmington, and his wife Donna both testified that they were elsewhere with Chavis at the time he was allegedly fire-bombing the grocery. The couple left the area a short time later and did not testify at the original trial because, they claimed, they feared arrest or injury...