Word: swore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House authority. Bissell claims to have no memory of making such a statement. But he has also said he would not dispute his colleague's memory. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller has described "a real problem of amnesia" that pervades the recollection of the principals still alive. Bissell swore an oath to keep secret whatever they were called upon to do in the national interest. In their view, amnesia may well be another word for integrity in these times of damaged vocabularies...
When Kissinger swore Richardson in as ambassador only a few days after the story was printed, the Secretary covered the awkwardness with some urbane jokes that were received with nervous laughter by the assembled group. Richardson says that Kissinger did indeed tell him that he would be his personal choice to become the next Secretary of State. But Kissinger also told a press conference last week that he had no intention of quitting. "That is a decision," he said, "that has to be made largely by the President...
...House, Democrat Carl Albert and Republican John Rhodes withdrew from the chamber as that body staged its selection of the Speaker. When the foregone vote was over, Rhodes graciously introduced Winner Albert as "my good friend, the leader for all members of the House," and Albert then swore in the 431 representatives, some of whom had brought their children onto the floor for the occasion. Yet this traditional dance of state only made the rest of the initial week's events all the more startling. In fact, a veritable spirit of revolution convulsed the House, and some...
...hair texture. The darker Cubans did not seem to suffer from racial discriminatory acts as they intermigled with their mulatto and lighter-skinned countrymen. We waved at them through the bus windows as some waved back. When we had been in Mexico City, motorists honked their horns impatiently, swore, cursed at pedestrians, and even called us names...
...those who discovered Reed with the debut of his solo career. The latter, embarrassed to admit the fact that they were seven years late, quickly bought up all the Velvets previously released albums, added a few scratches to the grooves to increase the disc's apparent use, and swore themselves to have been some of the "originals". Personally, I have never seen Lou Reed in concert but a reliable source tells me his performance is one not to be missed; the source being, of course, Rock and Roll Animal, a highly polished effort of tunes (both from the days...