Word: swore
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...deification of Diana began. Mourners at St. James Palace swore they'd seen Diana in an oil painting there. Around the world, the public absorption with Diana's death made itself felt. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution honoring her for "compassion and grace". The Ecuadorian Congress unanimously passed an anti-paparazzi law providing legal protection for people whose photographs "appear in the media without their prior consent and are damaging to them." And in Uniontown, Pa., two men were charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for allegedly attacking a photographer who was trying to take pictures of a doctor...
...period. Citizen complaints are monitored by a new office of inspector general. "It's quite a different face on the Los Angeles police department," says Edith Perez, president of the city's new police commission, a civilian body that oversees the 9,400-member department. Last Friday the city swore in a new police chief, Bernard Parks, an African-American veteran of the force who promised to "provide a better service to the citizens...
...carefully targeted to change their recent behavior and buy GM. Getting your customers back is the hardest task in retail. Sounding like a true car guy with some of that old-time sales religion, Chevrolet general manager John Middlebrook lays on the challenge: "We have people who swore they were never going to buy another Chevrolet or any GM product. It's time to bring them back into the fold. We need to launch these products, put them out there and let the customer decide. This is put-up or shut-up time." Fighting words, Mr. Middlebrook. But as Alfred...
...naturalization experience was an occasion my family and I will always look back upon proudly. The respect commanded by the imposing figure of the black-cloaked judge who swore us in seemed to be justice personified. Nothing could have been a more credible symbol of equality than the man who called upon us to renounce all allegiances to the country of our birth. I was proud to be held accountable, for the first time, to all of the responsibilities demanded of naturally-born citizens...
...Ecuador's lawmakers are discovering that in their country, "El Presidente" is a very common name. When Congress voted 44-34 Thursday night to oust President Abdala Bucaram for "mental incapacity" after two days of massive strikes and protests, the streets of Quito erupted in celebration. The legislature quickly swore in its own leader, Fabian Alarcon, as interim president pending new elections. But after the vote, a defiant Bucaram barricaded himself inside the national palace, surrounded by troops in combat uniforms, saying he won't turn over the government to "congressional conspirators." To further complicate matters, Bucaram's vice president...