Word: sworn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...true that, besides the fair share of man-made sin among his parishioners, Don Camillo had a massive irritation to contend with. Peppone, the Communist mayor, was the sworn enemy of the church and kept up a running brawl with the priest. Peppone, a tough and able Communist who hadn't made his confession since 1918, set up trials for Don Camillo that ranged from swiping his clothes while he was in swimming to a clout on the head with a heavy stick...
This week, with the Liberal judges conspicuously absent, bulky, cold-eyed Laureano Gómez was sworn in before nine of the 16 members of the Supreme Court. In his inauguration speech, in the Salón Eliptico of the Capitol, Gómez praised U.S. action in Korea, and promised Colombians reconstruction of their country "on firm and austere bases." The ending of his speech was apt: "We men are only blades of grass in the hands of God. May His omnipotent hand save Colombia...
...Regents set May 15 as the deadline for filing the new affidavits. At that time all but 412 of the 9,919 letters sent out had been returned with the loyalty statements sworn to. The next action will come this Friday when the Regents meet to consider whether or not to dismiss those 412 who have refused to sign the affidavit
After graduation, Adams went to teach school at Worcester, a "place of torment" where nobody had any ideas and everybody voiced them vigorously. At Worcester, John gave up his father's notion that he should be a minister and began reading law. Two years later he was sworn to the bar and took up practice in Braintree...
...beating plodding Senator Francis Myers, Democratic whip in the 81st Congress. The Democrats have hopefully stored away all the charges of vote buying and fraud hurled by the battling Republicans, and last week they were wondering aloud whether Grundymen would work very hard for a man who has sworn to strip them of all patronage. But Jim Duff had no regrets. Said he: "It was a fight which had to take place, because the party could not go two ways at the same time...