Word: sworn
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Legislative laxity on the disability question does not, in any case, warrant such irresponsible action on the part of the President. There is, after all, a Constitution which Eisenhower has sworn to defend, and this fact would at least imply that major revisions in presidential succession be legitimate, that is, constitutional...
...solace of the silent spaces of the North Dakota Territory. "Black care," he said, "rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough." There T.R. ran the Maltese Cross and Elkhorn cattle ranches (see color pages), rode the range beneath springtime stars and winter snow-dust, got sworn in as a deputy sheriff by Sheriff "Hell-Roaring Bill" Jones, and generally gathered in the feel of what he called "the masterful, overbearing spirit of the West ... the possession of which is certainly a most healthy sign of the virile strength of a young community...
When Senior died, Junior stepped naturally into his shoes as Grand Old Man of Paris. Yet he continued as "the sworn foe of adultery" with increasing success until his late 60s, when he fell in love with Henriette Escalier, a married woman young enough to be his granddaughter. She became his mistress; after she managed to divorce her husband and Dumas' wife died, they were married, five months before Dumas' death (1895). "I have sometimes seriously thought of entering a monastery," he groaned sometime before his last marriage...
...campaigns, two unsuccessful campaigns for President, and, early in 1952, was part of the tough, experienced political organization that Dewey set to working for Dwight Eisenhower. Hagerty thumped the tub for Ike throughout the preconvention campaign and the general election. The day after Eisenhower's inauguration, Hagerty was sworn in as White House press secretary. The President discovered early in the game that he was hiring no sycophantic flack: Hagerty got stubborn about some since-forgotten point of press policy, and the Eisenhower temper flashed. After several minutes of colorful language, Ike paused for breath, regarded the uncowed Hagerty...
After being sworn in, Curry asked the Council for its cooperation during his two-year term. He said that "operation on many fronts simultaneously" would henceforth be necessary, particularly for an effective Urban Renewal program...