Word: sworn
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...marches were played, the prayers were made, and Soprano Leontyne Price sang America, the Beautiful. Humphrey, visibly nervous, was sworn in by House Speaker John McCormack, who now, after 14 months, was relieved of his interim role as presidential successor. At 12:03, Lyndon Johnson took his place before Chief Justice Earl Warren. Across the Potomac, cannon boomed a 21-gun salute. Lady Bird, gazing steadily into Lyndon's eyes, stood between the two men, holding the Johnson family Bible. After repeating the first phrase of his oath, Lyndon realized that he had forgotten to put one hand...
With the Federal Government be coming increasingly active in every field from education to health, couldn't the states ease up at least a little on their own projects? Seemingly not. As more Governors were sworn in last week, the plans they submitted rivaled Washington's in ambition and variety. With one difference: while Lyndon is cutting taxes, most of the Governors have to raise them...
Alan R. Liebgett '66 was sworn in by Governor Peabody '42 Tuesday as one of the first fifteen volunteers in the Commonwealth Service Corps...
...congressional candidates, giving special attention to 89 marginal House seats, reported spending $894,000, although the actual figure for organized labor was probably closer to $20 million. In the aftermath, the investment looked good: the Administration is beholden to labor, and among the 91 new Congressmen to be sworn in on Jan. 4, more than 50 are considered more favorably inclined to organized labor than their predecessors...
...night watchmen are Radcliffe employees, sworn in as constables. They carry no firearms, but the new radio boxes will enable them to notify armed Cambridge police in the area within a few minutes of any emergency...