Word: sworn
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...many Americans - even those who have sworn off airings of It's a Wonderful Life - the holiday season is crowded with pop CDs, TV specials and 24 hour holiday-music radio; in short, a nearly limitless array of festive Santa-tainment options. Traditionally, for those who celebrate Hanukkah, which started at dusk on Dec. 21, artistic representation has been harder to find. The comparatively minor Jewish holiday has long been inflated to match the commercial allure of Christmas (itself a day so far separated from its original religious meaning that the Puritans banned it in the 17th century...
...hard to pick up a paper these days without reading about Barack Obama courting the right. On Wednesday, his Inauguration committee announced that the non-partisan but socially conservative Evangelical Rick Warren would give the invocation Jan. 20 when Obama is sworn in as President. Bloomberg reports that moderate Republican Jim Leach of Iowa has been representing Obama at White House talks on the economy. And last Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Obama is being advised by foreign policy heavyweight Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser under the first President Bush and described by the Times...
Ferran's eyes almost twinkled when he passed the CD to me. He said it was a secret, and I was sworn to keep it all in confidence. Its contents are an outline for his next big project, which could well expand the intellectual and artistic boundaries of his culinary empire. But I think I've said too much. And before I knew it, the dinner was over and everyone was kissing each other farewell on both cheeks - before I had an opportunity to ask if Ferran could put in a word for me when I next e-mail...
...similar account of Hartmann's aggressiveness comes from Navy Captain Patrick McCarthy, a senior lawyer who worked closely with the general and gave a sworn, 45-page statement earlier this year that was obtained by TIME. The deposition describes Hartmann demanding prosecution access to all sorts of sensitive records, notably those of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has conducted private visits to hundreds of Gitmo prisoners. (Click here to read the deposition.) An ICRC spokesman told TIME the organization would strongly oppose use of its Guantanamo reports in court as a breach of confidentiality and a threat...
...million votes cast). Andersen asked for a recount, which required some 100 teams of ballot reviewers to fan out across the state. The recount took 139 days, and the final tally gave the election to Rolvaag by 91 votes, but not before Andersen had already been sworn in as governor - albeit provisionally. Fortunately for Rolvaag, and for the state, Andersen let his opponent in on official business during the recount waiting period so when Rolvaag took over the reins in March 1963, the transition was smooth and drama-free...