Word: vowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President-elect Ronald Reagan promised during the presidential campaign to eliminate President Carter's registration program. Reagan has not reiterated his vow since the election, and his advisers have refused to say whether he will support registration once he assumes office...
...Episcopal revision, voted in last year after fierce debate, the English Alternative Service Book aims to provide easily understood language and numerous optional forms of services. In the process, many resounding and beloved phrases have been dropped or altered. The archaic "I plight thee my troth" of the wedding vow gives way to "This is my solemn vow." "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace" becomes "Lord now you let your servant go in peace." "We praise thee, O God" changes to "You are God and we praise you." "We are truly sorry and repent for our sins...
...Reagan pledge on which businessmen hope to see fast action is his vow to reduce Government regulation. He has already said he will scrap the failed Carter wage and price guidelines as soon as he takes office, and some expect him to proclaim a moratorium on the issuance of new rules by Washington's myriad regulatory agencies. Says W. Martin Dillon, chairman of Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. of Sterling, Ill.: "The biggest thing the Reagan Administration could do is just stay out of our hair...
That freedom could be savored for only a moment. After a journey to meet with Asian mystics in India and Ceylon, death came in Bangkok, where Merton, padding about in his room, was electrocuted by a faulty fan. The words- and they were a torrent within that vow of silence - are undying...
...there is disappointment surrounding the Covenant, Luster blames the people who expected it to do too much. "I think people assumed the Covenant was going to be a Band-Aid for a multiplicity of evils," he said. "A covenant is a contract, a vow between a supreme being and a human being, or between human beings...