Word: forsworn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That same afternoon Bob Bennett, who doesn't look happy even when he is, was sitting in his office rereading a deposition in the Jones case. He had forsworn any more distraction: no more talk, no more shows, no more press conferences. The next time anyone would see him, he would be in a courtroom. He was sure he had a winning hand, the best one he'd had since having to give up his poker games with Justice Antonin Scalia to represent the President...
...Lott joined with Democrats to override Reagan's veto of a pork-larded highway bill, explaining that he wanted some of that spending for his district. And in 1990 he opposed President Bush over a deficit-reduction package that included both spending cuts and the "new taxes" Bush had forsworn...
...might choose their President, "they cannot change the fact that Taiwan is part of China and its leaders are only leaders of a region in China." Beijing prefers a peaceful reunification, said Li, the man generally credited with sending tanks against democracy demonstrators in 1989, "but we have not forsworn the use of force." Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian even suggested a timetable of sorts, saying that after China reclaims Hong Kong in 1997 and Macau in 1999, then Taiwan will be "high on the agenda of the Chinese people...
...probably include Communist Party chairman Joe Slovo -- an interesting prospect for white officials who long used the fear of communist encirclement to justify apartheid policies. No fewer than 16 of the top 50 names on the A.N.C. parliamentary election list are members of the Communist Party. While they have forsworn Stalinism, Slovo still argues that "only under socialism could you have a combination of political and economic democracy...
...milk glut and drive down prices. But what dairy farmers large and small fear most is that the BGH controversy will scare off customers. Firms that have staked their reputation on purity -- manufacturers of baby formula and whole-earth companies like Ben & Jerry's and Stonyfield Farm -- have publicly forsworn the use of the hormone. Market surveys bear out industry concern, predicting a 10% decline in national milk consumption should BGH be widely used...