Word: swearing
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...noon on Jan. 20, Barack Obama will place his left hand on the Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound tome purchased by a Supreme Court clerk for the Great Emancipator's swearing in. He will raise his right hand and repeat after Chief Justice John Roberts these words from Section 1 of the Second Article of the U.S. Constitution: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...
...tough standard the Dems are holding Burris to, they would have a hard time waving in Franken without an official stamp of approval, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, is inclined to allow Coleman the opportunity to exhaust all avenues of appeal. Even if the Democrats tried to swear Franken in - and party leaders like Reid and Charles Schumer have indicated that they would like to - Republicans like John Cornyn have already threatened to filibuster to prevent any such move...
...eyed Bertie Wooster in the 1916 short story, Jeeves Takes Charge. Jeeves' restorative isn't too far from an American concoction called the Prairie Oyster, a mixture of tomato juice, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and a raw egg - to give it that extra bleeegh. While adherents swear by the concoction, there is no scientific reason why something so disgusting would make anyone feel better...
...Still, the organization she heads does hope for one form of special treatment. Spain's civil code requires potential citizens to swear an oath of loyalty to both the constitution and the King. But the Descendants of Exiles Association sees the latter requirement as "ideological coercion" that restricts freedom of expression, and is asking that it not apply to the citizenship process. "After all," she says, "our parents and grandparents were Republicans...
...Harvard two months ago. This doesn’t particularly perturb me, but it often bothers whoever is addressing me. Usually their horrified response plays out along the lines of an apology: “I’m so sorry; I’m not a racist, I swear!” This does perturb...