Sworn
in sentence
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But, when he is
sworn
in on May 7, he will retake formal charge of a country whose politics – even Putin’s own political future – has turned unpredictable.
Putin, of course, would have been glad to see Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, his
sworn
enemy, put in a cage.
Now it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to explain why their wives and children are buying palaces in the capitals of countries that are supposedly Russia’s
sworn
enemies.
A president-elect typically uses the transition time to make cabinet choices and to study up on the issues he will soon confront, but keeps quiet on policy until he’s been
sworn
into office.
In Trump’s hands, a constitutional power intended to mitigate the “necessary severity” of criminal justice was deployed to sanction cruelty by a
sworn
officer of the law.
In January, Liberians witnessed their country’s first peaceful transfer of power since 1944, when former soccer star George Weah was
sworn
into office.
He has waived America’s long-standing demand that Iran stop uranium enrichment as a precondition for negotiations, and he has
sworn
off any idea of regime change.
So are all Americans when national leaders put their own interests above those of the country and corrupt the political system they are
sworn
to defend.
A recording of the telephone interview was played in court;
sworn
testimony was heard from the reporter who conducted the interview and from two editors who witnessed it; the official record from the telephone company was submitted as evidence of the call; and an expert witness concluded that the voice on the recording belonged to Tomy Winata.
Nepal's Remarkable PeaceKATMANDU – Nepal’s Maoist leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as “Prachanda,” has now been
sworn
in as the first prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, having won an overwhelming vote in the Constituent Assembly elected in April.
As if that were not enough, to ensure that the girls do not run away or report their abusers, they may be subjected to so-called juju rituals, during which they are
sworn
to secrecy under pain of severe sanctions.
Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.
In 1965, Pakistani Foreign Minister Zulficar Ali Bhutto famously declared that if India, its
sworn
enemy, went nuclear, his country would “eat grass and even go hungry” in order to develop a nuclear bomb of its own.
That is why, for example, Pakistan’s army is prepared to undermine all other institutions in the country it is
sworn
to defend, in the name of wounding India.
(The new, gentler IMF has
sworn
off such harsh conditionality for Greece.)
For Tsipras, national dignity is paramount, as exemplified in his visit, mere hours after being
sworn
in as Prime Minister in January, to a war memorial in Kaisariani, a district of Athens, where 200 Greek citizens were executed by the Nazi occupying forces in 1944.
On the other hand, Germany’s representative on the Governing Council is
sworn
to secrecy, which, the plaintiffs argue, precludes any accountability to the Bundestag.
As a result, the government of President Michelle Bachelet (who was in office from 2006 to 2010 and has just been
sworn
in for a second term) was able to launch a potent anti-crisis fiscal stimulus, financed with resources saved from the earlier copper boom.
India’s remarkable pluralism was on display after national elections in May 2004, when a leader with a Roman Catholic background (Sonia Gandhi) made way for a Sikh (Manmohan Singh) to be
sworn
in as Prime Minister by a Muslim (President Abdul Kalam) – in a country that is 81% Hindu.
Equally striking is the impunity with which lawmakers flout the rules that they are
sworn
to uphold.
During his visit to the region last July, Obama vowed to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “starting from the minute I’m
sworn
into office.”
Since the day the new German government was
sworn
in, it has been clear that Merkel’s trademark tactic of neutralizing potential critics by including them in her cabinet would no longer work.
Indeed, India’s last general election, in 2004, was won by a woman of Italian heritage and Roman Catholic faith (Sonia Gandhi) who made way for a Sikh (Manmohan Singh) to be
sworn
in as Prime Minister by a Muslim (President Abdul Kalam) in a country that is 81% Hindu.
Yet, no sooner had he been
sworn
in than he acquiesced in precisely the kind of political compromise to which he and the BJP – which won a parliamentary majority, and thus does not depend on coalition partners for its government’s survival – was supposed to be immune.
When Austria’s new coalition government was
sworn
in, the boycotts ensued.
A new, smaller cabinet was
sworn
in two days later.
The stock-market crash of October 19, 1987 – occurring only 69 days after Greenspan had been
sworn
in – provided a hint of what was to come.
Moreover, an emerging democratic Egypt that is reconciling with Israel’s
sworn
enemies, and that is bound to be more proactive in its defense of the Palestinian cause, is not viewed in Israel as a legitimate intermediary.
Indeed, Iran has likely benefited more than any other country from US-led regime changes in Afghanistan and Iraq, as both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were the country’s
sworn
enemies.
Many ministers do not report to work for days after being
sworn
in; files pend while the planets realign themselves more favorably.
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