• The examples, she noted, are endless: the enormous productivity gains engineered by Toyota, the way Infosys redefined what was possible in India, the lives saved by what is now a swear word, Big Pharma.

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  • The Supreme Court ruled that the government could threaten broadcasters with fines over even a single swear-word on live television.

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  • There's a huge difference between watching someone swear on the telly and watching someone swear outside a primary school.

    BBC: Should swearing be against the law?

  • Weiner is often accused of having a tendency to swear, browbeat and even throw things at staff (telephones are allegedly a favorite).

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  • He participated in a record nine swear-ins, from Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Jackson.

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  • Every student lives with the anxiety of losing her work to a spontaneous computer meltdown or a random disappearance of a document they swear they saved.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Workers who swear a lot at home or in their social circles often find it difficult to turn on their filter when in a heated discussion with colleagues.

    FORBES: Dirty Words Can Cost You a Promotion

  • When Chloe Smith, Conservative MP for Norwich North, took her seat in Parliament in 2009, she opted to affirm rather than swear a religious oath of allegiance to the Queen.

    BBC: England

  • Chavez political opponents say a failure to swear in next weeks signifies that the president is permanently absent from his post, and that the national assembly president should take interim control while new elections are called in 30 days.

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  • Surprising good customers with a sudden, unexpected discount or upgrade would go miles toward making them swear by a brand for life, he believes.

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  • But if you have a bit that has no swear words, and it gets a huge laugh, it's definitely funny.

    WSJ: Jim Gaffigan Is the King of (Clean) Comedy

  • Ms Gillard said she would swear in a new cabinet on Monday before parliament sits for the first time this year.

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  • Some of the industry giants who announced fuel cells a few years ago swear they are finally on the verge of manufacturing them in quantity.

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  • Those applying for British citizenship will take exams on various aspects of the UK and its society and ultimately attend a ceremony where they will swear an oath of allegiance.

    BBC: Bishop backs asylum plans

  • Many of these announcements came at a ceremony on January 8th to swear in the new cabinet.

    ECONOMIST: Venezuela

  • Again, researchers found liberal use of swear words to be a key factor in a city's overall happiness score.

    CNN: The happiest and saddest states according to Twitter

  • Some companies confidently include it, others swear against it and a few have attempted to engineer equally effective alternatives.

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  • That is to say (being a lapsed Jew as well as a naturalised immigrant) he would swear the oath as amended by the Jews Relief Act 1858.

    ECONOMIST: Abandon oaths all ye who enter here

  • Not only are they unlikely even to see these brands on the shelves a year or even a month later, consumers might swear off New Zealand wine for good after the first sip.

    FORBES: New Zealand Whine

  • Surrounded by the lush Green Mountains, you'll swear you're in a setting that's make believe.

    BBC: Daily deal: Vermont fairy-tale

  • Duffield and Bhusri swear there's not a sliver of revenge at work here.

    FORBES: Return of Dave

  • In nonreferendum states the hacks might be willing to swear off gerrymandering as of a distant future date, like 2030.

    FORBES: DIY Democracy

  • It was a thing at one time, I swear.

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  • They swear to us this is a business story that they've working on about the price of hops, going up and maybe your six pack, but they've been weaving around the office for about the past week.

    NPR: New Hampshire Voters Shake Up the Race

  • But you will not catch me using swear words in this blog as a means to express my opinion.

    FORBES: The Case For Polite

  • In some cases, specific departments or organizations may have a more relaxed internal culture in which workers swear without anyone batting an eye.

    FORBES: Dirty Words Can Cost You a Promotion

  • He is known occasionally to swear, but otherwise he is a clean-living sportsman who works out with weights when he is not perfecting his craft on the golf course.

    ECONOMIST: Tiger Woods

  • The federal "Motor Voter" law, enacted in 1993 to expand voter registration, allows would-be voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn't require them to show proof.

    NPR: Must Voters Have To Prove Citizenship To Register?

  • Make sure to stop by Hashem, the finest falafel cafe in the country bar none (it has a picture of King Hussein dining here on its wall, if you need any further recommendation) and Habibah, a hole-in-the-wall baker selling Palestinian knafeh, a syrupy vermicelli-like pastry that locals swear by.

    BBC: Secret Amman

  • It's a difference anyone can appreciate, even people who swear they're not display snobs.

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