Like recovering junkies, some hopelessly addicted collectors have no choice but to swear off their habits forever.
Plus, it compels both sides to swear they are telling the truth about their finances.
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Many of these announcements came at a ceremony on January 8th to swear in the new cabinet.
President Bush is scheduled today to swear in the new head of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
Each man in turn stepped up and placed his hands on the Gospel to swear an oath in Latin.
In 2006 WildAid also famously recruited Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6 NBA star, to swear off shark fin.
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In nonreferendum states the hacks might be willing to swear off gerrymandering as of a distant future date, like 2030.
The policeman said Mr al-Baghdadi began to swear and became more aggressive with his face "inches away" from Mrs Dizaei.
My old medical boss Dr Bolt used to swear that Colchicine, derived from crocuses, was one of the best anti-gout medicines.
Been dating for decades and ready to tie the knot no matter who you have to swear your life away to?
From 2005, new tenants of Brighton and Hove's Hollingdean estate were obliged to sign contracts agreeing not to swear in public.
If elected to Parliament, your columnist would also be only too happy to swear the oath of allegiance required in that place.
Weiner is often accused of having a tendency to swear, browbeat and even throw things at staff (telephones are allegedly a favorite).
Still, it took the House two tries, under Democratic leadership in 1994 and under Republicans in 1995, to swear off golfing for other people's charities.
The investigation into Coke's finances comes after US firms have been forced to swear before the regulator that their accounts are accurate.
The caravan travelers of bygone days used to swear that they had nowhere and never, in all their wanderings, encountered such bewitching beauties.
Calderon opened his speech by stating that he had faced down the opposition and gone to swear his oath in front of congress.
Of course Mr Robinson, having been in the "No" camp in 1998, feels no need to swear fealty to the Good Friday Agreement.
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The country's parliament was due to meet on Thursday to swear in his successor, Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who is also the foreign minister.
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The country becomes the first to swear off nuclear power in the wake of the recent nuclear emergency at the Fukushima power plant in Japan.
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One analyst, Dr Hamid Ghany, said the president's refusal to swear in the full cabinet could destabilise the country, already deeply split along racial lines.
So critical was the Norden bombsight that its operators had to swear to protect it at all costs from falling into the hands of the enemy.
On Monday, Chavez spoke to the people of Venezuela on television in an appearance at government house where he was set to swear in new ministers.
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Whereas Mr Sharif and Ms Bhutto packed the supreme court with their supporters, General Musharraf sacked half its judges for refusing to swear allegiance to him.
President Kumaratunga refused to swear in SB Dissanayake as the welfare minister, because of an inquiry into his activities as the welfare minister in the outgoing government.
The idea was that forcing the boss to swear to his numbers would make him take his duties more seriously and thus help to restore investor confidence.
According to the rules laid down in the festival program, owners are required to swear religious oaths that the stated age and lineage of their animals is correct.
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Thousands of Methodists, from all over the country were congregating to swear in their new President, and discuss matters affecting local churches as well as national and international topics.
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.
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