1.To make a solemn binding promise; swear. 2.ArchaicTo drink a toast. [Middle English, from Old Frenchplege, probably from Late Latinplevium,a security,of Germanic origin; seedlegh-inIndo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright ©...
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“Illinois attorney Louis Albert Bowman had good reasons for proposing this addition to the draft version back in 1948 [officially added in 1954]. First, he recognized that a Judeo-Christian worldview has formed the bedrock of American culture, law and government since the nation’s founding. ...
2.Good faith; fidelity. tr.v.trothed,troth·ing,troths To pledge or betroth. [Middle Englishtrouthe, trothe, variant oftreuthe, from Old Englishtrēowth,truth; seederu-inIndo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by ...
Americans, not just the middle class as many Democrats would like. Republicans would allow small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income. And they would repeal and replace health care with "common-sense solutions focused on lowering costs and protecting American ...
The director of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute says that Obama "wasn't complaining when he went to the American Federation of State and Municipal Employees Union this week, which ran an ad paid for by its 527 to attack John McCain." Refining Her Stance California Democratic Congress...
Franklin/The Bergen Record The Pledge of Allegiance continued to be recited daily by children in American schools and gained popularity among adults during the patriotic fervor brought on by World War II. It was still an "unofficial" pledge until June 22, 1942, when the United States Congress ...
The Christian faith remains a powerful force in the United States. There is also the undeniable fact that while much of older white America is Christian, large demographics worship another deity or none at all. The decision to ensure that the pledge isn’t mandatory for American schoolchildren ...
The American Chemistry Council says US chemical investment linked to shale gas has now topped $100 billion. And INEOS is among those parting with their money. INEOS has built one of the largest ethane-cracking furnaces in the world to take advantage of America’s low-cost shale gas. It has...
the US on her way to the Central American countries of Guatemala and Belize. Tsai's scheduled meeting with House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles is even more provocative, except it's better than former House speaker Nancy Pelosi's reckless visit to Taiwan in August ...