31.   Before she took the oath of office, Finney had vowed to serve two terms as governor and then run for another office.

32.   A new voter had to appear in person before a specially deputized elections clerk and raise his or her right hand and take an oath.

33.   A newly elected deputy from the Islamic-oriented Virtue party, Merve Kavakci, says she will insist on taking her oath while wearing her head scarf.

34.   A placard announces our arrival at the staff room where Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office in Dallas.

35.   A woman who was elected to Parliament scandalized the country by trying to take her oath of office while wearing a Muslim head scarf.

36.   After all, this is a man who went through with his Saturday radio address shortly before Bush took the oath.

37.   After Mbeki took the oath of office, five jets flew overhead, leaving a rainbow-colored smoke trail.

38.   Albright, after taking her oath, called for the United States to maintain its international leadership role.

39.   All future American bidding cities must take an oath not to grease IOC delegates and similarly suspect characters.

40.   All legislators in attendance will take their oaths today, although the weather may put a damper on the family gaggles that tend to accompany the oath- takings.