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"I think I'm the only member of the Senate Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
  • U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
  • U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
 who would reinstate the draft.... When I look at the problems of some of our kids in America nowadays and then I go visit the troops, I see what a great benefit it is to give people the opportunity to serve their country."

--Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), in the December 21 Time

"The term 'profane' ... includes the words 'shit,' 'piss,' 'fuck,' 'cunt,' 'asshole,' and the phrases 'cock sucker,' 'mother fucker,' and 'ass hole,' compound use ... and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases Words and Phrases®

A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present.
 (including verb, adjective, gerund ger·und  
n.
1. In Latin, a noun derived from a verb and having all case forms except the nominative.

2. In other languages, a verbal noun analogous to the Latin gerund, such as the English form ending in -ing
, participle par·ti·ci·ple  
n.
A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective, as the past participle baked in We had some baked beans,
, and infinitive forms)."

--excerpt from H.R, 3687, a bill introduced by Rep. Doug Ose (R-Calif.) to expand broadcast regulations on profanity. The text of the bill could not be broadcast.
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Date:Mar 1, 2004
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