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Question No. 28 asked whether they swore allegiance to the U.S. and would forswear allegiance to the Japanese emperor.

“Director” may be the wrong word, though; the onscreen credit is simply “by” Harmony Korine, who has apparently forsworn any impulse to control his material.

It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.

He said this would be the "challenge for this year" as he urged leaders to "forswear wedge issues" that render their opponents their enemies.

None of this is to say that Rodrigo has forsworn the type of emotional melodrama that made her a star.