I made a commitment to reviving our sex life, and he became more emotionally engaged, but I still held on to my reservations about our financial wellbeing.
Without a new national commitment to revive the old metropolitan centers as key engines of economic growth, culture, and national civic culture, our resurgence will be more difficult.
The spiral into chaos among the Palestinians has made peace with them seem more remote than ever; a visit this week to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the American secretary of state, produced a widely supported but as yet vague commitment to revive the comatose "road map" peace plan.
Various owners lacked the money or the commitment to revive what was once a dynasty.
Guus Hiddink believes that Eden Hazard boasts the desire and commitment to revive his Chelsea career after a spluttering season at Stamford Bridge, but the interim manager is concerned the playmaker's anxiety to recapture his form of last year may be hampering his recovery.
Gilbert Nakweya, a development communication graduate in Western Kenya, said the President's commitment to revive the cotton industry is good news not only to the people of that region, but Kenya at large.
"This is just one part of our commitment to revive the Compact at the national level," said Nandy.
"You lied to us," one player shouted at Bloom, finding contradiction in the president's publicly stated commitment to revive football three seasons ago.
Like Rodriguez, his teammates, too, pledged a renewed commitment to reviving a season teetering on the brink of irrelevance with 50 games left entering Wednesday.
But, the guests and the host demonstrated a greater commitment to reviving the peace process and articulating a realistic vision for a solution to the decades-long conflict in Israel-Palestine.
