Throwing down a challenge to a powerful industry, Mr. Obama pledged new scrutiny and new limits on the profits of the biggest insurance companies, declaring it was simply "the right thing to do".
She slayed a medley of her most popular songs ― including "Nasty" and "Throb" ― and gave a powerful speech that pledged solidarity to #MeToo while calling for an end to "loud and harsh" public discourse.
According to North Korean state media, Mr Kim pledged a "powerful retaliatory strike" if the US-South Korean exercises intruded on North Korean territory.
NATO portrayed the pledge as a powerful vote of support for the American-led effort.
Just taking the pledge sends a powerful signal to founders that it's OK for them to seek help.
The report urges governments to intensify their efforts to ensure that years of gradual agricultural development gains are not wiped out by recurrent shocks, adding that increasing the resilience of agricultural livelihoods and promoting and financing climate-smart agricultural practices would be a powerful lever to reach the pledge of the Sustainable Development Goals "to leave no one behind".
THE residents of Derna, a sleepy port in eastern Libya, awoke to important news on October 5th: at a rally in the main square a powerful local militia, the Shura Council of Islamic Youth, pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), the jihadist group that controls swathes of distant Syria and Iraq, and to its self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
For example, in March, Senator Lindsey Graham made an unequivocal public commitment, stating, "I pledge to the American people, as a Republican, to make sure that Mr. Mueller can continue to do his job without any interference". Senator Graham is in line to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, and this puts him in a powerful position to carry out his pledge to the nation.
Mr. Lagos, a 62-year-old lawyer also has pledged to curb a powerful military still staunchly loyal to General Augusto Pinochet, the former military leader who ruled for 17 years.
Mr. Lagos, a 62-year-old lawyer who won national fame a decade ago while fighting Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, also has pledged to curb a powerful military still staunchly loyal to General Pinochet, the former military leader who ruled for 17 years after Mr. Allende's violent ouster.
As a result, you may be surprised to learn that it held a summit this week in the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil, at which its members pledged to form "a powerful economic zone".
