According to Erikson, intimacy is achieved when the adolescent has developed the capacity to commit to a concrete affiliation and abide by the commitment, even if this means sacrifice and compromise [ 1]. Paul and White [ 2] describe three stages in the development of intimate relationships in late adolescence.
Lamenting the need for police officers — requested by the board members because the issue has become so heated — and saying the board's decision smacked of "perverse elitism," Robert K. Tanenbaum, a former mayor of Beverly Hills, said, "We made a commitment to these students, and we expect you to abide by that commitment".
"I thought he would appreciate me bringing that to his attention". But Roundtree reported that Loera did not abide by the commitment.
Noting that stagnation, the Treasury Department in its report on international exchange rate policies this spring urged China to abide by the commitments it has repeatedly made to its trading partners to allow the renminbi to attain a more equitable value.
Such statements — and the results of Sunday's elections, in which there was a groundswell of anti-austerity votes — have worried the country's foreign lenders, who want Greece to abide by the commitments it made in exchange for the foreign financing it needs to meet expenses.
A White House spokesman called on all sides to abide by the commitments of the deal.
His cabinet colleague, finance minister Pierre Moscovici, welcomed the result in Greece, though all countries, he restated, must continue to abide by the commitments they have made.
But none of that has led to much soul-searching yet about how the EU can ensure that member countries abide by the commitments they have made.
Now they need to abide by the commitments they made.… If China is prepared to respect and comply with international human rights standards, then this situation will end well.
John Hannett, general secretary of the union, said: "Usdaw remains vehemently opposed to the deregulation of Sunday trading and we expect the government to abide by its commitment that this summer's temporary suspension will not lead to any further attempts to extend Sunday opening hours.
"The Palestinian Authority must abide by its commitment to avoid violence or unilateral action," she said.
