Back home in Fresh Meadows, Queens, Mr. Ecker discovered pretty quickly that his new career required an extreme lifestyle commitment.
"Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan share an extreme ideological commitment to rolling back women's access to basic health services," Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York, a leading Democrat who is running for re-election in November, said shortly after Mr. Ryan's selection.
However, there might be a better, and far less ignoble, reason: our extreme commitment to antipaternalism, to the principle that the state should avoid telling citizens how to lead their lives.
"Her positive attitude, maturity and extreme commitment will never be forgotten and are something we have learned from.
But, as François Jean wrote, all three terror famines "proceeded from the same approach to reality... the same vision of the future, the same extreme commitment to radical social transformation".
They would have investigated the risks involved more fully and favoured reputable, conservative institutions.While the extreme commitment to free market ideals is impressive, Wellings may want to step back, examine all of the events of the past few months, and re-evaluate whether his optimism is merited.Remember back in the old days when it took just a buck and two bits to buy a euro?
(718-636-4100) www.BOREDOMSBOREDOMS About five years ago this Japanese band started its transition away from 30-second choreographed art-spasms and toward full-scale, organic jams, the music rising and falling with the extreme commitment of gospel orchestras, their multiple drummers providing pounding continuity.
So the risks of Mr. Medina's extreme commitment were considerable: Children could be rushed back into homes that were still dangerous or unstable; or they could languish in foster care as one effort after another was made to work with the most deeply disturbed parents.
With respect to hunting and language-learning, this resolution of gratitude sound pretty soft; but in some ways this is Zuck's most extreme commitment.
And extreme commitment to your cause.
