The Plaza responded to the lawsuit yesterday with a statement asserting a commitment to diversity, and called some of the allegations unfounded.
Choosing to write in a minority language is in itself a political act, asserting a commitment to identity and cultural heritage.
The agreement contains several enumerated points asserting a general commitment to the idea that "climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time" and asserts that "deep cuts" in global emissions were required.
Just this week, the newly combined Yoox Net-A-Porter climbed on its first listing on the Milan stock exchange, and LVMH (owner of Louis Vuitton and Moët & Chandon) has asserted a serious commitment to e-commerce.
They defined the field as "the scientific study of optimal human functioning" and asserted "a new commitment on the part of research psychologists to focus attention upon the sources of psychological health, thereby going beyond prior emphases upon disease and disorder".
In a defiant performance in the Commons, Cable insisted the pre-election pledge to scrap tuition fees was "no longer feasible" and went on assert a broader principle that all commitments made by either of the two coalition parties were no longer valid.
Heath 30 asserts that a commitment to uncertainty is fundamental to general practice… and Schon 31 has described this operative landscape as a 'swampy lowland' proposing a model which advocates reflective practice as the key to dealing with uncertainty.
Mr. Bush alluded to these figures to assert his commitment to the military.
By standing up to the Chinese regime we can assert our commitment to decency and avoid the embarrassment of overlooking behaviour we know to be repugnant.
But after a year that will be remembered for the devastation wreaked by hurricane Sandy, flooding in China and, of course, here at home, and raging wildfires in Australia, it's simply baffling – and irresponsible in the extreme – for the leader of the world's sixth-biggest economy to fail to assert his commitment to leading on climate change.
