In this instance, however, it violates the basic pledge of all U.S. attorneys, which Mr. Comey was at one time, not to speculate about that which one cannot prove.
The lead single on "Lovers Rock," "By Your Side," is a basic pledge of loyalty that, here, sounds like a blood pact.
Amid the many promises of opportunity for the UK's other nations, there was a rather more basic pledge for Northern Ireland by David Cameron in his speech on Friday.
The nations, representing various threads of democratic rule, assembled to issue a pledge to uphold basic democratic principles.
While both candidates pledge to improve basic services, create jobs and improve schooling, Fujimori has "campaigned incessantly and travelled the country more than anybody else over the last five years", Levitsky said.
The reasons range from basic expediency, as in the pledge to provide five days of public review for legislation before The President signs it into law; to strategy, as in the White House decision to nix Obama's promise of televised health care deliberations; to an absence of consequences, since there are so few sources of sustained scrutiny for these dry issues.
2. Generate basic pledges for change that are then taken to all candidates to create a reforming Parliament.
At the party's recent conference an existing pledge to cut the basic rate of income tax by four pence in the pound (paid for by green taxes and closing loopholes) was extended by Nick Clegg, their leader.
He also confirmed his pledge to raise the basic personal allowance to £12,500 during the course of this parliament, with the higher rate band targeted to start at £50,000.
Both figures are 2% increases over 1997 and in line with the Administration's pledge to foster high-quality, basic research.
