As the American involvement in Iraq has become a commitment of unknown duration, comparisons to the Vietnam War are more and more common.
Sir Christopher Meyer, the ambassador to Washington from 1997 to 2003, could only speculate about whether a meeting with President Bush in 2002 saw Mr Blair's longstanding hawkishness on Iraq become a commitment to invade "signed in blood".
In a later version, however, this became a commitment to pay £5m a year for three years towards the scheme and a maximum of £15m towards any "unpaid contributions" if it was restructured.
And particularly when the adoptive parent is a public figure like Ms. Maynard, it's easier to blame than to try to understand how a commitment to be a "forever family" to two girls can become a commitment to, as she writes, "make sure they had a good life in America".
Staying focused on quality and cost-effectiveness and demonstrating improvements in clinical outcomes became a commitment.
Therefore, "first things first" is not just an expression; it has become a commitment -- a promise to provide the essential building blocks of life to people everywhere so they have a chance at changing their lives.
Attending a game, then, becomes a heavy commitment.
In effect, taking a controversial pro-social stand becomes a public commitment to better behavior.
Before this becomes a permanent commitment, Americans and Colombians should look carefully at its value.Though sold to Americans as a decisive move in the "war" on drugs, the core of Plan Colombia is counter-insurgency.
In overturning the lower court's ruling, Madras High Court Judge C.S. Karnan revealed the reason he ordered the man to pay spousal support, saying, "If any couple chooses to consummate their sexual cravings, then that act becomes a total commitment with adherence to all consequences that may follow, except on certain exceptional considerations".
