While development remains a challenging commitment for state heads and governors, she adds, state funding is inadequate and "a growing number of state schools are recognising the benefits that a development function can provide in finding additional sources of income to supplement their ever reducing government funding".
The court action challenges commitments by Occidental to spend a total of $85 million constructing and endowing the Hammer museum.
The process of challenging competing commitments and making real progress toward overcoming immunity to change unfolds over a longer period weeks or even months.
In the 2000 Senate race, the security of Israel became an issue in the campaign, with Mrs. Clinton's Republican opponent, Representative Rick A. Lazio, challenging her commitment to Israel.
So as the argument about Britain's future in Europe develops it appears less about the repatriation of powers or challenging the commitment to "ever closer union" but more about making the EU work more efficiently, with the prime minister being urged to go out and build an alliance for reform.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness, the Liberal Democrat leader in the upper house, suggested that his party would adopt a robust approach to the Salisbury convention, which says that the upper house should not seek to challenge manifesto commitments by a winning political party.
And for us, health care reform challenges our commitments as Christians.
Landon Donovan publicly challenged his commitment to the team.
"WikiLeaks does not challenge our commitment to Internet freedom," she said.
"This is the type of case that challenges our commitment and faith in the United States Constitution," Mr. Carney said.
In evaluating applications, Princeton looks for openness, maturity, flexibility, courage, resourcefulness, eagerness to be challenged and commitment to service.
