Thus the development of simultaneously flexible and robust policy-mix packages is essential in order to deal with negative (rejection or environmental harm) and positive (commitment) lock-in effects [60].
Certainly sceptics will say there is a danger of making an open-ended commitment, but in effect we have a different sort of open-ended commitment as things stand.
Speaking in Chicago after a meeting of G8 world leaders, he said of the Greeks: "They can vote to stay in the eurozone and meet their commitments or they can vote to give up on their commitments and in effect give up on the eurozone.
After a meeting of G8 world leaders, the prime minister said of the Greeks: "They can vote to stay in the eurozone and meet their commitments or they can vote to give up on their commitments and in effect give up on the eurozone.
David Cameron, the British prime minister, said the choice for Greece was a simple one: "They can vote to stay in the euro zone and meet their commitments, or they can vote to give up on their commitments and, in effect, give up on the euro zone," Bloomberg News quoted Mr. Cameron saying Sunday.
As Gergiev makes clear, he is trapped by his ambition into making an endless series of commitments that, in effect, destroy the rest of his life.
Commit: "Commitment" in a sense means loyalty.
Is there not a conflict between calling for a commitment to equality while in effect making it harder for people from developing nations to come and work for you?
The charity said it was particularly troubled by the decision to ask all participants – whether NGOs, UN agencies or states – to sign up to such commitments as it would, in effect, minimise the responsibility of governments.
Taylor officials said its commitment was for one year, in effect a tryout.
