The most promising aspect of the accord, officials said, was China's commitment to adopt an export-control list under which Beijing would require Chinese companies to get licenses to export "equipment, materials and technology that can be directly used in missiles, as well as missile-related dual-use items".
Though these women sometimes wondered if they were compromising their true life aspirations, as their encounters with stereotypes that denigrated their soon-to-be-husbands grew, so did their commitment to adopting an 'anti-feminist' discourse of young motherhood as a morally superior life choice.
The subsidiaries also agreed to extend the supplemental warranty program for these devices by an additional six months and reaffirmed their commitment to adopt changes recommended by a panel commissioned by Guidant in 2005.
"HSBC has a commitment to adopt the highest compliance standards, and as a result we must apply enhanced oversight on any customer with connections to sanctioned countries," an HSBC spokeswoman, based in Dubai, wrote in an e-mail.
As long as governments make "a firm commitment" to adopt the proposals, they could become law "in a matter of months", he says.
Now, based on calls she gets from people who say they cannot make a commitment to adopt Premarin foals because they cannot afford to keep the horses they already own, Ms. Buongiorne says she thinks her rescue efforts may need to be redirected closer to home.
Even where patients had expressed a commitment to adopt healthier lifestyles they recognised that depression could confound their desire to enact such self-management plans: "as you get older like I want to be fitter in myself and then… these little conditions, they stop you doing things, and then your motivation, if you're feeling down and you're depressed, then your motivation's not there".
As I've mentioned, the key to its open strategy is Sony's commitment to adopt the ePub format, which is an open format for electronic books.
We need to make a firm moral commitment to adopt ways of living that protect the climate and help restore the Earth's ecosystems and living organisms.
