"Ma'am, does that dress have pockets?" At the end, he drummed up $30,000 in a round of direct pledging.
There were not, however, any direct pledges from individual countries willing to send troops to CAR, despite Mr Fabius indicating on Sunday that two unnamed nations were considering it.
Its exultant Saturday night show, in a field with the Berkshire mountains as a backdrop, began with "Wilco (The Song)," which opens its most recent album, and articulates a direct pledge to its audience: "Wilco/Wilco/Wilco will love you, baby".
But coal projects were still receiving U.S funding despite the earlier, vague guidance, and in President Obama's big climate speech in June 2013, he made a more direct pledge to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad unless they came with carbon-capture technology.
This may come about by reviving "Obamist" diplomacy, based on enticing with direct dialogue, pledging not to interfere in internal affairs and accepting for a regional role to be played by Tehran's mullahs.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that a number of countries had privately pledged direct military support for any offensive against Iraq.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said a number of countries had privately pledged direct military support for any offensive against Iraq, just hours after Congressional leaders said that a vote would be held before the November election on whether to authorize President Bush to take whatever military action he deems necessary.
President Barack Obama has not pledged direct funds to the Motor City, but his administration and Congress are using existing federal programs to provide aid.
For the first time, private philanthropy leaned in and pledged money direct to the Global Partnership for Education.
Discussions about indigenous rights have largely been absent from the ongoing federal election campaign, but in their 2015 budget, the Conservatives pledged to direct $500 million over six years to schools located on First Nations reserves.
It is the Haitians who have a stake in ensuring that there is a direct correlation between what was pledged and what is actually done.
