Establishing a blog in March, he pledged to show redemption for the part he played in fuelling the fire of capitalism whilst working at Sleaze magazine.
Seif al-Islam, the oldest son, had been the face of modern Libya, establishing an international charity and forever pledging that political reform was just around the corner.
As Israel and the Palestinians circle each other in a wary and increasingly fractious quest for a final peace agreement, the spotlight only rarely settles these days on a small, wizened, straggly bearded man in a wheelchair whose antagonism to Israel could one day unsettle or even destroy any deal that establishes a Palestinian state pledged to coexistence with Israel.
A Sacramento group called Here We Buy established a Web site to pledge to buy season tickets "to illustrate to the N.B.A. that Sacramento is still a viable market, even in the face of adversity".
A family made a $500,000 contribution toward a $2,500,000 pledge to establish a professorship in the Division of Cardiology.
A donor made a $500,000 pledge to establish a fund supporting the Division of Pediatric Dermatology's fellowship training program as well as the Division's other educational and research activities.
A family made a $1,500,000 pledge to establish a junior professorship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and provide operating support to the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center.
David Cameron finally delivered on a four-year-old pledge to establish a new centre right grouping in the European parliament when the Tories announced they would lead a 55-strong bloc of social conservatives in Strasbourg and Brussels.
But other examples may reveal themselves in the years ahead, as Osborne presses on with his pledge to establish a surplus in the public finances by the end of this parliament.
The proposition clearly struck a chord, and I do intend to follow up on my pledge to establish a national day of boycott.
