For example, students signed a pledge agreeing to rules about the music we could listen to and the length of men's hair and women's dresses.
In his early writings on baptism, he noted that baptism was an example of such a pledge.
A pitcher, for example, might pledge a donation for every strikeout, a quarterback for completions, etc.
In one example, the report reveals a pledge by GOP Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus to deliver "a map that Speaker Boehner fully supports".
In Europe's Hundred Years War, for example, they were left as a pledge of goodwill between rival leaders.
At the same time, additional initiatives have shown the will to provide resources and support the work of the agINFRA as for example the pledge for a Linked Open Data layer for the agricultural community.
In developing countries, Transparency International's new idea is to set up bribe-free zones, grandly termed "islands of integrity", where all participants in, for example, a public tender, would publicly pledge to pay no bribes.
Marc Benioff sets a wonderful example with his Pledge 1% — a commitment to give 1percentt of equity, 1percentt of time and 1percentt of product to philanthropy.
For example, he pledged a far-reaching investigation of the Legislature if it refused to approve ethics changes, and he warned that if the Legislature did not accept budget cuts, he would impose them unilaterally using his emergency powers as governor.
During a past pledge drive, for example, a $150 donation garnered a DVD and CD of the Clash, and in 2005 WNET co-produced the Martin Scorsese documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan," which had its United States broadcast premiere on the station.
