Sentence examples for mandate and pledged from inspiring English sources

Yet some compromise on taxes must be found within weeks to prevent America from plunging over the "fiscal cliff" (see article).Mr Obama himself seemed to acknowledge that his victory has complicated underpinnings in his speech on election night, when he refrained from using the word "mandate", and pledged to work closely with Congress.

Standing here in the Hall of Remembrance, our thoughts must encompass the victims of all these genocides, for they are all the victims of the same evil, the evil of bigotry and intolerance that this Museum is mandated and pledged to expose and fight against, not with guns, bombs and missiles, but with ideas and ideals.

On the other hand, Mr. Rousseau, 53, said he had a clear mandate to modernize the agency, and pledged to be apolitical in his new job.

A year later, over ten million adult Colombians (compared with just over four million who had voted in the previous 1994 presidential election) turned out at the polls to support a peace referendum that included backing for the Children's Mandate, condemned the atrocities of the war and pledged their personal commitment to help make peace.

The Socialist candidate, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, had been critical of Spain's involvement and pledged to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq by the summer unless there was a clear United Nations mandate.

He does not yet have Rivlin's mandate, but he pledged to form a government "within two to three weeks".

Foraker maintained generally friendly relations with Roosevelt in the president's first term: lacking an electoral mandate, Roosevelt had pledged after the assassination to carry out McKinley's policies.

Half Empty: Contributions to the $100 billion/year goal are neither mandated nor pledged.

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., writing for the 6-to-2 majority, said that the mandate that recipients "pledge allegiance to the government's policy" breached their right to free expression.

Since then, the company has taken public positions like supporting Mr. Obama's individual mandate in health coverage and pledging to reduce the idle time of trucks to help cut down on pollutants.

In her address, Yvonne Chaka Chaka spoke of the unfinished work that still needs to be done and, as she turns 50 years old, pledged her ongoing commitment to the mandate and work of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and UNICEF.