Sentence examples for original pledge from inspiring English sources
His original "pledge" he now refers to as a "gesture".
The phrase "under God," which was added to the original pledge in 1954, intrigued some students.
And in the end, it was Mr. Kasdin who announced that Columbia would stick by its original pledge.
(Strict constructionists should note that the original pledge was accompanied by a right-side straight-arm salute, a gesture that mysteriously began to lose popularity in the 1930s).
Jones and Meyer make a good case that Bellamy's original pledge was more elegant and rhythmic than today's clause-laden version.
According to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the original pledge was accompanied by a document to be signed before the funds could be released.
(The original 1892 pledge read: I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. In 1954, Congress, in a patriotic outburst, inserted the words under God).
"Clark's announcement is an acknowledgement that the original manifesto pledge was an unworkable panicked election promise.
But even with those changes — and an added $10 million from Mr. Rechnitz for the reserve fund on top of his original $40 million pledge — the project remained stubbornly in the red.
Tories also plan to use it to rebut UKIP's claims that they, Labour and the Lib Dems are all the same.Ironically, that was the aim of Mr Cameron's original referendum pledge, which had little effect on polls.
The president's decision, which seeks to provide $1.5 billion on top of his original $20 billion pledge, seemed intended to quell the suspicions that New York Democrats had been expressing about the Bush administration's commitment to helping the city rebuild.
