In Ms. Govind's "Varnam" a woman pledged devotion to an absent lover: the Lord of Dance, Nataraja.
Yesterday, the Freedom Party, with its mainstream conservative partner, issued a statement pledging devotion to tolerance and human rights and proclaiming Austria's need to face up to its own responsibility for Nazi-era crimes.
The discussion (a full transcript is available at pewforum.org) revealed some of the fundamental differences in perspective dividing supporters and opponents of "faith-based initiatives" -- all of whom pledged devotion to the First Amendment and the separation of church and state.
The lyrical content of "My Man" is about a woman who "pledges devotion to a man who sounds almost too good to be true".
Pre-Twitter, industry watchers began remarking on the rise of the Super Fan, those viewers who flocked to a show's message boards or Facebook pages, pledging devotion with passion that increasingly filled out the space where large viewership numbers used to be.
Jaheim is the husky suitor, earnest and a little sheepish; his current hit is "Anything," a pledge of devotion.
After he spends the night romancing Odette -- they pledge their devotion -- he falls in love with the next girl he sees (Odette's evil doppelg?er, Odile).
Mr. Wade, who for all his talk of duress never seems to be caught off-guard, sells it well on "Where I Come From," a twinkling pledge of devotion: "Wherever you are/Is where I come from".
This lack of showmanship hardly matters when he is able to unfurl songs such as To the Last, a spectral piano-led pledge of devotion that is musically minimalist but rich in emotional detail.
His plea for a "Green Light" or pledge of devotion in "All of Me" were all cut from the same romantic cloth.
The lapses, at a time when security services pledge neurotic devotion to tracking and recovering dangerous goods that could reach the black market, are thanks in part to a handful of private companies that are mishandling radioactive material.
