In late winter, Google pledged $6.8 million to a program that gives free public-transportation passes to low- and middle-income youths; a few weeks ago, the city asserted a plan to create joint public-and-private bus stops, in some cases probably at the cost of street parking spaces.
He pledged to develop a program that would centralize the collection and disposal of 134,708 tons of grass clippings, bushes, hedges, leaves and small trees collected by the municipalities in 2001.
In a reflection of the degree to which crime has ebbed as an issue in much of the city, Ms. Quinn spoke only briefly about public safety, pledging to create a program to work with residents to clean up high-crime areas.
Charter has pledged to expand a program to provide affordable Internet service for some of Southern California's poor residents -- a key selling point of the deal, particularly among community group leaders who showed up in force Tuesday.
I believe that initially US acknowledgement of responsibility and a pledge to end similar programs would have won Alan's speedy release.
The Conservative Party manifesto included a pledge to treble a government startup loans program in the new Parliament — aiming to provide loans to 75,000 entrepreneurs over the next five years.
Chinas latest stimulus proposals for the auto and steel sectors as well as South Koreas pledge to unveil a detailed spending program for an extra budget of 29.0 trillion won ($20.6 billion) on Tuesday also helped revive investor confidence.
All the same, its pledge to join a Europe-wide program to exchange banking information is a significant and risky step for a country that the Tax Justice Network, a research group in London, branded the "death star" of financial secrecy in Europe because of its long and previously steadfast opposition to greater transparency.
As part of that initiative, the G8 will actively support SUN and pledge to maintain robust programs to further reduce child stunting.
On the eve of the meeting, Japan pledged $2 billion to a World Bank program to recapitalize banks in smaller developing countries.
