A year ago the Union's leaders, most of them feeling embarrassed by the feebleness of their contribution to the Kosovo war, set themselves a clear military target: they pledged to acquire, by 2003, the ability to assemble 60,000 troops within two months, and keep them in operation for a year.
In 1997 local billionaire Paul Allen pledged to acquire the team if a new stadium could be built and said that the team could not be profitable until they left the Kingdome.
In 1997, Gov. George E. Pataki pledged $7.5 million to acquire environmentally sensitive lands in the Croton Watershed in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties.
The five nations possessing nuclear weapons at that time the United States, Russia, China, Britain, and France committed to nuclear disarmament; in exchange, a hundred and eighty-six other countries pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons.
In exchange for lifting nuclear-related sanctions, the United States and five other world powers obtained agreement from Iran to curtail parts of its nuclear power program that raised proliferation concerns, as well as a pledge to never acquire nuclear weapons.
However, only a few people have been willing to pledge the $79 to acquire it, none of whom have ponied up for the $499 pledge level that includes a phone call from the inventor.
The United States has said it has unalloyed proof that North Korea has broken both pledges by trying to acquire sophisticated centrifuges used only to purify uranium for nuclear bombs.
Still, the agency set an ambitious goal: "to create a situation where almost every person pledging marriage feels compelled to acquire a diamond engagement ring".
But he lavished praise on Mr. Obama for his pledge not to allow Iran to acquire a bomb.
Thyssen-Krupp lost a bidding war with Arcelor over Dofasco, but during Mittal Steel's successful battle to acquire Arcelor, Mittal pledged to sell Dofasco to ThyssenKrupp.
He pledged to restore the north and to acquire the needed equipment.
