So the deal is that New York pledges an extremely valuable piece of Manhattan real estate and promises to build a billion-dollar stadium suitable for track and field (which New Yorkers don't care much about), Olympic-class swimming pools, a velodrome, archery and rifle ranges and other facilities, and then the IOC may or may not allow the Olympics to come to Gotham.
Pamela Clough, the organiser of Public Interest Research Group's Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics campaign, said: "It's a great step forward that McDonald's has made this pledge, but its extremely worrying that they made similar promises more than 10 years ago and haven't kept to them.
"London Welsh have pledged to work extremely actively in the community and the benefits would be extensive and far-reaching.
Only because it was public, Ms. Illingworth noted, did Bill Gates's and Warren Buffett's "giving pledge" inspire dozens of other extremely wealthy peers to pledge half their fortunes to charity.
Board members pledged to maintain an "extremely accommodative financial environment".
For example, the bishops lobbied hard against vital family planning services that can prevent mother-to-child transmission of H.I.V. and AIDS and in favor of the retention of an anti-prostitution pledge, further marginalizing an extremely at-risk group.
Furthermore, Trump's own past statements make his pledge of no cuts extremely suspect.
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, said on Sunday he was "extremely encouraged" by pledges made so far.
"Follow-up is extremely important – when pledges are made, the government formulates its plans accordingly and if the money doesn't come, it throws everything out of gear," said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the World Health Organisation's regional director for south-east Asia.
The donors have been "extremely generous" in pledging so much money with such short notice, says James Adams, vice president of the World Bank.
