The European Union also has taken a lukewarm view of Mr. Obama's provisional commitment to reduce the United States' emissions by 17percentt by 2020 compared to 2005 levels, which it views as falling far short of what is needed.
Brussels also has taken a lukewarm view of Mr. Obama's provisional commitment to reduce U.S. emissions by 17percentt by 2020 compared to 2005 levels, which it views as falling far short of what is needed to secure a global agreement to prevent the Earth's temperature from rising too much.
MIAMI — The soccer star David Beckham delivered a long-awaited but in many ways provisional commitment to Miami on Wednesday when he confirmed it as the future home of a Major League Soccer expansion team that he will own — alongside partners not yet named — and run.
Though negotiators often must clear significant decisions with their higher-ups, your counterpart should at least know the subject matter of the negotiations well enough to be able to make provisional commitments.
"We had to knock down some barriers standing in the way to get these projects funded," Matthew C. Rogers, the Energy Department official overseeing the loan guarantee program, said in March 2009, just days before Solyndra got its provisional loan commitment.
Its treatment of the detainees is emerging as a pivotal test of both the provisional government's commitment to the rule of law and its ability to control its thousands of loosely organized fighters.
In his biography of Hick, David Cheetham notes a criticism of Hick's theory: waiting for eschatological verification could make religious belief provisional, preventing total commitment to faith.
It has the same rough, slightly provisional feel as The Commitments and The Snapper, but without their energy or narrative drive.
Dispatching the officer, along with a team hand-picked for their track records in their specialist fields, is seen as a sign of Britain's commitment to the provisional government.
Kevin McCarra: Injuries force Capello to change tack World Cup watch: 31 days to go... Essien named in Ghana's World Cup squad McCarthy in South Africa squad despite injury troubles His candidacy borders on the nonsensical, but players have to be cut from the provisional squad in any case and no commitment to Hargreaves would be made were he to be scrutinised in practice sessions.
I am reminded of a comment from Philip Van Cleave, the leader of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, who told his members, "There's the 'cold, dead fingers' option, but I'd prefer not to have to exercise that one if I can avoid it with political activism, wouldn't you?" Their commitment to democracy is only provisional.
