The EC is relying on good faith here — it refers to commitments from private companies as "pledges" — to commit to ways of building out opportunities for new jobs, internships, training, funding for new businesses, online education and so on.
And there are those who have taken vows that are not legally binding, sometimes referred to as commitment ceremonies, who are now looking to close that legal loop.
Jeffrey D. Smith, Cherokee's lawyer at the trial and a partner of Mr. Wisler, said the message referred to a commitment made a year earlier.
They all spoke with considerable commitment, referred to particular initiatives, but also underlined the need for change, even if all the answers were still not clear.
If in the following year, the bank raises the customer's line of credit to $75,000, that would be an increase of $25,000 which would be reported as part of measuring success against the lending commitment referred to by Ms. Mills.
During the trip, the Russian foreign minister, Igor S. Ivanov, pointed out that in his address to Congress this week, President Bush referred to his commitment to build a "missile defense," without actually using the term "national missile defense".
In the New York State prison system, most prisoners who have been treated for mental illness during their incarceration are provided on their release with a two-week supply of psychotropic medication, a two-week prescription and a referral to an outpatient mental health clinic, unless they are referred for civil commitment to a state mental hospital.
This study explored the extent of both tendencies in the criminal histories of 572 adult male sexual offenders referred for civil commitment.
"I'm very comfortable with my credentials when it comes to doing the right thing by the Aboriginal people of Australia," he said, and referred to his commitment to spending one week every year governing from a remote community.
This document identifies 'compassion' as one of the six fundamental 'Value and Behaviour' practices which sits alongside care, competence, communication, courage and commitment (referred to as the "6Cs").
