The United States is particularly eager to consolidate the fragile democratic change in Serbia because it is crucial to bolstering the chances of an enduring peace in the Balkans, where four wars in the last eight years have involved a sizable commitment of American resources to an unstable corner of Europe.
It's an honorable and important mission, to be sure, but up until now, that sizable commitment from Gates and Carnegie has been difficult to justify without any sense of how the organization actually plans to follow through on its ambitious goal.
Most Western leaders agree that if any country can make good on this continent's elusive promise, it will be South Africa, with its stable government, sizable economy and commitment to uplifting its people.
It is a sizable commitment for a team that ranked 28th in the league in revenue last season at an estimated $221 million, according to Forbes magazine.
All indications, however, suggest that the president has settled on maintaining a sizable commitment of American forces in Iraq well into next year, with only a gradual reduction of troops from the current levels.
Mr. Bush's relative inexperience in foreign affairs and his commitment to a sizable missile defense system has provoked concern in European capitals.
I thank the City leadership for the preliminary budget and its commitment to ending the "budget dance," referencing sizable movement from proposed cuts to subsequent restorations during recent budget cycles.
"Qatar already has sizable commitments in Europe, and part of their strategy involves politics and part of it involves escalation of commitment, particularly in what they believe are bargains," said Yazan Abdeen, a fund manager at ING Investment Management in Dubai.
That leaves mainline Protestants, a still sizable group (around 53 million), characterized by their diversity, tolerance and commitment to social justice but also by their weakening institutional ties.
He and Chan have also previously made sizable donations focused on education in the Bay Area, including announcing last year a commitment to give $120 million to underserved schools.
