In three years I learned more about standards, commitment and yes, life, than I did in six years of university.
A college that prides itself on its values — rigorous academic standards, commitment to the common good, historical involvement in the abolition and Social Gospel movements — inflicted a defeat so absolute that it borders on public humiliation.
Observing this dynamic, I responded with columns emphasizing that, as the digital transformation proceeds, The Times should more forcefully communicate its brand values — its high standards, commitment to accountability, etc. — by publishing those standards more prominently and communicating directly with readers on an NYTimes.com reader portal of some kind.
Tactics, expectations, standards, commitment, dedication — all remain a constant.
Unlike Nixon, who was willing to sign almost any legislation a Democratic Congress put on his desk if it left him free to conduct foreign policy, Johnson is portrayed in The Fierce Urgency of Now as a president with little interest in foreign policy beyond a standard commitment to Cold War liberalism.
4 Goals, 8 Standards, 33 Commitments.
A: A lot of faith has been put on certification and private standards and commitments.
Projects supported by the CSIF must have an identified faculty sponsor and map directly to one of the goals, standards, or commitments in Harvard's Sustainability Plan.
To understand C2C climate-action networks, we suggest a framework for mapping C2C: geographic bases (domestic, regional, and global C2C), linking modalities (multilateral, and institution-led C2C), and functions (information exchange, networking, lobbying and funding, research, standards and commitments provision, and monitoring and certification).
During the first, from 1997 to 2006, the leaderboard was populated mainly with energy and chemical firms that were largely (though not exclusively) recognized for their superior environmental health and safety standards and commitments, such as reductions in pollution and waste.
