LDP's more reactionary wing may prevail, with the party remaining heavily committed to big public-spending programmes and special-interest politics.

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France and Italy, moreover, say they are heavily committed in other operations, for instance in the Balkans, in southern Lebanon and now in Chad.

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The challenge now is to put nostalgia and inertia aside and tailor its role to a profoundly changed world, with a democratic Germany, a U.S. heavily committed to world security, and a resurgent Russia.

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Yes, Britain will not have to contribute to a new Greek bail-out under what is called the EFSM but, of course, the UK contributes to the IMF and the fund will be heavily committed to the Greek bail-out Mark II.

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Maintaining this core capability is central to credibly deterring opportunism that is, to avoiding a situation in which an aggressor in one region might be tempted to take advantage when U.S. forces are heavily committed elsewhere and to ensuring that the United States has sufficient military capabilities to deter or defeat aggression by an adversary that is larger, or under circumstances that are more difficult, than expected.

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"As a matter of public policy we should support a company that invests heavily in expanding refinery capacity, is committed to making more gasoline and has a long track record of making money, " says Adams.

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He was heavily into drug use, sometimes had a violent temper and committed burglary and eventually spent three months in a court-ordered detention and rehabilitation facility in Waco, Texas, said Denise Martin, Rawls' mother.

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By contrast, a U.S. Golan deployment would be located in a confined geographic area, directly in the path of any military action between Israel and Syria, between two heavily armed military forces and close to population centers dominated by fanatical terrorist groups, committed to harming American citizens and interests.

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