If they make this pledge and commitment to stay in school with the knowledge that they leave millions and millions of dollars on the table, then the pledge carries much more gravity.
The idea of the Giving Pledge and making a public commitment, we thought, would motivate others, not just the wealthy.
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He says the pledge is a commitment to the people of their district, state and country not to him.
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It will be a rare opportunity for world leaders to pledge their commitment to do more to protect children from war, disease and poverty.
The pledge is a moral commitment to give, not a legal contract, and it does not involve pooling money or supporting a particular set of causes or organizations.
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According to city officials and Mr. Cestero, the developer's commitment to fulfill its pledge with regard to affordable housing isn't binding.
And even austere New Labour has made a spending pledge, on top of its commitment to increase education's share of national income, in this campaign.
One or more Republican lawmakers will appear to publicly waver on their commitment to the pledge. (Norquist points to Chambliss, Graham and King as repeat offenders.) That open questioning is often followed just as predictably by a private call to Norquist -- who says Chambliss has called to apologize -- and more often than not, some kind of public mea culpa.
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At a Capability Commitment Conference in Brussels on Monday, European Union nations will pledge troops to the new RRF and discuss how to make it viable.
As a nation, we'll pledge to fulfill our responsibilities to our veterans, because our commitment to our veterans is a sacred trust, and upholding that trust is a moral obligation.
For he has, in effect, campaigned with two contradictory messages: a pledge to keep to France's commitment to bring down the budget deficit to 3% next year (and to eliminate it by 2017), and a promise to increase benefits and fight austerity in Europe.
Motsepe is the first African to join the Giving Pledge, a campaign spearheaded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the wealthiest people in the world to make a commitment to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
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