This is an ineffective means of persuading your audience of your authority and your commitment to your own ideas.

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Council leader Gordon Nicolson re-pledged the authority's commitment to the scheme and said he was pleased with the progress of projects.

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Time, planning, and commitment of foreign forces and authority will, however, work.

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He added the authority would also "make a commitment" to ensure young people could attend another centre close to them if their centre closed.

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Ms Thacker said the authority had "really stepped up its commitment" to tackling the problem and it was a "huge priority".

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We must go forward in our commitment to the new basics, giving parents greater authority and making sure good teachers are rewarded for hard work and achievement through merit pay.

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Comstock, which upheld Congress' authority to place "sexually dangerous" prisoners in civil commitment when their prison terms end.

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World Teachers' Day was celebrated with enthusiasm, zeal and commitment in Sindh at a jointly organized event at Marriott, Karachi by Sindh Teacher Education Development Authority, Government of Sindh, UNESCO and USAID.

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