• It consists of a bunch of venture capitalists who don't have a long-term commitment to their investments, employees who don't have a long-term commitment to their company and companies that don't have a long-term commitment to their customers.

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  • However, this commitment doesn't appear to have won the backing of all the parties.

    BBC: Northern Ireland peace walls should 'come down by 2022'

  • "I don't think our commitment to achieving a global ban was any less prior to the passing of Princess Diana than it is today, " Foley told CNN.

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  • "We've made a commitment to fix our failing schools, and we can't afford to wait, " the superintendent said.

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  • Joseph Grundfest, a law professor at Stanford University who is an expert on corporate governance, said that "management can, for entirely legitimate reasons, change its mind as long as it hasn't made a binding commitment" to return the cash to shareholders.

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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.

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  • In court documents, the landlord said Mr. Abrams should have known that the broker wasn't able to make a commitment on behalf of the landlord.

    WSJ: Luxury Home Exits Housing Court

  • Bill Ford insists his commitment to the environment hasn't wavered, and he offers as evidence his pet project, an eco-friendly manufacturing plant opening next year in Dearborn.

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  • But it's also a somewhat convenient position because he can always say no one tried to win the war the way that I suggested to win it, because I don't think that there is going to be a commitment of a lot more troops.

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  • All the while, its commitment to austerity continues to bite the average person -- and they aren't getting a bailout.

    CNN: First relief in Spain...then reflection

  • Since Google wasn't held to a binding legal commitment in its search business, "going forward, parties under investigation are likely to demand similar treatment, " Mr. Rosch said.

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  • The industry didn't exactly rush to make a commitment.

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  • But even if you have to pay for a week to try it out, it's better to spend the money than to make a long-term commitment to a club that doesn't work out.

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  • If you don't follow through and make a commitment to follow through with those ideas you often find they fall by the wayside or at worst, you find that competitive solutions draw on the same ideas and utilise them.

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  • "As this season is working toward game 48, our commitment to defense has waned and hasn't been strong enough, " he said.

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  • Although some Tory commentators grumbled that Mr Letwin's plans lacked radicalism or any clear commitment to cutting taxes, they can't have been paying attention.

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  • "You don't have the standing to question my commitment, " she said.

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  • The Indian government responded saying this is a separate issue that shouldn't have interfered with Rome's commitment to the Supreme Court that the marines would return.

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  • Individually licensing out Star Wars games to different publishers and developers might have ushered in a variety of creative ideas and directions for the franchise, but locking out anyone that isn't affiliated with Electronic Arts seems like a commitment to the same old, same old.

    CNN: Disney awards 'Star Wars' video-game rights to EA

  • "Some people thought that we weren't giving the full commitment this year but we set out to prove those people wrong and get a few wins under our belt".

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  • Santorum, who had rejected Romney's conservative credentials on the campaign trail, pledged his full commitment to helping conservative candidates win in November but didn't endorse Romney.

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  • The commitment we made to our flight attendants was that if it didn't meet everyone's expectations within a year, we would revert back to accepting cash.

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  • That was our commitment from the very beginning when we headed to Pakistan that we didn't want to just come in and interview somebody and then leave.

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  • There's a commitment strangely enough although sometimes it isn't very obvious, that we are going to get there.

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  • His life in cricket wasn't always without controversy, but no one could doubt his passion and commitment to the sport he loved.

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  • The eurozone can't take all the credit for that - the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep its official interest so low is clearly a big part of it.

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  • He can't shield us from the unions, but he has supported our creativity and commitment to our kids.

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  • You know, not only that people don't want or hesitate to link aid to any constraints, he makes a commitment to the opposite.

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  • In addition, many green-minded schools, like Yale and Stanford, aren't part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, an agreement by university presidents to make their school carbon neutral.

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  • In case that wasn't incentive enough, the Football League made sure to guarantee a minimum level of commitment from the 72 non-Premier League sides: under a new regulation, they must field at least six players who played in the team's previous game, regardless of the competition.

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