Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer.

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The committee committed to writing to the government calling for consideration of an amendment or regulations change which would allow the sale of Fairtrade sweets.

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The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says that while attempts have been made before to launch a peace process, this is the first time both sides have committed to doing so in writing.

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Michael Turnill, 72, said his father was "always very committed to what he was doing" and was still writing stories just eight weeks ago.

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John White has also committed not to directly engage with the SEC in its rule-writing, to sell his shares in several investment funds and to change his partnership in Cravath so that he doesn't share in the firm's profits but receives fixed compensation.

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Wheeler, who has a degree in computer science from the University of Kansas, spent long nights in Huff's garage, writing a program that could search multiple police databases to find evidence of crimes committed by the same person.

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