The prime minister made a public pledge to rebuild every house in Nahr el-Bared, now almost totally destroyed by army shelling.
In turn, the public attention pressured commanders to pledge that returning soldiers would get better treatment.
Two years ago, Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg signed The Giving Pledge, a public commitment to give away 50% of his wealth or more during his lifetime or upon his death.
In 2008, after championing campaign-finance reform in the Senate, he broke his own pledge to accept public financing as a Presidential candidate, and became instead the first nominee since Watergate to depend entirely on private funds.
So, they have decided to pledge to spend more public money to build our way out of recession.
The idea of the Giving Pledge and making a public commitment, we thought, would motivate others, not just the wealthy.
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The PHA has made a new pledge to update the public weekly on the number of people to have died from the virus.
The prime minister did not attack public spending in the abstract, or pledge to get the state off citizens' backs.
Yet Lib Dem MPs - casting a gloomy eye over the polls - fear the only policy the public associate with them is their broken pledge on tuition fees.
The "calorie reduction pledge" is part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal, developed by the Department of Health.
Worse, the economy will soon get a further boost from Mr Ahern's pledge to cut taxes and raise public spending, as part of his wage pact with the unions, in the budget due on December 2nd.
Over 120 Labour MPs oppose it, fearing full privatisation and job losses, and argue Labour made an election pledge to keep the Royal Mail in public hands.
Mr Thomas explained that Nominet had a "public ethos in their constitution" and welcomed their pledge to open an office in Wales if they were successful with the application.
Mr Medvedev met journalists to pledge tough measures, riding the wave of public anger.
Ahead of the annual conference in Brighton, the deputy prime minister issued a public apology for his party's failure to honour its pledge to oppose any rise in student tuition fees in England.
The Giving Pledge, fronted by Bill Gates, is a very public nudge to the super rich that giving should start early and big.
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There have been questions about the financial viability of new nuclear power plants as a result of the coalition agreement pledge to only allow them "provided they receive no public subsidy".
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This pledge has been endorsed by more than 30 organizations active in the public policy debate about immigration matters.
When the pledge is fulfilled, the donation will be the biggest gift ever made to a public park.
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Mr Grayling's pledge on tackling burglars follows two particularly high-profile cases, which have divided public opinion over whether the law needs to change.
But if the Conservatives improve their poll ratings, and public attitudes to the EU grow more sceptical, will the Lib Dems repeat their last manifesto pledge of offering a referendum not simply if there is a one way transfer of powers from the UK to EU but if there are any fundamental changes in the relationship?
Reiterate First Minister Carwyn Jones' pledge to consider legislation to ban smoking in cars carrying children if a three-year public campaign fails to reduce levels.
More than 100, 000 public and private schools across the United States were urged to participate in a simultaneous recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at 2 p.m.
But an aid boost needs to go hand in hand with a pledge by governments in developing countries to get serious about tackling social disparities through more equitable public spending, targeted support in health and education, and strengthened social protection.
As well as proposing a lot more old-style deficit spending on public works and the like, the soon-to-be Japanese prime minister campaigned on a pledge to raise the Bank of Japan's inflation target to from 1% to 2%, insisting there should be unlimited monetary stimulus until that target is reached.
Although the majority of the Japanese public opposes nuclear power, it is extremely difficult for the Economics Ministry to agree to the no-nuke pledge.
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