Somewhere around 57, I finally lost the weight through a serious commitment to exercise and diet.
Be sure to demonstrate your serious commitment to working at a hedge fund, Cohen advises.
And such a serious commitment cannot be taken for granted, particularly in America's case.
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Such a strategy cannot succeed without a serious commitment from--and partnership between--both the public and private sectors.
So maybe not crave, but you certainly have to have a serious, serious commitment to wanting it.
"I've discovered that challenging people to a serious commitment actually attracts people rather than repels them, " says Warren.
The continental club only makes sense if there is a serious commitment to expand the collective pie for everyone.
But the Times, whatever its shortcomings, has a serious commitment to ethics, as embodied by its extensive ethics policy.
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It has made a serious commitment to financial literacy and funds many projects and organizations that educate children and young adults.
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He promised a serious commitment to online journalism in an age when content farms dominate and 80-year-old publications cut off printing.
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Countries that sign up to NATO's Article 5 make a serious commitment.
Liu asks patients to lose 5 to 10 pounds before undergoing anesthesia, to ensure they're willing to make the serious commitment that's forthcoming.
Speaking after the summit, Edinburgh University principal Prof Sir Timothy O'Shea claimed a "serious commitment" of public funds was needed for higher quality universities in Scotland in the future.
What we need instead is a serious commitment to vocational education at a younger age than it is now offered, and the ability to diagnose potential problems in individual children earlier.
Nokia's already putting some serious commitment into soliciting comments, complaints, and suggestions for new products from the hive mind through its Beta Labs program, but apparently, that's not quite enough.
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The companies that are making a serious commitment to the Hispanic market have already realized that more success will come to those who support specific Hispanic business models targeting the Hispanic consumer.
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The expansive charitable efforts the league engaged in over the last week demonstrate its serious commitment to using its brand name, corporate partners and star players to make the world a better place.
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Mitt Romney promised to keep all of the tax cuts in place, but made no serious commitment to spending reductions, while President Obama promised to raise some taxes, but also made no serious commitment to spending reductions.
Rock Health today released a decidedly mixed report on the current state of Digital Health investing, as the data suggest many investors continue to tentatively explore the sector, but most have yet to make a serious commitment.
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McNutt notes that while he and nearly 90 international colleagues are trying to jump-start interest in this mission once more, a launch between 2024 and 2028 would require that NASA made a serious commitment to the project by no later than 2017.
China, whose planning prowess for the past three decades may be unmatched by any other nation, has done the math and concluded a serious commitment to alternative energy sources is critical to meeting its power needs while also reducing environmental harm.
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Forsaking the after-lunch trail ride, I went instead to check out the FarmStead's charcuterie and creamery, my first glimpse of Blackberry's serious commitment to producing its own artisanal foods, which embraces its extensive farm gardens, plus its own butcher, bakers, jam-maker and chocolatier.
And that means competition is going to be much more fierce and the winners of this competition will be the countries that have the most educated workers, a serious commitment to research and technology, and access to quality infrastructure like roads and airports and high-speed rail and high-speed Internet.
Only with a serious political commitment from the biggest countries can the Doha round achieve a final trade deal.
ECONOMIST: But the Doha round of trade talks is far from finished
They require co-mingling money, reaching a consensus on stock picking, and a serious time commitment, especially for the club officers.
Well, shelling out for a sparkly number indicates a serious level of commitment to the event.
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