That said, David Cameron did not just provide an unequivocal apology today - he also sounded equally unequivocal in his pledge that there will never be such an open-ended and costly inquiry again.

这说明今天大卫．卡梅伦并非仅仅作明确道歉 - 他的声线同样明确地保证,不会再有如此无止境,昂贵的调查.

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America has left itself plenty of room to exclude sensitive products such as textiles and sugar from its duty-free, quota-free pledge.

比如，在一些敏感产品比如纺织品和糖制品的免税免配额方面，美国并没有作出任何承诺。

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'I made a pledge to myself, right then at age 13,' Sully recalls, 'that if I was ever in a situation where someone such as Kitty Genovese needed my help, I would choose to act.

萨伦伯格回忆说，当时我13岁，我对自己承诺，如果我处在那样的状况，有热内瓦斯那样的人需要我的帮助，我会选择出手相助。

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There was generally favorable response across the political spectrum in Muslim countries to the president's public statements - such as a pledge made before Turkey's Parliament in Ankara.

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While British Gas has pledged to use this benefit to maintain its price competitiveness, there has been no such pledge from other suppliers.

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At first, such a pledge sounds dryly resolute, like the plot synopsis for a science documentary.

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Every party to a peace or arms control agreement makes such a pledge.

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