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(This is perhaps the first indication that self-sacrifice may be an intrinsic human trait!)Damaged by the sun, but not quite able to commit suicide, the mutated cell continues to proliferate at the expense of normal surrounding cells, resulting in a pre-cancerous growth that can progress to a full-blown squamous cell carcinoma.
For every word that Krugman publishes, he must henceforth commit to having first read at least a hundred words by other writers.
First, aid donors need to commit now to the $1 billion needed to reach around seven million of those in need.
To be sure, many observers have poked fun at Macron for refusing to commit himself to one side in any debate.
Businesses can commit to gender parity by taking several concrete steps.
First and foremost, world leaders must commit to phasing out fossil fuels, with the explicit goal of leaving 90% of proven coal reserves, one-third of oil reserves, and half of gas reserves in the ground.
Logically, there should be a third group of moderate Republicans who acknowledge the arithmetic, find it unacceptable, and commit either to reforming Obamacare or developing some other realistic plan that can deliver better health insurance to more Americans.
And, for those on the Forbes list looking for ideas about how to engage in health-care-related philanthropy, here are four options:First, simply commit to giving.
Hamas must recognize Israel’s right to exist, stop all terrorist activities, and commit itself to carry out all previous international agreements signed by the Palestinian Authority.
While the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants are working to support their families and improve the lives of their children, some commit serious crimes or belong to violent gangs.
Everyone – the government, the opposition, and the public – must commit themselves to a peaceful resolution.
But with limited resources, we need to commit to solving some problems before others.
The paper urges all countries to align real wage growth with productivity gains, get rid of automatic indexation of wages (long gone in France but still alive in Belgium), and commit to a minimum rate of investment in research and development, education, and infrastructure.
The situation in Libya, we are told, is too dangerous;Germany’s government doesn’t want to get caught on a slippery slope and eventually have to commit ground troops in a civil war.
The task for governments is to commit to putting this focus on wellbeing into practice.
Fiscal transfers, whereby eurozone countries commit to provide funds to their distressed counterparts, could also work.
In any case, it is the sad, solitary privilege of human beings to kill our own consciously, as well as to commit suicide.
Suicide is not a crime in Canada, so, as Taylor put it: “I simply cannot understand why the law holds that the able-bodied who are terminally ill are allowed to shoot themselves when they have had enough because they are able to hold a gun steady, but because my illness affects my ability to move and control my body, I cannot be allowed compassionate help to allow me to commit an equivalent act using lethal medication.”
In order to secure US support, the Board of Governors could commit not to consider any draft decision requiring 85% backing without America’s consent.
For Africa to reorient its governance approach, and embrace a post-Washington Consensus, its leaders must commit to improving institutional effectiveness and economic management.
Did OVR commit some huge political blunder that finished them off?
Even if these cultural, political, and geographic hurdles can be cleared, wealthier countries will need to commit far more resources to educating girls in developing economies than they have in the past.
Thus, regardless of who becomes prime minister, the next government will not commit to real concessions to the Palestinians in exchange for a two-state solution unless the result will be an end to the conflict and a long, stable peace.
To decide whether Mladic acted on Serbia’s account when he was planning and ordering the Srebrenica massacre, the Court demanded proof that Serbian officials sent him specific “instructions” to commit this act of genocide.
Clearly, the US cannot stabilize the Middle East without help; it needs a wide range of actors to commit to this goal.
Neither party, it seems, can commit credibly to peace.
At the same time, China’s leaders must commit to curbing the soaring costs of land and financing, thereby paving the way for creating a more equal and competitive market for all firms.
All that is required is for the G-8 leaders to commit, at Evian, to follow through on their previous promises, which for years have remained unfulfilled.
Specifically, the G-8 leaders should commit to providing adequate financing for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; to raise food productivity in Africa through a new Green Revolution; to ensure that all poor children have the opportunity to go to school; and to ensure that poor people everywhere have access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has already scrapped charges of illicit sexual relations involving several women, signaling that such crimes are to remain hidden when Central Committee members commit them.
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