Pledges
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One of my first
pledges
was a former Harvard hockey player, Noah Welch, who was in the NHL at the time.
The president, the night before,
pledges
to "bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies."
I could also have told you about the initiatives in parks in London and throughout Britain, involving the same company, promoting exercise, or indeed of the British government creating voluntary
pledges
in partnership with industry instead of regulating industry.
Now most people understand that Mars is a chocolate company, but Mars has made sustainability
pledges
to buy only certified product for all of its seafood.
Second and most frightening tale - Three college fraternity
pledges
spend the night at an old abandoned hospital that's said to be haunted.
SUDDENLY was, I suspect, meant to rebut Senator Joe McCarthy and prove, gosh darn it, Hollywood loves America, loves guns, hates pacifism, and
pledges
allegiance.
Group of sorority and fraternity
pledges
must spend the night in a supposedly haunted house as part of their initiation--how much you wanna bet something evil really lurks there?
Greek
pledges
find themselves in an abandoned mansion that is rumored to still be occupied by the deformed offspring of the owner.
That deal represented a leap forward in how international agreements are made, as it wove together hard rules, non-binding pledges, and overarching frameworks to enable an agreement among 195 countries.
In his titanic efforts to stem decline and reform America, Obama has shown vision and talent, but he also learned the hard way that, as Henry Kissinger put it in his memoirs, the
pledges
of new administrations are almost invariably like “leaves on a turbulent sea.”
They will need all the courage and commitment they can muster to honor the
pledges
they have made to the world.
Or their
pledges
could be more in line with those of the global soccer stars who have vowed to give at least 1% of their salaries to charity.
These figures are well within range of
pledges
already made by the EU for the Stability Pact and they could be easily accommodated within the confines of the Berlin Accord on the EU budget for 2000-2005 if EU member states agree to a reallocation of unspent funds.
He has also agreed to a type of non-aggression pact with the eurozone, which
pledges
to respect “the rights and competences of the non-participating member States” in exchange for a British promise not to oppose the deepening of the economic and monetary union.
In Paris, CEOs from various industries – ranging from cement to technology companies – made clear
pledges
to decrease carbon footprints, invest in renewables, and manage resources sustainably.
Some significant players are already going above and beyond their
pledges.
Pledges
have not been honored.
Everyone agrees that recent
pledges
of a $1 billion in aid are a sign that donors are ready to show Burundians that peace has a dividend.
Germany and Japan say that they want a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, but neither has yet followed through on its own
pledges
to help the world's poorest people.
Nothing would be wiser for the world's rich countries than to fulfill their
pledges
to the world's poor, hungry and disease-ridden peoples.
Given this, not even the language of Abe’s statement is particularly important; what matters is the determination he expresses, and the actions he takes to follow through – with appropriate humility – on his
pledges.
Instead, the Copenhagen Accord merely asked countries for voluntary
pledges
to cut their emissions by specific amounts.
Those
pledges
have now come in, from 154 countries, including the major emitters, and they fall far short of what is required.
To fathom the gap between what the
pledges
would achieve and what is required, we need to go back to the language that everyone accepted in Rio.
Iran has threatened to cut oil exports if the United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against it for violating its nuclear
pledges.
Domestically, he’s trapped between the promises he has made (such as the “Mnuchin rule” that taxes wouldn’t be cut for the rich), the actions of President Donald Trump (whose tax plan includes cuts for the rich), and simple arithmetic (which makes the administration’s conflicting
pledges
impossible to fulfill).
When well-intentioned
pledges
fail to reach those in need, the result is measured in a lack of resources – from a shortage of doctors to a lack of vehicles to transport the sick and bury the dead.
Believing Jacques Chirac would deliver on his
pledges
of support, it promised NATO membership.
In reviewing a decade of China’s performance as a donor, the RAND study concluded that Chinese aid deliveries lag behind
pledges
by a considerable margin.
New
pledges
by the European Union and its member states total $1.2 billion, bringing total European contributions to $4.5 billion.
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