Word: commit
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...Harvard Yard. The victims reported that they were harassed and threatened with a knife by eight juveniles. Several of the juveniles were detained at the Church Street subway station and identified by the victims. An officer arrested one juvenile male for assault with a dangerous weapon and threats to commit a crime...
...juvenile is charged with “assault by means of a dangerous weapon” and “threats to commit a crime.” He was released to his mother and will be arraigned in juvenile court today...
...Bundeswehr had to rent Ukrainian Antonovs to get cargo to Afghanistan last spring, and the Schröder government, pleading budget problems, has already reduced its order for the A400M from a promised 73 planes to just 40. NATO officials hope Berlin will pull together enough allies to commit to the long-term lease of eight to 10 such planes. The Dutch have been tasked with heading a similar consortium to bolster Europe's capability to use precision-guided munitions, especially for countries that fly American-made F-16s. Procuring such smart bombs, many Europeans complain, has been hampered...
...Shinrikyo. "I thought 1995 was a turning point for our society," Murakami recalls. "I didn't know if it was good or bad, only that everything had changed. At the same time, it was a turning point for me. I made up my mind that I had to commit to my society again...
...story of Kafka Tamura, a 15-year-old boy who flees Tokyo to find the meaning of life. He comes from the kind of dysfunctional family Murakami often portrays. Kafka's mother and elder sister leave when he's four; his father, a renowned sculptor, predicts his son will commit incest and then dies...