Word: commit
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...believe that this was a mass murder. First of all, there were over 200 children who could not have formed the intent to commit suicide. Second, Jim Jones had isolated his people and conditioned them through suicide rehearsals and mock sieges to accept death. Third, he orchestrated the events on that final day so that the outcome was never in doubt. He had gunmen go shoot the Congressman. Then he turned around to his followers, once he got news the Congressman was dead, and announced it. He said, now some among us have done something that's going to cause...
...REPs’ focus on recycling is a component of the Harvard Office for Sustainability’s ongoing efforts to engage people in thinking and acting on sustainability. Some of these include the Sustainability Pledge, which aims to garner over 8,000 signatures of people willing to personally commit to help Harvard reduce its GHG emissions, and the creation of Green Teams, which promote recycling, waste reduction, and sustainable measures at the graduate schools. “We’ve worked hard with the REP program to promote social marketing and peer-to peer marketing...
This suggestion shouldn’t be understood as an endorsement of single-minded politicos whose interests don’t extend beyond Washington, nor should it be construed as in support of a climate of ideological gridlock. If American voters are to commit to enlivening our market of ideas, it should be as thoughtful and engaged citizens, always willing to learn something...
...Gretchen A. Brodnicki, the dean for faculty and research integrity, said that updating the handbook last month provided an “opportunity to commit the policy to writing...
...Manu Singhvi pounced immediately, writing, "[The BJP] claims to be a mainstream political party - with its direct members and associates directly linked to terrorism. It gives us homilies on terror and calls us soft on terror, while allowing its own philosophy to preach terror and its own activists to commit terror." The BJP has hinted at a conspiracy by the ruling government to frame the accused for political gains. "A terrorist is a terrorist irrespective of his religion or caste. The BJP objects to the term 'Hindu terrorists'. By condemning the majority, one seeks to gain the minority vote...