Word: commiting
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...Maybe there is a pattern,” he said. “Maybe Dean Smith doesn’t seem to have found a way to commit himself to this principle...
...Last November, he submitted a motion at a Faculty meeting, asking his colleagues to commit themselves “to fostering civil dialogue.” He connected what he said were the University’s policies towards Israel with a greater denial of free speech at Harvard...
...London Verdict for Liquid Bombers Three of the eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic commercial flights using liquid explosives hidden in plastic soft-drink bottles were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, but the jury failed to reach verdicts on four of the men (one was acquitted of all charges)--and even on whether the cell had actually targeted aircraft. Prosecutors said the suspects' early arrests made it difficult to collect enough evidence to convince the jury of an imminent threat. Meanwhile, restrictions on carrying liquids aboard planes--measures sparked by the 2006 plot--remain...
Fuzziness is a prerogative of a party in opposition - why commit yourself before it's necessary? - but it's also a function of Conservatism. Cameron may harp on about change, but the changes he envisages are incremental. Discussing Thatcher's impact with TIME, he talks of "an enormously important revolution," then immediately corrects himself. "I'm a Conservative. I don't believe in revolutions ... An enormously important development...
...inside is very potent. [The Fly] was a story that if you did it straight, would never get made. Because it's basically: two eccentric but beautiful people meet each other, fall in love, one of them gets a hideous wasting disease, the other watches and eventually helps him commit suicide - end of story. It's like, hey, high concept? No. But given the telepods and the monstrosity it suddenly becomes acceptable...