Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When black-haired Carolina was nine years old, she saw her father commit a murder. "Father was squabbling in the kitchen one night with a stranger," she remembers. "I heard them and went to look. On the kitchen floor I saw a man with his throat cut and his head all bloody. I hurried back...
...positions for would-be journalists, businessmen, scientists, and doctors are fairly common, budetary restrictions and inflexible hiring procedures generally prevent government agencies from offering any more responsible positions than filing or typing. Such work can give little of the encouragement that the college student must have before he can commit himself to a professional career...
...daughter of a conservative Antwerp lawyer, and appointed court painter to the sovereigns of the Spanish Netherlands. Rubens so prospered that he finally complained to a friend: "To tell the truth. I am so burdened with commissions, both public and private, that for some years to come I cannot commit myself...
...Paterson, N.J., Matti Raivio was found guilty of stealing $193 from a liquor store despite his explanation to the court: "As a man trained as a saboteur and a spy, I would not commit such a childish type of crime...
Bundy said that individuals who seek careers in higher education must feel that some particular field of knowledge is important enough to commit their lives to it. Such attachment to one's field, Bundy said, is more essential in forming a good teacher than intellectual brilliance, successful handling of students, or long formal training in the field...