Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Syria. Refused to commit troops to offensive action against Iraq. At one point, hinted that it might switch sides and defend Iraq if Israel retaliated...
...Pathway is based on the philosophical premise that it is no longer possible for anyone to commit the entire body of medical knowledge to memory. Instead, the program takes a liberal arts-oriented approach to medicine by teaching students how to think critically...
...costs simply would have been too immense. We maintained sanctions against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) for 12 years before they worked. We have applied sanctions against South Africa for four years and against Cuba for 31 years and counting. Is one year so long to wait before we commit ourselves to certain bloodshed...
...stencils storm drains with dump no waste notices and monitors pollution in Puget Sound. Jeremiah Johnson, 10, from Brentwood, N.Y., puts his McDonald's detritus in recycling bins, tells his mother how long it takes each shopping bag to biodegrade and intervenes whenever his younger brother is about to commit an environmental outrage, like pulling the legs off a defenseless (and ecologically valuable) spider...
Last week the debate intensified. "I do not believe that the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress," Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "The President, as Commander in Chief . . . has the authority to commit U.S. forces...