Word: commits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand that the administration is continuing to look for ways to allow People Switchboard to exist, but training someone for the complex job of coordinator will take a fair amount of time and effort on our part. We're simply no longer willing to commit our energy without some firm commitment on the part of the University in return," Gensler added...
...charged that "there was n democratic process in the commit the resources of Caucus to the McCloskey an called for a referendum of organization's members to determin which candidate the group...
...states (Nixon in 1960). That is an exercise in locomotion, not intelligence. Rushing madly along the trail, looking over their shoulders at the pursuers and scared to death of making misstatements in the blur, the men have tended in recent years to grow more and more reluctant to commit themselves on vital issues. Richard Nixon refused in 1968 to divulge any detail of his plan to end the war, the most important issue before the nation...
...disadvantage might be the reluctance of talented men of the party in office (in this case the Republicans) to commit themselves or participate in the new program. Some openings might be left for this desirable "cross-fertilization." Success would ultimately depend, of course, on a true spirit of national interest that would transcend old notions of party loyalty. Beneath some commendable skepticism about why Democrat John Connally joined Nixon's Cabinet is a realization that the country is in an age when party labels have lost a lot of meaning...
Peckinpah has still captured the feel of the Cornish coast, its lowering weather and muddy roads and cobbled walks. And his examination of violence is no more dishonest than the tensions of the characters that commit it. I don't think he's pandering to or bullying his audiences, that he wants to terrify the virtuous, make the thugs feel good, and give everyone else a charge. For, if you force yourself to look at that bursting foot, or Amy's bloodied face, or the battle shots of a fagged-out David taking one final swipe with a poker--cold...