Word: committedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Keep and Bear Arms, said that he does not believe suicide rates are linked to gun ownership rates, and that he was wary of the study. “A lot of people who takes pills or cut their wrists or use other relatively inefficient means of trying to commit suicide aren’t trying to commit suicide,” he said. “The bottom line is, if a person is seriously interested in committing suicide, they’re going to find a means to do it.” The Harvard team found...
Japan's past keeps evolving, especially when it comes to World War II. Historians have long believed that the Japanese army forced civilians to commit suicide at the end of the battle of Okinawa, which was about to fall to the U.S. That's the story Japanese student textbooks told too, until the government announced on March 30 that it had ordered publishers to delete those passages. Instead one textbook now reads that Okinawans were "driven to mass suicide," without mentioning the army's role. The change is the latest controversial tweak by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who also recently...
...moral high ground, and negates their claims to be acting on the behalf of the best interests of all Americans. Politics seems to have supplanted reason on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. We hope that both the president and Congress realize what hangs in the balance and commit to a drawdown without a strict timetable...
...Enoch,” Brand said. “This year, he doubled his efforts. Considering it’s his senior year, where he’s starting to go into the next phase of his life, the fact that he was able to work hard and really commit himself this year is impressive.”The men’s two additional fencers, senior saber Dan Sachs and sophomore foil Kai Itameri-Kinter, both placed 15th individually.The Crimson women also boasted some strong finishes in the form of four All-Americans.The female epee fencers, so instrumental...
...Parliament wants to raise the North Sea standard to a 1-in-100,000-years level of protection," says Pier Vellinga, a senior government adviser and professor at Wageningen University and Research Center. Vellinga calculates that to maintain this higher level of protection, the Netherlands would have to commit about 0.2% of its GDP annually--some $1.3 billion. The Dutch are straightforward about making adaptation to global warming a high priority. The alternative is the prospect of losing its coastal cities altogether. ("We Are Here to Stay" is the accompanying public slogan.) "We want foreign visitors and investment to keep...