Word: vow
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...Seven members of Samak's cabinet also faced no-confidence motions; all of them survived the vote. But the fact that the ruling coalition held together doesn't mean that Thai politics are returning to normal. Coup rumors abound. Street protesters vow to continue their rallies, especially if Samak continues with plans to scrap the constitution passed by Thailand's military rulers last year. One of the most contentious parts of the charter is a provision that a political party can be dissolved if one of its executives is convicted of wrongdoing. In February, Thailand's election commission found...
...dress via eBay for $250, saving $750 off the original price. She did lots of research and was selective about each vendor they hired: "I don't want to work with people who will rip me off because I say the word wedding." That's a lovely vow in any economic climate...
...These rousing displays of fortitude , however, don't necessarily suggest a positive message for women. Clinton's vow, in particular, moved Slate writer Dahlia Lithwick to ask what it means if feminism is "the inability to concede error or defeat - even in light of irrefutable, empirical evidence and in the face of spiraling support and tanking morale...
...most of us treat it as a notorious celebrity we watch from afar, fascinated but removed, until we have no choice, preferring myth to truth. Do we raise the odds of dying well if we pitch our tents within sight of the cemetery, feel the cold earth and vow to make a bucket list, make resolutions, make amends? Ten million people watch Professor Randy Pausch's Last Lecture on YouTube; see the shining, dying man; and quietly promise themselves to shift out of neutral, stop being stupid about the stupid things. I celebrate Daddy's Deathday...
...from college. It's enough to make a rock star want to become a farmer, which is exactly what drummer Bill Berry did when he retired from the band in 1997. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills continued, but they put more weight behind their vow to rock on into middle age than into any actual rocking, and it soon became clear that Berry's departure had done quite a number on the group's psychology...