Sentences with phrase «public pledge»

Here's hoping that next year, thanks to company's bold public pledge, we'll be reporting numbers that actually earn the «progress» label.

Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.

Clegg and many of his MPs visited universities courting the student vote, and many of his MPs signed public pledges in support of this popular policy.

«At the next election we shall have a choice between the people who've given us five years of austerity, the people who left us this mess, and the people who signed public pledges that they wouldn't raise student fees, and then did so - the most blatant lie in recent political history.

This regime collapsed within a year, after May reversed her previous public pledges and called a general election (which Jeremy Corbyn's Labour agreed to under the terms of the Fixed Term Parliament Act).

Astorino has already secured public pledges of roughly the same amount, and at least a third of the weighted GOP committee vote remains up for grabs, a Capital survey found.

Some companies have banded together to make collective public pledges.

A bulletin board display of student - signed handprints is a very visual reminder of the PreK - 4 students» very public pledge to end bullying.

The more you conform to the practices the church blesses and honors for heterosexuals — public pledges of fidelity to another person, family commitment to the nurture of children — the less likely that you can be ordained and that you will be welcomed to work out your discipleship in most Presbyterian congregations.

Making an authentic commitment to inclusion means more than making a public pledge.

«Now that Smithfield just posted its highest - ever quarterly profit, it's a good time to make a public pledge to honor its previous commitment,» added Pacelle.

I like this program because it is well known that people will stick to something if they are supported and make a public pledge.

But the governor's public pledge — as part of his endorsement deal with the WFP — to support a Democratic takeover of the state Senate has given many in the business world, including Sampson et al, pause.

The source predicted Cuomo won't seek re-election in 2018 — despite his public pledge to do so — if a Democrat is elected president in November.

Levy, a Democrat who'd switched sides, asked him to help by offering a public pledge of support that would be published in material being sent upstate.

CPR said Torres reneged on his public pledge to the Right to Know Act coalition that he would not pass a version of the legislation it does not support.

She also noted Torres backtracked on his public pledge to the Right to Know Act coalition he would not pass a version of the bill it does not support.

Poe joined the 1800s equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Sons of Temperance, and took a public pledge of sobriety.

Sustainability: This school has eight sustainability initiatives, including a public pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, as well as four Campus Ecology Program case studies by National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and a Gold LEED - certified library.

His investments in fossil fuels undermines his public pledge to use his money to eliminate the oil, gas and coal industries, claiming they threaten the planet by accelerating climate change...

ExxonMobil continues to provide annual contributions to the Heritage Foundation, despite making a public pledge in 2007 to stop funding climate contrarian groups.

Poe joined the 1800s equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Sons of Temperance, and took a public pledge of sobriety.