Word: commitment
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...Palestinian camp remains unclear. Key Palestinian factions have indicated their disapproval for Arafat's initiative. A joint statement by the heads of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, George Habash, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Naif Hawatmeh, "Arafat's Geneva statements do not commit the PLO to anything and they do not represent official policy." Arafat's statements also "contradicted the resolutions adopted by the PNC [the Palestine National Council...
...from poor judgment, the safety problems of elderly drivers are more likely to be rooted in the normal processes of aging: diminishing vision and hearing, slowing reflexes and decreasing attention spans. Experts find a link between these kinds of physical degeneration and the driving errors the elderly most often commit: failing to yield the right-of-way, making overly wide left turns, and crashing into other vehicles when backing...
Another technological approach would not prevent bombings, but it could help identify those who commit them. Explosives can be chemically "tagged" so that telltale traces can be used to determine their origin after a blast. If producer nations could agree on a tagging system for military explosives, it would increase the chance that future terrorists might be tracked down and brought to justice...
Eitan Golan, who headed the Israeli police team that questioned the hijackers, said one of them, whom he did not identify, threatened to commit suicide if he was returned to the Soviet Union...
...hopsital has been successful in studying neurogenetics and a variety of other neurological problems, said the center's director, Dorn Professor of Neurology Joseph B. Martin, in a press release. "For these reasons, I felt strongly that the MGH should commit itself to a major, expanded effort in the neurosciences...