Word: commit
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...Good writing is expensive because of it comes out of chaos in the writer's mind. It takes a long while, which is why television does not get a chance to do the in-depth coverage it should. It can't afford to commit reporters for a week and a half, for example, to find the real story behind the story," Rooney said...
...eyes as he watched those pictures. "I could see he was overcome," Eskew says. And so when she called his name, Gore marched out into the crowd, fought his way to the stage, and then Al Gore did something hardly anyone in America had ever seen him do: commit a spontaneously emotional act. He grabbed his wife, kissed her carefully, and then something overcame him and he wrapped his arms around her even tighter and gave her the most fervent kiss any politician has ever planted on a wife in public--a big, face-sucking whopper that caught Tipper...
...percent below today's emissions levels. However, our strategy for achieving these reductions has focused predominantly on taking action outside U.S. borders instead of improving our domestic energy efficiency or promoting the use of energy sources other than fossil fuels. As such, the U.S. is not willing to commit itself to a real solution to the problem...
...John Adams once said that there never was a democracy that did not commit suicide. We're having a bit of an anxiety attack; let's not drive off a cliff...
Casey Stengel used to commit terrible atrocities against the English language, and he had lots of winning seasons. If George W. Bush becomes president, we may come to look forward to presidential press conferences in a sporting kind of way, hoping for another of those endearing malaprops or manglings. That thought should "resignate" with you. Let me sew you to your sheets. Whatever...