Word: committed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...committee first approached Cronkite six weeks ago, but at that time he said he could not commit himself, Elizabeth H. Owens '80, Radcliffe Class Marshal, said yesterday...
...weeks ago when Cronkite refused to commit himself, the committee approached Barbara Tuchman, historian and author, Johnny Carson and Burt Reynolds, members of the committee said. All three declined...
...defense was afraid to commit themselves," freshman attack Maureen Finn said after the game...
...government. Once again, many Iranians believe, Beheshti is motivated less by ideology than by expediency and could well abandon the students if their cause seems lost. Observers note that Beheshti has never allowed the charter of his party to be published. Says one critic: "He does not want to commit himself to a rigid framework of action. He has to move with the tide. " And he adds: "We have not seen the end of Beheshti or his party...
Conferences with the Republicans, as might be expected, were even more tense. The Republicans insisted again and again that they would not commit themselves to any budget cuts until they saw what the Democrats would agree to. At one session with Carter himself, New York Representative Jack Kemp asked twice that the President specify exactly which programs he proposed to slash and by how much; Carter politely replied that he was seeking the Republicans' ideas. When Kemp asked yet a third time, Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker somewhat testily remarked: "Look, Jack, the President told you twice...