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The Commitments

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Quotations
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The Commitments Quotes
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The Commitments is a 1991 film about the travails of Jimmy Rabbitte to form the "World's Hardest Working Band," The Commitments, and bring soul music to the people of Dublin, Ireland. Directed by Alan Parker . Written by Dick Clement , Ian La Frenais ,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Commitments Information
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The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. It is a tale about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band. The movie has been seen...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
A commitment to the environment
05/26/2007: 708 words, approx. 2 pages
COLLEGE CAMPUSES are the site of social change once again, and while combating global warming by lowering greenhouse gas emissions may not be as exhilarating as burning bras or picketing against war, it is as important. Colleges across the nation are signing The...
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The Washington Post
A Question of Commitment
10/03/1990: 315 words, approx. 1 pages
Q. I was invited to a "commitment"-a wedding of sorts. The "bride" did not want to give up her alimony from her ex-husband, so she and her new lover committed themselves to each other in a mock wedding. She bought a dress, he wore...
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Reuters North American News Service
IRAQ WRAPUP 1-US military wary of Iranian pledges on arms flow
11/21/2007: 595 words, approx. 2 pages
BAGHDAD, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday Iran must prove over time it is committed to stemming the flow of weapons into Iraq, adding a note of caution after a warming in Washington's tone towards Tehran. U.S. officials have softened...
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Reuters North American News Service
IRAQ WRAPUP 2-US military wary of Iranian pledges on arms flow
11/21/2007: 616 words, approx. 2 pages
BAGHDAD, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday Iran must prove over time it is committed to stemming the flow of weapons into Iraq, adding a note of caution after a warming in Washington's tone towards Tehran. U.S. officials have softened...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Lorraine Piroux
6,042 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Piroux discusses the characterizations in The Commitments and investigates the Irish working-class protagonists' similarities to the oppressed African American culture of the 1960s.


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