This season is an important one in the pitching life of Chamberlain, who'd shown such promise in the early moments of his career, but had become something much less promising, undone by injury and other distractions.
His backbenchers want him to promise a Commons vote on the issue before the next election, but there will be no such promise in the Queen's Speech tomorrow.
When asked about hints that David Cameron could promise a referendum on Europe, Mr Clarke said people should be "cautious" when predicting such a promise in the next Tory manifesto.
With Afghanistan still in such a fragile state, Mr Bush's promise for a Marshall Plan-style rescue of the country is more than welcome.
He said he had conversations with Mr. Murdoch over the past few months and that "he, like me, thinks there's enormous promise" in new learning tools, such as online platforms, including ones in use in New York City schools.
Schwamm, vice chairman of the neurology department at Massachusetts General Hospital, says despite inconclusive results so far, citicoline is a "reasonable" option for stroke patients because clinical trials have showed promise such as improvement in brain scans in some patients.
But in their election manifesto they promise to roll back even the modest reforms the coalition has introduced such as cuts in sick pay and widows' pensions, and weaker job protection for workers in small businesses.
In fact, the Democrats have reflexively opposed such defenses and promise to starve them of funds if elected.
And it has the promise of making such a big difference in the overall health of everybody, from children to seniors.
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Referendums - or at least the promise of such plebiscites - have, in the past, got political leaders off some pretty painful hooks.
So far, only some big multinationals that promise the French government something attractive in return, such as the creation of hundreds of jobs in deprived parts of France, have got the finance ministry's go ahead.
The need for such reform is underscored by the promise of fantastic breakthroughs in ATC technology, dubbed the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS).
Indeed, although Pakistan fomented this latest crisis precisely in the hope of drawing in outsiders anxious about an escalating conflict in such a fissile neighbourhood, once it is over India needs to keep its promise to open new talks with Pakistan about Kashmir: talking is better than fighting.
While preliminary findings from such companies as Geron and Nexell hold promise, the field is still in its infancy.
Long term, such free trade agreements hold great promise for spurring increased competitiveness, including in sectors like agriculture, now largely zombified by decades of government protection.
But he ultimately followed through on a promise to legislators that he would sign such a measure, expending political capital in a state with a long tradition of gun ownership and libertarian leanings.
It is tempting to seek commercial vehicles that hold the promise of generating revenue, but it would be unwise to take on such a venture in this economy if it offers little value with respect to its mission.
Of course, it may be that given a promise of five years in a BJP-led government, and a lucrative ministry or two, such niceties will fade.
Google said on Friday it had not kept its promise to delete all the personal data, such as emails, its Street View cars collected in Britain and other countries in 2010.
Only government can subject all industries simultaneously to the effects of its macro policies, such as rising or falling interest rates, the general burden of taxation, the moral hazard inherent in the promise of bailouts, and the uncertainty and perverse incentives of open-ended regulatory programs.
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The promise of stronger sales and profits will make it hard to resist tinkering with a book in response to such signals, adding a few choice words here, trimming a chapter there, maybe giving a key character a quick makeover.
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