It all promises plenty of work for investment banks, unbundling the behemoths they helped build.
But it does suggest that, especially in today's febrile market, all promises should be taken with a large pinch of salt.
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And in our guts we must surely know that once the papers are signed we will despite all promises to ourselves relax our vigilance in defending against chemical threats.
But President George W. Bush has pledged to halve the federal budget deficit, avoid tax increases and reform the tax system all at the same time--all promises he's likely to repeat in tonight's State of the Union address.
He's telling voters, whatever you do don't look back at all those promises I made.
The Chinese are keeping all their promises and invariably extend help before taking their returns.
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And all political promises to guarantee energy prices are notoriously unreliable and unlikely to spark investor confidence.
For today's financial intermediaries, all this promises turmoil, as well as innovation.
Mr. Boss's campaign technique consists of introducing himself in a booming baritone and, sounding a bit like a mattress salesman, rattling off all his promises.
Obviously, these are all big promises.
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But they wish the candidates would understand that, after all the frenzy and excitement of the long campaign is over, there are people who truly are counting on the winner to remember there are families trying to have faith in all the promises.
Shaun wants HopeMob to become all that crowdfunding promises to be for those in need.
Attractive, well-spoken and suave, he says all the right things and makes all the right promises.
For all that Aprimo promises, its customers so far aren't using half of the features built into it.
All of these promises cost money that could have been spent on babies.
It's good to see a promised Kickstarter project come all the way out to fruition, and good on Stainless for keeping all of their promises.
Renting a server from Amazon Web Services promises all the advantages of the Cloud: ephemeral, convenient computing without the nuisance of owning hardware.
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That's all consistent with promises made at the network's launch, when he said it will allow the Model S to drive across the country for free.
They were getting all kinds of promises about visits when the war was over so we pretended to feel slighted till we got assurances of the same.
Welcome, then, to the Surface for Windows Pro, which promises all the niceties of the Surface RT -- compelling design, build quality, performance -- with full support for x86 Windows applications. (That is: every single Windows app released before the end of last year.) And, adding a 1080p display to the mix doesn't hurt.
So while it is important and proper that we mark this day, it is far more important we spend all our days determined to keep the promises that we've made to all who answer this country's call.
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That all the negotiations and promises were just delays to allow this situation to develop.
All told, mobile promises to become a much larger part of the marketing mix this holiday season.
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But promises by all the candidates to protect the fundamental right to gun ownership won't impress the gun lobby.
All told, it promises 50 percent more performance than AMD's Hondo processor, which you can find in Vizio's new Windows 8 tablet.
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He just recited a litany of all the things he promises to do - none of which has anything to do with women's rights.
The country will not be able to afford to make good on the promises of all the defined benefit plans that experienced inadequate investment returns.
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