Without effective strategies to deliver on the promises that led to expectations, speeches leave a trail of broken promises and unfulfilled hopes.

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Ludicrously expensive, administratively Byzantine and freighted with expectations, it nevertheless promises to be a popular party.

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It showed there is such a thing as going too far to manage customer expectations--and that it's dangerous to make promises you can't keep.

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