Because he's new on the job, he has no incentive to make promises he can't keep.
He should not make promises he can't keep on such an important policy area.
Or simply proof that it's easier to make promises in opposition than to deliver them in government?
Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep - but we must keep the promises we've already made.
Theoretically, Bonfield has clean hands and has no reason to string investors along or to make promises he cannot keep.
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.
Adams also refused to campaign for the presidency because he believed it was beneath the dignity of the office to make promises that might not be kept.
As a result, auction houses are in constant competition to win business and are often forced to make promises they may wish they didn't have to make.
When you make promises to people, either in fact, or by innuendo, you create expectations: that you will actually follow through, and do what you spoke of doing.
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Well, to me and millions of others it is apparent that it is no longer possible to trust the Tory party or David Cameron when they make promises about Europe.
It is not enough to simply make promises about what your economic policies deliver -- will deliver, and then not expect the policy specifics to be analyzed and judged for what, realistically, they can deliver.
And though this seemingly is untrue of Coach Tressel, it is certainly not uncommon for coaches to make promises and pledges to players only to break those words when greener pastures and contracts present themselves.
Of course there are dozens of small, hopeful solar companies who make big promises to make solar cheaper based on impressive lab results.
Deciding on bonuses at year-end, rather than competing to make rash promises, would make risks easier to manage, and might also educate investors that their savings are not immune from market swings.
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The majority of self-publishing books also make big promises to the reader of how much money they can make writing on their own, but this book tells the truth.
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But the requests weren't specific, and Kerry didn't make any promises, the officials said.
If you can make these promises, mean it, and keep them, you will stand out from the others.
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"If nationally, parties make manifesto promises they must have the tools, the means of securing delivery, " said Mr Smith.
UnitedHealth doesn't make any promises as to the cost of the policy--just that you'll have access to one later on.
That's slated to happen December 15th, though Perry didn't make any promises.
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"We're trying to make the promises as concrete as possible, " Albright said.
It is understandable, I suppose, in the heat of a primary battle that you would make fantastical promises about what you might do in policy.
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore told the task force, set up to fight for the retention of defence jobs in Moray, that he can make no promises.
He said he would not make "promises that can not be kept" on cutting immigration from within the EU, which is beyond the control of British governments.
His government has so far refused to make any promises about when it will start work clearing the hundreds of thousands of mines on its own side of the border.
But Treasury has no authority to make these promises.
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Mr Bahceli is still inclined to make populist promises that would scupper the IMF's efforts to put Turkey's budget back into shape and inveighs against easing bans on Kurdish-language education and broadcasting.
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