Thus the leaders in London need to commit to much more than a vague promise to resist protectionism.
And the Murree declaration, which says nothing about Mr Musharraf, seems more a statement of intent to restore the judges than a promise.
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More radical technologies, however, promise more interesting dilemmas than just risking a case of tennis elbow.
While speaking at a 2009 Prostate Cancer Foundation event, I made a promise to more than 100 of the best prostate cancer researchers of the world: "I will make certain that, in my lifetime, I will get a blue ribbon out there to match every pink ribbon!"
Still, it shows a lot more promise than the Pandigital Novel and Augen GenTouch 78 -- we'll never like resistive screens on this sort of device, but we were able to turn pages by tapping as well as scroll relatively well by dragging a nail down the screen.
Our first seven presidents averaged a bit more than three public speeches a year, and they didn't promise jobs for everyone, day care, dental exams and free stuff.
The move follows the takeover earlier this year of five small banks by healthier competitors, encouraged by a government promise to spend more than 10 trillion won in taking up dud loans and helping the acquiring banks to bolster their capital.
For more than a decade I have been focused on advancing the promise of digital entertainment.
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His company sports a valuation built more on that promise than actual proceeds.
The voters will be far more impressed with an accomplishment like this than a vague campaign promise for the future.
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In other words, America's presence in Iraq has succeeded in emboldening Syria's would-be reformers, more because it is seen as a threat than as a promise.
In addition, reclining seats covered in soft wool felt, plus love seats, sofas and individual brass tables for popcorn and drinks promise to make this more than just a trip to your local cinema.
Making a promise to yourself is much more effective than setting a goal.
The iBookstore and the iPad went hand in hand and it was a promise to publishers that they would have more than one major customer for e-books, diversifying their market and helping build the overall e-book industry.
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There are too many folks who still lack the basic security that has always been at the heart of the American promise, but has been slipping away for more than a decade now, even before the recession hit.
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As a third-grader, her future already holds more promise than her mother's.
So it may be profitable for the department store to promise not to hold sales more than, say, twice a year, if at all.
Where the promise of smarter decision-making was often more of a hope than a reality two years ago, today, a majority of businesses are finding real, measurable strategic value in big data.
In 2008 more people earning over 250, 000 dollars a year voted for Barack Obama than John McCain despite his promise to raise their taxes.
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But with the outlook closer to the base of the social pyramid not so rosy, a growing class of superwealthy might actually exacerbate class tensions at a moment when the promise of cherry-picking Western hypercapitalism could turn more sour than ever.
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More than 2, 200 bands turned virtually every square foot of the city into a music hall last year, and organizers promise to ramp it up even more in 2013.
Whether that's true or not, the Wii U already feels like a much more robust and fascinating idea, one that shows even more promise, in my opinion, than the Wii did in 2006.
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