But I would propose an exemption to the a promise is a promise rule, and that's the immortal-genius-a-person-of-historical-importance exemption, very much akin to your put-it-away-for-a-generation.
But no matter what the payment details are, every type of financial instrument is a promise, a promise of payment in the future, and so every single one of them presents an important question: How do I compare the value of money invested now, with money which I expect to receive in the future?
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But there are seeds, too, in the very nature of things: a promise, after all, is only a promise, even when it is supported by divine revelation, and the chances against its fulfillment may be put into a depressing mathematical formula.
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Yes, there is a magical promise to people, this year is the turn of a natural voice recognition system in Siri, but Apple are here to sell everyone on the planet one of their phones.
Or, perhaps, the fact that this new move is a revival of a promise Labour made in 1997 is, in a way, part of its appeal.
Building a product that delivers on that promise is a complex and difficult engineering challenge.
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Yes, EU leadership promised this action was a one-off event, but the fact that they had to make this promise is a sign that they no longer can be trusted.
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But with a DB pension the employer is making a promise that becomes more valuable with pay and experience.
Getting that same buck for less than a dime is the promise offered by Aprimo and a handful of others, including Broadbase and Epiphany.
For computing to become a utility, which is the promise of the cloud, a data centre cannot be a hotch-potch of boxes cobbled together from different vendors, but must be tightly integrated.
The overall level of savings is a promise to taxpayers that must be kept.
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That is a promise the international community cannot possibly keep, and so was perhaps unwise to make.
There is a promise that the "bar for entry and assessment for the qualification will be raised".
New to the list is a promise to push an assault weapons ban and other gun controls.
Facebook Home in its alpha release is a promise to play (mostly) nice.
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That is a promise we have to make to the children of America.
Since pension promises are legally (and sometimes constitutionally) protected in many states, the equivalent promise is a government bond.
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But their price is a promise of even more freedom for their domains.
It is a promise to create a world that nothing else can and where I become what I can never be.
The fact that the merged Daimler-Chrysler intends to have two chief executives and two head offices is a promise of conflict.
One of the cornerstones of his programme is a promise to hand out low or zero-interest credits to small and medium-sized companies.
The result is the promise of a potentially significant contribution to the U.S. balance of trade and continued predominance in the aerospace field.
It is a promise we make not only to the families of our captured and our missing, but to all who have worn the uniform.
Since children haven't yet had the chance to accomplish great and lasting things for humanity, all they can give us is the promise of a future.
And now marketers, retailers and businesses are realizing there is a promise of something great in its application: the rise of geo-marketing, geo-social marketing and loyalty marketing.
But what you are proving here -- each and every one of you who work here at Smith Electric -- is the promise of a brighter future.
"In other words, we're not actually handing over cash, it is a promise to pay, to back up the IMF's lending if things go wrong, " he said.
That is a promise that I make with your help.
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