Making a grounded assessment requires us to understand who is making the promise, what action they are promising, and whether they are sincere and competent to fulfill their promise.

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But promising more inflation is not enough, the promise has to be credible.

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This season is an important one in the pitching life of Chamberlain, who'd shown such promise in the early moments of his career, but had become something much less promising, undone by injury and other distractions.

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The next candidate who came around promising to return us to the progressive income tax would also be able to promise a tax cut for the vast majority of taxpayers, and they would win.

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"At CES last year, we introduced ourselves to the US market, promising that we would make significant progress within the year, and we have delivered on that promise with new customers, innovative new capabilities and the most flexible and commercially attractive payment platforms available today, " said Stephen Petheram, Marketing Director at PayWizard.

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