Mr Bowers's wife Trudy said she would stick to her promise and allow him to go to the match.
Forget the promise to go to the gym or eat healthier.
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Many Conservative MPs want the prime minister to go further and promise to hold a so-called "in-out" vote to determine whether the UK remains in the EU at all.
He also notes that the party had consistently voted against the government's rises in fuel duties because Labour had refused to promise that the proceeds would go to improving the environment.
But everyone will be looking to see some real substance to go with Angela Merkel's promise, at the start of this year, to "do what it takes to safeguard the the stability of the euro area".
We have one chance left to deliver by 2015 our Millennium Development Goal promise that every young child will go to school.
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And understanding where things started, seems to us, to be helpful in seeing the promise of where it can go.
Mr Gujral had to promise on coming to power that he would not go in for witch-hunts.
Many workers, already protected by generous pension provision, with retirement possible at 50 for train drivers, agreed to go back to work on the promise of yet another bonus and pay rise.
Promise not to do it again and go about your business and do it as soon as possible.
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There is some way to go, however, before laboratory promise can be translated into a treatment that can be offered to patients.
Still, the new promise of rebate coupons is likely to go down as just a stunt.
On that point, the Senate framework has promise but also a long way to go.
If congressional Republicans move forward on their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, those benefits would go away.
His spokesman says the promise did not stand when the public offering failed to go through.
"They have shown they value me, thanks for that, I promise to work more closely with them, hopefully our football will go to the next level, " Maximo said.
They pack up, promise to tighten their idea, do some testing with real businesses and go through some more trial and error.
He had campaigned on a promise to make deep nuclear-arms cuts, and the decision to go ahead was taken, he claimed, on the basis of America's security needs alone.
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More important is the formal promise given by the equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, to go beyond the letter of last year's law and look for ways to remove the wider inequality between gays and straights.
"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.
Driving this hunt is the Democrats' promise to return to a more responsible form of budgeting known as pay as you go.
And those are important benefits that would go away if congressional Republicans move forward with their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Of course, the promise of cool, new hybrid cell phones and the ability to watch TV on the go may never pan out.
Could the company go public with a higher than normal equity pool, and promise to carefully manage its equity spend going forward?
Just as people have come to trust the Napa Valley name and its overall promise of quality, the same should go for Central Otago.
Mr Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Let's go, Italy) and its allies on the right also promise to spend a lot more on public works: this brings back fond memories.
Often the people who go on the sites that promise you a match are so primed to find one that they jump at the first or the second or the third who comes along.
For those considering the job, however, please be advised that branding is a marathon that requires a hard and fast focus on a promise that has what it takes to get them cheering in the stands, and that can go the distance.
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They would not be able to promise their publics that a little pressure here and a little cajoling there can make the problem go away.
Taylor has pledged to go into exile in Nigeria, but his spokesman recently has cast doubt on that promise, saying now that the president is keeping his options open.
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