Yet before this week, there were signs of promise of better times ahead for its nine million people.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

represented a time of promise. "This could not be happening" was the sentiment expressed as a growing crowd gathered around that black-and-white TV set.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

In return for this promise, they were released on parole and sent home to their families.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

This local arts supporter saw the promise the Caf held for new poets.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

But members of his cabinet told him to forget this promise.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

if you chose Chicago, I will promise you this: Chicago will make America proud and America will make the world proud,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"I promise you this - things are going to return to normal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

We are encouraging and appealing to the president to make real on his promise which he made during his campaign in 2006 that if he became president he was going to repeal this law,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28