She was also assured by her friend Reagan that, short of sending forces, America would do all in its considerable power to help a promise kept.
He elected to receive 16, 000 class A Berkshire shares and promised Buffett publicly that he would hold them indefinitely- a promise he kept.
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After WWI this territory was taken from Turkey and given to Baghdad by the British, with the understanding the Kurds would be granted substantial autonomy, a promise not kept, with murderous results.
First, because folks who work hard should be able to make a decent living, I kept a promise I made when I campaigned for this office and cut taxes for 95 percent of working Americans.
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During his election campaign, Garcia assured Peru's business sector that he would not repeat the leftist populist policies of his 1985-1990 presidency - a promise he has kept.
It was the first executive order -- a promise that was not kept, because it became messier than anyone thought.
Politicians promise low-skilled workers a higher wage, but that promise cannot be kept if employers cannot profit from retaining those workers or hiring similar workers.
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The overall level of savings is a promise to taxpayers that must be kept.
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And I kept my promise to pass a health reform bill without adding a dime to the deficit.
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Aetna and others kept to this promise for a time, clamping down on medical procedures and tests doled out by free-wheeling doctors and hospitals.
Now, we knew restoring that basic idea wouldn't be easy because we had just gone through a decade in which that bargain, that promise wasn't being kept.
But captain Key kept his pre-match promise to "give everyone a fair crack" by removing Woakes after a six-over spell.
Today, we remember a man who swore to protect his neighbors, and who kept that promise no matter what the cost.
We decreased stress by making sure that we always kept our promise to provide leads and all the other things a sales rep needs to do his job.
But the reality remains far short of the promise: an army cordon kept the World Economic Forum hermetically sealed for a ten-mile radius.
But there are two serious questions that worry genuine doubters: can America's nuclear weapons be kept safe and effective without explosive tests, and can the promise of a comprehensive test ban be comprehensively verified?
It's a promise Greeks have heard before, and many here don't believe it'll be kept.
When it comes to helping New Jersey rebuild from the storm, "the president has kept every promise he's made, " said Christie, widely considered a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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