Thus, while not a preferred solution, the Treasury-financed bailout was (read my lips) the ONLY solution.

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"Read my lips: No new taxes, " he said, prior to overseeing an administration that subsequently hiked taxes.

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W. Bush broke his "read my lips" no-new-taxes promise and then lost his bid for a second term.

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W. Bush agreed to violate the no tax increase pledge on which he was elected (Read my lips, no new taxes), in return for promised spending cuts.

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It is starting to have the same haunting effect as George Bush senior's famous cry of "read my lips, no new taxes", ahead of the 1988 US presidential election.

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Jacques Audiard, who directed the ingenious genre thriller "Read My Lips, " has opted for the risky strategy of starting off with Thom deeply embedded in his dubious pursuits, which are themselves barely penetrable.

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The pledge seams pretty iron-clad, but when asked about this, his top political advisor David Axelrod is a little squishy, describing the president's commitment not as a read-my-lips promise, but as something more aspirational.

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