So much for the solemn promise made by BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, at the beginning of the internal inquiry, to be 'open and transparent'.

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They breached the solemn promise of five generations of U.S. Treasury officials and set in motion the worldwide credit bubble of the pax dollarum age.

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Four years ago, the Saudis gave a solemn and specific promise to the United States.

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