True enough, even today he is promising not to take America back to pro-growth Reaganomics.
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Is he promising not to cut budgets of economic or security programs related to Asia?
Penthouse, which didn't admit or deny wrongdoing, settled the case by promising not to violate securities laws.
One unproven method is to make people sign pacts promising not to harm themselves before the next appointment.
It is also promising not to make recipients pay, and to charge originating banks only a small amount per transaction.
This week Asda and Tesco have both been cutting prices, with Asda promising not to charge more than 127.7p a litre.
Blagojevich commenced his re-election campaign in 2006 by promising not to raise state income or sales taxes during his second term.
Selected participants are further required to sign an agreement promising not to campaign for a least a year after appearing on Survivor.
Students and their parents must sign an oath of loyalty to the junta, promising not to take part in any political activity.
Most have been released, often after promising not to protest again.
This holds dangers, since a president may buy congressmen's votes for a bad scheme by promising not to veto the pork those congressmen care about.
The latest fine is possible because Google signed a separate settlement, called a consent decree, with the FTC in October, promising not to misrepresent its privacy practices to consumers.
Examples could be broadening the scope of prospective talks beyond the nuclear issue and offering Iran real incentives -- lifting sanctions rather than promising not to impose new sanctions.
On Tuesday, he sent a conciliatory letter to the Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, promising not to prejudice the outcome of talks on the borders of an eventual Palestinian state.
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The form would also be signed by the applicant promising not to use information disclosed pursuant to the form for any purpose other than making credit or employment decisions concerning the subject.
Now, those are just the six on the list right now -- the FCC could decide it needs more or less as this process wears on, although it's promising not to regulate pricing.
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After months of promising not to negotiate with Israel unless it stopped building Jewish settlements on the West Bank, Mr Abbas's decision to return to talks without preconditions has annoyed many of his senior colleagues.
And while administration officials have not exactly lied about their fundraising zeal, there has been much shuffling of feet, returning of cheques and promising not to do it again, all richly suggestive of guilty behaviour.
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After promising not to extradite their leaders for drug crimes, Mr Uribe ended up doing so when they failed to co-operate (Mr Santos may be tempted to do the same if the FARC fail to keep their promises).
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The SEC alleges Cuban deceived the company by promising not to disclose information about the PIPE or sell his stock, but selling anyway and avoiding losses incurred by the company after the placement was publicly announced.
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Although Iran has signed treaties promising not to build nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, it is suspected of setting up a network of companies to buy materials, technology and know-how for such weapons on the international black market.
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman attacked Mr Clegg for "joining David Cameron in his failed economic plan, in cutting 5, 000 nurses and 15, 000 police, and in trebling tuition fees and increasing VAT after promising not to do so".
Above all, in Egypt, the Brothers have gone out of their way to shed intolerance and bigotry, espousing at least on paper rights for women and Christians, and promising not to close down bars on tourist beaches or ban the wearing of bikinis.
The evidence in support of its charges includes typed and handwritten notes from Lay promising not to use the loan for margin calls and going as far as to describe how he plans to use the money--presumably to support his lavish lifestyle.
Mr Romney struggled in particular with the conservative base, who had misgivings about his inconsistent record. (His Mormonism, which is considered heretical by many evangelical Christians, may also have put off some religious voters.) Right-wing pundits dwelt on the fact that he had run for the Senate, and for governor of Massachusetts, promising not to limit access to abortion but now claimed to be vehemently pro-life.
After much deliberation, it eventually raised fuel prices in March by roughly 30%, in an attempt to shift spending to more useful outlets, while promising voters not to raise prices again this year.
To do so, however, he will have to address it squarely, as candidate Reagan did twenty years ago -- namely, by promising not just to fiddle at the margins (a pay raise here, a reenlistment bonus there) but to restore the U.S. military to fighting trim by allocating to it, on a sustained basis, the sorts of resources that are clearly required to recapitalize as well as to maintain the force.
Though ASUS is careful to say it's considering other devices, it's still not promising to upgrade the original Eee Pad Transformer or Eee Pad Slider.
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Like his predecessors, Mr Bush is not promising to use America's nuclear bombs against them, just refusing to rule it out.
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