An admission of failure and a pledge to restore past promises is urgently needed.

承认失败并保证恢复履行过往的承诺是当务之急。

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To avoid disenchantment, India will need to work extra hard to get support from investors at home and abroad, and to deliver on past promises.

为避免令人们失望，印度将需额外努力以获得国内外投资者的支持，并兑现以往的承诺。

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Promises to cut business regulations are good but in the past they have seldom been met.

减少商业法规的承诺是可取的，但按照过去的经验来看，也只是说说而已。

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Aid groups have been calling on the G8 nations to honor past promises of food and development assistance.

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On the face of it, the Europeans have been making good on past promises of help.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

At a conference last week, the United Nations reminded governments of past promises left unfulfilled.

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Public-interest groups, hoping to hold the Louisianans and others to past promises, are dredging up newsclips in which the lawmakers are quoted as saying they will vote for McCain's bill.

CNN: Dems to Mccain: Just kidding