Interest rates were kept at their current target range of 0-0.25 per cent, and the Fed maintained its pledge to hold them there for an "extended period".

美联储将利率保持在目前0 - 0.25%的目标区间，并承诺“在较长时期内”保持利率不变。

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If that pledge is to be kept, the bank cannot atrophy.

如果要实现这个承诺，世行就不能继续日益恶化。

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However, ministers can still point to the fact that they have achieved and kept their election pledge of cutting 100, 000 off the waiting list.

BBC: Waiting lists cut again

Ultimately, Boehner kept his pledge to Democratic leaders in Congress to put the Senate's deal up for a House vote.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Regardless of how the court rules, gay-rights activists generally feel Obama has kept his pledge from December 2008 to be a "fierce advocate" for their causes by supporting gay marriage and enabling gays to serve openly in the armed forces.

WSJ: PROMISES, PROMISES: Gay rights