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China hopes Japanese leaders could take seriously the feelings of the Asian countries that fell victims of Japanese militarists, really express their remorse for the historical tragedy and put what they have promised into practice.

I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him.

I have a limited crew and resources and Gatorland has plenty of crew and resources. I promised I would come back free of charge, but I wish them the best of luck.

I had promised on taking office that I would see my members - the rank and file mostly. I make sure that I am here (in his office at police headquarters), sometimes as early as 6:30 am. It's a free period, free in the sense that you can walk in; and I see people coming from as far as Westmoreland.

I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.

I can't say I was leaping with joy with much of the news. I have been assured that the DVD production company believes they will be able to release the WHITESNAKE DVD on October 25, but, to be honest, I will believe it when I see it. On my return from South America, I will devote ALL my energy to rescuing it if the situation has not changed. So, as of now, you guys know as much as me. Do I feel like a victim? You bet. How does that feel? NOT GOOD! Am I pissed? YEP!! It does not suit me at all. So I am moving on. And as I promised you before, I will do everything I can to ensure it is released this year.

For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,

Freddie has promised his support and will be doing more than one town. The other England boys are coming along at various stages.

Four years ago, we had paving crews working all over Forest Cove. We were promised that the striping would be done when the paving work was completed, but when the paving was completed we were told they could no longer stripe the streets.

I explained the American situation. I promised to pass on the substance of her communication to Washington as soon as possible. I did that. Well, certainly, the issue was difficult and painful. The relationship between Mrs. Tanaka and me and our two governments was difficult, but it was not painful.

Forty-eight years ago a museum and a 3,000-acre park was promised to Northern Kentucky. However, much of the area remains largely hidden and a promise unfulfilled.

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

If those contributions are not made, workers and retirees will be placed at greater risk of losing promised benefits,

I always promised myself I would never flog myself into the ground. You can't underestimate the effect rugby has on your body.

I always promised myself if I ever got the chance to do a 'Flashdance'-type of movie, I would do my own dancing. I can say with pride that every single dance move in 'Go For It!' is my own dance move.

He had promised to come to us and, thankfully, he kept his word.

He had promised a 24-hour electricity facility for markets and even proper drainage but nothing has happened so far. The decisions taken at these visits are adopted only if they are heeded to.

He is better known for what he has promised to the sciences than for what he as actually done for them.

He feels guilty. ... He answered all our questions, and he promised us action to find out the truth. He is interested in getting the truth.

This wasn't supposed to be the kind of protest these people promised and above all, these people defiled a synagogue,

We're promised replacement parks, which are really park features. These will be five years down the road once everything else is finished. What is the community to do? What are the 40 some odd schools in the area who utilize these parks to do for all that time?

We too are ashes as we watch and hear The psalm, the sorrow, and the simple praise, Of one whose promised thoughts of other days, Were such as ours, but now wholly destroyed, The service record of his youth wiped out, His dream dispersed by shot, must disappear.

We take no comfort from any offer to postpone the actual payment of the launch aid these countries have already promised to provide. The announcement of their commitment to back the A350 will affect Airbus's financing costs regardless of when they formally write the check.

What we want is the deal they promised us -- if we paid them, we were covered.

Hardworking Americans who spend a lifetime earning their pensions deserve to reap the benefits they are promised in retirement.

He's already promised to do it. If he's a man of his word, he'll do it.

He was more aggressive, he was in the strike zone. He worked quickly, which allowed the players to stay alert on defense. His body language and demeanor was a lot better, which he promised me it would be after our discussion. You like to see a young man do what he says, because talk is cheap. He said what he is going to do and he did it.

He was larger than life, not a Gray Davis or Pete Wilson, who were technicians. He said, 'I am Arnold. I can move mountains.' But then he didn't deliver?. He delivered midgets when he promised giants.

I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for nine months after I got out of school, and the money was fantastic and promised to get even more lucrative.

I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floor. But that was never anything that was promised to me and it was never a given at all. I've always tried to play hard and certainly I've realized that when you play hard, you put yourself in position to get out on the floor.

I talked to him all week about keeping his composure and not playing out of control and I almost didn't start him because I knew how fired up he would be and I didn't want him in foul trouble. But he promised me he wouldn't get in foul trouble and he played really well.

I talk about an enthusiasm deficit, and I think we have a little bit of that. They say we need to get our act together. They still love this president. But they want to see movement on the things that brought us to power. We took the government over and promised to fix things.

Italian voters are not going to be overly impressed by television footage of Berlusconi with George Bush. The overriding issue in these elections is the economy. In 2001, Italians voted for Berlusconi because he promised they would be better off: actually they feel worse off.

I think the IOC is trying to make this point, you may have had these laws when you got the games, but you promised to use our rules during the games, and that was a commitment of the Italian government, ... We're here now, it's almost 2006 and we want you to live up to your part of the deal.

I think the (Brazilian) government has done most of the things it promised to do on the fiscal front, ... However, it has mismanaged the process so badly that the currency overshot.

I will be there to represent Steve. I promised I would see it through to the end, and this is the final thing for Steve.

Last summer, President Bush and other world leaders promised debt cancellation to the world's most impoverished countries. But a proposal before the World Bank this week would needlessly delay cancellation for at least two years from last year's G-8 summit for more than half of those countries eligible.

I renew the pact and oath I have with the people, and nothing will stop me from implementing the program I promised them,

People are desperate. They have been there three years. They were promised that the Geneva Conventions would be respected and various changes would happen and, unfortunately, the (U.S.) government reneged on that.

Our government promised it would fix up the waterfront, its inefficiencies and its archaic work practice, and we meant it.

Palestinians were promised their state. Originally they were the owners of the entire area,

Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.

Our beloved, endangered brown pelicans have a never-ending struggle to survive. Pelicans have been my inspiration. I've wanted to retire, but I can't I promised them I'd help them. They have had such a hard life, and they still do.

Roberts' weak assurances that he brings 'no ideology' and 'no agenda' to the court are similar to assurances made previously by other Supreme Court justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Bush's proclaimed model judges, similarly promised in their hearings to bring no agenda to the court,

Please print that I promised him I wouldn't do it. I feel awful about it. I wish I hadn't done it.

President Bush delivered on what he promised to do: Addicts, the homeless and the jobless should have access to the best programs available.

Our pasta primavera was born when I promised fresh pasta with tomatoes and basil to critic Craig Claiborne, but we had no tomatoes.

Our manager had promised me that after we finished the Twister project, that was it. I told him point blank that we needed a break from each other.

I think people were promised they would be able to get all their drugs they require. But they weren't told they might have to go through a little extra.

I think I made it too monumental and that's something I promised myself I wouldn't do that at the beginning of the year. I made it too much of a win-or-lose situation.

It defies credulity that they have now disavowed this right that they have promised shareholders. It's just another in a growing list of slaps to the face of their shareholders.

Managing to jump from the triple kicker with such a severe injury, I gained much confidence at that time and I promised to train harder while back in China and try to taste a medal four years later.

We've totally changed the way we hand out money. We went from an organization that promised to give, then hand out, to an agency that raises money first, then hands out.

The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep. They gave us a detailed proposal, almost a full version of a constitution. They try to compromise the different opinions of all the political blocs. The U.S. officials are more interested in the Iraqi constitution than the Iraqis themselves, because they promised their people that it will be done August 15.

That was such a motivating factor for me because, inside, I didn't feel like I earned it. I promised myself I was going to get to state. It started right when we got back from Bakersfield last year.

That was a deception of the voters, ... Voters were promised widening of 99 and improved interchanges on 99, 41 and 180. And what they got, primarily, was 168.

That's the thing I never did. I'm very grateful to him and he was a good person. I promised myself that I'm never going to let something like that happen to anyone else I know on my watch.

That's the idea. The tips I promised them. If they won it all, I'd have cut the whole damn thing off.

I was promised faithfully that that interview would be done at least after the election and I believed it, ... And the only thing I can say is, I doubt if you read the whole interview or you wouldn't have asked the question in that way, and I would just urge the American people, if they're hearing all this talk, to read exactly what was said.

Wherever I decided to go I had to go somewhere - money or no money - where we have a quarterback that is young and a guy that can lead you to the promised land, ... Playing with Brett, I know what it's like to have a guy who can pull the trigger and always give you a chance to win.

We are beginning to deliver the differentiation in our product portfolio which Sony Ericsson promised at the start of the joint venture.

We have taken the leadership role we promised last year. This is by pushing for concrete targets and timetables,

Whether you're an entrepreneur, an employee, a student, a homemaker, a writer, it's time to start forgetting about all the ways the world has promised you safety and comfort.

We played this game in his memory. He promised the coaching staff that he would get us back here as a senior. This game was really in memory and tribute to him.

We're very pleased with our performance for the year, which marks another solid year for Sybase. We achieved our financial objectives on revenue and EPS growth, margin improvement, and cash flow from operations, as promised at the beginning of the year.

Three hundred to 400 jobs were promised here. Where's the baker, (the) candlestick maker, grocery store, doctor, dentist, real estate agent? Where is all the new development?

We never in any of our promotional materials promised any sales. We promised a venue, a 10-acre field, where both emerging and established artists could show their works for 60 days and be exposed to a market they normally wouldn't get exposure from.

The president and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to revisit Social Security privatization after November. But Americans have already said, loud and clear, that they don't want Social Security to be privatized or dismantled.

We are pursuing every avenue to recover this money. The money has been promised to people. They expect to have these funds available and right now they are not.

The police have promised not to do that again and we will demonstrate at every point in this visit.

We promised you that our victory would bring back peace to our country.

We promised you a one-stop, streamlined process. We have not been able to do that for you.

We promised we would explore all areas and all possible sites.

We promised the unit when they left that we would welcome them back the same way.

We promised that we would be lowering our season ticket prices and we are happy to deliver. Our entire organization is excited that we were able to reduce season ticket prices on every seat at American Airlines Center. This makes it easier for all fans to afford tickets.

We promised shipments and we made good on this promise.

We promised our supporters that we would sign a top-class striker and we have exceeded every expectation by signing Michael from Real Madrid on a four-year contract.

We promised a strong bottom-line performance this year, and we are going to deliver, ... We have offset some tightening in the revenue environment with tough cost discipline, and that will not be a one-time event.

We promised an absolute majority and that's what we're going to give the country.

We promised all along that this Thunderbird would have a limited production run, and we're being true to our word. Thunderbird was a terrific image builder for the Ford brand showroom at a time when we needed it.

We worked with him early on and got embedded in the Atlanta musical community. We've worked with a lot of people that have promised us a lot, and they've been well connected people, but at this point, it's grassroots everything.

We worked a plan and it worked. The ball feels good in my hand. I made a promise to 'The Bus'. I promised him I would get him back to Detroit. We're going and I'm so happy.

We begged them to please expedite things, and they promised to do it, but then they gave it to new examiners, and they apparently had a different agenda.

We're trying to keep the doors open here, ... Everybody's been promised this money, but we need it to operate.

When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.

When I served in the Army, along the Iron Curtain we had a word for a person who absconds with information and provides it to another nation: traitor. We also had a name for a person who chooses to reveal secrets he had personally promised to protect: common criminal.

We saw a couple of Yankee games last spring and I promised my wife we'd do the theme parks and take a cruise this time.

Too many of these projects were promised money without the money to cover the cost of them.

We had a certain formula when we won the Super Bowl, we had a certain formula when we went back to the playoffs, and if we're trying to go back to the Promised Land, there is a certain formula we're sticking to, hands down.

We believe our members should receive the full amount of the pensions promised by United and not just scraps left over from the bankruptcy.

Yet they also promised to implement specific measures after sincerely making efforts on unresolved issues--such as the abduction issue.

There are a couple of things the Conservatives have promised that are really important to Canadians.

There are, in the King case in particular, e names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous.

While I was in jail, I was so mad at myself and so frustrated about my situation and how I let myself get in that predicament. I just promised myself I was never going to go down that road again no matter what my situation was.

Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation.

The president promised in two campaigns to nominate justices who will faithfully uphold the text and principles of the Constitution. One would expect the president to nominate more exceptional judicial conservatives like Judge Roberts for as many vacancies as occur, whether it is two, three, or more.

Fairness has gone out of the window. The government has quite rightly agreed to give protection of their promised retirement age to every other public sector worker. But they are leaving members of the Local Government Pension Scheme out in the cold.

Both state and federal support is critical to building a real ethanol industry. Real action is needed, and the $150 million per year President Bush promised is wholly insufficient.

the governor's spending initiative would, over time, make it more difficult to invest in education and transportation and, in fact, would end up, perhaps, taking substantial monies from local governments, who were promised last year that they would remain free from raids by the state.

The governor promised full disclosure, but this report raises more questions than it answers,