Why do new trade agreements, despite official promises, always leave the United States with a deeper deficit hole, with another wave of jobs moving overseas?

But in Yugoslavia's southern republics, uncertainty remains about when free elections will take place, despite official promises of political change.

Despite official promises, Bangladesh has not accepted them nor does it recognise them as citizens.

After Vietnam, Americans would have been fools not to be wary of official promises.

Almost everyone here agrees that the bold official promise of a rapid reconstruction will not be kept.

It is very serious that the official promises are not being kept before the games.

Afterward, despite official promises of no reprisals, conditions worsened, he said.

In the highlands where the rebel movement has been strong, official promises of a better life have gone mostly unfulfilled since the 1910 Mexican revolution.

The big test will come Monday, when markets reopen and traders vote on whether official promises to corral prices are credible.

It appears that the official promise of a rapid reconstruction will not be kept.