The promise of lucrative contracts with the Big Three has helped change attitudes about doing business in the inner city.

Individually, these promises may help politicians get into office.

The market's promise helped drive the shares of the energy traders to their peaks last year.

These promises, traders said, have helped pull the value of the dollar down 4.8 percent against the yen in the last two weeks.

The promise of lower risk helped draw money into the stock market.

Naturally, his promise to kiss any girl that votes for him helps.

This promise helped motivate her decision to support ending the band in September 1989.

Early 2005 saw a second set of dialogues with greater promise for both sides helping one another.

And the promise of new foreign capital could help open markets to productivity-enhancing competition.

If the promise of a future conference would help to end the crisis, would Americans prefer war?