1.   At a news conference, Reno defends her decision to take Elian by force in the dark, despite earlier promises not to do so.

2.   At the gala, the governor recounted how she has delivered on her earlier promises to create jobs, cut taxes and make the streets safer.

3.   Airline officials repeated their earlier promises to share more details about flights with the customers.

4.   Allen said the archdiocese had allowed earlier promises of cooperation to go unfulfilled until he resorted to a subpoena.

5.   But in Moscow, earlier promises have disappeared that the fighting in Dagestan would be over in two weeks or less.

6.   Congress should drop the gimmick, since the president is willing to stick to his earlier promise to Moynihan.

7.   He had been contacted by Walters, who reminded him of an earlier promise to give her the first interview.

8.   Her administration was tainted by corruption charges, especially after she reneged on an earlier promise not to involve her husband in government.

9.   Indeed, he deliberately broke the spirit of an earlier promise to GOP members of Congress that he would not campaign against them.

10.   Just as with earlier promises, the money is far from certain.