1.   Osterlind extracted a promise from Modi that he would stay sober.

2.   She had extracted a promise from him.

3.   And, with bonuses at stake, he once extracted written promises that employees will not compete with Putnam if they leave.

4.   As his price, Sobel says, Morgan extracted a promise from the government not to interfere with his U.S. Steel taking over Tennessee Coal and Iron.

5.   As minister of defense until July, Malcolm Rifkind extracted a promise from ruling Conservative Party leaders to spare the department more cuts, Waller said.

6.   Balder dreamed of his own death, and his mother extracted a promise from everything in nature never to hurt her son.

7.   Clay, disliking Jackson, threw the votes from three states he controlled to Adams after allegedly extracting a promise of appointment as secretary of state.

8.   Futch took on the erratic Riddick Bowe after extracting a promise that Bowe would train hard and listen to him.

9.   Gearan visited him Friday to extract promises to help persuade colleagues to increase the budget.

10.   Holbrooke did extract a promise that the Muslim-led Bosnian government would turn in detailed accounts of such irregularities.