1.   Although opponents argue that adult stem cells may hold similar promise, the letter argued that they may be less effective than the fetal counterpart.

2.   As the president himself pointed out, he had made similar promises four years ago.

3.   A few years later, the Microsoft Corp. made a similar promise with Windows and then gave us, well, Windows.

4.   Bush used different words but made a similar promise.

5.   But Hashimoto has made similar promises before and failed to follow through.

6.   But President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia made a similar promise to cut off assistance to the Bosnian Serbs a year ago and never followed through.

7.   But Labor has made similar promises before, and reneged.

8.   But Saddam broke his promises to Primakov then, as he broke similar promises made last February to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

9.   But the Texan acknowledged that he has heard similar promises in the past.

10.   But this year, similar promises made by the Mexican government have been honored, greatly reducing the losses for investors.