1.   In early September he had won a promise from India that anti-Bhutan activity would not be allowed by ethnic Nepalese who had fled Bhutan to West Bengal and Assam.

2.   In exchange for their concessions, the tobacco companies won the promise of relief from dozens of potentially ruinous lawsuits filed by states and diseased smokers.

3.   It won the promise of long-term tax breaks from city and state officials, who hoped that the office buildings would lead a rebirth in the area.

4.   It won a promise from Lebanon to see that Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas launch no further rocket attacks against Israel from its territory.

5.   Proponents won a promise that the Senate would take up the measure early next year.

6.   Ryan, a native of San Antonio, Texas, won promises of support from several senators on the panel.

7.   Win Me promises faster start-up times, and that, too, has been the case.

8.   Balkan countries flooded by waves of Kosovo refugees won a promise of increased aid Thursday from Western European nations attending an emergency conference on the humanitarian crisis.

9.   But British Prime Minister John Major immediately appealed to EU Commission President Jacques Santer and won a promise to reconsider the decision Tuesday.

10.   But Clinton wins a promise that Russia will drop a particularly worrisome part of the Iranian deal.