11.   Coburn kept his pledge to retire after three terms, but his handpicked successor, Andy Ewing, was defeated by Brad Carson, a Democratic lawyer.

12.   DiIulio said he was simply keeping his pledge to leave after six months in office.

13.   Enron promised to keep its pledge of low rates through next March.

14.   Environmental groups say they will see that the Fisheries Service keeps its pledge.

15.   For two years, international inspectors verify, Pyongyang has kept its pledge not to reprocess spent nuclear fuel and extract plutonium for use in bombs.

16.   He cited the postponed hearing in accusing the committee of failing to keep its pledge to move swiftly.

17.   He lost no time keeping his pledge.

18.   He has not kept the pledge himself.

19.   If he is serious about keeping both pledges, Bush must cancel this program.

20.   Investors, however, say they wished the company kept earlier pledges to patch things up this year.