41.   But his address to parliament was short on specifics, and critics said similar promises evaporated without action in the past.

42.   But Sankoh has made similar promises in the past and it was unclear exactly when or if the U.N. hostages would be freed.

43.   But Savimbi has made similar promises in the past, only to stall on implementing them.

44.   But Ir Shalem attorney Danny Seidemann said Israel has made similar promises many times before and never followed through.

45.   But with similar promises made and often broken in the Bosnian war, the fate of refugees remained unclear.

46.   But U.N. officials dismissed a similar promise by Mladic earlier in the day as too little to prevent renewed attacks.

47.   For months, the candidates sought to outdo each other with similar promises to fight rising street crime, aid struggling farmers and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

48.   He likely to make similar promises at second inauguration.

49.   He had made similar promises in the past, only to later send hundreds more across the border.

50.   He had made similar promises in the past, only to later send hundreds more packing to the border.