1.   Mary was a one-book wonder who failed to live up to her stellar parentage and early promise.

2.   Tracey showed early promise in mathematics.

3.   Yet he showed early promise as a newsman.

4.   The early promise of desmopressin in this role has faded and there is now little to support its routine use except in patients with uraemia.

5.   Although keyhole techniques for other surgical procedures have a valuable role to play in healthcare, there have been widespread problems which have diminished their early promise.

6.   And women are being addressed as decision makers, early promises that their parasols would remain pristine giving way to other concerns.

7.   Born in New York, Mr. Kubrick showed very early promise as an artist with a camera.

8.   A new class of drugs is showing some early promise in fighting the virus that causes AIDS, scientists said here Wednesday.

9.   A new type of drug that interferes with the garbage disposal system of cells has shown early promise in treating cancer, scientists said here on Monday.

10.   Academic critics must shoulder some of the blame for the failure of forecasting to live up to its early promise.