1.   And are these magazines too eager to promise the moon?

2.   By that, she means Chinese authorities have a track record of promising the moon and delivering little more than green cheese.

3.   Finally, be a real Democrat and promise the moon.

4.   If an employer promises the moon but delivers only moondust, he may be headed for court on charges of fraud.

5.   Of course entrepreneurial policiticans are looking for opportunities to promise the moon.

6.   Scientists sometimes promise the moon and then fail to deliver, says Dorothy Nelkin, a professor of sociology and law at New York University.