At present, a diplomatic solution does not look promising.

If the choice for Islamists is still bullets or ballots, bullets may now look more promising.

But there are no detours without effective structures of power and a genuine commitment from all players, the future does not look promising for global stability and prosperity.

Improved technologies can offer a way out of this bind, but only if we think and act ahead. There are two main kinds of technologies that look most promising.

If anything, the new and growing dimension of transnational threats, when added to traditional security concerns, makes the future of the Japan US alliance look more promising than ever.

This is very promising.

That s a promising start.

Opportunities and promising strategies

The earliest results were not promising.

Dialogue seemed like a promising strategy just ten days earlier, Abdullah had announced a promising reform agenda for the country.

On that front, there are promising signs.

The results so far are very promising.

In fact, some promising initiatives are underway.

Promoting promising sectors initially reserved to men.

Initial efforts have already produced promising results.

So it's very promising for making small computers.

Yet the implementation prospects are far from promising.

Three promising tracks will have to materialize rapidly.

This seems to be the most promising road.

In this respect, specific areas promising success are

This promising mechanism is not yet fully exploited.

As a teenager he was a promising football player.

Is the future more promising? All emerging countries answer yes.

But the problem with Santa Clause is, if you look at the mandatory spending of what these folks have been doing and promising folks, it turned out that in 1967, 38 percent was mandatory spending on what we call entitlements.

Now, look around just look next to your neighbor, look forward, look backward. We all look pretty different.

The talks with Kim Jong il and his collaborators seemed promising.

The most promising technology in the long term is solar power.

Until it does, Thailand s otherwise promising future will be increasingly remote.

But the outlook for a new, sensible policy is not promising.

Another promising development is the growth of local currency bond markets.

He opened the Emmanuel Education Fund for promising students with disabilities.

The Secretary General's report reflects many promising developments on the ground.

With his extensive experience and capabilities, UNIDO faced a promising future.

In the region s international relations, there were both promising and discouraging signs.

Accordingly, the army rode in promising democracy and free and fair elections.

Raussendorf, Harrington, and Goyal have studied one model, with promising simulation results.

Another promising technology, tested on Deep Space 1, is the ion engine.

Promising new ideas are being explored, such as the International Finance Facility.

Despite the challenges described above, the prospects for Sierra Leone are promising.

Nobody ever said that the road to stronger global governance would be straight or simple to navigate. But there are no detours without effective structures of power and a genuine commitment from all players, the future does not look promising for global stability and prosperity.

Fortunately, promising new models for making education more coherent and capacious are emerging.

It passed the crisis test with flying colors, and the future is promising.

President Bush ran in 2000 on a platform promising a humble foreign policy.

Promising to listen to locals, the commission conducted a field survey in September.

Other promising avenues for leveraging resources and results for children will be assessed.