After all, in the corporate world, extravagant compensation has never guaranteed extraordinary results.
That need will of necessity be painful, but need not be disastrous: more money has never guaranteed good health care.
"I am perfectly aware that H.P. has never guaranteed absolute tenure status to its employees," Mr. Packard wrote, "but I also know that Bill and Dave never developed a premeditated business strategy that treated H.P. employees as expendable".
Campaign cash, however, has never guaranteed success in District 1, which stretches across south and southwest Los Angeles.
A formal education alone has never guaranteed happiness and fulfillment anymore than a formal wedding has ever guaranteed a long lasting successful marriage.
College is still a great choice for many people, but it has never guaranteed a high level of income, nor has it ensured an enjoyable career.
Our work, particularly in the South, has taught us that the United States government has never guaranteed the freedom of oppressed citizens, and is not yet truly determined to end the rule of terror and oppression within its own borders.
"I've never guaranteed to anyone that we will take the House back in 2012.
But holidays - no matter how widely or religiously observed - have never guaranteed immunity from violence.
On his relationship with MPs and government, Rupert Murdoch said: "I have never guaranteed anyone the support of my newspapers.
