11.   A couple of miles upstream, some residents of Nueva Esperanza were still trying to find the bodies of the dead, but their hopes were fading.

12.   But hopes faded in mid-October when Karadzic announced that the pilots had been kidnapped from a hospital near Pale where they were being treated.

13.   But hope faded into frustration with season-opening losses to San Diego State and Fresno State.

14.   But that hope fades a few minutes later when Ramos shakes hands with the same person again and repeats the same speech verbatim.

15.   But those are excuses teams make when they see hope fading.

16.   But those hopes are fading as well.

17.   But those hopes faded on Tuesday as Pataki and his Democratic rivals in the legislature clashed on several issues largely unrelated to the budget.

18.   But those hopes have faded in recent days as China demanded to be exempted from certain of its provisions, particularly those regarding export of missile technology.

19.   His hopes faded, though, when the Korean trader said he could buy similar chopsticks for about a third less -- from China.

20.   Hopes are fading that the electronic system will reduce administrative costs by much, if at all.