11.   All hope definitely seemed gone for Mexico at steamy-hot Stade Lescure on Saturday.

12.   But hope seems forlorn.

13.   But if Olympic hopes seemed distant two months ago, that no longer is the case.

14.   But just when all hope of finding practical help seems lost, two home pages beckon, like warm bottles of formula.

15.   But that hope seemed to weaken by early Monday evening as Floyd plowed west and slightly northwest, in the general direction of Palm Beach.

16.   But that hope seems to have died with the fading of progress on Middle East peace talks.

17.   But the hope seemed dim.

18.   But their hope seems to lack conviction.

19.   For most of the French shows, the hope seemed to be not to look silly in light of the minimalism that is suddenly more commercially appealing than ornamentation.

20.   For one black moment, there seemed no hope.