11.   As in most downturns, investors today are hoping that the pain they have been through this year is all they will have to endure.

12.   As little as two years ago, many investors hoped the board would oust Levin in favor of Vice Chairman Ted Turner.

13.   As these companies expand into new markets, so will McCormick, investors hope.

14.   Being at the vortex of a communications shift is what the largest investors of both Qwest and Global Crossing hope they have seized upon, too.

15.   - Patriotic investors hope to engineer a red, white and blue rally when stocks reopen for trading, using the financial markets to rebuke terrorist intimidation.

16.   A high price-earnings ratio is a sure sign that investors are hoping that falling profits represent only a short-term aberration.

17.   Brokerage stocks were also strong as investors hoped that the higher turnover will translate into higher profits for the ailing securities firms.

18.   But investors may hope they reconsider.

19.   But the strong price controls that some investors had hoped to see were not included in the plan.

20.   But two stocks due to report earnings Tuesday, Intel and International Paper, had a good day, as investors apparently hoped for a positive surprise.