11.   Microsoft, in fact, is aiming for one market that supercomputer makers are hoping will be a promising new business for them.

12.   Politics aside, all three aircraft makers are hoping for a big pickup in sales to Chinese airlines.

13.   Several RISC makers now hope that new markets like video games and set-top cable television converters will grow rapidly.

14.   Supercomputer makers had hoped that they would convince corporations that the fastest computers could solve their engineering problems and save them money.

15.   Telecoms equipment makers were hoping to do well out of orders from private operators.

16.   The deal makers hope that the prospect of lower costs for products will outweigh antitrust concerns when the Federal Trade Commission reviews the agreement.

17.   The film is expected to have its Texas premiere at the South by Southwest festival in Austin in March, and its makers are hoping for theatrical distribution thereafter.

18.   The makers of CosTune hope to make the world a stage, by connecting users of the device through a wireless network.

19.   The question now is whether the holiday comedy, which opens today, can become the box-office blockbuster that its makers are clearly hoping for.

20.   Their lively reactions supplied a running commentary on the movies, the kind of response that film makers could only hope for -- or dread.