21.   Decentralization never worked the way its advocates hoped it would.

22.   Even advocates of helmets hope that the recent deaths do not scare people away from skiing.

23.   Even so, advocates hope to broaden the project.

24.   Gun-control advocates are hoping McCain will significantly broaden the credibility of their cause among more conservative voters.

25.   Health advocates hope the broader bans on smoking in workplaces called for in the settlement would make smoking so inconvenient that more adults would be encouraged to quit.

26.   Holocaust-claim advocates are hoping European countries would agree to exemptions for wartime booty.

27.   Human rights advocates hoped that it would presage a wider recognition of gender abuse.

28.   Human rights advocates hoped a verdict for the families would discourage foreign military leaders from fleeing to America while implicated in war atrocities.

29.   In Greene County, dominated by Springfield, gun advocates had hoped for a big win.

30.   In this case, reform advocates hoped that the outcry over Democratic fund-raising abuses would lead to a groundswell of support for changing the system.