21.   In the face of such unrelieved, grinding poverty, hope fades.

22.   Initially, hopes faded when the FBI crime lab determined that the typewriting did not match a machine known to have been used by the Unabomber.

23.   Legislative aides on all sides said hopes were fading fast that a compromise would be reached before the official end of session on Thursday.

24.   Maybe we could still find something a little less tame, though truthfully, hope was fading.

25.   March blew in, and his hopes faded.

26.   Montreal and Washington are still considered contenders but their hopes are fading fast.

27.   Now that hope is fading as nations establish tighter controls on sulfur dioxide emissions, Wigley said.

28.   Now, with the peso in tatters, hopes have faded for a broad-based, binational effort.

29.   Notes have levelled out this week as cut hopes have faded.

30.   Rubin acknowledged his hopes were fading.