21.   The challenge for Clinton will be to do his best to discourage such dangerous developments by keeping alive some realistic hope of eventual U.S. ratification.

22.   The disparity in competitive balance in baseball today is grave, and the realistic hope for long-term health is a joke.

23.   The most realistic hope is a third-place finish in the AL Central.

24.   The most realistic hope for the surgery was that Abigail would not require a shunt.

25.   The Notre Dame ego might not like looking at its team that way, but that is the only realistic hope.

26.   Their most realistic hope would be to win the league tournament and secure the automatic berth.

27.   They had a new quarterback, and realistic hope.

28.   With the defeat of Senator Lauch Faircloth, a North Carolina Republican and staunch opponent of home rule for Washington, political observers say it is a realistic hope.

29.   England must win here to have any realistic hopes of winning their first Ashes series in five attempts.

30.   English champion Manchester United needs a victory over IFK Goteborg in Sweden to maintain a realistic hope of making the Champions Cup quarterfinals.