31.   Gore, however, said the Clinton administration hopes to reach agreement on at least some issues by then.

32.   He did say that, while pushing for a broader benefit, the administration hopes to move ahead with its idea for a discount drug card for the elderly.

33.   He said the administration hoped to win the support of labor unions to help the city address the problem.

34.   However, he said, the administration hopes to offer the first within the next few months.

35.   If the Giuliani administration really hoped to avoid filtration, it needed to demand a much better deal than the one it got.

36.   In fact, the administration had hoped that the Beirut meeting would make an important contribution.

37.   In that way, the administration here hopes to avoid the humiliation of appearing to bend economic policy to IMF orders once again.

38.   Instead, the administration is hoping that the publicity surrounding the survey will create enough public pressure to force lawmakers to reconsider a new anti-smoking measure.

39.   Instead, the Bush administration hopes to broker a deal that allows the Northern Alliance and other groups to form a coalition government.

40.   Instead of trimming subsidies, as the Bush administration had hoped, the House bill increases them.