31.   So are many others in Jericho, who planned and dreamed in the unaccustomed glow of world attention last year, and then watched their big-time hopes fade.

32.   That hope is fading fast.

33.   That hope later faded.

34.   The budget assumed relatively rapid growth in Mexico, but that hope has faded as the United States has slid toward recession.

35.   The dollar fell as hopes faded that the United States and its allies would do anything to help.

36.   The goal gave the Ducks a ray of hope, but their playoff hopes are fading fast.

37.   The Orioles are evaluating who can be dispensed with as their wild card hopes fade, which can make Orosco available.

38.   Threats are voiced, guns are raised and hopes fade yet again.

39.   With their playoff hopes fading faster than Bure can skate end to end, it stands to be a very long offseason.

40.   All title hopes will fade if its overworked stars like Michael Ballack and Lucio suffer injuries.