31.   In the bottom of the ninth, the home team had one last hope of salvation when Ensberg, pinch-hitting, slapped a single to left with two out.

32.   In some cases they are, another surgeon told me, but for others, surgery can be their last hope.

33.   Intravenous chemotherapy is his last hope, along with a new pill he started taking two weeks ago.

34.   It may be his last hope of shedding the tumor and remaining healthy.

35.   It makes the Rapid Reaction Force the last hope for injecting some coherence into the Bosnia operation.

36.   It is their last best hope for consistency.

37.   It looms as the last remaining hope for injecting a pleasantly buzzing tension into NBA playoffs that seem not quite challenging enough for the defending champions.

38.   Lessons may be the last hope.

39.   Lord Winston said the technique of pre-implantation diagnosis was the last hope for desperate parents who had suffered repeated miscarriages or seen previous children die.

40.   Lazaro, a recovering addict hiding the chaos of her life from her mother back in Boston, sees it as her last hope.