51.   Organizers were hoping for a million-plus.

52.   Organizers are hoping this event will become the Edinburgh Festival of the southwest.

53.   Organizers hope people like Stephen will appeal to younger music fans.

54.   Organizers hope that Boston will be the birthplace of a new blueprint for lasting education reform.

55.   Organizers hope the courses will not only be informative but will give women the opportunity in our fast-paced, technologically driven world to connect with other women.

56.   Organizers hope the exhibits will help eliminate American stereotypes about a misunderstood folk religion.

57.   Organizers hope to open the first studios in Boston and Chesapeake, Va., by early next year.

58.   Organizers hope to rekindle interest, in a facility that seats about half as many spectators.

59.   Project organizers hope that the Boston-bred crane chick will follow suit and produce wild offspring of its own when released this fall.

60.   So far the caravan has not been a ringing success, neither drawing large crowds nor the kind of favorable news coverage organizers had hoped for.