61.   The Toronto Blue Jays playoff hopes are fading and the news got worse as starting pitcher Joey Hamilton is out for the season with a sore shoulder.

62.   The Vienna conference took place as hope faded that Serb and ethnic Albanian political leaders meeting in Paris would reach a peace agreement on Kosovo.

63.   Their parents kept a grim vigil as workers searched frantically and hope faded.

64.   Today, hope is fading amid continued economic despair.

65.   Those hopes faded, however, as police began leaving at sunset.

66.   Those hopes are rapidly fading amid poor earnings news and weak economic data.

67.   Thousands of rescue and other workers were on site at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon, even as hope faded that any survivors would be found.

68.   Hopes have faded since then.

69.   Hopes were fading fast despite assurances from Gervasini late Friday that it was possible to find survivors up to seven days after the catastrophe.

70.   Hopes were fading for finding survivors.