81.   The administration may be hoping for a compromise in which the tax rate on capital gains is cut while loopholes are closed.

82.   The administration now hopes to drill in an area one-fourth the size it had originally planned.

83.   The administration originally hoped to open peace talks Monday between Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Authority.

84.   The best that the administration hoped to extract from Paris was a signature from the ethnic Albanians on the plan presented at Rambouillet.

85.   The administration hoped to capitalize on the improved relations between rival Greece and Turkey since both had experienced recent earthquakes and then sent assistance to each other.

86.   The administration hoped to try to keep China from backtracking in negotiations.

87.   The administration hopes Holbrooke can improve relations with the organization.

88.   The administration hopes it has improved the problem by offering the credit to family care providers, thereby expanding the pool of eligible people.

89.   The administration hopes its legacy will be expanded health insurance coverage for children.

90.   The administration hopes that the steps announced Friday will blunt a Republican drive to reduce the regulatory reach of the FDA.