1.   Fleets of street-sweepers started cleaning up the flotsam of crushed hope.

2.   For a team with a long, painful history of March mishaps, injuries and crushed hopes, this Hinrich maneuver is awful news.

3.   He dreamed of escaping, of fleeing the nameless, faceless people and the crushed hope engulfing him.

4.   The new ultimatum came after a day of confusion, crushed hopes and steady American bombing that sent huge clouds of smoke and debris billowing through the ridges.

5.   Many Palestinians side with Iraq in the Gulf crisis because of Palestinian feelings of Arab pride and their own crushed hopes.