1.   Joshua Morris had given up hope of ever reaching the promised land.

2.   A senior White House official acknowledged Thursday night that President Clinton and his aides had all but given up hope for passage of the bill.

3.   A tearful reunion followed with the owner, who had given up hope weeks earlier.

4.   But it has given new hope to owners of buildings that, during the flight to quality, were spurned by tenants hankering for glitz.

5.   But the sad truth is that the embattled parties have just about given up hope of finding any other way out.

6.   Dent has not given up hope of managing again, although his name no longer comes up when jobs become available.

7.   German artists, having given up hope of ever returning to Hamburg or Berlin, adapted best to the strange New World.

8.   Geneva Epps has not given up hope that the son she had late in life is alive.

9.   I love sausage in the morning and had just about given up hope of ever finding anything to substitute.

10.   In their anger, many have given up hope on social change through politics.