1.   But after criticism from business leaders, Clinton restarted talks with China, and White House officials hope a deal can be concluded swiftly.

2.   But administration officials hope that time will cool such passions.

3.   But Customs officials hope that may be changing with a strategy being tested at Miami International Airport.

4.   By then, some Western officials hope, Milosevic could be history and more moderate Serb leaders might agree to let Kosovo go.

5.   Early this year, if things go as state officials hope, the era of the monopoly telephone company will end in Connecticut.

6.   Especially if firm and fast conditions prevail throughout the week, as USGA officials hope.

7.   Government officials hope those gains will in turn boost investment at home.

8.   If barge traffic returns, as owners and some government officials hope, the Brooklyn tracks might be needed again.

9.   It is a start to what South Carolina officials hope will blossom into a financially beautiful relationship between cash-hungry citizens and a cash-poor state treasury.

10.   Instead, he said, agriculture officials hope for some unpeaceful coexistence of the pest and a natural enemy.