11.   This time, hope took the shape of a jailed Mexican cop, a disgrace named Librado Castro Bravo.

12.   This week, astonishingly, hope took wing.

13.   What they found erased almost two decades of worry and opened a new phase in their lives -- one Greenbaum hopes will take them back many times to Vietnam.

14.   Iliescu hopes to formal take office next week.

15.   Jacques Santer, president of the European Commission, arrived Thursday for a two-day visit that Romanians hope will take them closer to joining the European Union.

16.   Luc Alphand collected another World Cup crystal globe despite skiing poorly for the second straight day and seeing his overall title hopes take another hit.

17.   Under the planned bylaw, which the administration hopes will take effect in April, new buildings must include injection wells.

18.   Canadian hopes took a dive when captain Heather Wallace had to retire after snapping an achilles tendon in her match with British champion Suzanne Horner.

19.   Canadian hopes took a dive when captain Heather Wallace snapped an achilles tendon in her match with British champion Suzanne Horner.

20.   Swiss hopes took a dive in the opening set of the doubles, as Rosset, in obvious discomfort, was far from his best.