11.   This spring bears the same scant hope.

12.   Until very recently, there had been scant hope in the council that a full-fledged peacekeeping force could ever be sent to Congo.

13.   US authorities and Jewish groups hold scant hope that the Lithuanian government will choose to prosecute Lileikis.

14.   Palestinian and Israeli leaders voiced scant hope of a major breakthrough Monday as they shuttled between U.S. and British leaders in an effort to revive the Mideast peace process.

15.   But rescue workers said privately there was scant hope.

16.   But privately rescue workers said there was scant hope.

17.   But the two have never shaken hands in previous face-to-face negotiations, and their frosty relationship seemed to offer scant hope of revived peacemaking.

18.   His long-promised peace plan, however, stopped short of promising a halt to the fighting and left scant hope for an imminent settlement.

19.   His long-promised peace plan stopped short of promising a halt to the fighting and left scant hope for an imminent settlement.

20.   Market players also were discouraged by scant hopes for any immediate cut in interest rates.