11.   Dicks voiced hope that voter concerns over GOP budget cuts will translate into results at the polls.

12.   Earlier, Clinton met in the Oval Office with Arafat who enraged Israelis this weekend by again voicing hopes for creating a Palestinian state next year.

13.   Fahim voiced hope that the Americans, working with Pashtun tribes in the Tora Bora region, would find their man, but stressed that success was not guaranteed.

14.   Fleming, the head of the Toronto exchange, voiced the hope that something good would come out of the scandal.

15.   Government officials have voiced hope that private demand, including consumer spending and capital investment, will become the main engine of the recovery.

16.   He noted that a third constituent voiced the hope that the congressman would just die of prostate cancer.

17.   Human rights activists have voiced hope it will not be too much.

18.   House Speaker Dennis Hastert voiced hope last month that the House would go along with provisions of the Senate bill.

19.   In an interview with La Repubblica, the Italian daily, he voiced hope that editorial independence would be maintained.

20.   In interviews earlier this week, Mexicans here voiced hope that a diplomatic relationship defined by suspicion and hostility, might yield some tangible benefits.