21.   A decade ago, he first sounded out the Russians about hitching a ride, but the attempted coup that almost overthrew Mikhail Gorbachev dashed his hopes.

22.   A summit in which the outcome is uncertain runs the risk of dashing hopes and undercutting the prestige of the United States, according to diplomats.

23.   Across the Heat locker room, fellow forward Jamal Mashburn was lamenting how such high hopes could be dashed with such a thud.

24.   After dashing hopes for a budget accord earlier, the president now is planning to jump start the negotiating process.

25.   Boring old utility companies that had been hoping to be re-rated by the stock market as exciting, new Internet firms may have their hopes dashed after all.

26.   But a quick Chinese crackdown dashed those hopes.

27.   But FBI hopes were dashed when Koresh told negotiators that God had told him not to give up.

28.   But for now, that hope has been dashed.

29.   But for those who saw their hopes dashed the last time these stocks looked good, there are always the less-risky strategies.

30.   But Gov. Gray Davis dashed those hopes Saturday by signing legislation backed by Democrats, including those from the Valley, protecting MTA unions.