31.   Hopes rose Thursday when the United Nations announced that Sassou-Nguesso had signed a truce agreement negotiated by the president of Gabon, Omar Bongo.

32.   Once again, hopes rose for those still captive.

33.   Such hopes have risen from the despair of every mass killing in the Northern Ireland.

34.   Their hopes rose.

35.   When they called for a stretcher, hopes rose.

36.   When former South African President Nelson Mandela stepped in last year to mediate peace talks, hopes rose for a political solution.

37.   Yet hopes rise that peace will get a boost.

38.   However, hopes have risen for a smoother process after the successful privatisation of sizeable firms such as Bharat Aluminium Co. despite dogged resistance by labour unions.

39.   Hopes are rising here of a breakthrough in talks that could halt the transfer of six frontline Moslem villages to Bosnian Serb control, Western officials said Tuesday.

40.   Hopes are meantime rising again that British solo sailor Tony Bullimore is still alive in the hull of his capsized yacht, Globe Exide Challenger.