41.   But their hopes were dashed almost immediately.

42.   But their hopes were dashed last week when a U.S. District judge rejected their claims less than two hours after hearing their arguments.

43.   But their hopes were quickly dashed when a two-month conflict between India and Pakistan broke out in May atop the peaks in Kargil.

44.   But their high hopes often are dashed when their supervisor turns out to be a tyrant.

45.   But then Milken pleaded guilty to securities fraud and Drexel went bankrupt, dashing any hopes the workers might have had.

46.   But those hopes were dashed when the president admitted in August that he had affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

47.   But those hopes were dashed when the president admitted in August that he had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

48.   But the physician who continues to run her private clinic in defiance of Taliban orders said that all such hopes would be dashed.

49.   But when he lost his right arm to cancer last summer, his baseball hopes were dashed.

50.   But what if those hopes are dashed?