51.   Ten countries hope to be invited to join NATO during the summit.

52.   Ten East European countries were hoping for invitations to start the talks early next year.

53.   Some countries had hoped President Clinton might reconsider his opposition once the presidential election was over.

54.   South Asian countries are hoping that the foreign secretaries gathering at the SAARC meeting will lead to a summit of the leaders of the seven countries.

55.   Some Southeast Asian countries hope that the fund will eventually be more encompassing so as to include human-resource development and the transfer of technology.

56.   Tajik Ambassador Sharif Rahimov, who signed the partnership agreement, said his country hoped to use contacts with NATO to modernize its own armed forces.

57.   The Caribbean country hopes to secure a contract to build hundreds of low-cost housing units in South African townships, Robertson said.

58.   The country hopes to end the jinx this year.

59.   The country hopes to exit its latest program, a three-year extended fund facility, by the end of the year.

60.   The country hopes its actions will further strengthen ties with the West at a time when Ankara urgently needs foreign loans to recover from a deep economic crisis.