61.   With the increased pay, the agency hopes to end the hard-to-staff designation within five years.

62.   Aid agencies hope to secure commercially owned helicopters and aircraft to deliver food as other foreign militaries scale down their relief operations.

63.   Customs spokesman Dean Boyd said the agency hopes to place some officers at the Antwerp seaport in a few months.

64.   FBI spokesman Craig Dahle in Birmingham later confirmed that Bowers was in Karachi, Pakistan, and that the agency hoped to meet with him soon.

65.   Finance Department lawyer Jose Cintron said the agency hoped to negotiate a settlement that would leave the heirs some money.

66.   International aid agencies had hoped to keep all refugees within Europe, but were forced to change policy to cope with the growing exodus.

67.   International aid agencies had hoped to take advantage of a recent lull in fighting to try to fill food shortages resulting from a drought.

68.   Jonathan Frerichs, a spokesman for Lutheran World Relief, said the agency hopes to launch joint projects with Catholic Relief Services.

69.   She said her agency hoped to re-open talks with Elko County to resume working toward a reasonable alternative.

70.   The agency hopes to finish its investigation later this year.