61.   But they also are politicians, not much better or worse than countless politicians before them who offered hope, threw mud, sometimes delivered and often disappointed.

62.   But, the talks offer hope.

63.   But while the return of their fallen shooting guard could offer hope, he is not what has been missed most.

64.   Clinics offer couples hope, but some deliver a lingering anxiety about the aftereffects of treatment.

65.   Combination therapies, including protease inhibitors, offer new hope for thousands with the HIV virus.

66.   Collier created a synthetic molecule that keeps anthrax toxin from entering cells, perhaps offering hope for a new treatment.

67.   Clinical trials showed unqualified success with the drugs, which offered bright hope in a dark time.

68.   Criminal justice experts say the courts, for nonviolent drug offenders, offer hope in the bleakness of rising drug use and trafficking.

69.   Does Thurow offer any hope?

70.   Each side offers hopes, but also doubts, about the other.