71.   Humanae Vitae dashed the hopes of many Catholics who believed church fathers might be willing to amend religious teachings on certain thorny contemporary issues.

72.   In doing so he has dashed Western hopes that Russia would come out squarely against the Yugoslav president, depriving him of his one important ally.

73.   Instead, MMS said, the two politicians dashed hopes the LDP, which is leading all the other parties in opinion polls, would curb government debt.

74.   Investors sold VW shares heavily after comments from GM over the weekend dashed hopes that the two sides might be nearing an out-of-court settlement.

75.   It also would dash hopes of some Social Democrats of forming a new coalition with the environmentalist Greens, boosting opposition control of the upper house in Bonn.

76.   It dashed the hopes of African Americans for full equality by spurring segregation laws across the South and in other parts of the nation as well.

77.   It is a month that will tempt you with the promise of a warming sun one day and dash your hopes with a freeze the next.

78.   It recovered following comments by Bundesbank council member Edgar Meister, who said the central bank did not intend to dash hopes for a rate cut.

79.   It would also be nice if he admitted how much he dashed the hopes of those who voted for him.

80.   Japanese negotiators will leave Washington today, dashing hopes of a compromise and setting the stage for possible U.S. airline sanctions against Japan.