81.   This year, officials say they will simply try to bring some hope to a devastated nation.

82.   U.S. and alliance officials at a ceremony at the NATO base here heaped praise on the former aviator for bringing hopes of peace to the former Yugoslav republic.

83.   U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, whose shuttle diplomacy across the Balkans had brought new hopes of peace, was visibly dispirited Monday.

84.   Word that President Clinton will forgo the Aegis sale disappointed Taiwanese leaders, but it brought hope for a cooling of tensions with China.

85.   Heavy rain and snow has hit much of Afghanistan, bringing hope that a devastating three year drought may be ending, UN spokesman Yusuf Hassan said Tuesday.

86.   However, the peace agreement signed by Phnom Penh and the renegades last week has brought new hope that peace could be at hand for the ravaged region.

87.   The motion ended a week-long conference that brought hope but left unanswered how to fund the programme in an era of shrinking state aid budgets.

88.   Victory in a Berlin tournament last month brings hope for the future as well.

89.   Jordan also brings hope.

90.   Moslem guerillas holding four Westerners for nearly two months were in contact with Indian negotiators in Kashmir overnight, bringing fresh hopes of a settlement, officials said Wednesday.