1.   But after seven years of dashed expectations, what is taking shape instead has the trappings of an Arab revolt.

2.   Sodano seemed to address dashed expectations in his announcement.

3.   Such are the difficulties of dashed expectations.

4.   Stocks tumbled Friday as a result of those dashed expectations, but the faith of many individual investors has proved harder to shake.

5.   The court issued no opinion and set no precedent for future cases, leaving behind dashed expectations and a state of heightened uncertainty.

6.   A trading center nicknamed the Chicago of the north, Winnipeg knows something about dashed expectations.

7.   But months of delay and dashed expectations have left many Palestinians in no mood to celebrate.