And, for a little more than a decade, from 1997 2007, this hope was realized.

Little brother, we all hope to see you soon.

There is more fear today in the West, but also a little less hope in Asia.

In Europe, meanwhile, there is undeniably less collective hope and probably a little less individual fear.

The policy decisions of recent months offer little more hope for a fundamental change in US foreign policy direction.

Without such a global agreement, the muddled interventions of today will continue, with little hope of any real improvement.

Without American support, it has little hope of earning legitimacy, let alone doing its job effectively.

If we keep our promises, 2006 can be a year of hope for those who have little else than the dream of a better life.

Unfortunately, the proverbial Washington political gridlock leaves little hope for fixing the problem, adding to the impression of a giant with clay feet.

There is little hope that this will be rectified at the next summit, in Cancún, Mexico next month.

They used to sleep but little by night invoking their Lord ( Allah ) and praying , with fear and hope .

They used to sleep but little by night invoking their Lord ( Allah ) and praying , with fear and hope .

Protracted displacement with little hope of solutions in sight remains the situation of millions of displaced persons worldwide.

I hope that in the last 16 minutes I've told you something that you didn't know about AIDS, and I hope that I've gotten you questioning a little bit some of the things that you did know.

All over the world, little boys study math and science in the hope of becoming the next Bill Gates.

And finally, I hope you agree with me to change that last toddler rule just a little bit to If it's broken, it's my stuff.

Russian society and its leaders have no clear vision of the future, and the country s demographic decline offers little hope of a rapid and sustainable turnaround.

Today, such suggestions may seem audacious, naive, or impossible but, without such audacity, there is little hope for Afghanistan, Pakistan, or the region as a whole.

Without access to education, this generation which will soon be the majority has little hope of ever escaping its straitened conditions.

Foreign investors hope to use large mechanized farms to produce output for export, leaving little or nothing for the local populations.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep

There's a group of scientists and engineers and astronauts and they call themselves The B612 Foundation. For those of you who've read The Little Prince, you understand that reference, I hope. The little prince who lived on an asteroid, it was called B612.

But hope the thing with feathers, as the American poet Emily Dickinson put it often bears little resemblance to realities on the ground.

With little hope of a political solution in sight, UNHCR and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Western Sahara have promoted a series of humanitarian confidence building measures involving all parties.

Unfortunately, there may be little hope of strengthening global financial governance as long as implementation and enforcement of rules remain at the national level.

For we are saved by hope but hope that is seen is not hope for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Today s financial firm equity and bond holders must bear the main cost, or there is little hope they will behave more responsibly in the future.

If war is innate to human nature, as is presupposed and predetermined by many psychological theories, then there is little hope of ever escaping it.

Poverty and unemployment have left them frustrated and desperate, and the slowdown in implementing the Hamas Fatah reconciliation agreement gives them little hope of meaningful change.

But there is little hope of this unless the people and leaders of Northern and Southern Sudan come together and fully implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

The most obvious signs of unemployment are found in the 3,000 plus young people who leave school each year with little hope of finding paid employment.

So pervasive has been the role of ICTs that there would be little hope of achieving the MDGs without significant upgrading of ICTs in developing countries.

With soaring deficits, a second stimulus appears unlikely, and, with monetary policy at its limits and inflation hawks being barely kept at bay, there is little hope of help from that department, either.

With little hope of restoring Venezuela s regional authority, Maduro will have to focus on safeguarding his tenuous leadership position at home. This means that forging a strong partnership with the military is essential.

I wish all talent of the world better circumstances than those of the little Syrians in the Jafraa band, who give hope, a tiny light at the end of Syria's dark bloody tunnel.

America s Hope Against Hope

It's a festival of HOPE.

Hope is not a strategy.

Hope is not a strategy.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

New Year s Hope against Hope

And I m going to run a little experiment. Another little experiment.