Some of those hopes were fulfilled.

Banking on the IMF

So far, these hopes have been dashed.

RS That's one of the idealistic hopes.

But even skeptics nourish many hopes.

Bo certainly did not disappoint.

But don't hold your breath.

These hopes have proven illusory.

But, in each case, those hopes were dashed.

Hence, their expectations were met.

Canada will do its part to respond to those expectations.

Back then, Afghanistan s people held great hopes for an immediately wonderful future.

The world has a lot riding on America s election.

There are two hopes for avoiding this disastrous outcome.

However, since 2000, hopes have been gradually fading.

These are the facts on the ground that doom Palestinian hopes for a sovereign Palestinian state no less than Israeli hopes for a wholly Jewish state.

The prospects of a stable future look increasingly dim.

In Davos this year, great hopes have given way to great apprehensions.

Our discussion on the question of Palestine this year leaves us with mixed feelings of hope and an awareness of the challenges that lie ahead.

But the onset of opportunities and the fulfilment of hopes must be based on mutual trust.

The best example is US President Barack Obama, on whom so many hopes rested probably too many for any one leader.

As one participant put it, this view is the result of the politics of expectation the expectations of this summit were much higher and much more wide ranging than what is contained in the draft outcome document.

This expectation is an inevitable consequence of Turkey s geography and history.

But as hopes of integration with the West wane, so a feeling of exclusion is growing.

Expectations and confidence in democracy, the market economy, and the larger European project have suffered as well.

Hopes were high that he would deliver progress against the extraordinary poverty.

Nevertheless, profound economic and political transformation in Latin America has masked a deep disparity between reforms and reality indeed, between hopes and their fulfillment.

When Barack Obama was elected US president, there was hope for progress.

Hopes that a popular uprising might topple the regime have fizzled.

Information and communications technology (ICT) has long been hailed as a harbinger of a global change.

have been unearthed. In this broader context the expectations on the CD are truly high.

First Georgia, then Ukraine, and most recently Moldova have all been big EU hopes.

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

On the one hand, certain hopes and opportunities exist, and the General Assembly is convened on the basis of those hopes.

According to Hollande, the economic upturn la reprise had just started, and hope was around the corner.

Working together, those hopes can become realities for many more people.

Hopes that Brazil and China would provide cash to Cuba have been dashed by the international financial crisis and geo politics.

One is relying on Chinese goodwill to stabilize the US and world economies.

The establishment of this Organization, the United Nations, was the ultimate practical expression of shared hopes for a better world.

But we have a wish for the Middle East one that, while perhaps not bringing peace, can create one of peace s preconditions goodwill.

But they soon discovered that realizing this prospect would require a longer and more arduous journey than they had anticipated.

It is now the responsibility of us, the Member States, to mobilize our efforts in order to ensure that those expectations are met.

For two decades, expectations that an appreciating yen would restore external balance were repeatedly disappointed. At the time of the December 1971 Smithsonian Agreement, 308 yen to the dollar was supposed to do the trick.

At last, the world must recognize that the hopes stirred by the 1990 s peace process have been completely dashed.

As a result, an administration in which many had placed high hopes is lapsing into demagoguery and ineffectiveness.