Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation

John Chamberlain (1927 2011), a Chicago artist known for his sculptures of welded pieces of wrecked automobiles.

Some of those hopes were fulfilled.

Some ship wrecked Phoenician captains tried to blame the Ionians for cowardice before the end of the battle.

Banking on the IMF

So far, these hopes have been dashed.

This cluster of record breaking events could be merely an astonishing streak of bad luck.

All they will leave behind for their people is another wasted chance, with shattered hopes and unpaid bills.

I remember the face, I remember the act, I remember the day, the pain, the drug in my drink, the torn clothes, the stolen money, the crashed car.

RS That's one of the idealistic hopes.

But even skeptics nourish many hopes.

Bo certainly did not disappoint.

The United States, in an act of generosity and vision, provided the shattered European countries with economic help and a security guarantee.

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.

In rebuilding the shattered post Thatcherite economy, we should be careful not to revive the failed policies of the past.

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.