Word: hope
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...She’s gonna get another centimeter or two in the next couple of weeks which should qualify her for the Olympic Trials coming up. That’s the next milestone.”It’s a milestone that Christensen believes is attainable. She hopes to jump 184 cm in the next few weeks before NCAA Regionals in order to be eligible for Olympic Trials. While she is not holding out hope for Beijing given the huge amount of talent in US high jumping this year, Christensen believes going to trials would...
...feels that, in choreographing, “There’s a sense of pride but also a sense of release.” She is still uncertain whether she prefers choreographing or dancing, and dreads the day when she will have to choose one over the other. Schreier hopes to continue dancing and choreographing after graduation, but she has yet to make any set plans. “I hope to be able to surround myself with people who can facilitate my growth,” she says. “Having the opportunity to work with...
...Despite Harvard’s reputation for being aloof and inconsiderate, many community members say they still hold out hope for a future of cooperation...
...that climate, there has been guarded hope that the FARC wants to discuss the release of the Americans and its more than 700 Colombian military, police and civilian hostages. U.S. Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who is involved with the campaign to free the Americans, says, "The FARC seems engaged on this issue for the first time ever." Since the start of the year, the group has handed six hostages - including a Colombian congresswoman and a former vice-presidential candidate - over to Chavez. But Colombia now accuses Chavez of supporting the FARC financially. (He denies...
Amidst those muddled Andean politics, some suggest a better hope for the Americans may be sitting inside U.S. jails. In 2004 and 2005, Colombia extradited to the U.S. two FARC leaders, Ricardo Palmera, a.k.a. Simon Trinidad, and Omaira Rojas, a.k.a. Sonia. Sonia was convicted last year on drug charges and given 17 years in prison; Trinidad, convicted for conspiracy in the Americans' capture, was sentenced to 60 years in January. The FARC has made the pair's release a condition for the U.S. hostages' freedom. The U.S. has designated the FARC a terrorist group and can't negotiate with...