Word: hoping
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...true, that the Administration's stimulus package will catch hold before the end of the year. It is not a good sign that Congress is still fighting over the federal budget which is also part of the grand plan to get the economy out of recession. But, hope springs eternal. If the number of jobs lost in March is under 600,000, economists can begin to make a case that pessimists are wrong. Unemployment will not hit 10% early next year. If the figure is less than 550,000 jobs lost some overly enthusiastic analysts may say the recession...
...wastes of Stalin's Russia, a thousand balalaikas chorus in a dreamy waltz. "Lara's Theme" promises that "Somewhere, my love, there will be songs to sing." Not here, not yet, but for Yuri Zhivago and his elusive darling, the music holds both the ache of separation and the hope of ecstatic reunion. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...crisis summit" looks like it will turn into a crisis all its own. For the weeks leading up to the meeting there has been hope that the nations who will attend would be able to create a united approach to pull the world out of a recession that, by some estimates, could cost 50 million jobs across the globe. But, there will be no unity of programs and each country coming to the gathering may well end up taking a different approach to making their own economies, and by extension, a part of the world economy, much better...
...Despite what the most reliable data may suggest, though, the hope of having a child is not one that most infertile patients and even some doctors would care to quantify - or put a price tag on. "Some clinics still have a so-called guarantee that if the patient is not getting pregnant, they get their money back," says Martikainen. "In those cases, of course, the doctor tries to get the patient pregnant at any price...
...that to the scores of freshmen who experienced a police crackdown in the recent Housing Day “Quad boat incident.” For several years, freshmen students have trudged to the Charles River to light small boats on fire on the eve of Housing Day in hope of securing a desired House placement. This year, however, Cambridge and Harvard police aggressively shut down the ritual. Several boats of more outlandish construction may have merited intervention, but the overall crackdown carried out by HUPD was excessive. It seems incredible that a few flimsy craft, doomed to sail...