Word: hoping
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...Abdalhussein has just one, a son born in 1981 - not long before her husband, a conscript, was killed fighting Iran. "We're always talking about the future of the children and what it holds for them," says Mahmoud. "We've been through many wars as a generation. We hope our children will have happier lives...
...multifaith school run by the Chaldean church, 4-year-olds wrestle with the universal question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Several want to be doctors. Allawi plans a career in business. Muqtada wants to be a soldier. It doesn't seem unrealistic to hope that he won't be needed to keep the peace in his own city...
Before he left, Fawcett remarked, "If with all my experience we can't make it, there's not much hope for others." About that much he was right. Dozens of search parties followed him in--Peter Fleming, brother of the writer Ian, was among them--and as many as 100 people died in the hunt. One of the unlikeliest Fawcett hunters, and possibly the last, is David Grann, a 40-year-old journalist who, by his own admission, doesn't even like camping. In 2005 he too entered the Brazilian jungle. Fortunately for him, he came out again. He wrote...
...Harvard wins today, the worst overall the team can place is fourth. However, if the team falls to Cornell, the best it can do is fifth place. The Crimson’s hope to clinch a top-three finish hinges on victory in its first-round contest...
...Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 said that the stimulus package will give the state $6 to $9 billion over the next two years. Throughout the state, towns and cities have submitted thousands of shovel-ready projects—immediately actionable proposals—in the hopes of receiving funding from the stimulus package, and Cambridge was no different. According to City Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Cambridge has a large list of projects that require funding—including street work, sewer reconstruction, and a renovation of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. Cambridge budget director David...