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I thought it was a good day, but we had hoped for a better day.

I thought it was a good day, but we'd hoped for a better day. From my vantage point, I think the story wasn't that we got squeezed out by the real high profile teams, but the questions revolve around teams that look like us.

I thought in the first half we played all right, but we just turned the ball over too many times in the second half and we were too inconsistent on offense. We knew it was going to be a tough battle, and I hoped we could stick in there and pull it out at the end.

We never were as aggressive as I had hoped today. We were just not playing with as much energy as I would have liked.

The appeals court decision last year turned on its head the traditional belief that a university is a 'marketplace of ideas' where speech from all sides is not only tolerated, but encouraged. We hoped that the Supreme Court would step in to reaffirm that important principle.

The arm is progressing along the timeline he hoped it would and he's optimistic it's going to be ready. If he's sound and healthy, he wants to play.

That was what the players were saying - 'We have to get stops,' because they were kind of having their way with us there for a little while. So, they just buckled down, and we started switching everything. ... We just put a smaller lineup out there on the floor and switched everything and hoped that we could do a better job containing them.

That was tremendous. A lot of hard work has gone into this.He really picked up. I hoped I hadn't gone too soon as it was his first run of the season,

That was the best start we could have hoped for.

That we won with our defense, that's no surprise. North has better shooters than we do. We just hoped we could score enough to stay in the game, then win it with defense.

That was a great effort from our kids in the second half. We hoped our pressure would finally break them and I think it did.

That was less than the number of animals (40) we had hoped to take from the herd. It was pretty tough hunting. There was full foliage, and the warm weather made the animals not move around too much during the day.

That's what I hoped for. It was nice to see it, particularly on their court.

I was proud to be with a lot of those guys in the huddle because they fought through it, and that shows character. It was an ugly season, and it wasn't what we had hoped for and not what we expected. But guys in that huddle kept playing, and I was proud of that.

I was overbearing. I just hoped he would come to love basketball or find something like it that he could love just as much.

I was not running away from anything when I left Canada. ... I didn't come to America for economic opportunity, although I have certainly enjoyed it. But every fourth Thursday of November, I have given thanks ... because America has been virtually everything I hoped it would be.

Mike and his staff have worked very hard and we all hoped for a turnaround, but it doesn't seem to be happening. We have an obligation to the fan base of the Dallas Burn and Major League Soccer to put a competitive team on the field.

Me watching them and them watching me is kind of nerve-wracking. We all hoped we'd come out on top, but now we've got to take care of the next step.

We feel good about him being able to do that. He's at a point where we hoped he'd be when he takes off to go to the World Baseball Classic.

We were never as aggressive as I had hoped today. We just were not playing with as energy as I would have liked. For whatever reason, we did not have the over-the-top attitude you had to have to beat them today.

We hoped we would win. We had played good in the second half of '90, and I liked some of the changes we made. We were working to learn as much as we could.

We hoped we'd be further along. It's a little frustrating. We were hoping at some point to turn the corner. You never know.

We hoped to see a 75 percent response rate, but the fact it came in at 50 percent is not way out of line for our expectations.

We hoped to point out deficiencies or good points about the procedures we have in place now. We came away with some good ideas and things we had never thought about.

We hoped to key off of that and we try to. But right now we're just fighting through so many things injury-wise and just to have continuity at practice. We're not really where we want to be.

We hoped to have another win or two, but the team played well despite a few untimely penalties. We gave up five goals due to penalties.

We hoped to get it down to six by halftime, but I was very pleased with the way we came back especially for this team, which has very little playoff experience.

We hoped to get him through the tournament, but it just wasn't meant to be. That's unfortunate for him because he's a great wrestler, a great representative for the school, but for him not to be able to train and work out, it's difficult.

We hoped to gain some momentum with the first play. We wanted to come out and try something different. I thought our offense played better tonight.

We hoped to file it today, but we want it to be accurate. Our anticipation is we will file an accurate report tomorrow.

We hoped to achieve our goals through attrition, reduced hiring and other voluntary means. Despite our best efforts, it became clear that getting to our targets required a number of involuntary separations.

We hoped this would never happen but always knew it could and it did.

We hoped this day would never come, ... We believe that the Arabs, whether Sunni or Shiite, are one. We totally reject any attempt to stir up sectarian issues to divide Iraq.

We hoped they (Chinese officials) would be aggressive in acting to halt the sales, ... but I can't say I have any evidence.

We hoped there came more Japanese airplanes, ... then we can shoot more down. But it never happened.

We hoped the prior case would take care of the problem, but the State Police continued to enforce the state law. The purpose of this case is to solve the problem across the state.

We hoped that we could come out and get the first and the energy would pick us up, but they kept getting the bounces.

We hoped that people who would come on a Wednesday would also give us a try on Sunday. It's been very successful.

We hoped that our depth would wear them down. The way we were able to sub allowed us to have more gas at the end. Our tempo and our style are conducive to runs like that.

We hoped that maybe we were dealing with something that was relatively short-lived over a few years in a child's life.

We hoped that March would be back on track and strong enough to bail out the quarter, but it doesn't look like it got there fast enough to really allow this company to climb out of the hole they dug themselves in for January and February.

We hoped that certain components could be salvaged.

We hoped she would be born on Valentine's Day, but she came a day early. I wanted to name her Valerie, but my wife wouldn't go along with it. Her name is Jessica.

We hoped it would turn out this way, but we really weren't expecting it to. I've cried quite a bit on and off, but today's tears were tears of joy.

We hoped he was going to be open and have a pocket of space to get an open shot or drive the ball. Bosh did a great job of switching out defensively. I have to take the blame for that. That was a bad call putting a guy in a position that ended up not being a good position.

We hope and pray that this storm will decide to veer to the east. We had hoped it would do it before now, ... But it looks like it's coming straight at us.

We executed our game plan defensively, as far as I'm concerned, to a T. I had hoped that we could score 40 points on them.

We couldn't have hoped for a better response.

We played really good as a team, ... We got consistent serves from most of our players. We are playing the type of volleyball I had hoped for at this time of the season.

We had wonderful crowds and they were larger than we could have hoped for,

We had hoped to win it, but we rebounded from some tough matches and had three kids on the podium.

We had hoped to return Mr. Stern's show to the air free from indecent content. Unfortunately, the FCC's latest action, combined with deafening silence from the Stern show on their future plans to comply with the law, leave us no choice but to abandon the program for good.

We had hoped to return Mr. Stern's show to the air free from indecent content, ... Unfortunately, the FCC's latest action, combined with deafening silence from the Stern show on their future plans to comply with the law, leave us no choice but to abandon the program for good.

We had hoped to provide more advance notice of season dates to help them select their vacation days. That is what license buyers had asked for, however, since the deer data will not be available until mid-March and bear and wild turkey results were just made available, the board and staff concluded more time was needed before taking final action on the 2006-07 seasons and bag limits.

We had hoped to play this series sooner, but we wanted to play in back-to-back seasons and these were the first available dates.

We had hoped to hold him under 20, but obviously we didn't do that.

We had hoped to have this resolved before and to avoid a trial (with a lesser charge). Now we're leaning towards a criminal responsibility defense, like a not-guilty by reason of insanity.

We had hoped to have before us a finalized settlement agreement. But there is one issue that needs to be resolved which makes it impossible to consider a final agreement tonight.

We had hoped to go in that direction more so than we were able to. It hit us late in the week, which was kind of a tough hurdle. But our chances were there.

We had hoped to get one or two of them. They all turned us down.

We had hoped to get more done, but there were so many obstacles.

We had hoped to get an easy lead, and he relaxed and finished. He's a real racehorse.

We had hoped to discourage them in the running game.

We had hoped to celebrate the Israeli democracy today in a different atmosphere, and now we are again forced to cope with murderous terror. The government of Israel will do what must be done in order to deal with the terrorists and those who dispatch them.

We had hoped to be able to make enough films to be able to rationalize the cost of being our own distributor. Sadly, we were never able to make enough films to make that economically sound.

We had hoped to achieve greater progress towards a consensual plan during the around-the-clock negotiations that have occurred in recent days,

We had hoped this delegation would occupy Iraq's seat in the U.N., and we understand this was not approved due to the reservations of some of the neighbors.

We had hoped the university would see the error of its ways and correct this wrong without going to court. Unfortunately, the controversy only emboldened them to further divide students along the lines of their deeply held religious beliefs. It's really too bad it had to come to this.

We had hoped the hearings would be finished by the end of the year. However, we have tremendous confidence in Sen. Specter, who handled Chief Justice Roberts' confirmation process so well. We are encouraged by the bipartisan momentum that has set the vote on the Senate floor for January 20th.

We had hoped the flow of people filing for extended benefits would slow this week, pushing claims back towards their underlying trend -- about 350,000, but it didn't happen,

We had hoped that we would able to reach a resolution that was agreeable to all.

We had hoped that we could give him a little help. But they shoot the ball so well, they have kids other than him that can shoot the ball from the perimeter which takes away some of the opportunity to help. We felt our best bet was to keep the ball out of his hands.

We had hoped that the people of Florida would have an opportunity to speak on this question, whether they want self-interested politicians drawing their own districts. We just have to go back to the drawing board.

We had hoped that President Bush would unite the country around a nominee who would maintain the current balance on the court, a nominee all Americans could count on to uphold our rights and liberties. Sadly, President Bush did not do that.

We had hoped that people who didn't like smoking would come flocking to our pubs, but they've flocked elsewhere it seems.

We had hoped that Judge Collyer's decision would bring all parties involved to the bargaining table.

We had hoped that Jackson would have learned from his mistakes. It is clear now that he never was able to completely remove the bigotry from his own heart.

We had hoped that it would clarify a lot of issues that remained open since 1998. It did give information about peaceful programs concerning biology and chemistry, but it did not really shed any new evidence from the chemical weapons and biological weapons program.

We had hoped that he would be here so that we could have a reunion tonight ? a celebration.

We had hoped for a victory. We knew there was some opposition, but it was spread out. We were definitely surprised by the difference of those being in favor of us once the final vote was tallied.

We had hoped Dwayne would make it for Wasps but in the end he is another two weeks away from being fit.

We wanted to make them shoot over the top of us. Contest every shot. Our team effort was amazing. The defense was everything I hoped it would be. We kept our feet moving, our arms moving, played with so much energy.

We wanted to make sure all of the quotes we've heard from him are accurate. We hoped that they weren't but I think that he proved they probably were.

We're very pleased with the way things are going. This has been everything we had hoped it would be.

We have always admired the enormous talents of Herbie Hancock, ... When Jack Rovner and I first learned that we might be able to work with Herbie, we immediately jumped at the opportunity. And for the relationship to begin with a project as exciting as Possibilities is more than we could have hoped for. There are very few artists whose contribution to music has been as substantial and original as Herbie Hancock's. It is a great privilege to be undertaking this project with him.

We had obviously hoped the judge would accept our agreement with the government. Dr. Fisk is disappointed the judge didn't adopt that recommendation. On the other hand, he appreciates the fact that the court said a sentence within the guideline range was inappropriate.

We hadn't gotten the momentum we hoped for until now. If something gets introduced and we at least get a dialogue going, that's a very positive move.

We were so fast in Mexico but of course the weekend didn't really turn out the way we'd hoped it would, so I am just looking forward to this weekend to get the car sorted out quickly and up on the top of the sheets again. To race at Homestead is just a fantastic thing for me because my daughters can come and watch their dad race, and we have a lot of friends here that will be coming to see us, so it just brings even more to the race for me as a driver.

Today's turn of events brings me great sadness. I had hoped to keep this marriage together.

Today's turn of events brings me great sadness, ... I had hoped to keep this marriage together.

Troy did some realy good things, ... We'll go back and watch the film. I'm sure there will be lots of things that we need to do a little bit better. But I think every time you're out there making decisions, you learn a little bit more. Troy progressed and that's what we hoped for.

Yeah, you somewhat hoped that things would get worked out, but I wasn't counting on it.

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it, ... There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

We had eased Matthew back carefully after his other injuries and had hoped he would be available for the finale to the season.

We made estimates of what gains we could make. We made some gains but we did not make the gains that we had hoped to make.

We haven't quite gotten to where I had hoped we'd get to. But this season has certainly felt good, and I'm very proud of the football team so far.

Those are situations where you're almost guaranteed to give up one (run). In fact with second and third with no outs, we just hoped to minimize and maybe give up one, possible two runs. We just didn't want to extend the inning any further than that. To get out of both of those situations without giving up a run was a real boost for us. Offensively, I think it helped give us some momentum to build on.

We are in this for the long haul. This menu has great breadth. And we have been ... getting the response we hoped for. We are seeing a lot of people for the first time, and then they are coming back.

Those hoping for the price of digital songs to rise toward the prices paid for ring tones are out of luck. Some hoped it could rise from 99 cents, $1, to the $2, $3 or $4 paid for ring tones. That's not going to happen.

Unfortunately we don't have all the bits and pieces on the car that we had hoped to have by this stage so we've got to make as good a job as we can with what we have and we feel we are doing well with that at the moment.