There is even less hope that LinkedIn will live up to the social network legacy created by Facebook and Twitter, both of which have yet to go public.
They then sell the shares, bank the proceeds and hope that their less than sanguine outlook on the company is rewarded through a subsequent decline in the share price of the company in question.
This time around there will be no Super Eight phase, and each team will be guaranteed at least six matches, which the organisers hope will mean less chance of one of the leading nations suffering a shock early elimination, as happened to India and Pakistan four years ago.
But if that is the case, the neutral will hope for a far less one-sided affair - as Liverpool attacked relentlessly but lacked the necessary guile to open the scoring.
As someone who believes strongly in God, I actually hope that God could care less which team wins.
If even the venerable Mr Kissinger can be caught out, what hope for American statesmen far less familiar with China?
Europeans hope that he will prove less ready than George W. Bush to use America's vast military force as an instrument of foreign policy.
In that case, Mr Kirchner would doubtless hope that the justices pay less heed to Argentina's bilateral investment treaties than they did to its human-rights pacts.
Unlike other programs, where utilities subsidize energy-saving items like fluorescent lightbulbs and hope that customers actually use less electricity, Duke would get paid only if an independent entity verifies the savings.
Data and rational analysis offer the hope that we can be less subjective in our consideration of alternatives and potential courses of action, thereby freeing us from the many biases we bring to the table.
The haredim, perhaps incongruously, could offer hope for a more temperate, less obdurate ethos of Jewish nationhood.
Republicans hope that federal courts will be less inclined to accept less meritorious cases and will award reduced payouts.
This can be the year that financial health becomes less of a distant hope and more of a realistic goal.
But some hope to find an audience for less utilitarian subjects among adults who feel that they missed some education when young.
Our view of lots more kids in society is jaundiced because we sense that life is a zero-sum game and that ultimately we humans are far less resourceful than we hope.
Buckley, now a law professor at Georgetown University, warned that dumping these tax breaks will probably generate far less revenue than proponents hope, both because of a slow transition and because high-income taxpayers will find other ways to shelter income.
But public attitudes to parliamentary reform may be less predictable than some Labourites hope.
But, done in a hurry, this may be a less lucrative process than they hope.
If, instead, it pumps less, there is little hope that other countries could make up the shortfall.
The hope is that it also will be less prone to regular blow-ups.
And even if the ECB did start buying bonds again, the intervention might be less effective than its proponents hope.
Against that background, they have started a process that they hope will lead to more appropriate and less risky audit practices.
So they're going to be potentially a lot less profitable, but the hope is that they will also be much more stable.
Many poor people are drawn to somewhat less poor countries in the hope of finding work, just as they are to rich countries.
For the company's sake, let's hope its annual BlackBerry World showcase, less than two months away, and anticipated BB 10 devices can turn its financial frown upside down.
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While we're fairly certain you already own at least one piece of apparel with electrostatic iPod controls on them, they'll eventually end up in the wash (we hope), leaving you liaison-less for the day.
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Mr. QUAMMEN: We're very far from that, I think the real point is understanding cancer better, understanding the biology of cancer, and that will, I hope, ultimately, make it a less lonely disease and a more treatable one.
However, investors can safeguard themselves by establishing, and sticking to, a set of sell rules that will replace hope with sell discipline, and result in less losses of their hard-earned profit.
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U.S. auto sales were down across the board for January compared to the same time last year, although some say the decline was less steep than expected and offered hope for the Michigan-based auto giants.
The hope is that trees can be modified to make less lignin, and more cellulose.
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