The Celtics (29-26) lost Rondo to an partially torn ACL in January, while the 76ers are still holding out hope that off-season acquisition Andrew Bynum can log at least some playing time this season despite having injured knees that have kept him out.
Vivacious and adventurous, if plagued by self-doubt, Lucie set off with a friend to work in the hostess bars of Tokyo's Roppongi district, in the hope of paying off her debts.
The tug was holed by the decommissioned Moto Vessel Emsstrom, off Hope's Nose, Torbay in Devon.
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Kent still require another 300 and their only hope of staving off defeat appears more bad weather.
Some bidders have sought trademark protection in the hope of scaring off rivals.
To have a hope of pulling off a Jobs-like turnaround, she will need to tackle three vital tasks fast.
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And as in other areas of manufacturing, some firms hope to fend off the Chinese by emphasising Italian craftsmanship.
But whichever, I hope it recovers confidence in the vision and I hope it heads off down the platform path.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its friends desperately hope to stave off the further enactment of American Laws for American Courts.
January sees provincial elections which Iraqis hope will pass off peacefully - but there are countless political parties vying for power and influence.
In particular, it has zeroed in on the commitment of PAS to introduce huddud, or Islamic punishment, in the hope of scaring off non-Muslim voters.
Perhaps only a character as fearless as Spurlock could hope to pull off a scheme like this but it was not without difficulty, he says.
Black individuals or companies could buy large holdings in white companies in the hope of paying off their debts through dividend payments and rising share prices.
I'm all for big ambition, and for his sake and the myriad Pacific Century CyberWorks' shareholders who have staked their fortunes with him, I hope it takes off.
Scotland scored 29 last season as he helped fire Swansea to the League One title and the 30-year-old's goals in the Championship have given the Swans unexpected play-off hope.
Despite the difficult task presented to them, England's performances with the bat so far this series meant they began their second innings with hope of pulling off a famous victory.
Middle-aged voters, many of whom voted for British membership of the European Community in 1975, in the hope of heading off economic failure and isolation, are the least hostile to the constitution.
That meant his main hope of holding off the Ferrari driver was to build a lead big enough before his stop on lap 10 that Raikkonen could not close it on his extra lap.
An estimated 30, 000 Americans, up from 2, 000 in the mid-1990s, are shooting up in the hope of fending off the aging process, according to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, a professional society of doctors.
In times of scarcity, tribesmen would regularly invade the territory of their neighbors in the hope of carrying off camels, cattle, or slaves, taking great care to avoid killing anybody, since this could lead to a vendetta.
Crusaders coach Iestyn Harris will no doubt hope stand-off Witt will continue his run of form that saw him claim his fourth try of the season when he dummied L'Estrange to pull the Welsh outfit level midway through the first half.
Lisa Dobriskey, who won 1500m bronze at the Worlds in Berlin, will hope to see off the challenge of Russia's Anna Alminova and go at least one better while Jenny Meadows, 800m silver medallist a year ago, is coming back into form just in time after calf and Achilles problems.
That definitely fired me up personally and I hope our team fed off it.
That's why in Durban we hope the parties sign off on an agreement for a legal commitment.
The drop was attributed to a price war touched off by Hope Group when it cut feed prices by up to 25%.
He would hope thereby to head off incipient plots within the settler movement to put up an alternative candidate, untainted by Wye.
It strengthens the hand of the cautious coach, the "play on the break and hope we nick one off a set piece" brigade.
"What surprised me was that they actually said they hope to make money off the calls, " said Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of technology blog SearchEngineLand.
This year six pictures will be auctioned off for Hope and Homes for Children and the exhibition was guest curated by Magnum Photos' Peter Marlow.
We all hope our efforts pay off, for ourselves and our investors, but the real win for an entrepreneur is bringing his or her idea to life.
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