In terms of talent, the current line-up is not without hope (see article).

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Yet Mr Bush is not without hope on this score.

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But Booth is not without hope.

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Mr Gore is not without hope.

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We keep hoping because, without hope we are not able to continue.

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My only guess is that CODEC is not mature enough and I hope that in future versions they can play without dropping frames.

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One of these, Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, worked for more than 12 hours to separate the babies, but Hope's lungs were not sufficiently strong to support her without her twin, and she died shortly after the operation.

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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.

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"Without research we're into the territory of try it and hope it works, which is not what our students want or expect from us, " George says.

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