On the South Side of Chicago, I worked with families who had lost jobs and lost hope when the local steel plant closed.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

They looked to the new president with a mixture of shock and hope.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

They said McCarthy had touched their lives with a message of hope.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

Much attention has centered on a two thousand one speech when she said: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

Batarseh,who is a Christian, said Bethlehem still brings hope at Christmas,with its eternal message of peace on earth, goodwill toward men.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Howard Spiegler fights for art justice. He graduated from Columbia University's law school in 1974 with the hope of doing public good.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"We are convinced that that is the most critical underpinning of any success we hope to achieve along with the people and government of Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

It's about decades and decades," EJ's mother,Hope Davis, says she believes registries will help to improve the lives of children born with heart defects in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Film producers and owners of multiscreen cinemas are also expressing hope that with the strike behind them, they can focus on other issues of concern to the industry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

Ramatoulaye Sow is with the National Party of Hope and Development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

It seems this benchdmark in Libya's modern history is coinciding with hope at home that the country can start to reap the benefits of a rehabilitated and redirected Colonel Gadhafi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"We have put across our viewpoint with sincerity and with the hope that they would review their policy in the context of drone attacks so that our effort to win our fight against terrorism is successful,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

So far this month, U.S.officials have sent around to other Mexican border cities with the hope that many of them will not work their way back to Juarez and become part of the city's criminal underground.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"We cannot stop terrorism or defeat the ideologies of violent extremism when hundreds of millions of young people see a future with no jobs,no hope and no way ever to catch up to the developed world,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

I think Felipe Calderon is coming here with the hope that once President Obama embraces him and says all the right things in terms of applauding what he has done right over the past three years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Rather,the focus has been on a 2001 speech in which Sotomayor said she would hope that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has not lived that life."

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

You have to step up. You have to serve." He said groups like the Clinton Global Initiative are making a difference around the world by working with business to cut dangerous emissions, empowering entrepreneurs with micro-loans, and giving hope to some of the world's poorest children.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"I'm coming in contact now with a lot of young immigrants and I find a lot of hope in their desire to continue to advocate for improvements and to not hide their issues or their concerns, but to participate in the society in a democratic way, whatever their legal status."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22