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  • The ignominious end for Lord Triesman of his rocky two-year tenure as the Football Association's first independent chairman was a very English coup, not the result of some fierce row over principle with the vested interests on the FA board, but a kiss-and-tell sting which delivered its tabloid sponsor more loose talk than it could have hopedfor.

    Lord Triesman falls to a very English coup 2010

  • But what unites these two women is arguably stronger than what sets them apart: both are fighting to keep the legacy of their loved ones alive and that, perhaps, is the greatest tribute Gordon Gentle or Olaf Schmid could have hopedfor.

    Christina Schmid's courage shows that grief has the power to inspire 2010

  • The hopedfor cascade effect seemed to be happening spontaneously, information falling into place in one long, rapid data stream.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • The hopedfor cascade effect seemed to be happening spontaneously, information falling into place in one long, rapid data stream.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • The hopedfor cascade effect seemed to be happening spontaneously, information falling into place in one long, rapid data stream.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • Instead of the half-hopedfor revelation, his gaze swept over more of what they'd seen the past dreary days-rocks, mushrooms, lichens and mosses, mist and cloud cover.

    The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • The Age that he still hopedfor action before the coming poll.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • The Age that he still hopedfor action before the coming poll.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • If you haven’t already figured it out from the name, demo play won’tbe the ability to download and play demos on your Wii like you hopedfor.

    Bleep, Bleep. Bloop, Bloop. Video Games. « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

  • There was no need to go to war with Iraq, and it’s only serving to recruit more people to that cult than anything Saddam or even Bin Laden could have hopedfor.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Muravchik on the Future of Neoconservatism: 2007

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