Hopes that the 2005 Ashes series would be closely fought proved well-founded, as the series was more competitive than anyone had predicted and was still undecided as the closing session of the final Test began.

Hopes were not high that it would be suitable for the job.

" Edge produced two albums with guitarist Adrian Gurvitz, Kick Off Your Muddy Boots ( 1975 ) and Paradise Ballroom ( 1976 ); Hayward composed the acoustically textured Songwriter ( 1977 ), which would be followed up in later years by Night Flight ( 1980 ), Moving Mountains ( 1985 ), ( which Hayward dedicated to Peter Knight ) Classic Blue ( 1989 ), The View From The Hill ( 1996 ), and Live In San Juan Capistrano ( 1998 ); Lodge released Natural Avenue ( 1977 ); Pinder produced The Promise ( 1976 ); and Thomas collaborated on two projects with songwriter Nicky James, producing From Mighty Oaks ( 1975 ) and Hopes, Wishes and Dreams ( 1976 ).

Hopes were therefore raised in some quarters that the constitution would be amended to give more scope to the president.

Hopes that Spencer would progress further were dashed by an even older adversary, Ray Reardon, who recovered from 3 – 0 and 7 – 5 behind to win the match 13 – 11.

Hopes were high that his success in both these events would continue at the Olympics.

Hopes that a Giray from the Caucasus would return to liberate Crimea continued until the very conquest of North Caucasus by the Russians in 1859.

Baring's ultimate goal was to establish a house under his control based on both Barings and Hopes, which would straddle the North Sea, dominate government finance in Europe, and provide an enormously powerful base for its American connections.

Two weeks later, on 1 May, Cricket Australia announced that along with James Hopes and Mick Lewis, Cameron White's national contract would not be renewed for the next 12 months.

' Disco Down ' did really well and we were all prepared to follow it up with ' High Hopes ', the video script was approved and it was ready to go to radio, when some higher authority decided it would be a better idea to re-release ' Going For Gold ' instead.

Policy, then looked upon these Houses so many Common-Sewers, into which it might disperse it self of its Superfluities ; it makes use of them to ease Families, whom a great Number of Children would make poor and indigent, if there were not Places for them to retire to ; and that their Retreat many be secure, without any Hopes of Return, it invented Vows, by which it pretends to bind us, and tye us indissolubly, to that State which we have embraced: It makes us even renounce the Rights which nature has given us, and separate us from the World in such Manner, that we make no part of it.

Hopes have been expressed that the new line might eventually be extended to Mwinilunga and even to join Angola's Benguela Railway without relying on the DR Congo link, to restore what was until the 1970s Zambia's main route for exporting copper and other metals.

Hopes were raised in 1968 under new Captain-Coach Bob Boland when they won the pre-season competition and finished 8th, but this improvement proved to be short lived.

The song can be sung in an infinite loop, like " The Song That Never Ends ", " My Name is Jan Jansen ", " Michael Finnegan ", or " High Hopes ".

Hopes that United Nations funding might be available for Decade Volcano projects did not come to fruition, and funding was sought instead from a variety of sources.

Believing fervently that ‘ it may be desirable not to have the subject to discuss with our own Ministers, as you know very well how ignorant they are of foreign finance ’ ( Barings archives, Northbrook MSS, A19 ), in 1801 he dispatched P. C. Labouchere of Hopes and his son George to negotiate a loan to the court of Lisbon.

Baring aimed to strengthen his links with Hopes even further, through his son joining their partnership, but Alexander Baring could not be persuaded to comply.

Despite the band's reservations about issuing such a compilation so soon in their career, the album went on to sell 130, 000 copies and featured brand new material in " Disco Down " and " High Hopes ", both intended to be issued as singles.

Hopes for a lasting alliance with the Byzantine Empire had also come up against insuperable problems.

Hopes for peace gained ground as the LTTE declared a unilateral ceasefire in December 2000, but they cancelled it on 24 April 2001, and launched another offensive against the government.

Perhaps Tait's best performance of the season was his spell of 7 / 99 against Queensland at the Adelaide Oval in November 2004 in which he claimed the wickets of Australian representatives Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Jimmy Maher, Andy Bichel and Nathan Hauritz.

She is also the subject of Betty King's 1974 biographical novel Margaret of Anjou, Alan Savage's 1994 novel Queen of Lions, Anne Powers ' historical romance The Royal Consorts, and Susan Higginbotham's 2011 novel The Queen of Last Hopes.

After the failure of the French Duc d ' Anville Expedition to recapture Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Governor Paul Mascarene told Acadians to avoid " deluding Hopes of Returning under the Dominion of France.

He is also the author of Decepcionados com a Graça: Esperanças e frustrações no Brasil neo-pentecostal ( Disappointed with Grace: Hopes and Frustrations in Neo-Pentecostal Brazil ) 2, which examines the International Church of God's Grace of R. R.

" Hopes, Stakes Are High as the AFL-CIO Convention Begins.

Hopes were raised among the Balkan ethnicities of reforms and autonomy, and elections were held to form a representative, multi-ethnic, Ottoman parliament.

Hopes for the Enlightenment, human rights, republican government, democracy, and freedom after Napoleon I's defeat in 1815 were dashed, however, when the Congress of Vienna reinstated many monarchies.

Clerical converts include Monsignor Graham Leonard ( former Anglican Bishop of London ); Alan Hopes ( a present-day Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster ) and several hundred priests who were received into the Church, mostly from the Church of England.

Hopes were high for the Pacers following their strong showing in the 2011 playoffs, but that had to wait until their regular season began on December 26, 2011, due to the lockout.

Hopes were high for 1999, but Hill did not enjoy a good season.

Hopes for a new free start were immediately dampened when the PKWN claimed they were entitled to choose who they wanted to take part in the government, and the Soviet NKVD seized sixteen Polish underground leaders who had wanted to participate in negotiations on the reorganization in March 1945 brought them to the Soviet Union for a show trial in June.

The 1968 to 1972 album sleeves, plus several solo sets up to Ray Thomas's " Hopes, Wishes & Dreams " in 1976, were characterised by striking surreal scenic sleeve artwork ( mostly gatefold sleeves ) by artist Phil Travers.

Hopes were raised when three armoured cars of XXX Corps ' Household Cavalry managed to skirt the German defences on the island and link up with Sosabowski's force.

Hopes for a quick end to an insurgency and a withdrawal of U. S. troops were dashed at the advent of May, Iraq's bloodiest month since the invasion of U. S. forces in March and April 2003.

Hopes of a Cabaret Voltaire reunion were raised when Kirk dropped hints in the late 1990s, the most significant being in the notes of a reissue of Radiation, but this never happened.

Hopes were high that the championship-winning side could prosper in the Second Division, but only three games were played of the 1939 – 40 season due to the outbreak of World War II.

Hopes of employment which he had after the July Revolution were frustrated by his reputation as a speculative republican.

Hopes were high that the NDP was on the verge of taking power, but in the 1977 election, the Tories under Bill Davis again won a minority government.

Hopes of making the country a Spanish dependency were dashed, however, when the Spaniards were massacred two years later by an equally belligerent contingent of Malay mercenaries.

Their three Academy Awards for Best Song were won for " All the Way " ( 1957 ) from The Joker Is Wild, " High Hopes " ( 1959 ) from A Hole in the Head, and " Call Me Irresponsible " ( 1963 ) from Papa's Delicate Condition.

Hopes for a sequel were raised when Masato Kato returned to Square Enix to work on games of the World of Mana project.

Hopes for the system were further damaged in 1994 with the arrival of the Sony PlayStation, which beat the 3DO in price.