There is a shocking disconnect between the high hopes that launched the round and the grubby reality of the talks so far.
Whether the court lives up to the high hopes of its advocates depends on how much independence, and power, it is given.
It came as an unneeded reminder that despite the high hopes that prevailed in 2009, the security situation has never really stabilised and shows recent signs of deteriorating further.
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The high hopes for a new era of relations after a nuclear deal have "simply not panned out", says Professor Bharat Karnad at the Centre for Policy Research.
The filmmakers high hopes withstanding, Idlewild bombed at the box office.
The bears may be validated for their speculation on the slow-down of the U.S. economy this year, but the bulls have high hopes for the upcoming earnings season.
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Any hint from economic indicators of such a dip is likely to unhinge shares, and to take the current high hopes with them.
Ireland, who went into the tournament with high hopes, are going home and the pressure is also building on coach Eddie O'Sullivan.
Baltacha, ranked higher than the qualifier, had high hopes of reaching the last 16, but her booming serve misfired.
Initially, the company had high hopes that a helping hand would be lent by the flamboyant billionaire industrialist Kjell Inge Rokke whose company Aker Maritime controls 18% of Kvaerner's shares, making it the largest single share holder.
The party had high hopes that its protectionist budget announced on June 1st would help revive the economy.
But the company says it has high hopes for the China market.
He ran Rossi a close second in the 2009 championship, and will enter the new season with high hopes of keeping up the pressure on his Yamaha team-mate and bitter rival - despite his pre-season problems.
Just fill in the blank, and you have high hopes for the blank slate that is the year ahead of you.
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When Bush went to bed, the Democrats had clinched the House, but the president was still "having high hopes in the Senate, " Snow said.
Vicente Fox, a former Coca-Cola salesman who defeated the PRI, brought high hopes that his country would match the economic promise of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA), between Mexico, the United States and Canada, with a correspondingly vibrant democracy.
The brothers have high hopes for a strawberry lemonade drink planned for this summer.
After the inspiration and all the effort and high hopes, lofty aims become subjugated to more urgent needs.
Based on Warren Ellis' popular graphic novel, the creators had high hopes it would make it to prime time.
Two helpful bills introduced in the Senate this year (one of them cosponsored by Kerry) went nowhere, but the industry has high hopes for next year.
And the company has high hopes for its forthcoming venture with former Oasis manager Alan McGee, who is partnering with Cherry Red to set up a new label, 359 Music.
The cost of fighting the floods, the subsequent clean-up and the repairs will be high, though the state hopes the federal government will share the burden.
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Back then I thought she was the harder parent of the two and had had high hopes for me, so the disappointment weighed on her more heavily.
And Butler, who played for the Stones during their Football League heyday, has high hopes for the future of the club.
When Ford began production of the Freestyle in August of last year, it had high hopes for the vehicle.
The researchers, and Retina Implant, AG, have high hopes for the success of their implant in future clinical studies.
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He added that the team will not have any preconceived views, but has high hopes with the dockyard's history.
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By chasing the high end of the market, Nam hopes he can move his division, which contributes 44% of all the LG' Corp. units' revenue, past the 23% of the groups' profits it currently posts.
Peter Kerr, director of the trust, said he had "high hopes" it will help the fish population in the county.
We've bled so much for the country and the team had such high hopes.
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