For Americans it may be the most hopeful development of the last 40 years in world history.

The most hopeful development in controlling arms sales is action in Congress.

President Bush would be wise to support this hopeful development.

This hopeful development could, however, have unfortunate consequences in Albany.

It was an extraordinary and hopeful development in a conflict that has cost 60,000 lives since 1983.

That could be a hopeful development: the existence of early warning signs.

Jack didn't want to get in the way, but as hopeful as these developments were, he wanted to be close to her.

But this hopeful development quickly turns to ashes.

These hopeful developments, however, have brought to light an even more troubling problem in the academic pipeline.

If they get that, I think this could be quite a hopeful development.