Some executives hope that the meeting will result in specific initiatives.

Executives hope to get the player price down to $500, but initially it might be higher.

Initially, the paper's executives hoped to be in 15 cities by the end of this year.

For the moment, executives are hoping further cuts will be unnecessary.

Executives there hope it will be profitable by fiscal 2005.

The session, at which the executives hoped to discuss issues like the environment, was put off two more times after that.

The network's executives hope to build some momentum that could extend into late night.

And, the executives hope, by their willingness to pay.

The network's executives openly hoped to find a way to make the expansion permanent.

Under the circumstances, most executives would have hoped for an able mechanic to arrive on the scene.