He was always the serious son, the focus of his family's political hopes.

State power may have been, in most cases, secular, but political hope and political mobility were left in the hands of God's representatives.

Already the political hope of the Palestinian uprising, getting no response, had begun to run into the sand.

"It probably has put a bit of a damper on his political hopes," Legacy said, with a wry smile.

In part these stories reflect the disappointment of crushed political hopes.

A book about the event is on the best-seller list and thoughts of lost political hopes remain on people's minds.

They live in desperate poverty, without economic or political hope.

Marcus nodded, remembering how he'd planned a short stay in the army to further his political hopes.

Although unsuccessful, the mutiny marked the end of the first lady's political hopes.

He has been saying things like that for years, distancing himself from trash TV the way anyone with political hopes would.