In addition to planning for the Geneva conference, officials at the Tuesday meeting in London hoped to consider ways to strengthen the moderate rebels, who were expected to be represented at the meeting by Ahmad Assi al-Jarba, the head of the political wing of the Syria opposition coalition.
Wisdom is to have hope and to consider the alternative options constantly.
"I would hope to be considered one of the best players in the league," he said.
A dozen retired African leaders hope to be considered as recipients.Two scholars from America's Harvard University, Robert Rotberg and Rachel Gisselquist, are helping Mr Ibrahim assess the nominees and measure countries' performance by such criteria as safety and security, rule of law and corruption, participation and human rights, economic opportunity, and human development.
If somehow I'm not picked to be the first X-Wing pilot, then at least I hope to be considered for the entire X-Wing squadron that project creators Simon Kwan and Ed Dean hope to put together if they can manage to hit their stretch goal of $4,458,672,683.
Ideally, he'd like to find somewhere in central London, like Kings Cross or Russell Square; when all is said and done, he'd also hope to be considered for a general managerial position, but that's up to the board to decide.
On Friday, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Fed, speaking in the measured tones of a man whose word choices can cause billions of dollars to move, acknowledged that the economy was weaker than hoped, while promising to consider new policies to invigorate it, should conditions worsen.
Greencore will now sound out investors in both companies, in the hope of persuading them to consider a revised tie-up thought to revolve around a sweetened deal involving an additional cash component.
Yet to understand why living-wage campaigns matter -- where they began, what they mean, and why they inspire such passion and hope -- it helps to consider what Kern was doing years ago in the library, reading obscure legislation from states like Missouri and New Mexico.
