With its economy in its worst state since independence, Kenya had built more than $300 million of international aid into its operating budget this year, money that might not materialize now.
That pursuit never materialized, and now the Mets are trying hard to re-sign Hampton, the left-hander who is the best pitcher left on the market.
But the longed-for rains never materialized, and now in October, traditionally the driest month, significant rainfall remains out of the picture.
But plans for a corresponding park in Mexico never materialized and now, officials say, they are stuck with a potentially expensive white elephant.
And despite the Irish government's promises over the past 2 years to bolster science funding, little extra cash has materialized until now.
That the chance never materialized until now and that we were all witness to it thanks to the Internet, especially You Tube, is the stuff that made it a one in a kind phenomenal story that we'll be talking about for years to come.
The horrifying rumours in Kirundo had not materialized, but now another fear had replaced the first one: that she would lose her children to illness, somewhere far away.
The cash so far has failed to materialize, and now it is dodging the AOL culture, too.
Synergies among its components (Avis, Days Inn, Century 21) didn't materialize, and now it is being broken up into four pieces.
(Condon first became involved in 2007, after working on the Dreamgirls film with Krieger, but the production did not materialize until now due to, among other things, Condon's Twilight filming commitments).
