And on Tuesday at Wembley he is likely to start against Germany and so can solidify – or weaken – hopes of fulfilling a childhood World Cup dream.
But that may be optimistic: Ireland, as one of the 16 nations in Europe that has adopted the euro as its common currency, is trying to shrink the deficit to 3 percent of G.D.P. by 2014, a commitment that could weaken its hopes for recovery.
Key January move: Despite United trying to suggest that the recruitment of five players compensated for the sale of Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven to Celtic, the midfield pair's departure can only weaken their hopes of defeating the Glasgow side in both the Scottish Cup quarter-finals and League Cup final.
"Our posture with Israel has weakened, our hope to strengthen the Palestinians has fallen back, and our credibility in the Arab world has been damaged," said Robert Malley, a peace negotiator during the Clinton administration.
Kansas in recent years has been a laboratory in which to study what it takes for the conservative hold to weaken: not just hope, or a movement, but a crisis.
Although the passage of time has weakened her hopes of a magical ending, and for months at a time it seems as though she has accepted the reality of our parting, she can become wistful at a moment's notice.
Flu viruses mutate rapidly, but over time they tend to weaken, and researchers hoped that this would be the case with H5N1.
Statements from Charles Schwab, STMicroelectronics and Silicon Storage Technology reinforced investors' fears that the economy might be continuing to weaken and dampened hopes for a rebound in profits soon.
It revised its forecasts after oil prices fell below $40 a barrel this month, after Opec stuck by its strategy of pumping more oil to hold on to its share of the market and, it hopes, weaken smaller US producers.
GERMANS DIVIDED ON PEACE POLICY; Two Elements Hope to Weaken the Allies' Resolution by Different Methods.
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