21.   Rates on distant months surged, as optimism was tempered that rates have finally reached a peak.

22.   Still, optimism is tempered because of growing difficulties with the auction of state steel company Siderurgica del Orinoco, scheduled for Thursday.

23.   Such optimism is tempered by government data suggesting that even after a century of civil rights progress, deep problems remain.

24.   Still, optimism is tempered because of growing difficulties with the auction of state steel company Siderurgica del Orinoco, which is scheduled to be sold on Thursday.

25.   Such broad economic fears have tempered optimism.

26.   Tempering the optimism are a series of environmental and state requirements for site permits plus community reviews of the impact on local water supplies.

27.   That same concern also brought shares down as it tempered optimism about the pace of economic growth this year.

28.   The Fed report Wednesday should temper the optimism of some economists, said Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Georgia State University Economic Forecasting Center.

29.   Tom Baranek of Frisby Technologies, recruited five years ago from Jacksonville, said his optimism is tempered with knowledge of how far the Triad has to go.

30.   When he addresses the enthusiastic Alabama fans, he tries to temper his optimism with realism.