31.   Earlier, officials from host nation Thailand expressed sounded a cautiously optimistic note that a ministerial meeting could be held in the future.

32.   Earlier in the day, before the talks were postponed, Clinton sounded an optimistic note.

33.   Ending his nationally broadcast address on an optimistic note, Yeltsin expressed hope that young men will soon dream once again of becoming cosmonauts and pilots.

34.   Ending his nationally broadcast address on an optimistic note, Yeltsin said young men will soon dream once again of becoming cosmonauts and pilots.

35.   In a separate briefing for Israeli reporters, Peres even sounded an optimistic note.

36.   Jiang struck the same optimistic note in a speech in Los Angeles on his last day in the United States.

37.   KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Asean leaders and their counterparts from China, South Korea and Japan concluded their two-day meeting on an optimistic note today.

38.   Lange also sounded an optimistic note.

39.   Not surprisingly, the most optimistic note was struck by Veljko Odalovic, the Serb governor of the Kosovo region around Pristina.

40.   On a more optimistic note, the report said the risk of Japan falling into a deflationary spiral has receded.