41.   When Zhang refused to endorse a more optimistic outlook, these people said, he was forced out.

42.   But analysts also anticipated that stocks would turn higher amid a generally optimistic outlook for second-quarter earnings reports.

43.   But Premier Vincent Siew warned Taiwanese Friday against having an overly optimistic outlook on the economy.

44.   Cautious remarks on Friday by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan caused market players to reconsider optimistic economic outlooks.

45.   Deals must be encouraged and transactions executed to bring an optimistic outlook to the market.

46.   Despite an optimistic outlook, American are less bullish about the current situation, Franco said.

47.   Despite the optimistic outlook, it warned that competition from the European Union, the United States and New Zealand could curb demand for Australian product.

48.   Despite the optimistic outlook, warning lights do remain, according to analysts.

49.   Filipino bankers are retaining an optimistic outlook for the economy despite the continued depreciation of the Philippine peso in the foreign exchange market.

50.   For this emergency summit, though, the most optimistic outlook is for a truce and a date for new negotiations.