1.   Dismissing the extreme pessimism expressed by some observers of the new strategy, the World Bank report found the results of the new Brady plan encouraging.

2.   And all around the city, any display of hope is countered with extreme pessimism.

3.   Not surprisingly, the bull market rose briskly in the face of such extreme pessimism.

4.   Our present extreme pessimism is merely the mirror image of this earlier extreme optimism.

5.   The fear is that euphoria could give way to extreme pessimism, sending the stock market into a steep dive.

6.   When the extreme pessimism or optimism comes into question, the market moves sharply in the opposite direction.

7.   Earlier in the day, both sides arrived spewing words of extreme pessimism.