1.   But a closer look at the market reveals what appears to be irrational hopes are investors whose decisions are tinged with wariness.

2.   But is a return to outsized earnings growth a reasonable prospect or an irrational hope?

3.   The relative said the family does not confront Velebekov because the irrational hope is the only thing that keeps him alive.

4.   Whenever the Red Sox are playing in October, there is irrational hope.