1.   And if, in the end, their optimism seems justified, it also seems terribly fragile.

2.   And, considering their track record to date, optimism seems in order.

3.   But for once the optimism seems justified, even though political half-lives here are as often measured in months as in years.

4.   But, Roth said, the optimism did not seem sufficient to justify the big first-day run up.

5.   Her optimism seems well founded.

6.   His optimism seems justified, considering the profits most securities firms racked up in the third quarter.

7.   In hindsight, of course, this optimism seems painfully naive.

8.   In the largest and most international fair yet, this was a new kind of newness, and the optimism seemed to make designers and buyers a little giddy.

9.   Like spectators along the torch relay route, eager but cautious optimism seems to be the underlying mood of these wartime Olympics.

10.   Optimism seems to be higher than flood level throughout Guerneville.