1.   Analysts generally are not quite as optimistic as Duffield.

2.   And not everyone is as optimistic as the SIA executives in Florida.

3.   And they sounded as optimistic as the new economy dreamers.

4.   And this is all coach John Calipari had wanted before the game, when he appeared as peppy and optimistic as a morning show host.

5.   Arum, who had no stake in Lewis-Tyson, was as optimistic as the always-ebullient Taffet.

6.   Advisers are growing more optimistic as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sets record after record.

7.   But comet groupies are as optimistic as serial blind-daters, no matter how often their expectations crash and burn.

8.   But Davis is not as optimistic as his Pierce County counterpart regarding a connection to Yates.

9.   But Colangelo says he is as optimistic as ever about baseball in the long term.

10.   But the mood is more stoic than optimistic as residents and officials face a monumental mess created by the flood waters.