1.   Both sides were not optimistic at the start of the day because each figured the other was disinclined to move.

2.   They were upbeat and optimistic at practice on Tuesday, as if Monday never happened and they still had a legitimate chance to advance to the second round.

3.   Activists and critics optimistic at new government AIDS policy ITALY-PLANE CRASH.

4.   So they had reason to be optimistic at the start of the third quarter.

5.   The union said it was optimistic at the beginning of talks which resumed early Thursday.

6.   Oil experts in Tehran described the figure as optimistic at a time when Iran is struggling to interest foreign investors in its schemes.