1.   The study also found that female investors tended to be less optimistic than men.

2.   An industry survey showed builders are more optimistic than at any time this year, and inventories of new and used homes are lean.

3.   And in a Newsweek poll published this month, blacks were more optimistic than whites about prospects for their jobs, family income and educational opportunities.

4.   Another corporate critic is more optimistic than the two previous authors about the possibility of corporations healing themselves.

5.   At the same time, Congress has continued to use the revenue estimates of their own budget office because they are more optimistic than administration forecasts.

6.   Before that, they worked from estimates that proved to be far more optimistic than the truth.

7.   Both races saw improving prospects for black job applicants to receive equal treatment, but blacks were far less optimistic than whites.

8.   Bob Blum, City of Houston purchasing director, was more optimistic than many of his counterparts.

9.   Brown is more optimistic than many about term limits, pointing out that each time the Senate has voted on the matter, more senators have come along.

10.   Both houses appear more optimistic than the governor about how much revenue the state will bring in over the next year.