1.   On Thursday, business leaders in the United States expressed an almost stubborn optimism that China will remain on its current course of economic modernization.

2.   Stubborn optimism in the face of significant declines is more indicative of a market top than a bottom.

3.   Brazilians hold to their only hope with stubborn optimism.

4.   Looking at his farm outside Harare, Fuller admitted the lingering drought has weakened his once stubborn optimism.

5.   Israel displayed a stubborn optimism Thursday after another round of peace negotiations with Syria ended outside Washington, but Damascus expressed little hope of reaching an agreement.

6.   Israel displayed a stubborn optimism Thursday after another round of peace negotiations with Syria ended outside Washington, reporting significant new progress but no signs of any breakthrough.