111.   Joy talks about his essential optimism about science and the future, and his growing concern that the optimism is misplaced.

112.   Like the Homebody, they realize they live in a tragic, perhaps unsavable world, yet there is optimism in their very vitality.

113.   More talks are in the offing, but optimism is in irregular supply.

114.   Miss Grombach said that optimism was her best defense against being crushed by the crisis.

115.   Now we know that that optimism was misguided.

116.   Nowhere was optimism about the LAPD more apparent last week than at the LAPD Police Academy Ahmanson Training Center near LAX.

117.   On the other hand, optimism is a sometime thing but memories are long in politics.

118.   On the shore of the Salton Sea, there is little optimism for the coming spring.

119.   On Wall Street, there is enormous optimism about their earnings and growth.

120.   One reason for the increased optimism is demand for cars and machines has grown since September.