11.   Such optimism seems to ignore embarrassing setbacks.

12.   That optimism seems to ring true outside the state as well.

13.   The officially inspired optimism already seems to be backfiring politically.

14.   The optimism seems to be shared by Federal Reserve policymakers.

15.   Their public optimism has often seemed Orwellian.

16.   Unfortunately, that optimism seems sadly misplaced.

17.   Wary optimism seems more appropriate.

18.   When Paolo Glisenti set up a new publishing group last year, his optimism seemed out of step with the business.

19.   And his optimism seems to pay off.

20.   Chang said such optimism did not seem to go in line with the expectation of the people in the financial and capital markets.