41.   Jason Kidd, who was supposed to team with Hardaway in a dream backcourt, tempered his optimism with realism.

42.   The Michigan surveyors comment that in spite of stock market and other worries this year, consumers have merely tempered their optimism, rather than abandoned it.

43.   The sorry history of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and of the Balkans overall, tempers optimism.

44.   But although investors have been encouraged by recent signs of recovery in the global economy, optimism has been tempered by severe financial difficulties at many corporate heavyweights.

45.   Though investors have been encouraged by recent signs of recovery in the global economy, optimism has been tempered by severe financial difficulties at many corporate heavyweights.

46.   Sunter tempered his optimism by saying that high real interest rates and low inflation made gold relatively unattractive to investors.

47.   Steinhauer is looking for a good week to get her season on track, but with just one round down, any optimism was heavily tempered by caution.