1.   Companies fall prey to excessive optimism or pessimism.

2.   Even as he delivered his predictions, Ho warned against excessive optimism.

3.   Grachev is widely criticized for his excessive optimism before launching the Chechnya operation and the incompetence with which he subsequently conducted it.

4.   Given the way the hamstring has betrayed him this year, Brisby may be guilty of excessive optimism.

5.   He cautioned America against excessive optimism about the war.

6.   However, some heart specialists have cautioned against excessive optimism.

7.   It is the season for excessive optimism.

8.   McCabe said the heightened activity is typical of the excessive optimism found in aging bull markets.

9.   Meanwhile, foreign investors, whose excessive optimism had helped create the bubble, ran for the exits.

10.   The excessive optimism that boosted share prices is only partly to blame.