1.   Others were less optimistic, pointing out that population and industrial growth would offset the improvements being made.

2.   Some predicted modest increases, but others were less optimistic.

3.   Specialists on Indochina were considerably less optimistic during the early days of the Truman administration.

4.   The study also found that female investors tended to be less optimistic than men.

5.   Paddy the Sherwood M P is less optimistic.

6.   Robin Powell has been talking to an Oxfordshire woman just elected, who takes a less optimistic view.

7.   Although less optimistic in the short term, Carnegie also sees the value in economy linked stocks.

8.   Although the companies that build them say these devices work, officials who want them installed are a bit less optimistic.

9.   Although many state scientists remain optimistic, professing that long-term trends indicate a healthy, growing manatee population, others are less optimistic.

10.   Americans grew less optimistic about their finances this month, according to a Conference Board survey released today.