1.   Amy had a racquet and was looking optimistic.

2.   And until last week, the projections of trading activity they made in September, half-way through the year, looked overly optimistic.

3.   Now, the deals are coming back to haunt the telecommunications companies that relied on them to help finance an expansion that looks wildly optimistic.

4.   Only a year ago, those goals looked wildly optimistic.

5.   Right now his timetable is looking a tad optimistic.

6.   That now looks optimistic, said the EU official, a member of the monetary committee, who declined to be identified.

7.   The first-half result is prompting brokers to revise earnings projections that are now looking overly optimistic.

8.   The housing market looks more optimistic, spurred by lower mortgage rates.

9.   Although he refused to give any details of the talks, Oleksy looked more optimistic after their second meeting, which lasted only five minutes.

10.   But even that estimate is looking optimistic, according to some economists.