1.   If this figure proves wildly optimistic, Bill Clinton will either have to propose more cuts or spend more money.

2.   But even that formulation proved overly optimistic.

3.   But his prediction proved overly optimistic.

4.   But that calculation proved wildly optimistic.

5.   But that has proved overly optimistic.

6.   But that may prove a shade optimistic.

7.   But the attendance projections proved wildly optimistic.

8.   But what if those assumptions prove too optimistic?

9.   His goal was to return in mid-August, but that eventually proved too optimistic.

10.   In reality, deficits soared when the projections proved overly optimistic.