1.   Such an idea might sound rather optimistic, but some power generators are already trying to look environmentally friendly by doing it.

2.   And they sounded as optimistic as the new economy dreamers.

3.   As Lay was apparently reducing his own stake in Enron, he was sounding optimistic in public.

4.   As they began their day with short speeches at the Hazlewood Integrated College, an interdenominational high school in Belfast, the two prime ministers sounded optimistic.

5.   Beilenson, however, sounds optimistic.

6.   Bertuzzi sounded more optimistic.

7.   Birinyi also sounded optimistic.

8.   Both sides sounded optimistic that a deal could be reached by midnight Wednesday when the latest in a series of temporary spending measures expires.

9.   A monthlong campaign in Washington to free Leonard Peltier from federal prison in Leavenworth opened Monday, but some of his supporters and Peltier did not sound optimistic.

10.   Bruno and the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, left the session Tuesday sounding optimistic that a deal could be near.