1.   He complained bitterly after being surprised by Pat Buchanan in an early primary about a pollster whose predictions had been too optimistic.

2.   That was a little too optimistic, it turned out.

3.   Am I being too optimistic?

4.   Although some real estate brokers consider that figure too optimistic, they admit that property values have indeed risen quickly in Times Square.

5.   America Online executives, however, told analysts not to get too optimistic about coming quarters, Thompson said.

6.   Analysts called the estimate too optimistic.

7.   And even those numbers may be too optimistic.

8.   Analysts say part of the problem is that expectations surrounding the equipment companies before the telecommunications bill was signed were too optimistic.

9.   Analysts, however, say these estimates may be too optimistic.

10.   And that goal has already been criticized by some military experts as too optimistic.