Naturally enough, these parallels with the golden era are generating considerable optimism.

There is considerable optimism on this point among the nation's forecasters.

Pakistani government officials said they had no role in the latest fighting, but watched it with considerable optimism.

A 37-point season-opening victory will generate considerable optimism about what lies ahead.

On the contrary, there is now considerable optimism that the cutbacks will work.

Mr. Kabila's taking of power in 1997 was greeted with considerable optimism.

Those are some of the reasons why the Democrats face an apparently unfavorable economic situation with considerable optimism.

The current indications for those projects due to bring revenues in the next financial year enable us to look forward to 1994 with considerable optimism.

While many of the markets have slumped in recent weeks there is still considerable optimism among foreign investors.

The outlook for heart attack patients is far better than that because technology has provided considerable optimism.