Others wrote poems - some disconsolate, some determinedly optimistic.

"None of that surprises me," said Patricia Smith, a care-worn, determinedly optimistic 49-year-old grandmother deep in poverty.

The determinedly optimistic Mr. Roddenberry was partial to stories that made uplifting moral points.

The initial reactions tonight by German leaders to the French approval of the treaty, by 51 percent to 49 percent, seemed determinedly optimistic even if they were somewhat chastened.

They sing poppy, determinedly optimistic songs full of yeah-yeah's and unlikely overdubs.

Determinedly optimistic, the movie fantasizes a giddier, sweeter world where cultural antagonisms melt at the drop of a beat.

There is something determinedly optimistic (and atavistic) about allowing the weather to determine one's fate, or at least one's dinner.

Persevering through the years, he has turned into a winsome, determinedly optimistic folk-rock songwriter with more mileage on his voice and in his lyrics.

Vietnamese Foreign Ministry officials are determinedly optimistic about the fortunes of their allied Government in Cambodia.

"From now on, you're going to see the Liberated Clinton," George said, determinedly optimistic.