This is hardly an optimistic conclusion either, since the problem remains of how such equality is to be created if not by elected government itself.

A socialist might draw some optimistic conclusions from all of this.

I had little to tell her that would support such an optimistic conclusion.

Nonetheless, the financial markets have been coming to the most optimistic conclusions about recent economic data.

So here's hoping your optimistic conclusion turns out right.

It was this optimistic conclusion that she passed on to Jena.

There was no optimistic conclusion to the evening.

Perhaps the most optimistic conclusion to be drawn from all this is that the state's small-screen image can only improve.

But this must be a cautious and overly optimistic conclusion.

Its cautiously optimistic conclusion also strikes a welcome note without falling into sentimentality.