Mr. Baxter, who is 50 years old, is adopting a relentlessly optimistic attitude that seems to fit with his background as a salesman.

The prevailing philosophy in test-prep land is relentlessly optimistic: you might not be smart, but you can get lucky.

Mr. Levine has not ducked discussing his health issues over the years and has remained relentlessly optimistic about coming back.

Cameron remained relentlessly optimistic even after his average dropped below .200 in June and he made several critical mistakes in center field.

In this elegant memoir, Mee contrasts his painful experiences as a polio survivor against the relentlessly optimistic backdrop of the 1950's.

He said banks and investors in particular might want to re-examine their relentlessly optimistic outlook.

"It's an impressive magazine, but I find it depressingly, relentlessly optimistic," he says.

Even the relentlessly optimistic government of Mr. Blair has begun, however reluctantly, to acknowledge that its cancer care is, in fact, bad.

She remains relentlessly optimistic when she remembers her creche crusade's origins.

Despite the lingering problems, Ms. White remains relentlessly optimistic.