That meant he gave Taylor a 50-50 chance to play, a surprisingly optimistic assessment considering the apparent severity of the injury.

Bayer, the troubled chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturer, issued a surprisingly optimistic forecast for "much higher" net income this year because of selling off additional businesses.

Like Ms. Hite's earlier works, the book draws conclusions - in this case, surprisingly optimistic ones - from personal testimonies.

Despite the enormous political and economic dangers, the economists were surprisingly optimistic about the long-term economic prospects if the changes are carried out successfully.

He said Mr. Lay was usually upbeat and surprisingly optimistic, mentioning that he and his wife "pray over this regularly."

A peculiar trend throughout Europe right now is that consumers are surprisingly optimistic while businesses are generally gloomy.

Now, Mr. Wu appears to be very influential once more, and he is surprisingly optimistic.

On this last he is surprisingly optimistic.

Mr. Gaddis starts with a surprisingly optimistic premise.

The breast specialist she initially consulted was surprisingly optimistic.