In the days that followed, there was plenty of optimistic talk about both New York teams.

Afghanistan is ringing with this kind of optimistic talk, and ordinary people are hoping against experience that it might be true.

There was a lot of optimistic talk about having grown as a team over the past week, but the tones were a bit somber.

But optimistic talk about earnings did not lead to a surge in business on the floor of the exchanges.

For all the optimistic medical talk, Hurley was described by his mother as still in a great deal of pain yesterday.

Despite the optimistic talk from both sides, there were other signs that neither side expected a quick resolution.

For all the optimistic talk, success is not guaranteed.

The longer the crisis lasts, the more there is optimistic Republican talk about ousting him in 2002.

They will have less patience for optimistic talk about synergy and the marriage of content with distribution.

The optimistic talk about the future of British films softened up sources of capital.