And, even though many of them were liberal or moderate Democrats, they had to re-evaluate their pessimistic assessments.

People working in education, health and social services reported the most pessimistic assessment of their future finances since the survey began.

However, we must be cautious about a pessimistic assessment.

The more pessimistic assessments begin with the fact that the market remains, by some measures, extremely expensive.

It was the most pessimistic assessment since early 1994, when the economic boom of the last decade was just getting under way.

His pessimistic assessment of the country's solvency went against the policy of the Bulgarian government.

Last week's employment report, which had no immediate effect because the financial markets were closed Friday, is behind the pessimistic assessment by traders and economists.

The unanimous decision not to cut rates and to issue a more pessimistic assessment of the economy generated some disappointment on Wall Street.

I hope that my rather pessimistic assessment is not proved correct by events.

This pessimistic assessment is a sign of just how sharply scholarly thinking about the Web has shifted.