This is a time to be optimistic.

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So to some observers, it may not be the time to get too optimistic.

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"This is a time to be honest, not overly optimistic, " says Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

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The confidence expressed in 2002 was repeated by chairman of selectors David Graveney but this time England's management believe they have just cause to be optimistic.

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Latin Americans seem to be more optimistic about the economy than at any time since the poll began.

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The Office of Budget Responsibility's gloomy forecasts of lacklustre economic growth, living standards squeezed more than at any time since the 1930s and rising government debt could - it admits - turn out to be optimistic.

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This time, campaigners say they have broad support among developed and developing countries and are optimistic they will be able to muster the required votes.

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While now might be a good time to beat down the hatches, companies that make security devices and systems aren't optimistic that consumers will do so.

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But with the governor popular and the public more content and optimistic, it will be hard for any Democratic nominee to convince voters that it's time for a change.

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