Froggatt's optimism reflects the mood at Coventry in a week when Mike McGinnity was unanimously re-elected as chairman.

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Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said the report showed why there was a "mood of optimism and opportunity" among Scottish food and drink producers.

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That influx of capital pushed up wages and, together with rising stockmarkets and lower income-tax rates, created a mood of optimism among City professionals.

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If rising share prices reflect an improved outlook for the economy, this may indicate to non-shareholders that their work prospects are also improved, or they may simply get caught up in the general mood of optimism.

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There is certainly a new mood of optimism amongst the record labels and the report looks to an even brighter future where we all keep our legally obtained music in the cloud and stream it to our cars, our phones or our TVs, wherever we go.

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But even in the West Bank many Palestinians do not share the new mood of cautious optimism.

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Bathed in sunlight, they reflect a mood of mellow optimism among their subjects and evoke the spirit of the age.

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Jersey Airport said the increase of 7.4% had given rise to a mood of cautious optimism that passenger figures would continue to improve.

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Her mood was of optimism and happiness.

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Time and again he was caught out - and with Chelsea in no mood to forgive his ineptitude, Sunderland's modus operandi quickly went from early optimism to damage limitation.

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