It must have been a peculiar, optimistic time of searching and exploring ideas perhaps spurred by a booming economy which spoke of opportunity.
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But, after a week in which information has been slow in coming and proved overly-optimistic time and time again, the public now greets such assertions with skepticism.
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That looked optimistic at the time of the Dayton accords which settled the Bosnian war in 1995.
Still, some experts remain optimistic that over time, many of these would-be investors will succeed and others will follow.
But overall, all involved are optimistic that the time is ripe to make the biggest changes to the nation's immigration laws in more than a quarter-century.
Kinross paid a premium when it obtained Red Back last year, with company officials at the time optimistic that expansion of Tasiast ultimately would yield more gold than many analysts thought.
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See, I think you can be realistic and optimistic at the same time.
At the same time, the optimistic CBO deficit projections and encouraging unemployment numbers touted by Democrats just last week only serve to diminish the case for reform.
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Today I am revisiting Japanese stocks but this time in a more optimistic mood.
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So to some observers, it may not be the time to get too optimistic.
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Sha Zukang, the chairman of the talks, was optimistic that differences would be resolved in time.
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Latin Americans seem to be more optimistic about the economy than at any time since the poll began.
The government's chief veterinary officer is currently looking into the issue and Mr Parish said he was "optimistic" that now was the right time to make the case to ban the practice.
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"Even at the time, these numbers seemed quite optimistic, " wrote Goldman economist Jan Hatzius, in a note Friday.
"Even at the time, these numbers seemed quite optimistic, " wrote Goldman (nyse: GS - news - people ) economist Jan Hatzius, in a note Friday.
With performance, too, we only got a brief look at what AMD's Z60 chip can do, but suffice to say we're cautiously optimistic after getting some early hands-on time.
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"Teens growing up now are more comfortable with the online world, and so the cultural mores are beginning to change over time, and that makes us optimistic, " he said.
Furthermore, this ratio ranks below 83% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that traders have been more optimistic toward TXN only 17% of the time in the prior 52 weeks.
And now since the 18th Party Congress, for the first time, I really feel a little optimistic.
"This is a time to be honest, not overly optimistic, " says Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
Landscaping needs to be completed before the building can receive a permanent certificate, but Sbenaty said he was optimistic that it could be completed within the allotted time.
Furthermore, this ratio ranks below 92% of all those taken during the past year, indicating that the speculative group has been more optimistic toward the shares only 8% of the time in the prior 52 weeks.
Pietersen spoke of "buying ourselves more time in Abu Dhabi", but was optimistic the Tests would go ahead.
But he had cheered up by the end of the week, and was now "more optimistic than I've been for a very long time".
I'm optimistic about our economic future, because Americans have shown time and again that they are the most industrious, creative and enterprising people in the world.
Recruitment firm Manpower says its latest regular survey of employers found more of them are optimistic about hiring new staff in Wales than at at time since 2007.
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