It was the beginning of the Baby Boom, an optimistic time.

婴儿潮随之出现，那是一个乐观主义的时代。

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The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is not optimistic about his son's release, despite a videotape published on Friday showing for the first time that he is alive and well.

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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.

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Still, some experts remain optimistic that over time, many of these would-be investors will succeed and others will follow.

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