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"I have to say that until now the cooperation was not satisfactory … I hope that in the next days things will change, but frankly speaking I want to see results before being optimistic on this," the minister told CNN last week.

They are criticisms we have heard too many times before - optimistic social workers hoping for the best, failing to pass on their concerns and with a lack of focus on the children and their welfare.

They never had to meet this America because of all of the physical, emotional and intellectual labor, of African-Americans that took place before their optimistic arrival to an America sporting a brand new face.

"I wasn't so optimistic before.

But the company has been overly optimistic before.

The Bush administration has been wrongly optimistic before about the future of the war in Iraq.

Having competed in Rio de Janeiro before, I am optimistic that Brazil will be able to carry the torch further.

Though none of the women have competed in the Olympics before, they were optimistic about their medal opportunities.

Rapace, who starred in the Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo films, describes her as optimistic, before events turn her into a warrior.

"This is a real good start to have a dialogue," Mr. Powell, the Delta pilot, said recently, chipper and optimistic before departing for a 16-hour flight to Shanghai.

Before long the optimistic reports about handouts of milk and soccer balls and the good will of the local residents gave way to a realization that insurgents controlled almost everything up to the outpost's gates.