On the contrary, Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, has been at pains to dampen over-optimistic assessments of the progress of the war.
Todd and her two friends weren't optimistic that their testimony would dampen Alabama lawmakers' enthusiasm for such an amendment -- nor were they prepared for the level of vitriol they encountered when they took turns addressing the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Montgomery.
Mr. Draghi's more optimistic view of the economy dampened expectations that the European Central Bank would cut its benchmark interest rate at its next meeting or in coming months.
When we first spoke with him, he was yet to undergo surgery and treatment, and yet his outlook was optimistic and his spirit hardly dampened by the real-life shit he was experiencing.
Their view suggests the rising cost of oil could dampen any revival in growth, which contrasted with the optimistic noises coming out of China and the UK yesterday.
Whilst the tone of the book is not highly optimistic, the thrust is not intended to dampen the unanimous sense of hope in the country that the political and social situation will once more be more than just tolerable.
With polls coming in during the morning suggesting results beyond the wildest dream of even the most optimistic Liberal Democrat supporters, the priority was to dampen expectations.
The Regional Plan Association warned that those predictions could be wildly optimistic and that, with sharply rising oil prices dampening demand for travel, a fourth airport might never be needed.
Even the album's loose theme of Ward pondering how America will heal after the Iraq war can't dampen spirits, with shades of sorrow and despair ultimately outshone by the optimistic sparkle in his songwriting.
The SPD, have a confusingly-named alternative plan for "voluntary conscription".The German Bundesbank is in an optimistic mood, reporting yesterday that turmoil in global markets was no reason to dampen its upbeat economic assessment.
