Sentence examples for great pessimism from inspiring English sources

Dr. Susan J. Little of the University of California at San Diego said that no one could know whether new drugs would be marketed in time to rescue many of those infected by resistant strains but that she believed there was "reason for great pessimism".

"There's great pessimism now and you know what it's like with the press: you're polarised and either brilliant or hopeless.

The poor efficacy and considerable toxicity of chemotherapy caused great pessimism for many years regarding this approach, as only a small impact on survival was observed.

HBS alumni and superintendents held starkly different views of what the challenges are and how optimistic the nation should be about where K-12 education is headed, with businesspeople expressing far greater pessimism than superintendents.

The German economy posted 0.3 percent growth in the second quarter of 2012, and a leading survey of business sentiment by the Ifo Institute showed German companies beginning to express greater pessimism.

A separate report from the Ifo Institute, based on surveys of German companies, showed "greater pessimism about their business outlook," and noted that the "recent surge in uncertainty in the euro zone is impacting the German economy".

Greater pessimism is expressed around prospects for peace, an idea that seems distant at best and unattainable at worst.

The 17 officials' predictions, however, released in a survey known as the "dot plot," show greater pessimism about the economy than when the Fed last met.

If, as the "no alternative" lobby argues, current economic arrangements really were the only option, this would give great cause for pessimism.

"It is too early for either great optimism or pessimism.

"I actually sense a great deal of pessimism in this room," she said.