He instilled optimism and brought back hope to the game of baseball, despite its negative image surrounding the games most popular players using steroids.
Further, improving oil prices have instilled optimism in the Middle East and Africa region, augmenting spending growth.
The young hero chases his dreams around the globe in picaresque style, losing the credo of optimism instilled in him by Dr Pangloss.
While small booksellers can't claim the same huge sales as big book retailers, Brown's popularity has instilled a sense of optimism in independent stores that have suffered from the consumer-spending slump.
With optimism re-instilled, the outcome of these studies is awaited with much interest.
"The commonality is the optimism that U.C.L.A. instilled in these people," Mr. Walls says.
But since Cambridge Education Services - the first private firm to be brought in to run an LEA - took over on a seven-year, £90m contract in April 2000, "a sense of purpose and optimism has been instilled", Ofsted said.
"I lived that classic life, and I loved it," he said, crediting it with instilling in him a sense of "optimism, inspiration and idealism".
In addition, qualitative interviews indicated that the BSF/WIBS project instilled a strong sense of ownership, optimism, and feelings of self-sufficiency within the community.
Although the school and surrounding community have grown, and military training is no longer required, the school's history has instilled in students "the idealized elements of a small-town life: community, tradition, loyalty, optimism, and unabashed sentimentality".
