But this outcome enhances our optimism that such issues can be addressed on the basis of a genuine realisation that it is in the UK's interests to remain among the world leaders in key areas of science and innovation.
If [Putin] continues to take a hard line on the matter, investor optimism that the issue is resolved may be misplaced.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2007) paints a grim picture of superstorms, vast conflagrations, crippling droughts, and millions upon millions of environmental refugees, but the judges felt that its overall message was one of "practical optimism toward the issues facing us".
In fact, in response to a question about whether the outlook is improving on specific issues, optimism was lowest on employment and economic issues -- under 50percentt.
All of the economic optimism notwithstanding, the issue of urban sprawl hangs heavy on planners, like Mallie J. Combs-Snider, executive director of the Hardy County Rural Development Authority, the economic development organization for the county.
One reason for optimism: As the issue has become more prominent, the big players — not just Facebook — have been talking about solutions.
Following, we will discuss the place and value of mobile devices and social media applications in today's learning, confronting our optimism about this issue with other opinions which question the fit of mobile devices in some educational contexts.
We reduced the number of controls to better simulate the type of study in which optimism is an issue.
Since the Samajwadi Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh in March, there has been a renewed sense of optimism that certain "Muslim issues" would be carefully dealt with.
In a rare, wide-ranging meeting with reporters, Mr. Powell voiced some optimism on several other issues that have bedeviled the administration, including North Korea and Sudan, while expressing dismay about the Middle East and Haiti.
