My confidence is pretty much non-existent". He just hopes Mr Obama's speech can give him reason to be slightly more optimistic.
If so: how? Jim Cramer says that he thinks growth has plateaued already, which makes me slightly more optimistic, because he's so often wrong.
Bishop Warda was only slightly more optimistic.
It's a slightly more optimistic view".
Owens Wiwa, Ken Saro-Wiwa's brother, was slightly more optimistic.
But it offered a slightly more optimistic assessment of economic activity than it had in December.
The poll also shows that Americans are feeling slightly more optimistic.
(Recently the band toured with Widowspeak, which is like its slightly more optimistic younger sister).
Slightly more optimistic projections -- in line with historical growth rates -- brighten the picture considerably.
In other words, by this measure, investors actually seem slightly more optimistic than the historical norm.
The Scottish commissioner, Kathleen Marshall, who met Aynsley-Green last month, is slightly more optimistic.
