A devoted and erudite student of jazz history, Ms. Sherman is a stylistic compendium of Billie Holiday (the sultry, lingering phrasing), Blossom Dearie (the wispy little-girl tone) and Mildred Bailey (the steady swing underpinnings and aura of unshakable optimism).
I thank the powers that be for Sophie's steady smile, optimism and exuberance about her work.
Even in South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, political uncertainty has set in after the ousting of the former president, Thabo Mbeki, in a bitter political feud.Yet all this has been accompanied by a steady drumbeat of optimism about the continent, and confidence in its prospects.
The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index proved steadier, helped by optimism about earnings prospects at Intel, a bellwether company.
No matter what hardships she and those around her endure, Helen's steadfast reliability and optimism is infectious and steadying for us all.
Lord Ashcroft's polling this week showed a steady rise in economic optimism even among those determined to vote Labour.
Ford wasn't alone, as automakers worked to integrate phone, navigation, audio and apps in safe, intuitive fashion: adjusting Cadillac's Cue system on the go was like removing a kidney in the "Operation" board game, requiring the same steady hands and childlike optimism.
The study, which pulls together all the main business surveys from the UK and the euro area, shows BDO's optimism index steadied at 101.5 in April, above the no-change mark of 100.
You could draw a steady line from 18th-century optimism to the sugar plums of fantastical mortgages and overdrawn credit in 2008.
The mediator in the house, the source of optimism and survival, and the steadiest earner, was Bruce's mother, Adele, who worked as a legal secretary.
