optimism

Space travel, aliens, magic-like technology and, perhaps most importantly, an underlying belief in human-centered optimism.

It is a flaw the Australian has simply been unable to cure, undermining all his fine attacking principles that prompted such optimism and hope in the early months of his reign.

There is an optimism among ministers that with the law changed they can secure the necessary raw materials to keep the two working blast furnaces in Scunthorpe doing just that - working.

Armed with a list of addresses and a sense of optimism, I thought I was ready to dive back in.

The second of those Sawgrass wins occurred only last month and that combined with a fine win at Pebble Beach in February is fuelling optimism for this week.