(optimistically)
11Aristander — of Telmessos (Greek: Αρίστανδρος ο Τελμησσεύς; born ca. 380 BC, fl. 2nd half of 4th century BCE), a Greek from Caria, was Alexander the Great s favorite seer. Aristander was already in Philip s entourage in 357/6, when he correctly interpreted a… …
12Sunday Times Golden Globe Race — The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non stop, single handed, round the world yacht race, held in 1968 ndash;1969, and was the first round the world yacht race. The race was controversial due to the failure by most competitors to finish the… …
13Commitment ordering — In concurrency control of databases, transaction processing (transaction management), and related applications, Commitment ordering (or Commit ordering; CO; (Raz 1990, 1992, 1994, 2009)) is a class of interoperable Serializability techniques …
14optimistic — [[t]ɒ̱ptɪmɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n, ADJ that Someone who is optimistic is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular. The President says she is optimistic that an agreement can be worked out soon...… …
15cloud-cuckoo-land — n. an imaginary place where fantasy and illusion predominate; it is a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …
16optimism — noun Etymology: French optimisme, from Latin optimum, noun, best, from neuter of optimus best; akin to Latin ops power more at opulent Date: 1759 1. a doctrine that this world is the best possible world 2. an inclination to put the most favorable …
17write off — transitive verb Date: 1889 1. to eliminate (an asset) from the books ; enter as a loss or expense < write off a bad loan > 2. to regard or concede to be lost < most were content to write off 1979 and look optimistically ahead Money >; also… …
18ABBA — Infobox musical artist Name = ABBA Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Stockholm, Sweden Genre = Pop Glam rock Europop/Disco Synth pop Soft rock Years active = 1972 – Early 1983 Label = Polar (Sweden)… …
19History of Costa Rica — In Pre Columbian times the Native Americans in what is now Costa Rica were part of a cultural complex known as the Intermediate Area, between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultural regions.In 1502, on his fourth and last voyage to the New World,… …
20Cottingley Fairies — The first of the five photographs, taken by Elsie Wright in 1917, shows Frances Griffiths with the alleged fairies. The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins who… …
