The optimists argue that they have both history and public opinion on their side.

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And so, referendum optimists have been telling me since springtime, the bidding wars for both the oil and the export pathways would provide the new state with all the economic autonomy and prosperity it needed.

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Trade will continue on Wall Street, as optimists and pessimists place their bets on both sides of the market.

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