Efraim Inbar, director of Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University is pessimistic about prospects for a breakthrough soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Just a couple of months ago London seemed to be soaring and now suddenly there's this pessimistic atmosphere because we don't know what's going to happen in London.

仅仅数月之前,伦敦房价还一路高歌,忽然之间市场一片愁云惨淡,我们不知道伦敦的未来状况

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This year,when you have two-thirds being pessimistic about American foreign policy, you have a larger percentage saying maybe it will be better if Iran has nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

That seems sensible: despite lots of bad press, and a share price far below even the most pessimistic expectations a year or so ago, the Sienese bank still boasts a strong brand and loyal customers.

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The World Travel and Tourism Council, a trade body, talked this week of a 30% drop in global travel-industry revenues, before swiftly (and inexplicably) switching to a much less pessimistic forecast: a fall over the next 12 months of 10-20% in America, and less in Europe and Asia.

ECONOMIST: Travel industry: A business in search of customers | The

This prediction is awfully pessimistic for a company that has consistently been growing profits for over a decade.

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