Unfortunately, past evidence does not provide a strong case for optimism.

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Another strong sign of institutional optimism comes from the latest short interest data from the New York Stock Exchange.

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In Life Everywhere he offers a strong countervailing note of optimism, supported by most astrobiologists' view of evolution: Life on Earth has demonstrated a tendency for ever-greater complexity.

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